Our pre-med undergraduates have prepared presentations on neuropathology cases. The actual specimens will be available for viewing.
The discussions will be guided by Dr. Stewart Comer, a neuropathologist from Cottage Hospital.

Individuals with macular degeneration typically lose vision in the central region of one or both eyes. This talk will describe the functional consequences of the pattern of overlap of regions of vision loss in the two eyes. Overlapping regions result in central field loss that impact acuity and eye movements, whereas non-overlapping regions impact stereopsis, despite intact visual fields.

Abstract: 

In order to survive and effectively navigate an ever-changing and unpredictable environment, organisms must readily adapt their behavior to seek out needed resources, while simultaneously avoiding life-threatening
situations.  These opposing processes are controlled by neural circuitry that is readily engaged by both environmental and physiological factors to promote behavioral output.

Considering graduate school in psychological and brain sciences and want to learn more?

Psychological & Brain Sciences, UC Santa Barbara would like to invite you to join us for a virtual sneak peek event!

• Discover the wide array of research opportunities available in PBS at UCSB
• Learn about available funding and financial support for graduate training
• Meet award-winning faculty and have a virtual lunch with current graduate students

Friday November 4th

Abstract:

Abstract: We seek to create self-assembled biomolecular liquid droplets that act as rough mimics of biological condensates, and to engineer mesoscopic structure and function into the droplets through molecular design. We particularly form liquids from DNA nanostars, multi-armed DNA particles that condense through base-pairing interactions. These liquids show material properties similar to biological condensates, while also displaying an extraordinary sensitivity to the number of arms of the constituent particles.