Department of Neurosciences Summer 2023 Retreat

Wed, 07/26/2023 - 09:00

Wednesday, July 26, 2023
9 am - 6:30 pm
Tinkham Veale University Center Ballroom

102 people attended the 2023 Neurosciences department retreat. All departmental faculty, staff, postdocs, graduate students, undergraduate students, and trainers were invited to attend. In addition, all first-year students (BSTP or MSTP) who have indicated an interest in neuroscience were also invited.

Keynote Speaker

Dion K. Dickman, PhD

Associate Professor,
Biological Sciences and Gerontology
University of Southern California (USC),
Leonard Davis School of Gerontology

"Homeostatic Control of Synaptic Strength"

In addition to the keynote presentation, the retreat featured 8 oral presentations and 30 posters.

Presentation 1: Marina Bostelman, Graduate Student, Broihier Lab, Neurosciences
Title: “Investigating roles for α2δ and septate junction proteins in synaptic adhesion and synaptic vesicle localization”

Presentation 2: Matthew Moore, Graduate Student, Philippidou Lab, Neurosciences
Title: “Coordinated Expression of Hox5 Transcription Factors Drives Respiratory Circuit Assembly”

Presentation 3: Dr. William Clay Spencer, Research Scientist, Deneris Lab, Neurosciences
Title: “Pet1 coordinates neuron subtype-specific transcriptomes for postmitotic neuron diversification”

Presentation 4: Dr. Helen Miranda, Assistant Professor, Genetics & Genome Sciences
Title: “Scalable, optically-active human neuromuscular junction model reveal convergent mechanisms of dysfunction in familial ALS.”

Presentation 5: Minghua Li, Graduate Student, Sun Lab, Neurosciences
Title: “Anatomical and functional heterogeneity of the basolateral amygdala to ventral hippocampus circuit”

Presentation 6: Dr. Masashi Tabuchi, Assistant Professor, Neurosciences
Title: “Neurophysiological approaches to repair sleep instability caused by age and neurodegeneration “

Presentation 7: Dr. Dominique Durand, Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Title: “Subthreshold oscillating waves in neural tissue propagate by volume conduction and generate interference”

Presentation 8: Dr. Eric Kirk, Postdoctoral Fellow, Sauerbrei Lab, Neurosciences
Title: “Cortical representation of inertial load during locomotion in the mouse”