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6/6/11

President Obama meets with U.S. Laureates of 2010 Kavli Prizes. Press release here: http://www.kavlifoundation.org/kavli-news/white-house-obama-2010-kavli-prizes

6/2/11 – 6/4/11

The International Mind Brain Education Society (IMBES) third biennial meeting June 2-4 at the Catamaran Hotel in San Diego sponsored by KIBM. Plenary speakers include Bruce McCandliss, Helen Neville, Elsbeth Stern, and Hal Pashler.  More info here: http://imbes.org/conference

5/14/11

The KIBM Sixth Annual Symposium on Innovative Research, in conjunction with the 2011 NIMH Cognitive Neuroscience Training Program Annual Spring Retreat.  More details and full agenda here: http://inc.ucsd.edu/spring-retreat2011.html

4/28/11 – 4/29/11

Bob Conn, President of the Kavli Foundation, and Miyoung Chun, Vice President for Scientific Affairs, visit UC San Diego and KIBM.  The visit included meetings with the KIBM Executive Committee, Dedicated Faculty and various other KIBM affiliates, at both UCSD and Salk. 

2/23/11 – 3/23/11

KIBM Workshop on Human Genetics of Cognition and Brain Architecture http://kibmworkshop.eventbrite.com

11/14/10

Fred Kavli Distinguished International Scientist Lecture: Christine Petit. Title: Understanding Sound Processing in the Auditory System: Advances Rooted in the Genetic Approach

6/12/10

The Discovery Channel filmed KIBM Innovative Research Grant winner Howard Poizner and his motion capture lab for a new ground breaking series titled, “Curiosity: The Questions of Our Life”. Dr. Poizner’s research with motion capture began with his Innovative Research Grant from KIBM. The show will air in 2011.

6/9/10

Open house celebration for KIBM Laboratory of Genetics and Neurobiology. The lab is located in AP&M annex and includes a wet lab that houses drosophilia, cnidarians (jellyfish), paramecium and cyanobactiera.

5/13/10

The Science Network interview with KIBM Co-Director, Jeff Elman More info...

5/1/10

Fifth Annual KIBM Symposium on Innovative Research at the Salk Institute for Biological Sciences

2/20/10

Fred Kavli visits KIBM at UC San Diego, meeting with Chancellor Fox and touring Calit2

2/18/10

KIBM hosts distinguished visitors from the Norweigan Academy of Sciences, Nils Christian Stenseth (President), Oivind Andersen (Secretary General) and Oyvind Sorensen (Chief Executive)

1/1/10

Ralph Greenspan, KIBM Associate Director and Research Scientist, is awarded $1 million from the W.M. Keck foundation. The project is titled, “A Universal Principle of Biological Networks”.

2010

KIBM added the following faculty to the Advisory Board; Pamela Reinagel, Neurobiology), Anirvan Ghosh, Biological Science, Katerina Semendeferi, Anthropology, and Charles Stevens, Pharmacology, Salk

5/2/09

Fourth Annual KIBM Symposium on Innovative Research at the Salk Institute for Biological Sciences

5/8/08

KIBM sponsored lecture by Thomas Insel, “Social Neuroscience: Toward a New Basic Science for Psychiatry”

5/3/08

Third Annual KIBM Symposium on Innovative Research at the Salk Institute for Biological Sciences

3/3/08

KIBM sponsored meeting Brains R Us: Neuroscience and Education Town Hall More info...

10/31/07 – 11/2/07

KIBM Distinguished Visitor, Simon Fisher, Royal Society Research Fellow, Head of Molecular Neuroscience at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford. Dr. Fisher gave a talk on on 10/31/07 titled, “Molecular Windows into Speech and Language”.

6/2/07

Second Annual KIBM Symposium on Innovative Research at the Salk Institute for Biological Sciences

4/11/07

KIBM sponsored lecture by Harvey Karten, “Bird Brains – Pretty Darn Smart Developmental Vulnerability to Neurodegeneration”

4/4 – 17/07

KIBM Distinguished Visitor Daniel Geschwind, Professor of Neurology & Psychiatry Gordon and Virginia MacDonald, Distinguished Professor of Human Genetics David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, visited UCSD. Dr. Geschwind’s visit included two talks, Understanding Humans: From Genes to Brains and Diseases" and "Developmental Vulnerability to Neurodegeneration", along with numerous meetings and lab tours with members of the local research community. KIBM also hosted a pre-visit discussion lead by David Kang and Pascal Gagneux, to discuss Dr. Geschwind’s most recent discoveries.

2/7/07

KIBM sponsored lecture by Laura Schreibman, “The Science and Fiction of Autism: How to tell the difference and why it is important to do so”

2/6/07

Emergence of Language Structures Workshop, sponsored by KIBM and CRL. More info...

1/16/07

KIBM sponsored lecture by Stuart Lipton, “New Drug Treatments and the Future of Stem Cells for the Aging Brain”

2007

Autism Center of Excellence ( http://www.autismsandiego.org/index.php) funded.

10/15/06

Temporal Dynamics of Learning Center (TDLC, tdlc.ucsd.edu) funded. The data from several KIBM Innovative Research Awards were instrumental in the successful application.

10/4/06

KIBM sponsored lecture by Larry Squire, “Conscious and Unconscious Memory Systems of the Mammalian Brain”

6/3/06

First Annual KIBM Symposium on Innovative Research at the Salk Institute for Biological Sciences

5/4/06

KIBM sponsored lecture by Harry B.M. Uylings, “Development of the Human Cortex and Concept”

4/2 – 8/06

KIBM Distinguished Visitor, Marcus Raichle, Professor of Radiology & Neurology Co-Director, Division of Radiological Sciences, Washington University. Dr. Raichle gave a talk on 4/5/06 entitled “Functional Brain Imaging & Systems Neuroscience”.

3/24/06

Innovative Research Grant awardees announced for the 2006 – 2007 year. More info...