BIRC

IBACS & BIRC speaker series is back !! Join us at UCONN Storrs campus or the livestream from wherever you are !!

We are proud to release the 2024 issue of The Spoken Word! Our magazine features articles written by undergraduate research students that tackle big issues in #aphasia, #languagescience, #representation, and more! Read the full issue here: myerslab.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/upl…

Our own @nab_koirala is talking about his work in network-level perturbations in neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders on October 17th from 3:30pm-4:30pm. Register here to attend: uconn-cmr.webex.com/webappng/sites…. It should be an excellent talk and we will see you all there!

We had a great time this afternoon at @UConn COR2E's Open House and Vendor Show. We had the chance to connect with other #STEM groups @UConn and @uconnhealth and met with a few folks who want to do #neuroimaging with us in the future! 🧠

Research on speech perception shows that while semantic context, sentence rate, and vowel length influence word-final stop identification, individual listeners prioritize different cues. #bragboard

Very Happy to share that I started a new role as the Director of the @UConnBIRC ! 🧠🧠 Would like to thank everyone for their support and looking forward to new challenges and the commute 😅

Come to the @UConn Storrs campus, and join us for an informal gathering at the Brain Imaging Research Center on May 29th to welcome our new Director of Operations, Dr. Nabin Koirala. Come tour our facility and chat with leading experts in #neuroimaging. See you there!

Excited to kick off our ’22-’23 Speaker Series with Dr. Adrian KC Lee on “Leading Institutional Cultural Changes Using a Change Management Model: A DEI Example”!  11/3 2pm EST. Abstract & livestream registration at s.uconn.edu/lee1

Our next @UConnBIRC Speaker Series is....Prof Augusto Buchweitz from @UConn "‘Leave them kids alone’: a brief history of building a brain imaging lab in Brazil..." Friday, May 20 1:30pm ET. Registration & past speakers birc.uconn.edu/events/speaker…

An exciting talk tomorrow open to all! "#Autism & #Innovation (& #Workforce)". Apr 8 Fri 12pm eastern, join @ s.uconn.edu/cast306webex. By THE leader in the field, a physicist, astronomer & @FristCenter Director, Prof. Keivan Stassun from @VanderbiltU. Hosted by @UConnEngineer.

Our next @UConnBIRC Speaker Series is.... (drumroll please) Prof Adrian Owen @Comadork from @WesternU "Into The Gray Zone: Assessing Residual Cognitive Function in Disorders of Consciousness". April 22 Fri 1:30pm ET. Registration & past speakers birc.uconn.edu/events/speaker…

How to analyze tracts running between pre-defined (functional) regions? Great to finally see this paper led by @atypical_me on trajectory estimation and assessment out !! nature.com/articles/s4200… Source code for all procedures available here: doi.org/10.5281/zenodo…

Pls help validate a fun game that assesses your child's cognition. Ages 7-17. Developed by @neuroscapeucsf, the group that co-developed the first FDA-approved ADHD intervention game. Pls RT! (1/2) nexus.ucsf.edu/overview/2b605…

A connectomics-based taxonomy of mammals | doi.org/10.1101/2022.0… Led by @Laura_E_Suarez + @YovelBatLab @martijnheuv @spornslab @YanivAssaf @g_lajoie_ Do species with similar genetics and morphology also have similar brain network architecture? ⤵️

Still accepting applications !!

By @Martilla_Vina & @KristinASimmers, @UConnBIRC, @u_slac. For more info & registration birc.uconn.edu/events/ask-a-b…… If you register, you will get access to our playlist of past sessions. See you all soon! 2/n

#AskABrainScientist s5 is this Thurs at 7:30pm ET (4:30pm PT). It's on Intelligence & the Brain "What is intelligence anyway?". Interested kiddos, please join us! Bring a white shirt (or lab coat), paper + pencil & 2 pieces of paper of the same size (e.g. post-its!). 1/n

And the cover is out!

"Neurobiology of Language: Key Issues & Ways Forward, Part II" is an upcoming 2-day online meeting on 16-17 March '22, with an outstanding lineup of speakers, live sign language interpretation + virtual posters. Full programme & free registration here: mpi.nl/events/neurobi…