Grad Slam 2024

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Victoria Chevée

UC Berkeley

A bacterium’s journey: From guts to brain

UC Davis

Opening doors for Alzheimer’s disease care

UC Irvine

Kill the cancer; spare the brain!

UCLA

Cerebellum: From (un)fashionable to pivotal science

UC Merced

Gut viruses: Friends or foes?

UC Riverside

Thinking out loud: Is self-talk a secret to success?

UC San Diego

The brain: An exclusive VIP club

UC San Francisco

The magic of language understanding

UC Santa Barbara

Healthy forests, healthy humans

UC Santa Cruz

From mucus factory to virus factory: A novel gut virus’ global impact on children