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
TBD
Behavioral Choice by Presynpatic Inhibition of Tactile Sensory Terminals
Nature Neuroscience. 2009. 12(11):1450-1457
Coaches: TBD

Nirao Shah

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December 11, 2009
Parnassus - N225

Helen McLendon
Doupe Lab
TBD
Basal Forebrain Activation enhances Cortical Coding of Natural Scences
Nature Neuroscience. 2009. 12(11):1440-1445
Coaches: TBD

Louis Reichardt

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January 8, 2010
TBD

Fall Rotation Poster Session - First Year Students

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January 15, 2010
Mission Bay - Rock Hall Auditorium

Talia Lerner
Kreitzer Lab

Allan Basbaum

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January 22, 2010
Parnasus - N225

Jonathan Charlesworth
Brainard Lab

Chris Bohlen
Julius Lab

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January 29, 2010
Mission Bay - Rock Hall Auditorium

Jill Larimore
Muchowski Lab
TBD
Neuro-Glia Communication via EphA4/ephrin-A3 Modulates LTP through Glial Glutamate Transport
Nature Neuroscience. 2009. 12:1285-1292
Faculty Coaches: TBD

Cynthia Kenyon

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February 5, 2010
Parnassus - N225

Robyn Javier
Kreitzer Lab

David Copenhagen

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

Maggie Carr
Frank Lab

Allison Doupe

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February 19, 2010
Parnassus - N225

5th Year Research Talks

Sharon Berquist
Davis Lab

Kimberly Kempadoo
Bonci Lab

David Gorczyca
YH Jan Lab

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February 26, 2010
Parnassus - N225

David Young
Lily Jan Lab

Julie Schnapf

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

Liz Steinberg
Janak Lab

Mark von Zastrow

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March 12, 2010
Mission Bay - Rock Hall Auditorium

Meg Younger
Davis Lab

Patricia Janak

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March 19, 2010 and March 26, 2010

No Journal Club

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April 3, 2009
TBD

Winter Rotation Poster Session - First Year Students

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April 9, 2010
Parnassus

Michael Berberoglu
Guo Lab

Mary Dallman

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April 16, 2010
Mission Bay

Abe Langseth
Pleasure Lab

Su Guo

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April 23, 2010
Parnassus

Carolyn Johnson
Wilbrecht Lab

Erik Ullian

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April 30, 2010
Mission Bay

5th Year Research Talks

Selina Koch
Ullian Lab

Zack Chadick
Gazzaley Lab

Wendy Huang
Lily Jan Lab

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May 7, 2010
Parnassus

Helen McLendon
Doupe Lab

Steve McIntire

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May 14, 2010
Mission Bay

Dana Robertson
Kenyon Lab

Dorit Ron

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May 21, 2010
Parnassus

Sarah Fischbach
Bonci Lab

Michael Stryker

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May 28, 2010
Mission Bay

Alex Loucks
Akassoglou Lab

Kaveh Ashrafi

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