UCSF Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center
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UCSF Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center
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The UCSF Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center cares for people with cognitive issues, researches brain diseases, and educates communities about aging and brain health.
Join us for the opening reception of "Carissa Potter: The Art of Caring" at the Fein Memory and Aging Center’s Gallery 190.

🖼️ Exhibit: Jan 15 – Apr 3
📍 Sandler Neurosciences Center, 675 Nelson Rising Ln, SF
🕒 Opening Reception: Thurs, Jan 15 | 4:30–6 p.m. PT

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Gallery 190 Opening Reception: Carissa Potter
Carissa Potter: The Art of Caring Jan 15 – Apr 3, 2026 Opening Reception Thursday, Jan 15, 4:30–6 p.m. Join UCSF’s Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center for the opening reception of Carissa…
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January 5, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Join us for the opening reception of "Carissa Potter: The Art of Caring" at the Fein Memory and Aging Center’s Gallery 190.

🖼️ Exhibit: Jan 15 – Apr 3
📍 Sandler Neurosciences Center, 675 Nelson Rising Ln, SF
🕒 Opening Reception: Thurs, Jan 15 | 4:30–6 p.m. PT

Details:
Gallery 190 Opening Reception: Carissa Potter
Carissa Potter: The Art of Caring Jan 15 – Apr 3, 2026 Opening Reception Thursday, Jan 15, 4:30–6 p.m. Join UCSF’s Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center for the opening reception of Carissa…
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January 2, 2026 at 5:03 PM
"Lost Connections: Modeling Synaptic Failure in FTD/ALS"
by
Rita Sattler, PhD
Barrow Neurological Institute

Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds
Monday, Jan 5, 10–11 a.m. PT
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Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds
Lost Connections: Modeling Synaptic Failure in FTD/ALS Rita Sattler, PhD Professor, Department of Translational Neuroscience ‌David and Weezie Reese Chair for Neurodegeneration Research Barrow…
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December 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"Lost Connections: Modeling Synaptic Failure in FTD/ALS"
by
Rita Sattler, PhD
Barrow Neurological Institute

Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds
Monday, Jan 5, 10–11 a.m. PT
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Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds
Lost Connections: Modeling Synaptic Failure in FTD/ALS Rita Sattler, PhD Professor, Department of Translational Neuroscience ‌David and Weezie Reese Chair for Neurodegeneration Research Barrow…
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December 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Congrats Alice Tank on being a Forbes 30 Under 30 - Scientist! www.forbes.com/profile/alic... "Tang is using AI computational tools to understand & diagnose complex diseases like Alzheimer's..." @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social @ucsfmac.bsky.social @ucsfmedicine.bsky.social
Alice Tang - University of California, San Francisco
Alice Tang is on Forbes' 2026 30 Under 30 - Science list. Read more about Alice Tang, their experience, their asset summary, and more here.
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December 4, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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The UCSF NeuroAI Lab operates from the @ucsfmac.bsky.social within the Department of Neurology at the Weill Institute of Neuroscience. Our work is deeply collaborative, bringing together an exceptional team of clinicians from @ucsf-bchsi.bsky.social , @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social, Dyslexia Center.
December 19, 2025 at 1:21 AM
From Traumatic Brain Injury to Neurodegeneration: Mechanisms Linking Acute Injury to Chronic Neurodegeneration
by
Declan McGuone, FRCPath, MBBCh
Yale School of Medicine

UCSF Fein Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds
Tuesday, Dec. 2, 10–11 a.m. PT
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Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds
From Traumatic Brain Injury ‌to Neurodegeneration: Mechanisms Linking Acute Injury to Chronic Neurodegeneration Declan McGuone, FRCPath, MBBCh Associate Professor of Pathology Yale School of Medicine…
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December 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Excited to share our new work in @natcomms.nature.com: Functional network collapse in neurodegenerative disease

How does functional connectivity change across dementia types and stages?

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Functional network collapse in neurodegenerative disease - Nature Communications
This study demonstrates that brain functional network imbalance appears linked to progressive brain atrophy and cognitive decline across the dementia spectrum.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
What Can Assessment of Biomarkers in More Representative Cohorts Tell Us About Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease?

Susan Landau, PhD
UC Berkeley

Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds
Monday, Dec 15, 10–11 a.m. PT
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Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds
What Can Assessment of Biomarkers in More Representative Cohorts Tell Us About Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease? Susan Landau, PhD Research Neuroscientist Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute…
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November 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Fein Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds

"Single-Neuron Genomes: Lenses into the Pathogenesis of Neurodegeneration"
by
Michael B. Miller, MD, PhD
Harvard Medical School
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Monday, Nov. 17, 10-11 a.m.
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Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds
Single-Neuron Genomes: ‌Lenses into the Pathogenesis of Neurodegeneration Michael B. Miller, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School ‌Associate Pathologist, PI, Brigham and…
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November 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds

"Integrative Single-Cell Genomic Approaches to Dissect Alzheimer's Disease Mechanisms"
by
Li-Huei Tsai, PhD
MIT

Monday, Nov. 3, 10–11 a.m.
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Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds
Integrative Single-Cell Genomic Approaches to Dissect Alzheimer's Disease Mechanisms Li-Huei Tsai, PhD Director, The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT ‌Picower Professor of…
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November 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"Consciousness and Its Three Stages of Processing"
by
Ezequiel Morsella, PhD
Professor of Neuroscience
San Francisco State University

Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds
Monday, Oct. 20, 10-11 a.m. PT
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Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds
Consciousness and Its Three Stages of Processing Ezequiel Morsella, PhD Professor of Neuroscience San Francisco State University Learning Objectives To appreciate that only a subset of processes in…
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October 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"The Connected Cerebellum: Mapping Social and Cognitive Networks in Neurodegeneration"
by
Sherry Chen, MD, PhD
UC San Francisco

Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds
Monday, Oct. 13, 10-11am PT
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Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds
The Connected Cerebellum: Mapping Social and Cognitive Networks in Neurodegeneration Sherry Chen, MD, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow, Memory and Aging Center University of California, San Francisco Learning…
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October 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Registration is open for AAIC Neuroscience Next, Feb. 23-26. This no-cost, global hybrid event is a great opportunity to collaborate and connect both in person and virtually around the globe! Learn more: alz.org/NeuroscienceNext. #AAICNeuro #ALZSky #NeuroSky
October 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Join UCSF Memory and Aging Center and GBHI for a screening of "Familiar Touch" by award-winning filmmaker Sarah Friedland. Followed by a panel on caregiving, aging & film.

Oct 8 | 7 PM
Free & open to all.
Details: bit.ly/4mEpLDh

Trailer: bit.ly/3ICj4ns
Familiar Touch: The Aesthetics of Aging
We are thrilled to welcome American filmmaker Sarah Friedland to the UCSF Memory and Aging Center for a screening of her feature film Familiar Touch. Awarded the Luigi de Laurentiis Lion of the…
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October 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Join us for Cinematic Empathy: The Art of Socially Conscious Film
Oct. 6 | 5–7 PM at UCSF

Filmmaker & Atlantic Fellow Zach Bandler explores brain health & ethical storytelling. Featuring Koko Suzanne and an exclusive preview of Altered.

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KOKO SUZANNE
A young girl's life is turned upside down when her grandmother's strange behaviour sparks fears of witchcraft. As her family struggles to reconcile illness with the supernatural, she must navigate…
www.kokosuzanne.org
October 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Amyloid PET Quantification with Centiloids: Concepts, Thresholds, and Interpretation

Renaud La Joie, PhD
&
David Soleimani-Meigooni, MD
University of California, San Francisco

Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds
Monday, Oct. 6, 10-11am PT
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Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds
Amyloid PET Quantification with Centiloids: Concepts, Thresholds, and Interpretation Renaud La Joie, PhD Assistant Professor of Neurology University of California, San Francisco David…
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September 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
We loved hosting MindScapes, the exhibition by Ugandan visual artist & Atlantic Fellow Kiggundu Rodney, at UCSF’s Gallery 190!

Rodney’s art uses the brain & objects as metaphors for introspection.
synapse.ucsf.edu/articles/202...

Learn more about Rodney’s work: www.instagram.com/kiggunduarts...
September 17, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Automated Language and Speech-Based Markers for Dementia
by
Jet Vonk, PhD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
UC San Francisco

Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds
Monday, Sep 29
10-11 a.m. PT
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Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds
Automated Language and Speech-Based Markers for Dementia Jet Vonk, PhD Assistant Professor of Neurology University of California, San Francisco Learning Objectives Understand the clinical need for…
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September 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Check out ABC’s "Emma and Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey – A Diane Sawyer Special," airing Tuesday, Aug. 26, 8-9 p.m. PT. This heartfelt feature highlights Bruce Willis’ diagnosis with FTD and includes expert commentary from UCSF’s Dr. Bruce Miller. Don’t miss it! abc.com/news/83a8aa7...
Watch 'Emma and Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey – A Diane Sawyer Special' Tuesday, August 26 | ABC Updates
Watch "Emma and Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey – A Diane Sawyer Special" Tuesday, Aug. 26 on ABC.
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August 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Call For Papers! Alzheimer's & Dementia Special Issue: Neuromodulatory Subcortical Systems in Alzheimer's Disease

Research on the intersection of the Neuromodulatory Subcortical Systems and AD are welcome! #AlzResearch
⏰Deadline: Aug. 30, 2025

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Alzheimer's & Dementia
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August 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Check out ABC’s "Emma and Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey – A Diane Sawyer Special," airing Tuesday, Aug. 26, 8-9 p.m. PT. This heartfelt feature highlights Bruce Willis’ diagnosis with FTD and includes expert commentary from UCSF’s Dr. Bruce Miller. Don’t miss it! abc.com/news/83a8aa7...
Watch 'Emma and Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey – A Diane Sawyer Special' Tuesday, August 26 | ABC Updates
Watch "Emma and Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey – A Diane Sawyer Special" Tuesday, Aug. 26 on ABC.
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August 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Film Screening of "The Rest I Make Up" & Panel Discussion
Sat, Sep. 13, 2:30-5 p.m. PT
San Francisco Main Library

Join a special screening of "The Rest I Make Up"—named one of The New Yorker’s “Best Movies of 2018”—followed by a panel discussion.

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Film Screening of The Rest I Make Up & Panel Discussion
In honor of both Hispanic Heritage and World Alzheimer’s Months, join us for a special screening of The Rest I Make Up—named one of The New Yorker’s “Best Movies of 2018”—followed by a panel…
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August 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds

"Innovations in the Real World Diagnosis and Care of AD/ADRD: Updates from the Care Ecosystem and TabCAT Projects"
Katherine L. Possin, PhD
Professor of Neurology
UCSF

Monday, Aug. 25, 10-11 a.m. PT
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Memory and Aging Center Grand Rounds
Innovations in the Real World Diagnosis and Care of AD/ADRD: Updates from the Care Ecosystem and TabCAT Projects Katherine L. Possin, PhD John Douglas French Alzheimer's Foundation Endowed Professor…
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August 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM