September 25, 2009
Parnassus - N225


Erica Korb
Finkbeiner Lab
Evolution's Nuclear Night-Vision Goggles
Nuclear Architecture of Rod Photoreceptor Cells Adapts to Vision in Mammalian Evolution
Cell. 2009. 137(2):356-368
Faculty coaches: Katerina Akassoglou and Stavros Lomvardas

Angela Vandenberg
Wilbrecht Lab
Npas4: Keeping Things Cool in the Developing Neocortex
Activity-Dependent Regulation of Inhibitory Synapse Development by Npas4
Nature. 2008. 455:1198-1204
Faculty coaches: Erik Ullian and Michael Stryker

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October 2, 2009
Parnassus - N225

5th Year Research Talks

Jenn Li
Lisberger Lab
Representation of Smooth Pursuit Learning in the Frontal Eye Fields

Ari Arrenberg
Baier Lab
Optical Control of Zebrafish Behavior with Halorhodopsin

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October 9, 2009
Mission Bay - Rock Hall Auditorium

Adam Granger
Nicoll Lab
Mossy Fibers go Green
Energy Efficient Action Potentials in Hippocampal Mossy Fibers
Science. 2009. 325:1405-1408
Faculty Coaches: Peter Sargent and Jeff Lansman

Bradley Colquitt
Lomvardas Lab
Your Genetically Modified Brain: Jumping Genes in Neural Progenitors
L1 Retrotransposition in Human Neural Progenitor Cells
Nature. 2009. 460:1127-1131
Faculty Coaches: Fen-Biao Gao and Arnold Kriegstein

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October 16, 2009

No Journal Club - SFN

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October 23, 2009
Parnassus - N225

John Silbereis
Rowitch Lab
Finding your Synaptic Soulmate: Some Spinal Interneurons Refuse to Settle
Stringent Specificity in the Construction of a GABAergic Presynaptic Inhibitory Circuit
Cell. 2009. 139: 167-174
Faculty Coaches: Rob Edwards and Erik Ullian

Jon Levy
Nicoll Lab
The Method behind the Madness: Robust Discrimination between Self and Non-Self Neurites Requires Thousands of Dscam1 Isoforms.
Robust Discrimination between Self and Non-Self Neurites Requires Thousands of Dscam1 Isoforms
Nature. 2009. 461:644-648
Faculty Coaches: Stavros Lomvardas and Grae Davis

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October 30, 2009
Mission Bay - Rock Hall Auditorium

Anita Devineni
Heberlein Lab
Tyramine Worms Its Way Into the Neurotransmitter Club
A Tyramine-Gated Chloride Channel Coordinates Distinct Motor Programs of a Caenorhabditis elegans Escape Response
Neuron. 2009. 62(4):526-538
Faculty Coaches: Su Guo and Anatol Kreitzer

Anatol Kreitzer
Can Mice Play Halo? Virtual Reality enables Intracellular Recording of Place Cells during Navigation
Intracellular Dynamics of Hippocampal Place Cells during Virtual navigation
Nature. 2009. 461:941-946

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November 6, 2009
Parnassus - N225

Gabe McKinsey
Rubenstein Lab
Handing Off the Neurogenic Baton: Postmitotic Cortical Neurons Control Progenitor Cell Cycle Progression
Sip1 Regulates Sequential Fate Decisions by Feedback Signaling from Postmitotic Neurons to Progenitors
Nature Neuroscience. 2009. 12:1373-1380
Faculty Coaches: Stavros Lomvardas and Sam Pleasure

Philip Sabes
Rethinking Cortical Areas: Multiple Monkey Motor Maps or One High-Dimensional Topography?
Mapping Behavioral Repertoire onto the Cortex
Neuron. 2007. 56(2):239-51

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November 13, 2009
Mission Bay - Rock Hall Auditorium

5th Year Research Talks

Rochelle Urban
Basbaum Lab
Ouch, My Leg!  Behavioral Outcomes of Mice in Pain

Kris Bouchard
Brainard Lab
Form and Formation of Sensory-Motor Maps for Probabilistic Sequences

Any Chang
Fields Lab
Gimme MOR!  Mu Opioid Receptor Trafficking and Addiction

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November 20, 2009
Parnassus - N225

Paul Larkin
Muchowski Lab
What's Your Net Worth?
Perineuronal Nets Protect Fear Memories from Erasure
Science. 2009. 325:1258-1261
Faculty Coaches: Louis Reichardt and Linda Wilbrecht

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November 27, 2009

No Journal Club - Thanksgiving

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December 4, 2009
Mission Bay - Rock Hall Auditorium

Seth Shipman
Nicoll Lab
Life Sucks and Then You Die: Behavioral Choice in the Leech
Behavioral Choice by Presynpatic Inhibition of Tactile Sensory Terminals
Nature Neuroscience. 2009. 12(11):1450-1457
Coaches: Ulrike Heberlein and Allan Basbaum

Nirao Shah
Two Birds with One Stone: Coordinate Regulation of Mate and Species Recognition
Specialized Cells Tag Sexual and Species Identity in Drosophila Melanogaster
Nature. 2009. 461:987-991

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December 11, 2009
Parnassus - N225

Helen McLendon
Doupe Lab
Seeking Attention: Does Nucleus Basalis Activity Sharpen Perception?
Basal Forebrain Activation enhances Cortical Coding of Natural Scenes
Nature Neuroscience. 2009. 12(11):1440-1445
Coaches: Julie Schnapf and Michael Stryker

Louis Reichardt
A New Function for Synaptotagmin, Promoting Curves at the Synapse
Synaptotagmin-Mediated Bending of the Target Membrane Is a Critical Step in Ca2+-Regulated Fusion
Cell. 2009. 138:709-721

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January 8, 2010
Mission Bay-N114-Genetech Hall

Fall Rotation Poster Session - First Year Students

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January 15, 2010
Mission Bay - Rock Hall Auditorium

Talia Lerner
Kreitzer Lab
The Good, the Bad, and the Dopamine Neuron
Two Types of Dopamine Neuron Distinctly Convey Positive and Negative Motivational Signals
Nature. 2009. 459:837-841
Faculty Coaches: Patricia Janak and Howard Fields

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January 22, 2010
Parnasus - N225

Jonathan Charlesworth
Brainard Lab
A Bright Idea for Insect Repellent: Optogenetic Dissection and Control of Aversive Reinforcement Circuitry in Drosophila
Writing Memories with Light-Addressable Reinforcement Circuitry
Cell. 2009. 139:405-415
Faculty Coaches: Nirao Shah and Grae Davis

Chris Bohlen
Julius Lab
Panic Without the Middleman
The Amygdala is a Chemosensor that Detects Carbon Dioxide and Acidosis to Elicit Fear Behavior
Cell. 2009. 139(5):1012-21
Faculty Coaches: Jenny LaVail and Peter Ohara

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January 29, 2010
Mission Bay - Rock Hall Auditorium

Jill Larimore
Muchowski Lab
Neuron-Glia Communication via EphA4/ephrin-A3 Modulates LTP through Glial Glutamate Transport
Neuron-Glia Communication via EphA4/ephrin-A3 Modulates LTP through Glial Glutamate Transport
Nature Neuroscience. 2009. 12:1285-1292
Faculty Coaches: Herwig Baier and Graeme Davis

Cynthia Kenyon
Brain Genes Go Bad
Gene Regulation and DNA Damage in the Ageing Human Brain
Nature. 2004. 429(6994):883-91

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February 5, 2010
Parnassus - N225

Robyn Javier
Kreitzer Lab
Stress Signaling and a Synaptic Switch
A Single Fear-Inducing Stimulus Induces a Transcription-Dependent Switch in Synaptic AMPAR Phenotype
Nature Neuroscience. 2010. 13(2):223-231
Coaches: Mary Dallman & Steve Finkbeiner

David Copenhagen
Pain is in the Eye of the Beholder
A Neural Mechanism for Exacerbation of Headache by Light
Nature Neuroscience. 2010. 12(2):239-245

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February 12, 2010 - Admissions
Mission Bay - Rock Hall Auditorium

Maggie Carr
Frank Lab
You Can Teach a New Spine New Tricks
Stably Maintained Dendritic Spines are Associated with Lifelong Memoires
Nature. 2009. 462:920-924
Rapid Formation and Selective Stabilization of Synapses for Enduring Motor Memories
Nature. 2009. 462:915-919
Faculty Coaches: Michael Stryker and Steve Finkbeiner

Allison Doupe
Wait, Don't Move!
Corticospinal Neurons in Macaque Ventral Premotor Cortex with Mirror Properties: A Potential Mechanism for Action Suppression?
Neuron. 2009. 64(6):922-930

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February 19, 2010
Parnassus - N225

5th Year Research Talks

Sharon Bergquist
Davis Lab
A Hierarchy of Cell Intrinsic and Target-Derived Homeostatic Signaling

Kimberly Kempadoo
Bonci Lab
The Effect of Lateral Hypothalamic Neurotensin on VTA Dopamine Neurons

David Gorczyca
YH Jan Lab
Genetic Analysis of Locomotion in Drosophila

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February 26, 2010
Parnassus - N225

David Young
Lily Jan Lab
The iNside Scoop on How Induced Neuronal (iN) Expression is Changing the Lives of Fibroblasts
Direct Conversion of Fibroblasts to Functional Neurons by Defined Factors
Nature. 2010. online article
Faculty coaches: John Rubenstein and Ben Cheyette

Julie Schnapf
That Vision Thing: Magnosensitivity
Visual but Not Trigeminal Mediation of Magnetic Compass Information in a Migratory Bird
Nature. 2009. 461:1274-1278
Animal Cryptochromes Mediate Magnetoreception by an Unconventional Photochemical Mechanism
Nature. 2010. 463:804-808

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March 5, 2010 - Admissions
Mission Bay - Rock Hall Auditorium

Liz Steinberg
Janak Lab
When Life Gives You Lemons, Use your OFC and VTA to make Lemonade
Neuron. 2009. 62:269-280
The Orbitofrontal Cortex and Ventral Tegmental Area Are Necessary for Learning from Unexpected Outcomes
Faculty coaches: Howard Fields and Linda Wilbrecht

Mark von Zastrow
Making a "Stupid Drug" Smartly
PNAS. 2010. 107(1): 413-418
Identification of a Small-Molecule Inhibitor of the PICK1 PDZ Domain That Inhibits Hippocampal LTP and LTD

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March 12, 2010
Mission Bay - Rock Hall Auditorium

Meg Younger
Davis Lab
How do you Regulate Spontaneity
Science Express. 2010. Online Publication
Doc2b Is a High-Affinity Ca2+ Sensor for Spontaneous Neurotransmitter Release
Faculty coaches: Roger Nicoll and Anatol Kreitzer

Patricia Janak
Excited to Learn!
Nature Neuroscience. 2009. 12:1434-1439
CREB Regulates Excitability and the Allocation of Memory to Subsets of Neurons in the Amygdala

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March 19, 2010 and March 26, 2010

No Journal Club

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April 2, 2010
Mission Bay - Rock Hall Atrium

Winter Rotation Poster Session - First Year Students

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April 9, 2010
Parnassus - N225

Carolyn Johnson
Wilbrecht Lab
GABAergic Neurons Make Waves in the Local Network
Neuron. 2010. 65(3):422-435
Gentet, Luc J., et. al.
Membrane Potential Dynamics of GABAergic Neurons in the Barrel Cortex of Behaving Mice
Faculty Coaches: Loren Frank and Michael Stryker

Mary Dallman
Todays Leavings for the Future
The Journal of Neuroscience. 2010. 30(7):2571-2581
Kolber, Benedict. J., et. al.
Transient Early-Life Forebrain Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Elevation Causes Long-Lasting Anxiogenic and Despair-Like Changes in Mice
Supplemental Data

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April 16, 2010
Mission Bay - Rock Hall Auditorium

Abe Langseth
Pleasure Lab
Can Stem Cells Heal a Spinal Cord?
The Journal of Neuroscience. 2005. 25(19):4694-4705
Keirstead, Hans S., et. al.
Human Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Oligodendrocyte Progenitor Cell Transplants Remyelinate and Restore Locomotion after Spinal Cord Injury
Faculty Coaches: Linda Noble and Anatol Kreitzer

Su Guo
Optogenetic " Makeup"
Cell. 2010. 141:154-165
Gradinaru, Viviana, et. al.
Molecular and Cellular Approaches for Diversifying and Extending Optogenetics

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April 23, 2010
Parnassus - N225

Michael Berberoglu
Guo Lab
Got Stroke? Cortical NPC's to the Rescue...
Nature Neuroscience. 2010. 13(2):173-179
Ohira, Koji, et. al.
Ischemia-Induced Neurogenesis of Neocortical Layer 1 Progenitor Cells
Faculty Coaches: Ben Cheyette and David Rowitch

Erik Ullian
What do Astrocytes do?
Science. 2010. 327:1250-1254
Agulhon, Cendra, et.al.
Hippocampal Short- and Long-Term Plasticity Are Not Modulated by Astrocyte Ca 2+ Signaling
Nature. 2010. 463:232-236
Henneberger, Christian, et. al.
Long-term Potentiation Depends on Release of D-Serine from Astrocytes

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April 30, 2010
Mission Bay - Rock Hall Auditorium

5th Year Research Talks

Selina Koch
Ullian Lab
Synapses and Circuit Refinement

Zack Chadick
Gazzaley Lab
Older Adults are Easily Distracted, What's YOUR Excuse? Alterations in Top-Down Attention Networks in Healthy, Normal Aging.

Wendy Huang
Lily Jan Lab
Hippocampal Calcium-Activated Chloride Channels Regulate Action Potential Duration and Synaptic Transmission

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May 7, 2010
Parnassus - N225

Helen McLendon
Doupe Lab
Conopressin: The Doctor's Magic Cure for Lively Limitless Leech Lust in the Lab
Current Biology. 2010. 20(6):487-95
Wagenaar, Daniel A., et. al.
A Hormone-Activated Central Pattern Generator for Courtship
Faculty Coaches: Mary Dallman and Michael Brainard

Steve McIntire - CANCELED

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May 14, 2010
Mission Bay - Rock Hall Auditorium

Dana Robertson
Kenyon Lab
Searching for an Octopunculus: Somatotopy in Octopus Vulgaris
Current Biology. 2009. 19(19):1632-1636
Zullo, Letizia, et. al.
Nonsomatotopic Organization of the Higher Motor Centers in Octopus
Faculty Coaches: Steve Lisberger and Linda Noble

Dorit Ron
And May You Stay Forever Young
Nature. 2009. 460:392-395
Harrison, David E., et. al.
Rapamycin Fed Late in Life Extends Lifespan in Genetically Heterogeneous Mice

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May 21, 2010
Parnassus - N225

Sarah Fischbach
Janak Lab
Finding a Happy Place: Synaptic Mechanisms of Forgetting
Nature Neurosciecen. 2010. 13:489-494
Amano, Taiju, et. al.
Synaptic Correlates of Fear Extinction in the Amygdala
Faculty Coaches: Roger Nicoll and Antonello Bonci

Michael Stryker
Electrical Stimulation of the Cortex: It Ain't Necessarily Low
Neuon. 2009. 63:508-22
Histed, Mark H., et. al.
Direct Activation of Sparse, Distributed Populations of Cortical Neurons by Electrical Microstimulation

With homage to:
Gustafsson B, Jankowska E. (1976) Direct and indirect activation of nerve cells by electrical pulses applied extracellularly.  J Physiol. 258:33-61.

Asanuma H, Stoney SD Jr, Abzug C. (1968) Relationship between afferent input and motor outflow in cat motorsensory cortex, J. Neurophysiol. 31: 670–681.

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May 28, 2010
Mission Bay - Rock Hall Auditorium

Alex Loucks
Akassoglou Lab
To Boldly Go Where No (Unmyelinated) Axon Has Gone Before
Nature Neuroscience. 2010. 13(5):559-566
Park, Katya J., et. al.
p75NTP-Dependent, Myelin-Mediated Axonal Degeneration regulates Neural Connectivity in the Adult Brain
Faculty Coaches: Louis Reichardt and Susan Voglmaier

Kaveh Ashrafi
A Hub of Social Activity
Nature. 2009. 458(7242):1171-5
Macosko, Evan Z., et. al.
A Hub-and-Spoke Circuit Drives Pheromone Attraction and Social Behavior in C. Elegans.

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