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News & Events

  • BICAN Semi-Annual Meeting, Oct 4 2024

    Time: 8:30am-5:30pm Central TimeLocation: Zoom Virtual Meeting Instructions: Virtual Meeting InstructionsAgenda: Agenda BICAN Oct 4 2024Participants: List of meeting participantsSpeaker Instructions: Speaker Instructions BICANMore meeting info: BICAN Consortium Fall 2024 Meeting Page. If you can’t access the BICAN webpage, fill out the BICAN Consortium Onboarding Form Registration

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    October 9, 2024
  • Upcoming 10th Annual BRAIN Initiative Conference

    Sunday, June 16, 2024 – Tuesday, June 18, 2024 “The BRAIN Initiative® Conference, previously known as the BRAIN Initiative Meeting, convenes BRAIN Initiative awardees, staff, and leadership from the contributing federal agencies: National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), and U.S.…

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    May 6, 2024
  • BICAN UM1 Retreat at the Salk Institute!

    We recently attended the 2024 BICAN UM1 Retreat. The day was filled with great talks ranging from brain donation to brain research to data storage efforts and challenges. The retreat was hosted at the Salk Institute in San Diego, CA. Thank you to the Salk Institute for organizing such a great meeting.

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    April 5, 2024

Mailing Address and Contact Information

BICAN UM1 Brain Repository
1111 Gillespie Neuroscience Research Facility
Irvine, CA, 92697
bican-um1@uci.edu
949-824-5032
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Brain Repository Director: Elizabeth Head, PhD

Research Specialist: Jillian V. Berry

Clinical Research Coordinator: Miyoung Kim, MS, MD

Autopsy Technician: Sabrina Stein

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Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
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