The Connecticut Institute for the Brain and Cognitive Sciences

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.

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

Upcoming Events

10/16 Neuroscience Seminar Series - Huang
10/16 MCB Seminar Series: Juliana Cortines
10/17 Neuroscience Journal Club - Sticco
10/17 Philosophy Brown Bag Series: Llanera

Neuroscience Seminar Series - Huang

Tuesday, October 16th, 2018

04:00 PM - 05:00 PM

UConn Health
Low Learning Center

Sponsored by the Kim Family Fund

"Mechanisms of oligodendrocyte regeneration, and their relevance in multiple sclerosis"

Presenter:
Jeffrey Huang, PhD,
Assistant Professor, Department of Biology
Georgetown University, Washington, DC

Citation(s):
IL4I1 augments CNS remyelination and axonal protection by modulating T-cell driven inflammation.
Psachoulia K, Chamberlain KA, Heo D, Davis SE, Paskus JD, Nanescu SE, Dupree JL, Wynn TA, Huang JK. Brain. 2016 Dec;139(Pt 12):3121-3136. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=IL4I1+augments+CNS+remyelination+and+axonal+protection+by+modulating+T-cell+driven+inflammation

Creatine enhances mitochondrial-mediated oligodendrocyte after demyelinating injury.
Chamberlain KA, Chapey, K, Nanescu SE, Huang JK. J Neurosci. 2017 Feb 8;37(6):1479-1492. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28069926

Host: Dr. Stephen Crocker, crocker@uchc.edu

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

MCB Seminar Series: Juliana Cortines

Tuesday, October 16th, 2018

04:00 PM - 05:00 PM

Storrs Campus, Storrs Campus
BPB 130

MCB Welcomes Juliana Cortines, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Host: Dr. Teschke

If you require an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at mcboffice@uconn.edu and 860-486-4329 at least 5 days in advance of the event.

Contact Information: jessica.williamson@uconn.edu

Neuroscience Journal Club - Sticco

Wednesday, October 17th, 2018

12:00 PM - 01:00 PM

UConn Health
E4036

Presenter:
Matthew Sticco
3rd year Graduate Student
Martinelli Lab

"The Adhesion-GPCR BAI1 Promotes Excitatory Synaptogenesis by Coordinating Bidirectional Trans-synaptic Signaling"
Yen-Kuei Tu, Joseph G. Duman, Kimberley F. Tolias

Citation Link:
http://www.jneurosci.org/content/early/2018/08/17/JNEUROSCI.3461-17.2018

Contact Information: Rosa Guzzo, guzzo@uchc.edu

Philosophy Brown Bag Series: Llanera

Wednesday, October 17th, 2018

12:15 PM - 01:15 PM

Storrs Campus
MAN 002 (basement lounge)

This week: Tracy Llanera

A series of informal talks by philosophy faculty and graduate students. For a description and how to sign up, see http://philosophy.uconn.edu/brown-bags/.

Contact Information: Lionel Shapiro, lionel.shapiro@uconn.edu

In June a Brain Symposium was held which connected researchers in the brain sciences between UConn and UConn Health.
The Institute's annual Meet and Speak event was opened with remarks by the Vice President of Research, Radenka Maric, in which she describes the Institute as an "engine of innovation". Photo: Control cultures where neurons are grown in vitro with electrode stimulation. (Extracts from Kim Krieger/UConn Today)
IBACS and BIRC hosted tours of the Brain Research Center for high school students from E.O Smith and Middletown High School. Positive feedback from the students showed that they left the trip informed and inspired.

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