The Connecticut Institute for the Brain and Cognitive Sciences

Langfest is coming April 28th!

IBACS is proud to sponsor Language Fest, which is a University-wide research conference that brings together the full community of language researchers at UConn.

IBACS Graduate Fellow Spotlight

Peter Perrino

Psychological Sciences

To read more about Peter's research projects, including his work using mouse models to help understand the genetic mechanisms behind behavior, click here.

Upcoming Events

4/23 Microbiology Seminar
4/24 Meaning Group: Woojin Chung, NYU
4/24 MCB Seminar: Dr. Monica Medina, Penn State University
4/24 Neuroscience Seminar Series - Kujawa
4/25 End of Semester Thought Luck
4/25 Neuroscience Journal Club - Knight
4/26 MCB 5299 Cell Biology Journal Club

Microbiology Seminar

Monday, April 23rd, 2018

04:00 PM - 05:00 PM

Storrs Campus
TLS 263

This semesterâs micro seminar consists of weekly discussions led by the students.

Please feel free to join us.

Contact Information: sarah.hird@uconn.edu

Meaning Group: Woojin Chung, NYU

Tuesday, April 24th, 2018

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Storrs Campus, Storrs Campus, Storrs Campus
Manchester 227

We will be meeting on Tuesday, April 24, at 11am in Manchester Hall 227, for a talk by Woojin Chung (NYU Linguistics) on "Obligation as counterfactual reasoning".

The UConn Meaning Group meets on a regular (mostly weekly) basis throughout the academic year to discuss recent and ongoing work in the areas of Semantics, Pragmatics, and Philosophy of Language.

Follow the link below for details and contact information.

Contact Information: http://meaning.linguistics.uconn.edu

MCB Seminar: Dr. Monica Medina, Penn State University

Tuesday, April 24th, 2018

02:00 PM - 03:00 PM

Storrs Campus, Storrs Campus
BPB 130

MCB Seminar Series Presents:

Dr. Monica Medina, Penn State University

Seminar title: "Symbiosis and bleaching in coral holobiontsâ

MÃ³nica Medina, Associate Professor of Biology and Associate Head for Equity & Diversity, Penn State, is a marine biologist and the primary focus of her research is cnidarian-algal symbiosis and coral reef ecology. She is one of the leaders in the study of climate-change effects on corals and coral-algae interactions. In 1998 she obtained her Ph.D. in marine biology and fisheries from the University of Miami. She joined the Penn State faculty in 2013 as an associate professor of biology and associate head for equity & diversity. She is interested in a wide range of topics dealing with the ecology and evolution of marine organisms including charismatic invertebrates like corals and mollusks, as well as other less known but equally fun critters like algae, fungi and microbes.

Hosted by Dr. Nyholm

Please join us for light refreshments in the BPB lobby at 1:45.

Contact Information: lisa.dejesse@uconn.edu

Neuroscience Seminar Series - Kujawa

Tuesday, April 24th, 2018

04:00 PM - 05:00 PM

UConn Health
Low Learning Center

Sponsored by the Kim Family Fund

"Cochlear Synaptopathy in Noise-Induced and Age-Related Hearing Loss"

Sharon Kujawa, Ph.D., Director of Audiology at Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary,
Associate Professor Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, MA

Related Citation: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Adding+Insult+to+Injury%3A+Cochlear+Nerve+Degeneration+after+%E2%80%9CTemporary%E2%80%9D+Noise-Induced+Hearing+Loss

Host: Dr. Leslie Bernstein, lbernstein@uchc.edu

Contact Information: Jody Gridley, gridley@uchc.edu, 860-679-8787

End of Semester Thought Luck

Wednesday, April 25th, 2018

11:00 AM - 02:00 PM

Storrs Campus
Bousfield Mezzanine

Faculty, Staff, and Graduate Students...

Join us for pizza, wings, samosas, falafel, and drinks. Please bring something to share!

Contact Information: Sarah Redlich, 860-486-4725

Neuroscience Journal Club - Knight

Wednesday, April 25th, 2018

12:00 PM - 01:30 PM

UConn Health
L5040

Research in Progress (RIP)

"The role of TIMP-1 in the development of hypersensitivity using a model of cutaneous inflammation"

Brittany Knight
Graduate Assistant
Baumbauer Lab

Contact Information: Jody Gridley, gridley@uchc.edu, 860-679-8787

MCB 5299 Cell Biology Journal Club

Thursday, April 26th, 2018

12:00 PM - 01:00 PM

Storrs Campus
TLS 263

All interested are welcome and encouraged to attend!

Contact Information: david.daggett@uconn.edu

Professor Ed Large, an affiliate of The Institute for the Brain and Cognitive Sciences, studies music and the brain. Read in UConn today about Dr. Large's interesting research on music bias.

Min Tang-Schomer is an affiliate of The Institute for the Brain and Cognitive Science, as well as UCHC and Jackson Labs.

Read about her amazing research involving growing neurons in a dish.

Holly Fitch, a member of IBACS Executive Steering Committee, had her research recently featured in UConn Today.

Tiffany Johnson of Bloomfield, holds her son, Quincey.

IBACS Affiliate and Assistant Professor of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, Emily Myers,had her work on learning new sounds featured in an article in UConn's STEMTALK Magazine.

IBACS Affiliate, James Dixon, and IBACS Summer Graduate Fellow, Maurici Lopez-Felip, had their research on the brain and collective movement featured in UConn Today.

"Anyone could, if they were so inclined, be the sculptor of their own brain"

-Santiago Ramón y Cajal, Nobel Laureate

Spotlight on Faculty Affiliates and Sponsored Programs

Dr. Dzhafarov and Logic Group
Dr. Bar-On and ECOM
Dr. Naigles and UConn KIDS

Learn more about Dr. Dzhafarov's Logic Group, Dr. Bar-On's group on Expression, Communication and the Origins of Meaning, or Dr. Naigles UConn KIDS program.

News

Auditory processing in genetically engineered mouse models April 17, 2018
Genetic contributions to auditory processing disorder April 17, 2018
Postdoctoral Position in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience April 12, 2018
Brain Research Foundation Scientific Innovations Award April 12, 2018
Tomorrow: False Confessions: Causes, Consequences, and Remedies April 12, 2018