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UCI MIND Facebook LIVE Video Series
This monthly series features short talks and Q&A with experts from the University of California, Irvine Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders (UCI MIND), 1 of 32 congressionally designated Alzheimer’s Disease Research Centers in the nation. Join UCI MIND on Facebook (@UCIrvineMIND) to learn about advances in research to improve Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.
Can we change our genes and risk for brain diseases?
About the Speaker:
Marcelo Wood, PhD is a Professor and Chair of Neurobiology and Behavior in the UCI School of Biological Sciences. He received a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Colorado, Boulder. From there, he changed fields to study the molecular mechanisms underlying cancer biology at Princeton University, where he received his PhD. He then switched fields again to study the role of epigenetic mechanisms underlying long-term memory. His lab currently focuses on the role epigenetic mechanisms involved in synaptic plasticity, normal long-term memory processes, memory processes associated with drugs of abuse, and age-related memory impairments.
To read daily updates about Alzheimer’s research, as well as local COVID-19 resources for older adults, please visit our blog at mind.uci.edu/blog – though our in-person education events are on hold, we will continue to be in touch via our blog and social media accounts.
Lastly, if you’d like to help our researchers by participating in important studies in the near future, you can sign up for the UCI C2C Registry to be contacted about studies that might be right for you at c2c.uci.edu.
Join us next month at a special time, Friday November 6 from 1:00-1:30 PM PDT.
