The UCSD Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Seminar series offers lectures on a wide range of cutting-edge topics in the field of fMRI.

Lectures are held on the third Thursday of every month in Leichtag 107 (link to map) from 4 pm to 5 pm (unless otherwise noted). Light refreshments are provided. The current schedule for 2008 is shown below. Dates and time are subject to change -- please check the CFMRI website http://fmri.ucsd.edu Events section for confirmation of dates.

In addition to the monthly seminar series, the Center for fMRI also hosts monthly lab talks by researchers at the Center. More information on these lab talks can be found here.

UCSD Functional MRI Seminar Series 2008 Schedule

March 20, 2008
To BOLDly not go alone: A role for Calibrated BOLD
Beau Ances MD, PhD
Department of Neurosciences
University of California San Diego

April 17, 2008
Techniques for Diffusion Tensor Imaging
Lawrence R. Frank, Ph.D.
Center for Scientific Computation in Imaging
Department of Radiology
University of California San Diego

May 15, 2008
A Pharmaco-fMRI Study of Cognitive Enhancement in Schizophrenia
Lisa Eyler, Ph.D.
Department of Psychiatry
University of California San Diego

June 12, 2008
From brain growth to language impairment in autism: Any use for fMRI?
Ralph-Axel Mueller, Ph.D.
Brain Development Imaging Laboratory
Dept. of Psychology, San Diego State University

July 17, 2008
Functional MRI and Diffusion Tensor Imaging Findings in Adolescent Substance Users
Susan Tapert, Ph.D.
Department of Psychiatry
University of California San Diego

August 21, 2008
The neuropsychology of time: Cognitive and emotional modulators of the experience of time
Marc Wittmann, Ph.D.
Department of Psychiatry
University of California San Diego

September 25, 2008 at 4-5pm
FMRI Conference Room
Functional MRI of the Medial Temporal Lobe
James Brewer, M.D., Ph.D.
Departments of Radiology and Neurosciences
University of California, San Diego

October 16, 2008
FMRI Conference Room
This is Your Brain on Politics
Darren Schreiber, J.D., Ph.D.
Department of Political Science, U.C. San Diego
School of Law, University of San Diego

November 13, 2008 at 12:00 -13:00
FMRI Conference Room
Multivariate fMRI investigations of visual perception
John Serences
Department of Psychology
University of California, San Diego