An overview of basic cell biology and neural development. Topics will include membrane trafficking, neuronal cytoskeleton, axon guidance, synapse formation, cell cycle, neuronal cell fate determination, neuronal stem cells, and patterning of the vertebrate brain.
Directors: Michael Brainard and Andrea Hasenstaub
January 2017
Monday, January 23
Time: 10AM-12PM, MH-2105
Topic: What is Systems Neuroscience
Instructor: Andrea Hasenstaub
Wednesday, January 25
Time: 10AM-12PM, MH-2105
Topic: Neuroanatomy 1
Instructor: Peter Ohara
Friday, January 27
Time: 10AM-12PM, MH-2105
Topic: Neuroanatomy 1
Instructor: Peter Ohara
Monday, January 30
Time: 10AM-12PM, Parnassus Campus room S1320
Topic: Neuroanatomy 3
Instructor: Peter Ohara
Tuesday, January 31
Time: 10AM-12PM, Parnassus Campus room S1320
Topic: Neuroanatomy 4
Instructor: Peter Ohara
February 2017
Wednesday, February 1
Time: 10AM-12PM, MH-2105 & MH-2108
Topic: Study Guide: Electrophysiology
Instructor: Andrea Hasenstaub
Monday, February 6
Time: 10AM-12PM, MH-2105
Topic: Sensory Systems: Retina 1
Discussion Paper: E.J. Chichilnisky
Instructor: Jonathan Horton
Tuesday, February 7
Time: 10AM-12PM, MH-2105 & MH-2108
Topic: Sensory Systems: Retina 2
Instructor: Jonathan Horton and Felice Dunn
Friday, February 10
Time: 10AM-12PM, MH-2105
Topic: Sensory Systems: Cortex 1
Instructor: Michael Stryker
Monday, February 13
Time: 10AM-12PM, MH-2105 & MH-2108
Topic: Study Guide: Designing a reproducible experiment
Instructor: Jonathan Horton
Tuesday, February 14
Time: 10AM-12PM, MH-2107
Topic: Sensory Systems: Thalamocortical interactions
Instructor: Massimo Scanziani
Wednesday, February 15
Time: 10AM-12PM, MH-1405 & MH-2105
Topic: Sensory Systems: Thalamocortical and cortex discussions
Discussion Papers: Adam M Packer
Anthony Lien
Kimberly Reinhold
Instructor: Massimo Scanziani and Michael Stryker
Tuesday, February 21
Time: 10AM-12PM, MH-2105
Topic: Sensory Systems: Cortex 2
Instructor: Jonathan Horton
Wednesday, February 22
Time: 10AM-12PM, MH-2105
Topic: Sensory Systems: Cortex discussion (Sheinberg & Logethetis 2001)
Instructor: Jonathan Horton
Friday, February 24
Take-home midterm
Monday, February 27
Time: 10AM-12PM, MH-2105 & MH-2106
Topic: Study Guide: Designing an imaging experiment
Paper Discussion 1: Imaging Large-Scale Neural Activity with Cellular Resolution in Awake, Mobile Mice
Paper Discussion 2: Ultrasensitive Fluorescent Proteins for Imaging Neuronal Activity
Optional Reading: Long-Term Optical Access to an Estimated One Million Neurons in the Live Mouse Cortex
Instructor: Mazen Kheirbek
Tuesday, February 28
Time: 10AM-12PM, MH-2105
Topic: Plasticity 1
Instructor: Alexandra Nelson
March 2017
Wednesday, March 1
Time: 10AM-12PM, MH-2105 & MH-2108
Topic: Plasticity 2 discussion
Instructor: Alexandra Nelson
Friday, March 3
Time: 10AM-12PM, MH-2105 & MH-2108
Topic: Methods in Systems Neuroscience
Instructor: Anatol Kreitzer
Monday, March 6
Time: 10AM-12PM, MH-2105 & MH-2108
Topic: Study Guide: Designing a behavioral experiment
Instructor: Dev Manoli
Wednesday, March 8
Time: 10AM-12PM, MH-2105
Topic: Timing and Coding
Instructor: Vikaas Sohal
Friday, March 10
Time: 10AM-12PM, MH-2105
Topic: Cog/Psych 3
Instructor: Vikaas Sohal
Monday, March 13
Time: 10AM-12PM, MH-2105
Topic: Basal Ganglia: Anatomy, Physiology, and Function
Discussion Paper: Opponent and bidirectional control of movement velocity in the basal ganglia
Instructor: Anatol Kreitzer
Tuesday, March 14
Time: 10AM-12PM, MH-2107
Topic: Cog/Psych 1
Instructor: Josh Berke
Monday, March 20
Time: 10AM-12PM, MH-2105 & MH-2108
Topic: Cog/Psych Discussion
Discussion Paper: Developmental Inhibition of Gsk3 Rescues Behavioral and Neurophysiological Deficits in a Mouse Model of Schizophrenia Predisposition
Instructor: Anatol Kreitzer and Vikaas Sohal
Tuesday, March 21
Time: 10AM-12PM, MH-2105
Topic: Hippocampus and oscillations
Instructor: Loren Frank
Wednesday, March 22
Time: 10AM-12PM, MH-2105
Topic: Neural Computation
Instructor: Flip Sabes
Monday, March 27
Time: 10AM-12PM, MH-2105
Topic: Motor control
Instructor: Flip Sabes
Tuesday, March 28
Time: 10AM-12PM, MH-2105 & MH-2108
Topic: Motor control discussion
Instructor: Flip Sabes
Wednesday, March 29
Time: 10AM-12PM, MH-2105
Final Review
Friday, March 31
Take-home final