Center for Neural Informatics,
Neural Structures, and Neural Plasticity (CN3)
Journal
Coverage Assignments
2007-2008 CN3 Meeting Calendar
(Thursdays, 10-11:30am, Krasnow Lecture Room)
Date - Presenter, Meeting type: Title
Aug 30 - Avrama, Giorgio,
and Ted, Logistic Introduction: Overview of CN3 organization,
scientific
interests, and technical expertise.
Sep 6 - Erin and Ted, Research
Seminar: Ted's lab research program and Erin's Master's results.
Sep 13 - Adam, Research
Seminar: The CRAM test - quantifying human autobiographic memories.
Sep 20 - Avrama, Journal Club: Singla et
al., JN07, Mechanisms for synapse specificity during striatal
long-term depression.
Sep 27 - Wonryull, Journal
Club: Kim
et al., Neuron07, Regulation
of dendritic excitability by activity-dependent trafficking of the
A-type K+ channel subunit Kv4.2 in hippocampal neurons.
Oct 4 - Michele, Research
Seminar: Feedforward inhibition as a buffer of the neuronal
Input/Output relationship.
Oct 11 - Rebekah, Journal Club:
Carter
et
al., JN07, Timing and location of synaptic inputs determine modes
of subthreshold integration in striatal medium spiny neurons.
Oct 18 - Rodrigo, Research
Seminar:
The role of anchoring proteins in generating cAMP gradients.
Oct 25 - David, Journal Club: Dyhrfjeld-Johnsen
et al., JNP07, Topological determinants of epileptogenesis in
large-scale structural and functional models of the dentate gyrus
derived from experimental data.
Nov 1 - Darren Myatt (Univ.
Reading, UK), Research Seminar: Automated 3D reconstructions of digital
neuromorphologies with Neuromantic.
Nov 8 - No CN3 Mtg, SfN Meeting.
Nov 15 - All SfN Attendees,
Conference Report: San Diego Highlights.
Nov 22 - No CN3 Mtg, Happy
Thanksgiving!
Nov 29 - Ruggero, Journal
Club:
Tort et al.,
PNAS07, On the formation of gamma-coherent cell assemblies by
oriens lacunosum-moleculare interneurons in the hippocampus.
Dec 6 - Guest Talk, Reserch
Seminar: Janina Ferbinteanu (Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NYC,
NY), "Neural correlates of episodic-like memory in the rat hipocampus".
Dec 13 - Guest Talk,
Reserch Seminar: Nadine Kabbani (Inst. Pasteur, Paris, France)
"Intracellular complexes of the nicotinic receptor in brain revealed by
proteomics".
Dec 20 - No CN3 Mtg, Happy
Winter Recess!
Jan 10, 2008 - John, Journal
Club: Ninjo_JNP07
& reply,
Doubts about quantal analysis and answers on statistical analysis of
visual fits.
Jan 17 - Bob, Journal Club: DeCoteau et
al., PNAS07, Learning-related coordination of striatal and hippocampal theta rhythms during
acquisition of a procedural maze task.
SPRING
SEMESTER SCHEDULE: CENTER MEETINGS ARE HELD ON MONDAYS, 10am (not on
1/21, MLK)
Jan 28 - Myung, Research
Seminar: Temporal patterns regulate Protein Kinase A versus CamKII
activity differently in late phase long term potentiation.
Feb 4 - Rodrigo,
Journal Club: Seol_et
al.,
Ne07, Neuromodulators control the polarity of
spike-timing-dependent synaptic plasticity (also see erratum).
Feb 11 - Ruggero and
David, Research
Seminar: Modeling hippocampal dynamics with very large scale network
simulations.
Feb 18 - Michele,
Journal Club: Narayanan
& Johnston, Ne07, Long-term potentiation in rat hippocampal
neurons is accompanied by spatially widespread changes in intrinsic
oscillatory dynamics and excitability.
Feb 25 - Susan, Research
Seminar: Digital reconstruction and morphometric analysis of human
brain vasculature from Magnetic Resonance Angiography.
Mar 3 - Duncan, Journal Club: Vyazovskiy
et al., NatN08, Molecular and electrophysiological evidence for net
synaptic potentiation in wake and depression in sleep.
Mar 10 - Todd, Research
Seminar: Sequencing neuronal trees for BLAST and motif analyses.
Mar 17 - Sridevi,
Journal Club: Froehlich
et al, JN08, Pathological effect of homeostatic synaptic scaling on
network dynamics in diseases of the cortex.
Mar 24 - Ted, "Grasping the
Brainbow" Double Feature Journal Club: Livet
et al., Na07, Transgenic strategies for combinatorial expression of
fluorescent proteins in the nervous system. Plus Feinberg
et al, Ne08, GFP Reconstitution Across Synaptic Partners (GRASP)
Defines Cell Contacts and Synapses in Living Nervous Systems. See also
the related
online exhibit of the New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)!
Mar 31 - Video of Randy
Pausch, (Virtual)
Training Seminar, Really Achieving Your Childhood
Dreams.
Apr 7 - Todd, Journal Club: Johnson&Redish,
JN07: Neural Ensembles in CA3 Transiently Encode Paths Forward of
the
Animal at a Decision Point.
Apr 14 - Rodrigo, Journal
Club,
Howeling&Brecht,
Na08, Behavioural report of single neuron stimulation in
somatosensory cortex.
Apr 21 - NO CN3 Mtg, Happy
Passover.
Apr 28 - Ruggero,
Journal
Club: Izhikevich&Edelman,
PNAS08, Large-Scale Model of Mammalian Thalamocortical Systems.
May 5 - Ted, Research/Training
Seminar, What it is Like to be a Mouse.
May 12 - Giorgio,
Research/Training
Seminar, A Guided Tour of the Grant Canyon.
May 19 - Annual CN3 Hike (Full
Day).
May 26 - No CN3 Mtg, Memorial
Day.
No CN3 Mtg scheduled in the
summer (forthcoming in the Fall: Maryam, Research
Seminar + TBD Journal Club: Comprehensive Literature Search for
NeuroMorpho.Org)
Computational Neuroanatomy
Group
Computational
and Experimental Neuroplasticity Lab
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