The University of Connecticut offers advanced training in neuroscience at the main campus in Storrs and the Health Center in Farmington. Neuroscience is a key component of UConn's Core Research Initiative, and over 70 faculty are actively engaged in research spanning molecular, cellular, circuits, systems, behavioral, cognitive, and computational neuroscience. Follow the links below for details about our different graduate programs and their affiliated faculty.
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Upcoming Events
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Mar
29
Neuroscience Journal Club - Busel12:00pm
Neuroscience Journal Club - Busel
Wednesday, March 29th, 2023
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
UConn Health E4036
MEDS 6497 - Neuroscience Journal Club
"A cortico-collicular circuit for orienting to shelter during escape."
Presenter: Natan Busel
Course Co-Directors: Rosa Guzzo, guzzo@uchc.edu; Paola Bargagna-Mohan, bargagna-mohan@uchc.eduContact Information: Shannon Mancini, shmancini@uchc.edu
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Mar
29
Graduate Student Colloquium3:30pm
Graduate Student Colloquium
Wednesday, March 29th, 2023
03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Storrs Campus A106
Spring Graduate Student Colloquium, Department of Psychological SciencesContact Information: merrisa.lin@uconn.edu
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Mar
30
EEB Ph.D. Defense: Henry Frye (UConn EEB)10:00am
EEB Ph.D. Defense: Henry Frye (UConn EEB)
Thursday, March 30th, 2023
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Storrs Campus TBA
Title: "Novel hyperspectral approaches to quantifying taxonomic and functional diversity in terrestrial ecosystems"Contact Information: Cindi Jones
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Mar
30
ECOM Spotlight Series: Hady Ba11:00am
ECOM Spotlight Series: Hady Ba
Thursday, March 30th, 2023
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Storrs Campus Zoom
ECOM Spotlight Series will host Prof. Hady Ba who will talk about "Ideophones and Expressivism." The event will be held online. Please send an email to aliyar.ozercan@uconn.edu for the event link.Contact Information: aliyar.ozercan@uconn.edu
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Mar
30
Neuroscience Seminar Series - Cowell11:00am
Neuroscience Seminar Series - Cowell
Thursday, March 30th, 2023
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
UConn Health, UConn Health Low Learning Center
Sponsored by the Kim Family Fund
“Mitochondrial and Genetic Contributors to Parkinson Disease Etiology.”
Rita Cowell, PhD
Fellow and Chair, Department of Neuroscience at Southern Research, Adjunct Associate Professor at University of AlabamaContact Information: Shannon Mancini, shmancini@uchc.edu
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Mar
30
The Role of Functional and Structural Brain Imaging in Educational Neuroscience 2:00pm
The Role of Functional and Structural Brain Imaging in Educational Neuroscience
Thursday, March 30th, 2023
02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Other WebEx
The role of functional and structural brain imaging in educational neuroscience
Register: https://uconnvtc.webex.com/weblink/register/r6cafa18d68da54828c7f590e993e0e09
Michael Thomas DPhil
Birbeck University of London
The field of educational neuroscience (or mind brain and education) was effectively launched by advances in in vivo brain imaging in the 1990s, driving the emergence of multi- and trans-disciplinary approaches to understanding mechanisms of learning. In this talk, I review how brain imaging is currently used and viewed in this inherently translational field. Approaches range from basic cognitive neuroscience of education-relevant abilities, to proposed diagnostic tools for neurodevelopmental conditions, to tests of cognitive models, to supporting construct validity, and to providing evidence for policy impact. These approaches are set in the context of contrasting views of educators to neuroscience (e.g., suspicion reflected in claims for the ‘seductive allure of neuroscience’; over-enthusiasm in the form of neuromyths; and resistance to reductionist accounts of learning). I will illustrate these arguments with examples from some of our work on developmental changes in intelligence, the brain basis of reading, and interventions to improve children’s learning of counter-intuitive concepts in math and science.Contact Information: birc@uconn.edu
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Mar
30
EEB Seminar: Lisa Taylor (University of Florida)3:30pm
EEB Seminar: Lisa Taylor (University of Florida)
Thursday, March 30th, 2023
03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Storrs Campus BPB 131
Title: "How to charm a cannibalistic mate: using female predator psychology to understand colorful male courtship in jumping spiders"
https://spiderpalooza.wordpress.comContact Information: Abbey Hayes
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Mar
31
PNB Research In Progress Talks - Dr. Baosheng Zeng12:20pm
PNB Research In Progress Talks - Dr. Baosheng Zeng
Friday, March 31st, 2023
12:20 PM - 01:10 PM
Storrs Campus TLS 111
This presentation is part of the Seminar in PNB (PNB 6405) / PNB Friday Research in Progress Talks.Contact Information: Heather Hekkala
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Mar
31
Annual Logic Lecture: Maria Aloni (ILLC, Amsterdam)2:00pm
Annual Logic Lecture: Maria Aloni (ILLC, Amsterdam)
Friday, March 31st, 2023
02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Storrs Campus Zoom
Join us for the Annual Logic Lecture, given by the UConn Logic Group 2022/23 Scholar of Consequence:
Maria Aloni (ILLC, Amsterdam)
Details t.b.a.
https://logic.uconn.edu/annual-logic-lecture/Contact Information: logic@uconn.edu
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Mar
31
Linguistics Colloquium4:00pm
Linguistics Colloquium
Friday, March 31st, 2023
04:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Storrs Campus Oak 112
Mark BakerContact Information: Zixi Liu, zixi.liu@uconn.edu
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