UCSF Fein Memory and Aging Center

10/09/2026

🎷 Art Reflects Life: Mutations, Variations, and Improvisation
What can genetics and music teach us about variation, creativity, and the patterns that shape life?

Join the UCSF Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music for an evening bringing together leading scientists and extraordinary musicians to explore the connections between biology and music.

From genetic mutations to musical improvisation, discover how variation and structure shape the world around us in a lively, thought-provoking program blending science, music theory, and live performance.

✨ Featuring leading UCSF faculty Bruce L. Miller, Aimee Kao, Claire Clelland, and William Seeley, alongside SFCM President & CEO David H. Stull, Music Director Edwin Outwater, and RJAM Executive Director Jason Hainsworth.

📅 Wednesday, Oct. 14 | 7 p.m.
📍 Caroline H. Hume Concert Hall
50 Oak St., San Francisco, CA

🎟️ Free admission! Advance reservation required. Reserve your tickets through the event website.

💻 Can't attend in person? A livestream will be available, and a recording will be available afterward.

Come experience an evening where science meets music, and variation becomes a source of discovery.

10/08/2026

Abstract submissions are coming up for the 2027 Keystone Symposia conference, “Neurodegeneration: From Mechanisms to Precision Diagnosis and Therapies,” co-organized by UCSF Fein Memory and Aging Center Director Bruce Miller, MD.

The meeting will bring together researchers across disciplines to explore advances in neurodegeneration, precision diagnosis and new therapeutic approaches.

Short talk abstracts and scholarship applications are due Dec. 15. The conference takes place April 11-14, 2027, in Whistler, British Columbia.

Learn more and submit: https://www.keystonesymposia.org/conferences/conference-listing/meeting/m12027

Deadlines are approaching for Keystone Symposia on Neurodegeneration: from Mechanisms to Precision Diagnosis and Therapies, This April in Whistler! See scholarship, abstract and discount registration dates at: http://keysym.us/KSNeurodegen27

10/07/2026

Join the UCSF Fein Memory and Aging Center on Monday, Oct. 12, from 10-11 a.m. for Ezra Mauer, PhD, on dyslexia, developmental science and lifelong cognition. Virtual registration is required. Register at

A Developmental Science Perspective: The Dyslexia Center and Its Contributions to the Wider Fein Memory and Aging Center Community Ezra Mauer, PhD Neuropsychology Fellow Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center University of California, San Francisco Learning Objectives Describe how a developme...

10/05/2026

Scientist-turned-painter Anne Adams found inspiration in Maurice Ravel’s Boléro. Their remarkable connection is at the heart of UnRavelled, a play exploring art, music and frontotemporal dementia.

East Coast performances begin Oct. 9.
Philadelphia: Oct. 9–11 | New York City: Oct. 23–24
unravelledplay.com

09/28/2026

Two Atlantic Fellows are part of UnRavelled: playwright Jake Broder and actor Leo Marks, who portrays Maurice Ravel.

The play was developed during Broder’s artist residency at the Fein Memory and Aging Center.

See it in Philadelphia and New York this October.
Philadelphia: Oct. 9-11 | New York City: Oct. 23-24
unravelledplay.com

09/21/2026

From the Fein Memory and Aging Center to the stage: UnRavelled brings art, music and science together to explore frontotemporal dementia.

Philadelphia: Oct. 9-11 | New York City: Oct. 23-24

unravelledplay.com

09/18/2026

What can embarrassment teach us about the brain?

The Wall Street Journal highlights Virginia Sturm, PhD’s research on how frontotemporal dementia can change emotions such as embarrassment and affect social behavior.

https://www.wsj.com/health/wellness/dementia-kolker-karaoke-identity-soul-self-a89b3578

As frontotemporal dementia degrades social awareness, loved ones and neuroscientists confront the heartbreaking boundary between a changing mind and the enduring self.

09/18/2026

Join a virtual webinar "Our Memories, Our Stories." Presented in Spanish with the Alzheimer's Association - Northern California

09/15/2026

Explore how lessons from HIV/AIDS activism can inspire more humanizing dementia narratives at Past Advocacy, Future Change, opening Sept. 23 at UCSF Kalmanovitz Library.

UCSF ID badge holders can register free: https://calendars.library.ucsf.edu/calendar/events/pastadvocacy

09/15/2026

What does comprehensive dementia care look like? UCSF’s Kate Possin, PhD, discusses the Care Ecosystem and support for people living with dementia and their families on the Minding Memory podcast.

Listen: https://www.michiganmedicine.org/minding-memory/care-ecosystem-supporting-people-living-dementia-and-their-families