REMIND

Research and Education in Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders, or REMIND,  is a campus organization led by UCI MIND predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees. REMIND aims to:

  1. Encourage collaboration among the next generation of scientists and clinicians, and
  2. Promote community outreach and education on neurodegenerative diseases.

Current Co-Chairs:
Morgan Coburn (Mathew Blurton-Jones lab)
Navneet Hakhu (Daniel Gillen lab)
Ashley Keiser, PhD (Marcelo Woods lab)
Amanda McQuade (Mathew Blurton-Jones lab)
Michelle Nuno (Daniel Gillen lab)
Mary Ryan (Daniel Gillen lab)
Nicole Schartz, PhD (Andrea Tenner lab)

Previous Chairs:
Stefania Forner, PhD (Frank LaFerla lab)
Natalie Sashkin Goldberg, PhD (Mathew Blurton-Jones lab)
Samuel Marsh, PhD (Mathew Blurton-Jones lab)
Alessandra Martini, PhD (Frank LaFerla lab)
Sarah Royer (Aileen Anderson lab)

Morgan Coburn

Navneet Hakhu

Ashley Keiser, PhD

Amanda McQuade

Michelle Nuno

Mary Ryan

Nicole Schartz, PhD

Emerging Scientists Symposium

REMIND co-chairs organize an annual symposium where predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees in neurodegenerative disease research at UCI have the opportunity to present their work to faculty, staff, and students. The event includes invited trainee presentations, poster competitions and awards, and distinguished speakers from across the country.

The 10th Annual Emerging Scientist Symposium, which took place on February 11, 2019, featured Cori Bargmann, PhD. Dr. Bargmann is a member of the National Academy of Sciences who has published groundbreaking work on genes and behavior. She heads the Lulu and Anthony Wang Laboratory of Neural Circuits and Behavior at The Rockefeller University. Dr. Bargmann co-headed President Obama’s Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative and now serves as Head of Science for the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.

Previous speakers include Leslie Thompson, PhD from UCI, Marc Diamond, MD from UT Southwestern, Rudy Tanzi, PhD from Harvard University, Rusty Gage, PhD from the Salk Institute for Biological Sciences, Li-Huei-Tsai, PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Clive Svendsen, PhD from Cedars-Sinai, Valina Dawson, PhD from Johns Hopkins, and Jeanne Loring, PhD from The Scripps Research Institute.

STEAM Outreach Council

REMIND is an active member of the UCI STEAM Outreach Council, an initiative led by the Beall Center for Art + Technology that aims to engage K-12 students from local under-resourced public schools in science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics. REMIND trainees have led brain education workshops for over 300 middle and high school students in Orange County.

To learn more about upcoming REMIND activities and opportunities for involvement, email remind@uci.edu.