Easton-BRI Dementia Colloquium

Easton-BRI Dementia Colloquium is a monthly academic conference held jointly by the Mary S. Easton Center for Alzheimer's Research and Care at UCLA (Easton Center) and the UCLA Brain Research Institute (BRI).  

Easton-BRI Dementia Colloquium

Presents:

[Part A]

Title: “Uncovering Roles for the Gut Microbiome in AD Mouse Models” 

Elaine Y. Hsiao, PhD, Goodman-Luskin Endowed Chair in Microbiome Research; Director, UCLA Goodman-Luskin Microbiome Center, Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology, The Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine and Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

and

Title: “The Gut-Brain Connection in Early Brain Aging”

Gabriel A. Vignolle, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Church Lab, Goodman-Luskin Microbiome Center; Neuroimaging Core; Obesity, Metabolic Disorders and Eating Behaviors, G. Oppenheimer Center for Neurobiology of Stress and Resilience, The Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

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[Part B]

Title: “The Neuronal Circuit Basis of Long-Term Memory Across the Lifespan”

Laura DeNardo, PhD, Assistant Professor of Physiology and Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

and

Title: “Constructing Distributed Cortical Memory Networks for Long-Term Memory Storage”

Zachary Zeidler, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, DeNardo Lab, Department of Physiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA