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, Vetch 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, The Vetch 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