ANAT 215: Epilepsy as a Window to Mechanisms of Neuronal Plasticity
The EpiCenter offers a 4 unit graduate-postgraduate course on basic mechanisms of epilepsy every other year. The course provides new insights into the normal function of neurons and circuits, and it covers a wide range of epilepsy-related topics, from basic molecular/epigenetic/cellular questions to translational research and clinical aspects. The next course offering will be in Winter 2025.
Course code: 90330 Winter 202
Day/Time: 4PM (unless otherwise posted)
Location: https://uci.zoom.us/j/99972351646?pwd=L71VGWODvq3c1We7hJ9y03g7DxUgcn.1
Meeting ID: 999 7235 1646 | Passcode: EpiCourse
Logistics & Changes Organizer: Aby Flores (abigaily.flores@uci.edu)
2025 Course Schedule
| Topic | Speaker | Date / Time |
|---|---|---|
| Foundations of Epilepsy: How does the brain become epileptic? | Tallie Z. Baram, MD, PhD Prof., Pediatrics, Anatomy & Neurobiology, Neurology, Physiology & Biophysics | Jan 17 4 p.m. |
| Medical treatment of epilepsy; Epilepsy in women | Mona Sazgar, MD, FAES Prof., Clinical Neurology Director, UCI Comprehensive Epilepsy Program Chair of Diversity (IDEAS) Committee Department of Neurology, UC Irvine Health | Jan 24 3 p.m. |
| Epilepsy Surgery: Past, Present, Future | Sumeet Vadera, MD Prfo., Neurological Surgery, UC Irvine Health | Jan 31 4 p.m. |
| Sparse to dense networks: impacts on pattern separation and pattern completion | Laura A. Ewell, PhD Assist. Prof., Anatomy & Neurobiology | Feb 7 4 p.m. |
| New molecules and processes in epilepsy and its cognitive co-morbidities | Lulu Y. Chen, PhD Assist. Prof., Anatomy & Neurobiology | Feb 14 4 p.m. |
| Pre-surgical valuation for refractory epilepsy | David King Stephens, MD Prof., Clinical Neurology, UC Irvine Health | Feb 21 4 p.m. |
| Mechanisms of AMPA receptor trafficking, synaptic plasticity and epilepsy | Javier Diaz Alonso, PhD Assist. Prof., Anatomy & Neurobiology | Feb 28 4 p.m. |
| TBD | Jennifer Gelinas, MD, PhD Assist. Prof., Pediatrcis, Anatomy & Neurobiolog | Mar 7 4 p.m. |
| Therapeutic regulation of neuronal voltage-gated potassium channels by plant metabolites | Geoffrey W. Abbott, PhD Prof., Physiology & Biophysics, School of Medicine Senior Senior Assoc. Dean, Academic Personnel Vice Dean, Basic Science Research | Mar 14 4 p.m. |
| Thinking about therapy | Robert Hunt, PhD Assoc. Prof., Anatomy & Neurobiology Director, Epilepsy Research Center | Mar 21 3 p.m. |
| Final exam | Tallie Z. Baram, MD, PhD Prof., Pediatrics, Anatomy & Neurobiology, Neurology, Physiology & Biophysics | Mar 28 |