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2025 The Changing Brain
CNCM, Cajal Club and Allen Institute for Brain Science
August 18 to August 20, 2025
UC Irvine
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Cajal Club | Satellite Meeting | Irvine
2025 The Changing Brain
The annual Center for Neural Circuit Mapping (CNCM) 2025 Conference took place at the Irvine Marriott from August 18 to August 20 and brought together 380 participants who represented 104 academic institutions and 16 industrial organizations from across the United States and international locations. The fifth in-person conference organized by CNCM received support from the UC Irvine Center for Neural Circuit Mapping (CNCM) and the Cajal Club and the Allen Institute for Brain Science. The conference sessions focused on "The Changing Brain" theme which led to six sessions about evolution and development and neural circuits and systems and learning and brain states and neurological disorders. The conference program included 26 invited talks and nine selected short talks and 160 poster presentations and two workshops about spatial transcriptomics and viral-genetic tools which took place at UC Irvine on August 21.
The conference dedicated resources to graduate student and postdoctoral scholar development through funding from a National Institute of Mental Health R13 Conference Grant. The conference awarded 14 travel grants and 17 conference fee scholarships to early-career researchers who competed against more than 65 applicants. The event attracted 71.3% of participants from outside UCI and 7.3% from international locations which created an active environment for knowledge sharing and professional connections. The meeting achieved success because of the backing from UCI School of Medicine and Office of Research and the combined work of CNCM and the Cajal Club and UCI and Irvine Marriott staff.
 Dr. Charles RibakCharles Ribak welcomes attendee to the start of the meeting, using the Cajal Club gavel to officially begin the 2025 CNCM Conference. |  Dr. Christine GallUCI Anatomy & Neurobiology Chair introductory remarks. |  Dr. Hongkui ZengTalk title: Dynamic changes of brain cell types in development and aging |  Dr. Michael J StamosDean of School of Medicine, Michael J. Stamos, opening remarks. |  Dr. Hongkui Zeng |
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 Dr. Pierre VanderhaeghenTalk title: Mechanisms linking human brain development, evolution, and (dys)function. |  Dr. Paola ArlottaTalk title: Passage of time in brain organoids: the journey to understand human brain development and maturation |  |  Dr. Larry ZipurskyTalk title: Synaptic Gradients: From continua of cell types to molecules and behavior |  Dr. Catherine DulacThe Neurobiology of Sickness |
 Li-Huei Tsai, Liqun Luo, Zhigang He, Guoqiang Bi, and Mariela Zirlinger |  John Ngai, Elizabeth Buffalo, Nelson Spruston, Edward Chang, Bernardo Sabatini, Larry Zipursky, and Vanessa Ruta |  Toast by Dr. Charles Ribak |  Larry Swanson, Julio Licinio and Ma-Li Wong, and Charles Ribak |  Pierre Vanderhaeghen, Guillermina Lopez-Bendito, Edward Callaway, Noah Gray, Ann Goldstein, Poala Arlotta, and Ishmail Abdus-Saboor |
 Todd C. Holmes, Tom Nowakowski, Josh Huang, Karel Svoboda, Anne Churchland and Hongkui Zeng |  Dr. Poala ArlottaPaola Arlotta introduces the 2025 PJ Harman Memorial Lecture Awardee, Michelle Monje. |  Dr. Michelle MonjeTalk title: Myelin plasticity in health and disease: from cognition to cancer |  Poster Presentation Awardees with Conference Co- HostFrom left to right: Liqun Luo, Maximiliano Garduño, Tatsuki Nakagawa, Jon Rink, Anjali Chawla, Yufei Huang, Haoyang Huang, Fangming Xie, Shuyun (Alina) Xiao, Daniel Pederick, Mable Lam, and Caitlin Goodpaster. Not photographed: Matthew G. Heffel |  Poster Presentation Awardee List |
 Poster AwardeesMaximiliano Garduño, Tatsuki Nakagawa, Jon Rink, Anjali Chawla, Yufei Huang, Haoyang Huang, Fangming Xie, Shuyun (Alina) Xiao, Daniel Pederick, Mable Lam, and Caitlin Goodpaster. Not photographed: Matthew G. Heffel |  Dr. Guoping FengTalk title: Developing therapeutic approaches for ASD |  Dr. Elizabeth BuffaloTalk title: Dynamic Modulation of the Hippocampal Code During Learning |  Dr. Xiangmin XuTalk title: Single-Cell and Spatial Multi-Omics Mapping of the Human Hippocampus and Basal Ganglia |  Dr. Guillermina Lopez-BenditoTalk title: Interplay Between Spontaneous Activity and Genetic Programs in Sensory-Modality Cortical Arealization |
 Dr. Tom NowakowskiTalk title: Genetic, cellular and intercellular strategies of human brain development |  Dr. Liqun LuoTalk title: Deconstructing the Serotonin System in the Mouse Brain |  Dr. Karel SvobodaTalk title: Illuminating synaptic learning rules |  Dr. Ishmail Abdus-SaboorTalk title: Skin-brain axis for tactile sensations: from mice to naked mole-rats |  Dr. Zhigang HeTalk title: Organization and regeneration of brain-spinal connections |
 Conference Speakers and Special Guests |  Dr. John NgaiConcluding remarks of the first day by John Ngai. Talk title: The NIH BRAIN Initiative: A Decade+ of Innovation |