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Our Mission

 

The mission of the Connecticut Institute for the Brain and Cognitive Sciences (CT IBACS) is to serve as both a beacon and incubator for research across the brain and cognitive sciences at UConn and beyond; promoting and supporting the interdisciplinary science of the mind and its realization in biological and artificial systems.

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“Anyone could, if they were so inclined, be the sculptor of their own brain.”
― Santiago Ramón y Cajal

Upcoming Events

  1. 3/30 MCB Dissertation Defense: Melissa Brundin

    MCB Dissertation Defense: Melissa Brundin

    Monday, March 30th, 2020

    12:00 PM - 01:00 PM

    Storrs Campus
    ONLINE

    MCB Dissertation Defense: Melissa Brundin
    Structural Biology, Biochemistry and Biophysics

    Department of Molecular and Cell Biology

    University of Connecticut

    Announces the

    Oral Dissertation Defense for the Doctoral Degree of

    Melissa Brundin

    B.S. Villanova University, 2013

    Investigation of the Protein-Membrane Interactions

    of the Tim23 Channel Subunit

    March 30, 2020

    12:00 pm

    WebEx:

    https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/uconn-cmr/j.php?MTID=meca58b9c67495995e2560d64fc5dd0d7

    Major Advisor: Dr. Nathan Alder
    Associate Advisor: Dr. Andrei Alexandrescu
    Associate Advisor: Dr. Eric May
    Examiner: Dr. Simon White
    Examiner: Dr. Andrew Wiemer

    Working copy of the dissertation can be found at:



    http://dropbox.uconn.edu/dropbox?n=Brundin_Dissertation_Final.pdf&p=WrQvq0US6bV4rubn9

    Contact Information: melissa.brundin@uconn.edu

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  2. 3/31 CANCELLED: MCB Seminar Series: Dr. Shawna Reed

    CANCELLED: MCB Seminar Series: Dr. Shawna Reed

    Tuesday, March 31st, 2020

    03:30 PM - 04:30 PM

    Storrs Campus
    BPB 131

    CANCELLED: MCB Seminar Series: Dr. Shawna Reed
    CANCELED: MCB Seminar Series
    Dr. Shawna Reed, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Sciences, Quinnipiac
    Hosted by Ken Campellone

    Contact Information: ciara.hanlon@uconn.edu

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  3. 4/1 Lecture: Introduction to Neuroimaging Pipelines

    Lecture: Introduction to Neuroimaging Pipelines

    Wednesday, April 1st, 2020

    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

    Storrs Campus
    Arjona 340

    Assis Prof Roeland Hancock, Associate Director of BIRC, will introduce steps needed to successfully deploy a pre-packaged pipeline and an overview of common processing strategies for quality control (mriqc) and preprocessing (e.g. fmriprep) of functional and anatomical MRI data (c.f. BIDS, Docker, Singularity). For more information including registration, please visit https://birc.uconn.edu/events/birc-lectures-and-workshops/

    Contact Information: BIRC Coordinator: Navita Choudhary, 540-250-2548, birc@uconn.edu

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  4. 4/1 Neuroscience Journal Club - Hardy

    Neuroscience Journal Club - Hardy

    Wednesday, April 1st, 2020

    12:00 PM - 01:00 PM

    UConn Health
    E4036

    4th Year - Research in Progress (RIP)Presentation

    Cara Hardy, Graduate Assistant, Smith Lab

    Contact Information: Rosa Guzzo, guzzo@uchc.edu or David Martinelli, davidmartinelli@uchc.edu

    More

News

  • Photo Announcing Educational Playcare Fellowship
  • Photo of astrocyte
    The Institute's annual Meet and Speak event occurred on May 14th and 15th. To find out more about our events, click here.
  • Photo of Charles Davis, a graduate student in psychology shows an axial image of the brain to a group of EO Smith high school on May 17, 2019. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)
    On May 27th, IBACS and BIRC hosted tours of the Brain Imaging Research Center for high school students from E.O Smith High School. In this photo, Charles Davis, a graduate student in Psychological Sciences, shows an axial image of the brain to a group of students. Click here to view more images. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

Six Short Films Profiling IBACS-Affiliated University Researchers

  • Gerry Altmann
  • Marie Coppola
  • Phil Smith
  • John Salamone
  • Emily Myers
  • Dorit Bar-On

Contact Us:

Phone: 860-486-4937
E-mail: ibacs@uconn.edu
Address: CT Institute for the Brain and Cognitive Sciences
University of Connecticut
337 Mansfield Rd Unit 1272
Storrs, CT 06269

Recent Posts

  • IBACS Meet & Speak POSTPONED
  • IBACS Meet & Speak Registration
  • IBACS Call for Seed Grant Applications
  • IBACS Spring 2020 Undergrad Award Application Opens TODAY!
  • Call for IBRAiN Applications

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