October 1, 2010
Parnassus - N225

Eirene Markenscoff-Papadimitriou
Lomvardas Lab
DNA Methylation: Regulating Emotions in Addiction and Stress
LaPlant, Quincey, et. al.
Dnmt3A Regulates Emotional Behavior and Spine Plasticity in the Nucleus Accumbens
Nature Neuroscience. 2010. 13:1137-1143
Faculty Coaches: Linda Wilbrecht and Dorit Ron

Joe Donovan
Baier Lab
Enlarged to Show Disorganization: A Lack of Fine Retinotopy in Mouse VI
Smith, Spencer L., et. at.
Parallel Processing of Visual Space by Neighboring Neurons in Mouse Visual Cortex
Nature Neuroscience. 2010. 13:1144-1149
Faculty Coaches: Allison Doupe and Michael Stryker

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October 8, 2010
Mission Bay - Rock Hall Auditorium

Robyn Javier
Kreitzer Lab
So Much Drama with the LTP
Schonewille, M., et. al.
Purkinje Cell-Specific Knockout of the Protein Phosphatase PP2B Impairs Potentiation and Cerebellar Motor Learning
Neuron. 2010. 67(4):618-628
Faculty Coaches: Steve Lisberger and Roger Nicoll

Su Guo
Adult Neural Stem Cells in the Fish Brain
Chapouton, Prisca, et.al.
Notch Activity Levels Control the Balance between Quiescence and Recruitment of Adult Neural Stem Cells
Journal of Neuroscience. 2010. 30(23):7961-7974

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October 15, 2010
N-225, Parnassus

Gabe McKinsey
Rubenstein Lab
The Role of BMP Signaling in the Regulation of the Adult Hippocampal Neurogenic Niche
Mira, Helena, et. al.
Signaling through BMPR-IA Regulates Quiescence and Long-Term Activity of Neural Stem Cells in the Adult Hippocampus
Cell Stem Cell. 2010. 7(1):78-89
Faculty Coaches: Stavros Lomvardas and John Rubenstein

Tony Wynshaw-Boris
Cutting Against the Grain in Drosophila Neuroblasts
Cabernard C. et. al.
A Spindle-Independent Cleavage Furrow Positioning Pathway
Nature. 2010. 467(7311):91-4

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October 22, 2010
Rock Hall Auditorium, Mission Bay

Adam Granger
Nicoll Lab
Fast Synaptic Subcortical Control of Hippocampal Circuits
Varga, Viktor, et. al.
Fast Synaptic Subcortical Control of Hippocampal Circuits
Science. 2009. 326:449-453
Faculty Coaches: Vikaas Sohal and Anatol Kreitzer

Li Gan
SIRT1 and Plasticity: A Tale of microRNA
Gao, Jun, et. al.
A Novel Pathway Regulates Memory and Plasticity via SIRT1 and miR-134
Nature. 2010. 466:1105-1109

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October 29, 2010
N-225, Parnassus

John Silbereis
Rowitch Lab
Cortical Balancing Act:  Tbr2+ Intermediate Progenitors Control Amplification of Neocortical Glutamatergic Neurons and Attraction of Subcortical GABAergic Interneurons
Sessa, Alessandro, et. al.
Tbr2-Positive Intermediate (Basal) Neuronal Progenitors Safeguard Cerebral Cortex Expansion by Controlling Amplification of Pallial Glutamatergic Neurons and Attraction of Subpallial GABAergic Interneurons
Genes and Development. 2010. 24:1816-1826
Faculty Coaches: John Rubenstein and Tony Wynshaw-Boris

Loren Frank
So That's What They Might be Good For: Linking Place Cells (and Reactivation) to Memory
Dupret, D., et. al.
The Reorganization and Reactivation of Hippocampal Maps Predict Spatial Memory Performance
Nat. Neurosci. 2010. 13(8):995-1002

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November 5, 2010
Rock Hall Auditorium - Mission Bay

Bradley Colquitt
Lomvardas Lab
Clear the Area! Transcription's A-Coming!: Gene Activation Through DNA Methylation
Wu, Hao, et. al.
Dnmt3a-Dependant Nonpromoter DNA Methylation Facilitates Transcription of Neurogenic Genes
Science. 2010. 329(5990):444-448
Faculty Coaches: David Rowitch and Eric Huang

Matthew LaVail
Do We Need Rods and Cones to See?
Ecker, Jennifer, et. al.
Melanospin Expressing Retinal Gaglion-Cell Photoreceptors: Cellular Diversity and Role in Pattern Vision
Neuron. 2010. 67:49-60

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November 12, 2010
Mission Bay - Rock Hall Auditorium

No Journal Club - SFN

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November 19, 2010
Parnassus - N225

Jon Levy
Nicoll Lab
Magic!
Moritz, Chet T., et. al.
Direct Control of Paralysed Muscles by Cortical Neurons
Nature. 2008. 456:639-642
Faculty Coaches: Michael Brainard and Philip Sabes

Eric Huang
PolyQ Expansion and ALS: Do Motor Neurons do Their Math?
Elden, Andrew C., et. al.
Ataxin-2 Intermediate-Length Polyglutamine Expansions are Associated with Increased Risk for ALS
Nature. 2010. 466:1069-1075

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November 26, 2010

No Journal Club - Thanksgiving

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December 3, 2010
Mission Bay - Rock Hall Auditorium

5th Year Talks

Maggie Carr
Frank Lab
Behavioral State and Novelty Continuously Modulate Information Processing in the Hippocampus

Talia Lerner
Kreitzer Lab
Dopamine and Adenosine Regulate Striatal Synaptic Plasticity via RGS4 Signaling

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December 10, 2010
Parnassus - N225

Carolyn Johnson
Wilbrecht Lab
Learning to Jump Through Hoops: Does Activity Shift through Basal Ganglia Loops during Learning?
Thorn, Catherine A., et. al.
Differential Dynamics of Activity Changes in Dorsolateral and Dorsomedial Striatal Loops during Learning
Neuron. 2010, 66(5):781-795
Faculty Coaches: Patricia Janak and Anatol Kreitzer

Peter Sargent
What's All this Nonsense about Katz being Wrong? R. I. P.
Sara Y, et. al.
An Isolated Pool of Vesicles Recycles at Rest and Drives Spontaneous Neurotransmission
Neuroni. 2005. 45:563-573

Hua Y, et. al.
A Common Origin of Synaptic Vesicles Undergoing Evoked and Spontaneous Fusion
Nature Neurosci. 13:1451-1453 (epub ahead of print)

Wilhelm BG, et. al.
The Same Vesicles Drive Active and Spontaneous Release
Nature Neurosci. 13:1454-1456

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January 7, 2010
Mission Bay - Rock Hall Atrium

Fall Rotation Poster Session - First Year Students

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January 14, 2011
Mission Bay - Rock Hall Auditorium

Seth Shipman
Nicoll Lab
Neurons Resound!
Narayana, Rishikesh, et. al.
Calcium Store Depletion Induces Persistent Perisomatic Increases in the Functional Density of h Channels in Hippocampal Pyramidal Neurons
Neuron. 2010. 68(5):921-935
Faculty Coaches: Grae Davis and Lily Jan

Robert Edwards
Mitochondrial Depolarization in Oxidative Stress: Effect or Response?
Guzman, Jamie N., et. al.
Oxidant Stress Evoked by Pacemaking in Dopaminergic Neurons is Attenuated by DJ-1
Nature. 2010. 468:696-700

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January 21, 2010
Parnasus - N225

Alex Loucks
Janak Lab
Wipe Away Your Fears: How Calcium-Permable AMPA Receptor Dynamics Mediate Fear Memory Erasure
Clem RL, et. al.
Calcium-Permeable AMPA Receptor Dynamics Mediate Fear Memory Erasure
Science. 2010. 330: 1108-1112
Faculty Coaches: Roger Nicoll and Loren Frank

Jeffry Lansman
Extracellular Calcium as a Signal Controlling Sodium Leak
Lu, Boxiu, et. al.
Extracellular Calcium Controls Background Current and Neuronal Excitability via an UNC79-UNC80-NALCN Cation Channel Complex
Neuron. 2010. 68(3):488-499

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January 28, 2011
Mission Bay - Rock Hall Auditorium

5th Year Talks

Erica Korb
Finkbeiner Lab
Arc Localization to the Nucleus Regulates Synaptic Strength

Chris Bohlen
Julius Lab
Tarantula Toxins Targeting TRPV1: How Ow?

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February 4, 2011
Parnasus - N225

Meg Younger
Davis Lab
Glutamate Modulates Glycine Receptors
Liu, J., et. al.
Allosteric Potentiation of Glycine Receptor Chloride Currents by Glutamate
Nature Neuroscience. 2010. 13:1225-1232
Faculty Coaches: Peter Sargent and Jeff Lansman

Angela Vandenberg
Wilbrecht Lab
Cocaine Withdrawal and BDNF: Amping Up Activity in the Prefrontal Cortex
Lu, H., et. al.
Elevated BDNF after Cocaine Withdrawal Facilitates LTP in Medial Prefrontal Cortex by Suppressing GABA Inhibition
Neuron. 2010. 67(5):821-833
Faculty Coaches: Patricia Janak and Vikaas Sohal

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February 11, 2011 - Admissions
Mission Bay - Rock Hall Auditorium

Dana Robertson
Heberlein Lab
Flies Smell Weird: Ionotropic Receptors in the Drosophila Olfactory System
Abuin, Liliane, et. al.
Functional Architecture of Olfactory Ionotropic Glutamate Receptors
Neuron. 2011. 69(1):44-60
Faculty Coaches: Ulrike Heberlein and Pam England

Allan Basbaum
Scent of a (Very Tearful) Woman
Gelstein, Shani, et. al.
Human Tears Contain a Chemosignal
Science. 6 January 2011 (online)

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February 18, 2011
Parnasus - N225

Shanni Silberberg
Rubenstein Lab
Controlling Chaos: The Rett Syndrome Gene MeCP2 Regulates L1 Retrotransposition
Muotri, Alysson R., et. al.
L1 Retrotransposition in Neurons is Modulated by MeCP2
Nature. 2010. 468:443-446
Faculty Coaches: Jonah Chan and Anthony Wynshaw-Boris

Josh Bagley
YN Jan Lab
Nogo Signaling Endosomes regulate Neurite Growth and Growth Cone Collapse
Joset, A., et. al.
Pincher-Generated Nogo-A Endosomes Mediate Growth Cone Collapse and Retrograde Signaling
J. Cell. Biol. 2010. 188(2):271-85
Faculty Coaches: Robert Edwards and Eric Huang

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February 25, 2011
Mission Bay - Rock Hall Auditorium

5th Year Talks

Abe Langseth
Pleasure Lab
Regulation of the Oligodendrocyte Lineage in Development and Injury

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March 4, 2011 - Admissions
Mission Bay - Rock Hall Auditorium

Jonathan Charlesworth
Brainard Lab
Learning to Predict Reward: Some Memories are More Equal than Others
Bromberg-Martin, ES, et. al.
Multiple Timescales of Memory in Lateral Habenula and Dopamine Neurons
Neuron. 2010. 67(3):499-510
Faculty Coaches: Vikaas Sohal and Anatol Kreitzer

Linda Wilbrecht
Plastic Surgery for the Brain: Reversing Pathological Neural Activity using Targeted Plasticity
Engineer, Navzer D., et. al.
Reversing Pathological Neural Activity using Targeted Plasticity
Nature. 2011. 470(7332):101-4

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March 11, 2011
Parnasus - N225

5th Year Talk

Jill Larimore
Muchowski Lab
Cannabinoid Receptor Type-2 in Peripheral Immune Cells modulates Huntington's Disease Pathogenesis

Anita Devineni
Heberlein Lab
Why Girls Can't Hold Their Liquor: Fruitless and the Novel Gene CG15626 regulate Sexually Dimorphic Ethanol Behaviors

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March 18 and March 25, 2011

No Journal Club

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April 1, 2011
Mission Bay - Rock Hall 302

Winter Rotation Poster Session - First Year Students

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April 8, 2011
Mission Bay - Rock Hall Auditorium

Kate Lovero
Nicoll Lab
"Can You Hear Me Now?": Location-Dependent Variability in Synaptic Transmission along Cortical Dendrites
Branco, Tiago, et. al.
Synaptic Integration Gradients in Single Cortical Pyramidal Cell Dendrites
Neuron. 2011. 69(5):885-892
Faculty Coaches: Peter Sargent and Vikaas Sohal

Ken Nakamura
PARIS, Parkin and Parkinson's Disease
Shin, JH, et. al.
Paris (ZNF746) Repression of PGC-1alpha Contributes to Neurodegeneration in Parkinson's Disease
Cell. 2011. 144(5):689-702

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April 15, 2011
Parnassus - N225

Caitlyn Gertz
Kriegstein Lab
Neuron to Glia Switch: Olig2 (de)Phosphorylation Leads the Way
Li, Huiliang, et. al.
Phosphorylation Regulates OLIG2 Cofactor Choice and Motor Neuron-Oligodendrocyte Fate Switch
Neuron. 2011. 69(5):918-929
Faculty Coaches: Jonah Chen and Arturo Alveraz-Buylla

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April 22, 2011
Mission Bay - Rock Hall Auditorium

Jason Tien
Lily Jan Lab
"Remember the Astrocyte": Role of Astrocyte in Memory Formation
Suzuki, Akinobo, et. al.
Astrocyte-Neuron Lactate Transport Is Required for Long-Term Memory Formation
Cell. 2011. 144(5):810-823
Faculty Coaches: Jonah Chan and Erik Ullian


Paul Muchowski
Signaling Through Neurons to Slow Down Leukocyte Migration
Huston, Jared M. et. al.
Cholinergic Neural Signals to the Spleen Down-Regulate Leukocyte Trafficking via CD11b
Journal of Immunology. 2009. 183(1):552-559

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April 29, 2011
Parnassus - N225

5th Year Talks

Liz Steinberg
Janak Lab
Establishing a Causal Role for VTA Dopamine Neurons in Positive Reinforcement and Associative Reward Learning

Helen McLendon
Doupe Lab
TBA

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May 6, 2011
Mission Bay - Rock Hall Auditorium

Sarah Fischbach
Janak Lab
Is It a Sign? Dopamine is Required to Attribute Incentive Value to Reward-Predictive Cues
Flagel, Shelly B., et. al.
A Selective Role for Dopamine in Stimulus-Reward Learning
Nature. 2011. 469:53-57
Faculty Coaches: Loren Frank and Allison Doupe

John Rubenstein
Transcriptional Control of Cell Migration
Pacary, E., et. al.
Proneural Transcription Factors Regulate Different Steps of Cortical Neuron Migration through Rnd-Mediated Inhibition of RhoA Signaling
Neuron. 2011. 69(6):1069-84

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May 13, 2011
Parnassus - N225

Cody Locke
Davis Lab
Tickle Me ELMO: Neuronal Activity is Required for the Development of Specific Cortical Interneuron Subtypes
De Marco Garcia, Natalia V., et. al.
Neuronal Activity is Required for the Development of Specific Cortical Interneuron Subtypes
Nature. 2011. 472:351-355
Faculty Coaches: Steve Finkbeiner and Sam Pleasure

Arturo Alvarez-Buylla
Cry Warfare
Corcoran, Aaron J., et. al.
Tiger Moth Jams Bat Sonar
Science. 2009. 325:325-327

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May 20, 2011
Mission Bay - Rock Hall Auditorium

5th Year Talks

Michael Berberoglu
Guo Lab
Fezf2 regulates the Self-Renewal and Differentiation of Neural Stem Cells in the Adult Zebrafish Telencephalon

Paul Larkin
Muchowski Lab
Kyn-Eureka! Immune Control of Brain Kynurenines

Helen Shen
Doupe Lab
TBD

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