Event Dates (Pacific Time):
Friday, May 29, 2026 - 1:00 PM to 6:30 PMVenue Space:
Tata Hall – Fred Kavli Auditorium (9325 S Scholars Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093)
To locate Tata Hall on campus, please reference UCSD Maps.
KIBM will hold its annual symposium on Friday, May 29, 2026, featuring talks from this year’s Innovative Research Grant recipients, the 2025-2026 Postdoctoral Scholars Program cohort, a Kavli Discovery Fellows recipient, and keynote speaker Diana Bautista from UC Berkeley.
Event Chairs:
Yishi Jin, University of California, San Diego
Edward Callaway, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
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Event Sessions
Yishi Jin
Neurobiology, UC San Diego
Edward Callaway
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Opening Remarks
Matthew Lovett-Barron
Lovett-Barron Lab, Neurobiology, UC San Diego
State-dependent neural dynamics in a virtual hunting assay
Samuel Kerk
Metallo and Gage Labs, Laboratory of Genetics/Molecular & Cell Biology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Hippocampus metabolism in memory and learning
Shreya Saha
NeuroML Lab, Electrical Computing and Engineering, UC San Diego
A universal code for meaning in biological and artificial neural networks
Johnatan Aljadeff
The Theoretical Neuroscience Lab, Neurobiology, UC San Diego
Give me a minute: Investigating memory retention on intermediate timescales
Matthew Shtrahman
Shtrahman Lab, Neuroscience, UC San Diego
DNA damage: Missing link in brain lymphatics, sleep, learning, and dementia
Yujuan Su
Sun Lab, Pediatrics, UC San Diego
Defining the brain interoceptive response to organ injury-induced stress
Justin Trotter
Trotter Lab, Neurobiology and Neuroscience, UC San Diego
Nanoscale visualization and targeting of astrocyte compartments
Jordan Nichols
The Kwon Lab, Bioengineering, UC San Diego
Multi-modal activity imaging in traumatic brain injury
Intermission
Nick Spitzer
UC San Diego
Katharine Stevens
Center on Child and Family Policy
Charles F. Stevens Memorial Neuroscience Research Award Announcement
Diana Bautista (Keynote Speaker)
SENse Lab, Molecular & Cell Biology, UC Berkeley
Neuroimmune crosstalk during coronavirus infection
Benjamin Gastfriend
Daneman Lab, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
Evolution of the blood-brain barrier
Damion Demeter
Greene Lab, Cognitive Science, UC San Diego
Precision mapping fMRI reveals age-related differences in brain networks
Oleksandra Sirozh
Don W. Cleveland Lab, Cellular & Molecular Medicine, UC San Diego
Exploring neurogenesis with spatial transcriptomics and CRISPR screening
Hao Jiang
Hibbs Lab, Neurobiology, UC San Diego
Mechanism of ecological agonist activation in octopus chemotactile receptor
Reception
End of Symposium