NS221: Current Topics in Neuroscience 2017-18

Director: Zachary Knight

Time: Wednesdays from 4:00-5:00pm unless otherwise noted
Location: GH-S202 unless otherwise noted

November 1, 2017

Student Presenter: Michael Reitman
Selected Paper: Tau reduction prevents neuronal loss and reverses pathological tau deposition and seeding in mice with tauopathy
Formal Seminar Speaker: Timothy Miller
Faculty Host: Bill Seeley

December 13, 2017

Student Presenter: Selin Schamiloglu
Selected Paper: TBD
Formal Seminar Speaker: Ben Philpot
Faculty Host: Kevin Bender

January 24, 2018

Student Presenter: Ben Mansky
Selected Paper: TBD
Formal Seminar Speaker: Yishi Jin
Faculty Host: Robert Edwards

February 28, 2018

Student Presenter: Leah Dorman
Selected Paper: Competition between engrams influences fear memory formation and recall. 
Formal Seminar Speaker: Sheena Josselyn
Faculty Host: Mazen Kheirbek

March 7, 2018

Student Presenter: Trisha Vaidyanathan
Selected Paper: Spatial Segregation of Adaptation and Predictive Sensitization in Retinal Ganglion Cells​
Formal Seminar Speaker: Steve Baccus
Faculty Host: Xin Duan

April 11, 2018

Room: GH-S271
Student Presenter: Frances Cho
Selected Paper: Altered activity causes autism-related neurodevelopmental and cognitive abnormalities through RhoA signaling
Formal Seminar Speaker: Karun Singh
Faculty Host: Ben Cheyette

May 16, 2018 

Room: GH-S202 from 5:00-6:00pm
Student Presenter: Matt McGregor
Selected Paper: Interplay of pathogenic forms of human tau with different autophagic pathways.
Formal Seminar Speaker: Ana Maria Cuervo
Faculty Host: Aimee Kao

May 30, 2018

Room: GHS-271
Student Presenter: Hannah Joo
Selected Paper: The Code for Facial Identity in the Primate Brain
Formal Seminar Speaker: Doris Tsao
Faculty Host: Michael Stryker