Dr. Leonila Lagunes received her Bachelor of Arts in Applied Mathematics from California State University Fullerton and PhD in Biological Sciences with a focus on computational biology from the University of California Irvine under the supervision of both Drs. Lee Bardwell (Developmental and Cell Biology) and German Enciso (Mathematics). Currently, she is working in Dr. Eric Deeds’ lab, studying the proteasome assembly from both a systems biology approach and an experimental one. Her professional goals include teaching and conducting research. When Dr. Lagunes is not in the lab, she spends time bullet journaling, creating stationary and taking care of her many houseplants. Having a highly interdisciplinary training, she hopes to provide an inclusive and equitable environment for all students, including those with similar backgrounds and identities as her own.

Illuminating conversation featuring:

Gene Block, Ph.D.

UCLA Chancellor

Adriana Galvan, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Psychology Dean Undergraduate Education, UCLA College

Gina Poe, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology

with Q&A moderated by

Tracy Johnson, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Molecular. Cell & Developmental Biology

Dean Life Sciences. UCLA College

Tuesday, February 9, 2021 @ 5:30PM (PST)

Congratulations to Professor David Glanzman for his research article titled, “The Search for the Engram: Where Memory Lives in the Brain” which appears in the Society for Neuroscience’s online magazine, BrainFacts: https://www.brainfacts.org/thinking-sensing-and-behaving/learning-and-memory/2020/the-search-for-the-engram-where-memory-lives-in-the-brain-102220

Professor Amy Rowat featured in the  UCLA Newsroom for her role in creating the curriculum for LAUSD students participating in a new UCLA science and food class!

Professor Elaine Hsiao and Dr. Helen Vuong featured in the UCLA Newsroom for their publication “Guts and brains: How microbes in a mother’s intestines affect fetal neurodevelopment” in Nature. https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/maternal-microbiota-and-the-fetal-brain?_ga=2.228257055.340549116.1600099584-1803867962.1594147590