Lab Meetings

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Monday 26 Aug 2024 from 9:45 to 11:00, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L11-417

Short lab meeting

 

Monday 19 Aug 2024 from 9:45 to 11:30, Host: Nada Shaath & Kalenga Lubembele

Location: L11-417

Long lab meeting

 

Monday 12 Aug 2024 from 9:45 to 11:00, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L11-417

Short lab meeting

 

Monday 5 Aug 2024 from 9:45 to 11:30, Host: Tal Klimenko & Jennifer Huynh Lin & Linn Dragsted

Location: L11-417

Long lab meeting

 

Monday 29 July 2024 from 9:45 to 11:00, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L11-417

Short lab meeting

 

Monday 22 July 2024 from 9:45 to 11:30, Host: Shawniya Alageswaran

Location: L11-417

Long lab meeting

 

Monday 15 July 2024 from 9:45 to 11:00, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L11-417

Short lab meeting

 

Monday 8 July 2024 from 9:45 to 11:30, Host: Christina Chou

Location: L11-417

Long lab meeting

 

Monday 1 July 2024 Cancelled (Holiday)

 

*Thursday 27 June 2024 from 9:45 to 11:00, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L11-417

Short lab meeting

 

Monday 17 June 2024 Cancelled (Jesper away)

 

Monday 10 June 2024 from 9:45 to 11:00, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L11-417

Short lab meeting

 

Monday 3 June 2024 from 9:45 to 11:30, Host: Sabine Rannio

Location: L11-417

Long lab meeting

 

Monday 27 May 2024 from 9:45 to 11:00, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L11-417

Short lab meeting

Share experience from CAN 2024

 

Monday 20 May 2024 Cancelled (CAN 2024)

 

Monday 13 May 2024 from 9:45 to 11:00, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L11-417

Short lab meeting

 

Monday 6 May 2024 from 9:45 to 11:30, Host: Amanda McFarlan

Location: L11-417

Long lab meeting

 

Monday 29 Apr 2024 from 9:45 to 11:30, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L11-417

Short lab meeting

 

Monday 22 Apr 2024 from 9:45 to 11:00, Host: Connie Guo

Location: L11-417

Long lab meeting

Share experience from International Astrocyte School 2024

 

Monday 15 Apr 2024 from 9:45 to 11:30, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L11-417

Short lab meeting

 

Monday 8 Apr 2024 from 9:45 to 11:00, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L11-417

Short lab meeting

 

* Wednesday 3 Apr 2024 * from 9:45 to 11:30, Host: Tal Klimenko & Jennifer Huynh Lin

Location: L11-417

Long lab meeting

 

Monday 25 Mar 2024 from 9:45 to 11:00, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L11-417

Short lab meeting

 

Monday 18 Mar 2024 from 9:45 to 11:30, Host: Haley Renault

Location: L11-417

Improvement of sensory deficits in fragile X mice by increasing cortical interneuron activity after the critical period

Nazim Kourdougli, Anand Suresh, Benjamin Liu, ..., Benjamin J. Hall, Cedric Mombereau, Carlos Portera-Cailliau

Neuron 2023 111, 2863–2880

https://www.cell.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0896-6273%2823%2900468-3

 

Monday 11 Mar 2024 from 9:45 to 11:00, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L11-417

Short lab meeting

 

Monday 4 Mar 2024 Cancelled (Jesper away)

 

Monday 26 Feb 2024 from 9:45 to 11:00, Host: Hovy Wong

Location: L11-417

Short lab meeting

 

Monday 19 Feb 2024 from 9:45 to 11:30, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L11-417

Long lab meeting

 

Monday 12 Feb 2024 from 9:45 to 11:00, Host: Airi Watanabe

Location: L11-417

Data Club

 

Monday 5 Feb 2024 from 9:45 to 11:30, Host: Airi Watanabe

Location: L11-417

Journal Club

Activated somatostatin interneurons orchestrate memory microcircuits

Kim T, Choi DI, Choi JE, Lee H, Jung H, Kim J, Sung Y, Park H, Kim MJ, Han DH, Lee SH, Kaang BK.

Neuron 2024 Jan 17;112(2):201-208.e4.  doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2023.10.013

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0896627323007699?via%3Dihub

 

Monday 29 Jan 2024 from 9:45 to 11:00, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L11-417

Short lab meeting

 

Monday 22 Jan 2024 from 9:45 to 11:30, Host: Shawniya Alageswaran

Location: L11-417

Journal Club
Excitation creates a distributed pattern of cortical suppression due to varied recurrent input.

O'Rawe JF, Zhou Z, Li AJ, LaFosse PK, Goldbach HC, Histed MH.

Neuron. 2023 111(24):4086 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0896627323006736

 

Monday 15 Jan 2024 from 9:45 to 11:00, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L11-417

Short lab meeting

 

Monday 8 Jan 2024 from 9:45 to 11:30, Host: Connie Guo

Location: L11-417

Journal Club
Ketamine modulates a norepinephrine-astroglial circuit to persistently suppress futility-induced passivity

Marc Duque, Alex B. Chen, Eric Hsu, Sujatha Narayan, Altyn Rymbek, Shahinoor Begum, Gesine Saher, Adam E. Cohen, David E. Olson, David A. Prober, Dwight E. Bergles, Mark C. Fishman, Florian Engert, Misha B. Ahrens

bioRxiv 2023 https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.12.29.522099

 

--- Holiday Break ---

 

Wednesday 20 Dec 2023 from 9:45 to 11:00, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L11-417

Short lab meeting

 

Wednesday 13 Dec 2023 from 9:45 to 11:00, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L11-417

Short lab meeting

(Note: We host MNG today.)

 

Wednesday 6 Dec 2023 from 9:45 to 11:30, Host: James Auwn & Linn Dragsted

Location: L11-417

Long lab meeting

 

Wednesday 29 Nov 2023, Cancelled

 

Wednesday 22 Nov 2023 from 9:45 to 11:30, Host: Christina Chou

Location: L11-417

Long lab meeting

 

Wednesday 15 Nov 2023 Cancelled (SfN)

 

Wednesday 8 Nov 2023 from 9:45 to 11:30, Host: Sabine Rannio

Location: L11-417

Long lab meeting

(Note: Jesper hosts BRaIN speaker at noon, so we must finish early.)

 

Wednesday 1 Nov 2023 from 9:45 to 11:00, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L11-417

Short lab meeting

 

Wednesday 25 Oct 2023 from 9:45 to 11:30, Host: Amanda McFarlan

Location: L11-417

Long lab meeting

 

Wednesday 18 Oct 2023 from 9:45 to 10:45, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L11-417

Short lab meeting, Airi shares notes from University of Yamanashi visit

(Note: Jesper teaches at 11:35 AM, so must finish early.)

 

Wednesday 11 Oct 2023 from 9:45 to 11:30, Host: Haley Renault

Location: L11-417

Activated astrocytes attenuate neocortical seizures in rodent models through driving Na+-K+-ATPase.

Zhao J, Sun J, Zheng Y, Zheng Y, Shao Y, Li Y, Fei F, Xu C, Liu X, Wang S, Ruan Y, Liu J, Duan S, Chen Z, Wang Y.

Nat Commun. 2022 Nov 21;13(1):7136.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9681834/

Long lab meeting

(Note: Jesper hosts BRaIN speaker at noon, so we must finish early.)

 

Wednesday 4 Oct 2023 from 9:45 to 10:45, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L11-417

Short lab meeting

(Note: Jesper teaches at 11:35 AM, so must finish early.)

 

*Thursday* 28 Sep 2023 from 9:45 to 11:45, Host: Connie Guo and Tal Klimenko

*Location:* L7-140

Long lab meeting

 

Wednesday 20 Sep 2023, Cancelled, CCAC visit.

 

Wednesday 13 Sep 2023 from 9:45 to 11:45, Host: Shawniya Alageswaran

Location: L11-417

Long lab meeting (Shawniya will share notes from the CHSL Imaging Course)

 

Wednesday 6 Sep 2023 from 9:45 to 10:45, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L11-417

Short lab meeting

 

Wednesday 30 Aug 2023 from 9:45 to 11:45, Host: Airi Watanabe

Location: L11-417

Long lab meeting

 

Wednesday 23 Aug 2023 from 9:45 to 10:45, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L11-417

Short lab meeting

 

Wednesday 16 Aug 2023 from 9:45 to 11:45, Host: Christina Chou

Location: L11-417

Long lab meeting

 

Wednesday 9 Aug 2023 Cancelled (Jesper on holidays)

 

Wednesday 2 Aug 2023 Cancelled (Jesper on holidays)

 

Wednesday 26 July 2023 from 9:45 to 10:45, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L11-417

Short lab meeting

 

Wednesday 19 July 2023 from 9:45 to 11:45, Host: Hovy Wong

Location: L11-417

Das S, Lituma PJ, Castillo PE, Singer RH.

Maintenance of a short-lived protein required for long-term memory involves cycles of transcription and local translation.
Neuron. 2023 Jul 5;111(13):2051-2064.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2023.04.005.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0896627323002672

 

Wednesday 12 July 2023 from 9:45 to 10:45, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L11-417

Short lab meeting

 

Wednesday 5 July 2023 from 9:45 to 10:45, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L11-417

Short lab meeting

 

Wednesday 28 June 2023, Cancelled (Jesper moving)

 

Wednesday 21 June 2023, Cancelled (Jesper away)

 

Wednesday 14 June 2023 from 9:45 to 10:45, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L11-417

Short lab meeting

 

Wednesday 7 Jun 2023 from 9:45 to 11:45, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L11-417

Long lab meeting (we all share notes from CAN)

 

Wednesday 31 May 2023, cancelled due to CAN meeting

 

Wednesday 24 May 2023 from 9:45 to 11:45, Host: Sabine Rannio

Location: L11-417

Mapping thalamic innervation to individual L2/3 pyramidal neurons and modeling their “readout” of visual input

Balcioglu A, Gillani R, Doron M, Burnell K, Ku T, Erisir A, Chung K, Segev I, & Nedivi E

Nature Neuroscience 2023 26(3):470–480. doi:10.1038/s41593-022-01253-9.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-022-01253-9

 

Wednesday 17 May 2023 from 9:45 to 10:45, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L11-417

Short lab meeting

 

Wednesday 10 May 2023 from 9:45 to 11:45, Host: Aurore Thomazeau

Location: L11-417

Long lab meeting (prep talk for CRN/BRaIN seminar subsequent week)

 

Wednesday 3 May 2023 from 9:45 to 10:45, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L11-417

Short lab meeting

 

Wednesday 26 Apr 2023 from 9:45 to 11:45, Host: Airi Watanabe

Location: L11-417

Astrocytes mediate long-lasting synaptic regulation of ventral tegmental area dopamine neurons.

Requie LM, Gómez-Gonzalo M, Speggiorin M, et al.

Nat Neurosci. 2022;25(12):1639-1650. doi:10.1038/s41593-022-01193-4

 

Wednesday 19 Apr 2023 from 9:45 to 10:45, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L11-417

Short lab meeting (Note: We do CRN Lab Update today at noon.)

 

Wednesday 12 Apr 2023 from 9:45 to 11:45, Host: Connie Guo

Location: L11-417

Long lab meeting

 

Wednesday 5 Apr 2023 from 9:45 to 10:45, Host: Isabella Gomez & Farah Alem

Location: L11-417

Long lab meeting

 

Wednesday 29 Mar 2023 from 9:45 to 11:45, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L11-417

Optical components for 2P imaging, Part 2

 

Wednesday 22 Mar 2023 from 9:45 to 10:45, Host: Airi Watanabe

Location: L11-417

Short lab meeting

 

Wednesday 15 Mar 2023 from 9:45 to 11:45, Host: Haley Renault

Location: L11-417

Long lab meeting

 

Wednesday 8 Mar 2023 from 9:45 to 10:45, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L11-417

Short lab meeting

 

Wednesday 1 Mar 2023 from 9:45 to 11:45, Host: Shawniya Alageswaran

Location: L11-417

Long lab meeting

 

Wednesday 22 Feb 2023 from 9:45 to 11:45, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L11-417

Optical components for 2P imaging, Part 1

 

Wednesday 15 Feb 2023 from 9:45 to 11:45, Host: Hovy Wong

Location: L11-417

Long lab meeting

 

Wednesday 8 Feb 2023 from 9:45 to 10:45, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L11-417

Short lab meeting

 

Wednesday 1 Feb 2023 from 9:45 to 11:45, Host: Christina Chou

Location: L11-417

Long lab meeting

 

Wednesday 25 Jan 2023 from 9:45 to 11:45, Host: Sabine Rannio

Location: L11-417

Long lab meeting

 

Wednesday 18 Jan 2023 from 9:45 to 10:45, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L11-417

Short lab meeting

 

Wednesday 11 Jan 2023 from 9:45 to 10:15, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L11-417

Very short lab meeting

 

Thursday 4 Jan 2023 from 9:45 to 10:45, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L7-140

Short lab meeting

 

Thursday 15 Dec 2022 from 9:45 to 10:45, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L7-140

Short lab meeting

 

Thursday 8 Dec 2022 from 9:45 to 11:45, Host: Airi Watanabe

Location: L7-140

Filopodia are a structural substrate for silent synapses in adult neocortex.

Dimitra Vardalaki, Kwanghun Chung, Mark T Harnett

Nature 2022 Dec;612(7939):323-327.  doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-05483-6.

 

Thursday 1 Dec 2022 from 9:45 to 10:45, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L7-140

Short lab meeting

 

Thursday 24 Nov 2022 from 9:45 to 11:45, Host: Jesper Sjöström (Aurore had to cancel)

Location: L7-140

Long lab meeting

 

Thursday 16 Nov 2022, Cancelled because of SFN

 

Thursday 10 Nov 2022 from 9:45 to 11:45, Host: Amanda McFarlan

Location: L7-140

Long lab meeting

 

Thursday 3 Nov 2022 from 9:45 to 11:45, Host: Hovy Wong

Location: L7-140

Long lab meeting

 

Thursday 27 Oct 2022 from 9:45 to 10:45, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L7-140

Short lab meeting

 

Thursday 20 Oct 2022 from 9:45 to 11:45, Host: Christina Chou

Location: L7-140

Long lab meeting

 

Thursday 13 Oct 2022 from 9:45 to 10:45, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L7-140

Short lab meeting

 

Thursday 6 Oct 2022 from 9:45 to 11:45, Host: Sabine Rannio

Location: L7-140

Long lab meeting

 

Thursday 29 Sep 2022 from 9:45 to 10:45, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L7-140

Short lab meeting

 

Thursday 22 Sep 2022 from 9:45 to 11:45, Host: Aurore Thomazeau

Location: L7-140

Long lab meeting

 

Thursday 15 Sep 2022, Cancelled because of the IPN Retreat

 

Thursday 8 Sep 2022 from 9:45 to 11:45, Host: Airi Watanabe

Location: L7-140

Long lab meeting

 

Tuesday 30 Aug 2022, Cancelled: Jesper at ISN-APSN

 

Tuesday 23 Aug 2022 from 9:45 to 11:45, Host: Sriya Veerapaneni (virtual)

Long lab meeting

 

Tuesday 16 Aug 2022 from 9:45 to 11:45, Host: Connie Guo & Farah Alem

Location: L7-140

Long lab meeting

 

Tuesday 9 Aug 2022, Cancelled: Jesper on holiday

 

Tuesday 2 Aug 2022, Cancelled: Jesper on holiday

 

*Monday* 25 July 2022 from 9:45 to 11:45, Host: Jesper

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

Tuesday 19 July 2022, Cancelled: Jesper on holiday

 

Tuesday 12 July 2022, Cancelled: Jesper at FENS

 

Tuesday 5 July 2022 from 9:45 to 11:45, Host: Hovy Wong

Location: L7-140

Long lab meeting

 

Tuesday 28 June 2022 from 9:45 to 10:45, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

*Thursday* 23 June 2022 from 9:45 to 10:45, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

Tuesday 14 June 2022 from 9:45 to 10:45, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

Wednesday 8 Jun 2022 from 9:45 to 11:45, Host: Amanda McFarlan

Location: L7-140

Long lab meeting

 

Tuesday 31 May 2022 from 9:45 to 10:45, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

Tuesday 24 May 2022 from 9:45 to 11:45, Host: Christina Chou

Location: L7-140

Long lab meeting

 

Tuesday 17 May 2022 from 9:45 to 10:45, Host: Sabine Rannio

Location: Virtual

Candidacy Exam Practice Run

 

The CAN Meeting, Toronto: 12-15 May

 

Tuesday 10 May 2022 from 9:45 to 11:45, Host: Aurore Thomazeau

Location: L7-140

Long lab meeting

 

Tuesday 3 May 2022 from 9:45 to 10:45, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

Tuesday 26 Apr 2022 from 9:45 to 11:45, Host: Airi Watanabe

Location: L7-140

Long lab meeting

 

Tuesday 19 Apr 2022 from 9:45 to 10:45, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

Tuesday 12 Apr 2022 from 9:45 to 11:45, Host: Connor O’Donnell

Location: L7-140

Long lab meeting

 

Monday 4 Apr 2022 from 9:45 to 11:45, Host: Tasha Liang & Farah Alem

Location: Virtual

Long lab meeting

 

Tuesday 29 Mar 2022 from 9:45 to 10:45, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

Tuesday 22 Mar 2022 from 9:45 to 10:45, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

*Monday* 14 Mar 2022 from 9:45 to 11:45, Host: Claire Ko

Location: Virtual

Long lab meeting

 

Tuesday 8 Mar 2022 from 9:45 to 10:45, Host: Sabine Rannio

Location: L7-140

Long lab meeting

 

Tuesday 1 Mar 2022 from 9:45 to 11:45, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

Tuesday 22 Feb 2022 from 9:45 to 10:45, Host: Hovy Wong

Location: L7-140

Long lab meeting

 

Tuesday 15 Feb 2022 from 9:45 to 11:45, Host: Hovy Wong

Location: L7-140

Long lab meeting

 

Tuesday 8 Feb 2022 from 9:45 to 10:45, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

Tuesday 1 Feb 2022 from 9:45 to 11:45, Host: Amanda McFarlan

Location: L7-140

Long lab meeting

 

Tuesday 25 Jan 2022 from 9:45 to 10:45, Host: Christina Chou

Location: Virtual

Long lab meeting

 

Tuesday 18 Jan 2022 from 9:45 to 11:45, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

*Monday* 10 Jan 2022 from 9:45 to 10:45, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

16 Dec 2021 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location:  L7-140

Short lab meeting

 

9 Dec 2021 from 9:30 to 10:30, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

2 Dec 2021 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Connie Guo

Location:  L7-140

Data Club

 

25 Nov 2021 from 9:30 to 10:30, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

18 Nov 2021 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Airi Watanabe

Location:  L7-140

Data Club

 

12 Nov 2021 from 9:30 to 10:30, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Note: This is a Friday!

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

5 Nov 2021 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Olivier Camiré

Note: This is a Friday!

Location:  L7-140

Insular cortex neurons encode and retrieve specific immune responses. 

Koren T, Yifa R, Amer M, Krot M, Boshnak N, Ben-Shaanan TL, Azulay-Debby H, Zalayat I, Avishai E, Hajjo H, Schiller M, Haykin H, Korin B, Farfara D, Hakim F, Kobiler O, Rosenblum K, Rolls A. 

Cell. 2021 Nov 3:S0092-8674(21)01223-X. [link]

 

28 Oct 2021 from 9:30 to 10:30, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

21 Oct 2021 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Sabine Rannio

Location: L7-140

Data Club

 

14 Oct 2021 from 9:30 to 10:30, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

7 Oct 2021 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Hovy Wong 

Location: L7-140

Data Club

 

30 Sep 2021 from 9:30 to 10:30, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

23 Sep 2021 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Amanda McFarlan 

Location: Virtual

Data Club

 

16 Sep 2021 from 9:30 to 10:30, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

9 Sep 2021 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Christina Chou

Location: Virtual

Data Club

 

2 Sep 2021 from 9:30 to 10:30, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

26 Aug 2021 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Tasha Liang

Location: Virtual

Data Club

 

19 Aug 2021 from 9:30 to 10:30, Cancelled (Jesper away)

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

12 Aug 2021 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Airi Watanabe

Location: Virtual

Data Club

 

5 Aug 2021 from 9:30 to 10:30, Cancelled (Jesper away)

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

29 July 2021 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Olivier Camiré

Location: Virtual

Data Club

 

22 July 2021 from 9:30 to 10:30, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

15 July 2021 from 15:00 to 16:00, Host: Sabine Rannio

Location: Virtual

Data Club

 

8 July 2021 from 9:30 to 10:30, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

30 June 2021 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Hovy Wong

NOTE: This is a Wednesday!

Location: Virtual

Data Club

 

23 June 2021 from 9:30 to 10:30, Host: Jesper Sjöström

NOTE: This is a Wednesday!

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

17 June 2021 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Amanda McFarlan

Location: Virtual

Data Club

 

10 June 2021 from 9:30 to 10:30, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

3 June 2021 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Christina Chou

Location: Virtual

Data Club

 

27 May 2021 from 9:30 to 10:30, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

20 May 2021 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Airi Watanabe

Location: Virtual

Data Club

 

13 May 2021 from 9:30 to 10:30, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

6 May 2021 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Olivier Camiré

Location: Virtual

"Open Science at McGill: Directives, Issues and Resources"

Open Science by Design: Realizing a vision for 21st Century Research

Open Science Saves Lives: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic

Roadmap for Open Science - Government of Canada

A guide to Plan S: the open-access initiative shaking up science publishing

Brainhack: Developing a culture of open, inclusive, community-driven neuroscience

 

29 Apr 2021 from 9:30 to 10:30, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

22 Apr 2021 from 9:30 to 10:30, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

15 Apr 2021 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Sabine Rannio

Location: Virtual

Data Club

 

8 Apr 2021 from 9:30 to 10:30, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

1 Apr 2021 from 9:30 to 10:30, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

25 Mar 2021 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Aurore Thomazeau

Location: Virtual

Data Club

 

19 Mar 2021 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Note: This is a Friday!

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

11 Mar 2021 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Nicole Cherepacha

Location: Virtual

Long lab meeting

 

4 Mar 2021 from 9:30 to 10:30, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

24 Feb 2021 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Amanda McFarlan

Note: This is a Wednesday!

Location: Virtual

Data Club

 

18 Feb 2021 from 9:30 to 10:30, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

12 Feb 2021 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Christina Chou

Note: This is a Friday!

Location: Virtual

Data Club

 

11 Feb 2021, Cancelled due to Sam Wang’s seminar

 

5 Feb 2021 from 9:30 to 10:30, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Note: This is a Friday!

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

28 Jan 2021 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Airi Watanabe

Location: Virtual

Features Of Hippocampal Astrocytic Domains And Their Spatial Relation To Excitatory And Inhibitory Neurons

Ron Refaeli, Adi Doron, Aviya Benmelech-Chovav, Maya Groysman, Tirzah Kreisel,  View Yonatan Loewenstein,  Inbal Goshen

bioRxiv, doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.05.25.114348 [link]

+ Data Club

 

21 Jan 2021 from 9:30 to 10:30, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

14 Jan 2021 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Olivier Camiré

Location: Virtual

"Ca2+ mechanisms of synaptic integration and plasticity in hippocampal interneurons"

 

7 Jan 2021 from 9:30 to 10:30, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

17 Dec 2020 from 9:30 to 10:30, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

10 Dec 2020 from 9:30 to 10:30, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

3 Dec 2020 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Hovy Wong

Location: Virtual

Neuronal Inactivity Co-opts LTP Machinery to Drive Potassium Channel Splicing and Homeostatic Spike Widening. 

Li B, Suutari BS, Sun SD, Luo Z, Wei C, Chenouard N, Mandelberg NJ, Zhang G, Wamsley B, Tian G, Sanchez S, You S, Huang L, Neubert TA, Fishell G, Tsien RW.

Cell. 2020 Jun 25;181(7):1547-1565.e15. [link]

 

27 Nov 2020 from 9:30 to 10:30, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

19 Nov 2020 from 9:30 to 10:30, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

12 Nov 2020 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Sabine Rannio

Location: Virtual

Synaptic vesicles transiently dock to refill release sites. 

Kusick GF, Chin M, Raychaudhuri S, Lippmann K, Adula KP, Hujber EJ, Vu T, Davis MW, Jorgensen EM, Watanabe S. 

Nat Neurosci. 2020 Nov;23(11):1329-1338. doi: 10.1038/s41593-020-00716-1. [link]

 

5 Nov 2020 from 9:30 to 10:00, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

29 Oct 2020 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Aurore Thomazeau

Location: Virtual

A spike-timing-dependent plasticity rule for dendritic spines. 

Tazerart S, Mitchell DE, Miranda-Rottmann S, Araya R. 

Nat Commun. 2020 Aug 26;11(1):4276. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-17861-7 [link]

 

22 Oct 2020 from 9:30 to 10:00, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

15 Oct 2020 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Amanda McFarlan

Location: Virtual

VIP Interneurons Contribute to Avoidance Behavior by Regulating Information Flow across Hippocampal-Prefrontal Networks. 

Lee AT, Cunniff MM, See JZ, Wilke SA, Luongo FJ, Ellwood IT, Ponnavolu S, Sohal VS. 

Neuron. 2019 Jun 19;102(6):1223-1234.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2019.04.001. [link]

 

8 Oct 2020 from 9:30 to 10:00, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

1 Oct 2020 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Christina Chou

Location: Virtual

Active dendritic currents gate descending cortical outputs in perception. 

Takahashi N, Ebner C, Sigl-Glöckner J, Moberg S, Nierwetberg S, Larkum ME. 

Nat Neurosci. 2020 Oct;23(10):1277-1285. doi: 10.1038/s41593-020-0677-8. [link]

 

24 Sep 2020 from 9:30 to 10:00, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

17 Sep 2020 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Libin Zhou

Location: Virtual

A synthetic synaptic organizer protein restores glutamatergic neuronal circuits. 

Suzuki K, Elegheert J, Song I, Sasakura H, Senkov O, Matsuda K, Kakegawa W, Clayton AJ, Chang VT, Ferrer-Ferrer M, Miura E, Kaushik R, Ikeno M, Morioka Y, Takeuchi Y, Shimada T, Otsuka S, Stoyanov S, Watanabe M, Takeuchi K, Dityatev A, Aricescu AR, Yuzaki M. 

Science. 2020 Aug 28;369(6507):eabb4853. [link]

 

10 Sep 2020 from 9:30 to 10:00, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

3 Sep 2020, Cancelled

 

27 Aug 2020 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Airi Watanabe

Location: Virtual

Astrocytes contribute to remote memory formation by modulating hippocampal-cortical communication during learning. 

Kol A, Adamsky A, Groysman M, Kreisel T, London M, Goshen I. 

Nat Neurosci. 2020 Aug 3. doi: 10.1038/s41593-020-0679-6. [link]

 

20 Aug 2020 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Hovy Wong

Location: Virtual

Data Club: "The role of presynaptic translation in regulation of release"

 

13 Aug 2020 from 9:30 to 10:00, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: Virtual

Short lab meeting

 

6 Aug 2020 from 9:30 to 11:30, Journal Club Blitz

Location: Virtual

- Hovy Wong

Plasticity and Spontaneous Activity Pulses in Disused Human Brain Circuits

Newbold DJ, ..., and Dosenbach NUF

Neuron AOP (2020), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2020.05.007 [link]
- Christina Chou

Increasing endogenous activity of NMDARs on GABAergic neurons increases inhibition, alters sensory processing and prevents noise-induced tinnitus. 

Deng D, Masri S, Yao L, Ma X, Cao X, Yang S, Bao S, Zhou Q. 

Sci Rep. 2020 Jul 20;10(1):11969. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-68652-5. [link]

- Vicki Jones

Autophagy controls the induction and developmental decline of NMDAR-LTD through endocytic recycling. 

Shen H, Zhu H, Panja D, Gu Q, Li Z. 

Nat Commun. 2020 Jun 12;11(1):2979. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-16794-5. [link]

 

30 July 2020 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Aurore Thomazeau

Location: Virtual

Cortical Synaptic AMPA Receptor Plasticity during Motor Learning. 

Roth RH, Cudmore RH, Tan HL, Hong I, Zhang Y, Huganir RL. 

Neuron. 2020 Mar 4;105(5):895-908.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2019.12.005. [link]

 

23 July 2020 from 9:30 to 11:30, Journal Club Blitz

Location: Virtual

- Sabine Rannio

Synapse and Active Zone Assembly in the Absence of Presynaptic Ca2+ Channels and Ca2+ Entry. 

Held RG, Liu C, Ma K, Ramsey AM, Tarr TB, De Nola G, Wang SSH, Wang J, van den Maagdenberg AMJM, Schneider T, Sun J, Blanpied TA, Kaeser PS. 

Neuron. 2020 Jun 10:S0896-6273(20)30401-3. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2020.05.032. [link]

- Libin Zhou

Microglia mediate forgetting via complement-dependent synaptic elimination. 

Wang C, Yue H, Hu Z, Shen Y, Ma J, Li J, Wang XD, Wang L, Sun B, Shi P, Wang L, Gu Y. 

Science. 2020 Feb 7;367(6478):688-694. doi: 10.1126/science.aaz2288 [link]

- Amanda McFarlan

Target-specific alterations in the VIP inhibitory drive to hippocampal GABAergic cells after status epilepticus. 

David LS, Topolnik L. 

Exp Neurol. 2017 Jun;292:102-112. doi: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2017.03.007. [link]

 

16 July 2020 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Vicki Jones

Location: Virtual

Chen Y, Chen SR, Chen H, Zhang J, Pan HL. 

Increased α2δ-1-NMDA receptor coupling potentiates glutamatergic input to spinal dorsal horn neurons in chemotherapy-induced neuropathic pain. 

J Neurochem. 2019 Jan;148(2):252-274. doi: 10.1111/jnc.14627. [link]

 

9 July 2020 from 9:30 to 11:30 — Cancelled

 

2 July 2020 from 9:30 to 11:30, Journal Club Blitz

Location: Virtual

- Christina Chou

Activity-Dependent Plasticity of Axo-axonic Synapses at the Axon Initial Segment. 

Pan-Vazquez A, Wefelmeyer W, Gonzalez Sabater V, Neves G, Burrone J. 

Neuron. 2020 Apr 22;106(2):265-276.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2020.01.037. [link]

 

- Airi Watanabe

Cholecystokinin Switches the Plasticity of GABA Synapses in the Dorsomedial Hypothalamus via Astrocytic ATP Release.

Crosby KM, Murphy-Royal C, Wilson SA, Gordon GR, Bains JS, Pittman QJ. 

J Neurosci. 2018 Oct 3;38(40):8515-8525. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0569-18.2018. [link]

 

- Nicole Cherepacha

Shim HG, Jang DC, Lee J, Chung G, Lee S, Kim YG, Jeon DE, Kim SJ. 

Long-Term Depression of Intrinsic Excitability Accompanied by Synaptic Depression in Cerebellar Purkinje Cells. 

J Neurosci. 2017 Jun 7;37(23):5659-5669. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3464-16.2017. [link]

 

26 June 2020 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Amanda McFarlan

Location: Virtual

Note! This is a Friday!

Regulation of Recurrent Inhibition by Asynchronous Glutamate Release in Neocortex. 

Deng, S., Li, J., He, Q., Zhang, X., Zhu, J., Li, L., Mi, Z., Yang, X., Jiang, M., Dong, Q., Mao, Y., & Shu, Y. 

Neuron 2020 105(3), 522–533.e4 [link]

 

18 June 2020 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: Virtual

Discussion: How to Improve Equity, Diversity, Inclusion

 

11 June 2020 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Libin Zhou

Location: Virtual

"Study of a rare Alzheimer Disease-associated Caspase-6 variant on neuronal function and neurodegeneration"

 

4 June 2020 from 9:30 to 11:30, Journal Club Blitz

Location: Virtual

- Hovy Wong:

Rapid 3D Enhanced Resolution Microscopy Reveals Diversity in Dendritic Spinule Dynamics, Regulation, and Function

Colleen R. Zaccard, Lauren Shapiro, Maria D. Martin-de-Saavedra, Christopher Pratt, Kristoffer Myczek, Amy Song, Marc P. Forrest, Peter Penzes

Neuron 2020 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2020.04.025

 

- Amanda McFarlan:

Synaptic Mechanisms Underlying the Network State-Dependent Recruitment of VIP-Expressing Interneurons in the CA1 Hippocampus

Xiao Luo, Alexandre Guet-McCreight, Vincent Villette, Ruggiero Francavilla, Beatrice Marino, Simon Chamberland, Frances K Skinner, Lisa Topolnik

Cereb Cortex. 2020 May 18;30(6):3667-3685.  doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhz334.

 

- Airi Watanabe:

Gamma Oscillation Dysfunction in mPFC Leads to Social Deficits in Neuroligin 3 R451C Knockin Mice

Wei Cao, Shen Lin, Qiang-Qiang Xia, Yong-Lan Du, Qian Yang, Meng-Ying Zhang Yi-Qing Lu, Jing Xu, Shu-Min Duan, Jun Xia, Guoping Feng, Junyu Xu, Jian-Hong Luo

Neuron. 2018 Mar 21;97(6):1253-1260.e7.  doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2018.02.001.

 

- Sabine Rannio:

Suppression of Presynaptic Glutamate Release by Postsynaptic Metabotropic NMDA Receptor Signalling to Pannexin-1

Jennifer Bialecki, Allison Werner, Nicholas L. Weilinger, Catharine M. Tucker, Haley A. Vecchiarelli, Jon Egaña, Juan Mendizabal-Zubiaga, Pedro Grandes, Matthew N. Hill and Roger J. Thompson

Journal of Neuroscience 22 January 2020, 40 (4) 729-742; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0257-19.2019

 

28 May 2020 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Christina Chou

Input-Specific NMDAR-Dependent Potentiation of Dendritic GABAergic Inhibition

Chiayu Q Chiu, James S Martenson, Maya Yamazaki, Rie Natsume, Kenji Sakimura, Susumu Tomita, Steven J Tavalin, Michael J Higley 

Neuron. 2018 Jan 17;97(2):368-377.e3.  doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.12.032.

 

21 May 2020 from 9:30 to 11:30, Journal Club Blitz

Location: Virtual

- Amanda McFarlan:

Inhibitory and excitatory spike-timing-dependent plasticity in the auditory cortex.

D’Amour JA, Froemke RC.

Neuron. 2015 Apr 22;86(2):514-28. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2015.03.014.

 

- Libin Zhou:

Dendritic Structural Degeneration Is Functionally Linked to Cellular Hyperexcitability in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease

Zuzana Šišková, Daniel Justus, Hiroshi Kaneko, Detlef Friedrichs, Niklas Henneberg, Tatjana Beutel, Julika Pitsch , Susanne Schoch, Albert Becker, Heinz von der Kammer, Stefan Remy

Neuron. 2014 Dec 3;84(5):1023-33.  doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.10.024.

 

- Hannah Owens:

A Critical Role for NMDA Receptors in Parvalbumin Interneurons for Gamma Rhythm Induction and Behavior

M Carlén, K Meletis, J H Siegle, J A Cardin, K Futai, D Vierling-Claassen, C Rühlmann, S R Jones, K Deisseroth, M Sheng, C I Moore, L-H Tsai

Mol Psychiatry. 2012 May;17(5):537-48.  doi: 10.1038/mp.2011.31. 

 

- Nicole Cherepacha:

Rapid Disinhibition by Adjustment of PV Intrinsic Excitability During Whisker Map Plasticity in Mouse S1

Melanie A Gainey, Joseph W Aman, Daniel E Feldman 

J Neurosci. 2018 May 16;38(20):4749-4761.  doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3628-17.2018.

 

- Victoria Jones:

Presynaptic Effects of N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptors Enhance Parvalbumin Cell-Mediated Inhibition of Pyramidal Cells in Mouse Prefrontal Cortex.

Pafundo DE, Miyamae T, Lewis DA, Gonzalez-Burgos G.

Biol Psychiatry. 2018 Sep 15;84(6):460-470. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2018.01.018.

 

- Sabine Rannio:

Presynaptic Calcium Channel Open Probability and Changes in Calcium Influx Throughout the Action Potential Determined Using AP-Waveforms

Matthew S Scarnati, Stephen G Clarke, Zhiping P Pang, Kenneth G Paradiso

Front Synaptic Neurosci. 2020 Apr 24;12:17.  doi: 10.3389/fnsyn.2020.00017.

 

14 May 2020 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Airi Watanabe

Location: Virtual

Structural basis of astrocytic Ca2+ signals at tripartite synapses.

Arizono M, Inavalli VVGK, Panatier A, Pfeiffer T, Angibaud J, Levet F, Ter Veer MJT, Stobart J, Bellocchio L, Mikoshiba K, Marsicano G, Weber B, Oliet SHR, Nägerl UV.

Nat Commun. 2020 Apr 20;11(1):1906. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15648-4.

 

7 May 2020 from 9:30 to 11:30, Journal Club Blitz

Location: Virtual

- Aurore Thomazeau:

Circuit-specific control of the medial entorhinal inputs to the dentate gyrus by atypical presynaptic NMDARs activated by astrocytes.

Savtchouk I, Di Castro MA, Ali R, Stubbe H, Luján R, Volterra A.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 Jul 2;116(27):13602-13610. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1816013116.

 

- Christina Chou:

Somatostatin enhances visual processing and perception by suppressing excitatory inputs to parvalbumin-positive interneurons in V1

You-Hyang Song, Yang-Sun Hwang, Kwansoo Kim, Hyoung-Ro Lee, Jae-Hyun Kim, Catherine Maclachlan, Anaelle Dubois, Min Whan Jung, Carl C. H. Petersen, Graham Knott, Suk-Ho Lee and Seung-Hee Lee

Science Advances  22 Apr 2020 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaz0517

 

- Amanda McFarlan:

Learning-Related Plasticity in Dendrite-Targeting Layer 1 Interneurons.

Abs E, Poorthuis RB, Apelblat D, Muhammad K, Pardi MB, Enke L, Kushinsky D, Pu DL, Eizinger MF, Conzelmann KK, Spiegel I, Letzkus JJ.

Neuron. 2018 Nov 7;100(3):684-699.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2018.09.001.

 

- Libin Zhou:

AMPA-ergic regulation of amyloid-β levels in an Alzheimer's disease mouse model.

Hettinger JC, Lee H, Bu G, Holtzman DM, Cirrito JR.

Mol Neurodegener. 2018 May 15;13(1):22. doi: 10.1186/s13024-018-0256-6.

 

- Sabine Rannio:

Prolonged activation of CXCR4 hampers the release-regulating activity of presynaptic NMDA receptors in rat hippocampal synaptosomes.

Olivero G, Cisani F, Vergassola M, Pittaluga A.

Neurochem Int. 2019 Jun;126:59-63. doi: 10.1016/j.neuint.2019.03.003.


30 Apr 2020 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Hovy Wong

Location: Virtual

“Rapid COVID-19 RNA detection”

 

23 Apr 2020 from 9:30 to 11:30, Journal Club Blitz

Location: Virtual


- Airi Watanabe:

Volume Electron Microscopy Study of the Relationship Between Synapses and Astrocytes in the Developing Rat Somatosensory Cortex.

Kikuchi T, Gonzalez-Soriano J, Kastanauskaite A, Benavides-Piccione R, Merchan-Perez A, DeFelipe J, Blazquez-Llorca L.

Cereb Cortex. 2020 Jan 28. pii: bhz343. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhz343.

 

- Christina Chou:

Differential tuning of excitation and inhibition shapes direction selectivity in ferret visual cortex.

Wilson DE, Scholl B, Fitzpatrick D.

Nature. 2018 Aug;560(7716):97-101. doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0354-1.

 

- Amanda McFarlan:

Neuromodulation Leads to a Burst-Tonic Switch in a Subset of VIP Neurons in Mouse Primary Somatosensory (Barrel) Cortex.

Prönneke A, Witte M, Möck M, Staiger JF.

Cereb Cortex. 2020 Mar 21;30(2):488-504. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhz102.

 

- Libin Zhou:

GluN2A NMDA Receptor Enhancement Improves Brain Oscillations, Synchrony, and Cognitive Functions in Dravet Syndrome and Alzheimer's Disease Models.

Hanson JE, Ma K, Elstrott J, Weber M, Saillet S, Khan AS, Simms J, Liu B, Kim TA, Yu GQ, Chen Y, Wang TM, Jiang Z, Liederer BM, Deshmukh G, Solanoy H, Chan C, Sellers BD, Volgraf M, Schwarz JB, Hackos DH, Weimer RM, Sheng M, Gill TM, Scearce-Levie K, Palop JJ.

Cell Rep. 2020 Jan 14;30(2):381-396.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.12.030.

 

- Victoria Jones:

Rapid exchange of synaptic and extrasynaptic NMDA receptors in hippocampal CA1 neurons.

McQuate A, Barria A.

J Neurophysiol. 2020 Mar 1;123(3):1004-1014. doi: 10.1152/jn.00458.2019.

 

- Sabine Rannio:

Lamina-specific AMPA receptor dynamics following visual deprivation in vivo.

Tan HL, Roth RH, Graves AR, Cudmore RH, Huganir RL.

Elife. 2020 Mar 3;9. pii: e52420. doi: 10.7554/eLife.52420.

 

16 Apr 2020 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Aurore Thomazeau

Location: Virtual

Distinct Nanoscale Calcium Channel and Synaptic Vesicle Topographies Contribute to the Diversity of Synaptic Function.

Rebola N, Reva M, Kirizs T, Szoboszlay M, Lőrincz A, Moneron G, Nusser Z, DiGregorio DA.

Neuron. 2019 Nov 20;104(4):693-710.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2019.08.014.

 

9 Apr 2020 from 9:30 to 11:30, Journal Club Blitz

Location: Virtual

 

- Airi Watanabe:

Enhanced Dendritic Compartmentalization in Human Cortical Neurons.

Beaulieu-Laroche L, Toloza EHS, van der Goes MS, Lafourcade M, Barnagian D, Williams ZM, Eskandar EN, Frosch MP, Cash SS, Harnett MT.

Cell. 2018 Oct 18;175(3):643-651.e14. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.08.045.

 

- Amanda McFarlan:

Adaptive disinhibitory gating by VIP interneurons permits associative learning.

Krabbe S, Paradiso E, d'Aquin S, Bitterman Y, Courtin J, Xu C, Yonehara K, Markovic M, Müller C, Eichlisberger T, Gründemann J, Ferraguti F, Lüthi A.

Nat Neurosci. 2019 Nov;22(11):1834-1843. doi: 10.1038/s41593-019-0508-y.

 

- Christina Chou:

Elevated PSD-95 Blocks Ion-flux Independent LTD: A Potential New Role for PSD-95 in Synaptic Plasticity.

Dore K, Malinow R.

Neuroscience. 2020 Feb 28. pii: S0306-4522(20)30106-8. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2020.02.020.

 

- Libin Zhou:

A vicious cycle of β amyloid-dependent neuronal hyperactivation.

Zott B, Simon MM, Hong W, Unger F, Chen-Engerer HJ, Frosch MP, Sakmann B, Walsh DM, Konnerth A.

Science. 2019 Aug 9;365(6453):559-565. doi: 10.1126/science.aay0198.

 

- Jesper Sjöström:

Burst-dependent synaptic plasticity can coordinate learning in hierarchical circuits

Alexandre Payeur, Jordan Guerguiev, Friedemann Zenke, Blake A. Richards, and Richard Naud

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.30.015511v1

 

- Hovy Wong:

Whole-Neuron Synaptic Mapping Reveals Spatially Precise Excitatory/Inhibitory Balance Limiting Dendritic and Somatic Spiking.

Iascone DM, Li Y, Sümbül U, Doron M, Chen H, Andreu V, Goudy F, Blockus H, Abbott LF, Segev I, Peng H, Polleux F.

Neuron. 2020 Mar 12. pii: S0896-6273(20)30138-0. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2020.02.015.

 

- Vicki Jones:

The selective disruption of presynaptic JNK2/STX1a interaction reduces NMDA receptor-dependent glutamate release.

Marcelli S, Iannuzzi F, Ficulle E, Mango D, Pieraccini S, Pellegrino S, Corbo M, Sironi M, Pittaluga A, Nisticò R, Feligioni M.

Sci Rep. 2019 May 9;9(1):7146. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-43709-2.

 

- Aurore Thomazeau:

Differential role of pre- and postsynaptic neurons in the activity-dependent control of synaptic strengths across dendrites.

Letellier M, Levet F, Thoumine O, Goda Y.

PLoS Biol. 2019 Jun 5;17(6):e2006223. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2006223.

 

2 Apr 2020 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Amanda McFarlan and Nicole Cherepacha

Location: Virtual

- Nicole Data Club: Characterization of Vip Interneurons in Motor Cortex

- Amanda Journal Club: Heterosynaptic Plasticity Determines the Set Point for Cortical Excitatory-Inhibitory Balance. 

Field RE, D'amour JA, Tremblay R, Miehl C, Rudy B, Gjorgjieva J, Froemke RC. 

Neuron. 2020 Mar 19. pii: S0896-6273(20)30188-4. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2020.03.002

 

25 Mar 2020 from 9:30 to 10:30, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: Virtual

Informal meeting during COVID-19 shutdown

 

20 Mar 2020 from 9:30 to 10:30, Host: None/Everybody

Location: Virtual

Discussion: Reducing animal breeding during COVID-19 shutdown

 

19 Mar 2020 from 9:30 to 10:30, Hosts: Maria Haddad & Hannah Owens

Location: Virtual

- Hannah Data club: Synaptic plasticity of neocortical basket cells

- Maria Data club: Short-term plasticity of neocortical VIP interneurons

 

18 Mar 2020 from 9:30 to 10:30, Host: Jesper Sjöström & Hovy Wong

Location: Virtual

Discussion: How to deal with COVID-19 shutdown

 

12 Mar 2020 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Vicki Jones 

Location: L7-140

Daily Oscillation of the Excitation-Inhibition Balance in Visual Cortical Circuits.

Bridi MCD, Zong FJ, Min X, Luo N, Tran T, Qiu J, Severin D, Zhang XT, Wang G, Zhu ZJ, He KW, Kirkwood A.

Neuron. 2020 Feb 19;105(4):621-629.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2019.11.011.    

 

20 Feb 2020 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Libin Zhou

Location: L11-417

Pathogenic Tau Impairs Axon Initial Segment Plasticity and Excitability Homeostasis.

Sohn PD, Huang CT, Yan R, Fan L, Tracy TE, Camargo CM, Montgomery KM, Arhar T, Mok SA, Freilich R, Baik J, He M, Gong S, Roberson ED, Karch CM, Gestwicki JE, Xu K, Kosik KS, Gan L.

Neuron. 2019 Nov 6;104(3):458-470.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2019.08.008.

 

6 Feb 2020 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Airi Watanabe

Location: L11-417

Functional Electron Microscopy ("Flash and Freeze") of Identified Cortical Synapses in Acute Brain Slices.

Borges-Merjane C, Kim O, Jonas P.

Neuron. 2020 Jan 8. pii: S0896-6273(19)31088-8. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2019.12.022. 

 

23 Jan 2020 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Christina Chou

Location: L11-417

Cortical layer-specific critical dynamics triggering perception.

Marshel JH, Kim YS, Machado TA, Quirin S, Benson B, Kadmon J, Raja C, Chibukhchyan A, Ramakrishnan C, Inoue M, Shane JC, McKnight DJ, Yoshizawa S, Kato HE, Ganguli S, Deisseroth K.

Science. 2019 Aug 9;365(6453) doi: 10.1126/science.aaw5202.

 

9 Jan 2020 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Hovy Wong

Location: L11-417

Local protein synthesis is a ubiquitous feature of neuronal pre- and postsynaptic compartments.

Hafner AS, Donlin-Asp PG, Leitch B, Herzog E, Schuman EM.

Science. 2019 May 17;364(6441). doi: 10.1126/science.aau3644.

Also data club

 

12 Dec 2019 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Aurore Thomazeau

Location: L11-417

Behavioral time scale synaptic plasticity underlies CA1 place fields.

Bittner KC, Milstein AD, Grienberger C, Romani S, Magee JC.

Science. 2017 Sep 8;357(6355):1033-1036. doi: 10.1126/science.aan3846.

 

28 Nov 2019 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Sabine Rannio

Location: L11-417

The Neuronal Gene Arc Encodes a Repurposed Retrotransposon Gag Protein that Mediates Intercellular RNA Transfer.

Pastuzyn ED, Day CE, Kearns RB, Kyrke-Smith M, Taibi AV, McCormick J, Yoder N, Belnap DM, Erlendsson S, Morado DR, Briggs JAG, Feschotte C, Shepherd JD.

Cell. 2018 Jan 11;172(1-2):275-288.e18. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.12.024. 

 

21 Nov 2019 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Vicki Jones

Location: L11-417

Astrocytic Activation Generates De Novo Neuronal Potentiation and Memory Enhancement.

Adamsky A, Kol A, Kreisel T, Doron A, Ozeri-Engelhard N, Melcer T, Refaeli R, Horn H, Regev L, Groysman M, London M, Goshen I.

Cell. 2018 Jun 28;174(1):59-71.e14. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.05.002.

 

31 Oct 2019 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Amanda McFarlan

Location: L11-417

Data Club: “Synaptic Plasticity of VIP Interneurons“

 

17 Oct 2019 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Christina Chou

Location: L11-417

“News from The Paris ‘Optical Control of Brain Functioning’ Course”

 

3 Oct 2019 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Libin Zhou

Location: L11-417

Data Club: "Methylene blue and cognitive impairment"

 

26 Sep 2019 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Christina Chou

Location: L11-417

The Autism-Associated Gene Scn2a Contributes to Dendritic Excitability and Synaptic Function in the Prefrontal Cortex.

Spratt PWE, Ben-Shalom R, Keeshen CM, Burke KJ Jr, Clarkson RL, Sanders SJ, Bender KJ.

Neuron. 2019 Aug 21;103(4):673-685.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2019.05.037.

 

12 Sep 2019 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Airi Watanabe

Location: L11-417

Adenosine Receptor-Mediated Developmental Loss of Spike Timing-Dependent Depression in the Hippocampus.

Pérez-Rodríguez M, Arroyo-García LE, Prius-Mengual J, Andrade-Talavera Y, Armengol JA, Pérez-Villegas EM, Duque-Feria P, Flores G, Rodríguez-Moreno A.

Cereb Cortex. 2018 Aug 31. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhy194

 

5 Sep 2019 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Wouter Droogers

Location: L11-417

Data Club: "Non-linear Ca2+ summation in neocortical basket cell dendrites"

 

29 Aug 2019 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Hovy Wong

Location: L11-417

Data Club: "The role of presynaptic translation in regulation of release"

 

15 Aug 2019 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Elvis Cela

Location: L11-417

PhD Defense Practice Run

 

18 July, 25 July, 1 Aug, 8 Aug 2019, Cancelled, summer holidays

 

11 July 2019, Cancelled, JPhysiol Board Meeting 

 

4 July 2019 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Amanda McFarlan

Location: L11-417

Somatostatin-Expressing Interneurons Enable and Maintain Learning-Dependent Sequential Activation of Pyramidal Neurons.

Adler A, Zhao R, Shin ME, Yasuda R, Gan WB.
Neuron. 2019 Apr 3;102(1):202-216.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2019.01.036.

 

27 June 2019 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Gema Vera Gonzalez

Location: L7-140

Neuromodulatory control of localized dendritic spiking in critical period cortex.

Yaeger CE, Ringach DL, Trachtenberg JT.

Nature. 2019 Mar;567(7746):100-104. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-0963-3.

 

20 June 2019 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Christina Chou

Location: L11-417

Parvalbumin-Interneuron Output Synapses Show Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity that Contributes to Auditory Map Remodeling.

Vickers Bettler Schneggenburger
Neuron. 2018 Aug 22;99(4):720-735.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2018.07.018.

 

13 June 2019, Cancelled due to Excitatory Synapses and Brain Function GRC

 

6 June 2019 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Aurore Thomazeau

Location: L11-417

Synaptotagmin-3 drives AMPA receptor endocytosis, depression of synapse strength, and forgetting.

Awasthi A, Ramachandran B, Ahmed S, Benito E, Shinoda Y, Nitzan N, Heukamp A, Rannio S, Martens H, Barth J, Burk K, Wang YT, Fischer A, Dean C.

Science. 2019 Jan 4;363(6422). pii: eaav1483. doi: 10.1126/science.aav1483.

 

30 May 2019 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Wouter Droogers

Location: L11-417

Nanoscale Molecular Reorganization of the Inhibitory Postsynaptic Density Is a Determinant of GABAergic Synaptic Potentiation.

Pennacchietti F, Vascon S, Nieus T, Rosillo C, Das S, Tyagarajan SK, Diaspro A, Del Bue A, Petrini EM, Barberis A, Cella Zanacchi F.

J Neurosci. 2017 Feb 15;37(7):1747-1756. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0514-16.2016.

 

27 May 2019 from 13:00 to 14:00, NB special time! Host: Airi Watanabe

Location: L11-417

Committee meeting practice run

 

23 May 2019, Cancelled due to CAN meeting

 

16 May 2019, Cancelled due to IBRO student visit

 

9 May 2019 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Libin Zhou

Location: L11-417

Sustained rescue of prefrontal circuit dysfunction by antidepressant-induced spine formation.

Moda-Sava RN, Murdock MH, Parekh PK, Fetcho RN, Huang BS, Huynh TN, Witztum J, Shaver DC, Rosenthal DL, Alway EJ, Lopez K, Meng Y, Nellissen L, Grosenick L, Milner TA, Deisseroth K, Bito H, Kasai H, Liston C.

Science. 2019 Apr 12;364(6436). pii: eaat8078. doi: 10.1126/science.aat8078.

 

2 May 2019, Cancelled due to HBHL Symposium

 

25 Apr 2019 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Christina Chou

Location: L11-417

Single-neuron perturbations reveal feature-specific competition in V1.

Chettih SN, Harvey CD.

Nature. 2019 Mar;567(7748):334-340. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-0997-6.

 

18 Apr 2019 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Elvis Cela

Location: L11-417

Loss of neuronal network resilience precedes seizures and determines the ictogenic nature of interictal synaptic perturbations.

Chang WC, Kudlacek J, Hlinka J, Chvojka J, Hadrava M, Kumpost V, Powell AD, Janca R, Maturana MI, Karoly PJ, Freestone DR, Cook MJ, Palus M, Otahal J, Jefferys JGR, Jiruska P.

Nat Neurosci. 2018 Dec;21(12):1742-1752. doi: 10.1038/s41593-018-0278-y.

 

11 Apr 2019 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Amanda McFarlan

Location: L11-417

Intersectional monosynaptic tracing for dissecting subtype-specific organization of GABAergic interneuron inputs.

Yetman MJ, Washburn E, Hyun JH, Osakada F, Hayano Y, Zeng H, Callaway EM, Kwon HB, Taniguchi H.

Nat Neurosci. 2019 Mar;22(3):492-502. doi: 10.1038/s41593-018-0322-y.

 

4 Apr 2019 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Jennifer Brock

Location: L11-417

Astroglial CB1 Receptors Determine Synaptic D-Serine Availability to Enable Recognition Memory.

Robin LM, ..., Oliet SHR, Marsicano G.

Neuron. 2018 Jun 6;98(5):935-944.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2018.04.034.

 

28 Mar 2019 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Hovy Wong

Location: L11-417

Spatially Stable Mitochondrial Compartments Fuel Local Translation during Plasticity.

Rangaraju V, Lauterbach M, Schuman EM.

Cell. 2019 Jan 10;176(1-2):73-84.e15. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.12.013.

21 Mar 2019 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Chaim Weinerman

Location: L11-417

Reinforcement Learning Recruits Somata and Apical Dendrites across Layers of Primary Sensory Cortex.

Lacefield CO, Pnevmatikakis EA, Paninski L, Bruno RM.

Cell Rep. 2019 Feb 19;26(8):2000-2008.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.01.093.

 

14 Mar 2019 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Airi Watanabe

Location: L11-417

Interneuron-specific signaling evokes distinctive somatostatin-mediated responses in adult cortical astrocytes.

Mariotti L, Losi G, Lia A, Melone M, Chiavegato A, Gómez-Gonzalo M, Sessolo M, Bovetti S, Forli A, Zonta M, Requie LM, Marcon I, Pugliese A, Viollet C, Bettler B, Fellin T, Conti F, Carmignoto G.

Nat Commun. 2018 Jan 8;9(1):82. doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-02642-6.

 

28 Feb 2019 and 7 Mar 2019, Cancelled, Jesper away for MPFI Sunposium

 

21 Feb 2019 from 10:00 to 11:30, Host: Libin Zhou

Location: L11-417

Secreted amyloid-β precursor protein functions as a GABABR1a ligand to modulate synaptic transmission.

Rice, ..., De Strooper, de Wit.

Science. 2019 Jan 11;363(6423). pii: eaao4827. doi: 10.1126/science.aao4827.

N.B.! Preceded at 09:30 by Quality Assistance Program (QA) presentation by Anne Trepanier.

 

14 Feb 2019, Cancelled, Jesper away for SFN Program Committee Meeting

 

7 Feb 2019 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Christina Chou

Location: L11-417

GABAergic interneurons form transient layer-specific circuits in early postnatal neocortex.

Anastasiades PG, Marques-Smith A, Lyngholm D, Lickiss T, Raffiq S, Kätzel D, Miesenböck G, Butt SJ.

Nat Commun. 2016 Feb 4;7:10584. doi: 10.1038/ncomms10584.

 

31 Jan 2019 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Elvis Cela

Location: L11-417

Co-transmission of acetylcholine and GABA regulates hippocampal states.

Takács VT, Cserép C, Schlingloff D, Pósfai B, Szőnyi A, Sos KE, Környei Z, Dénes Á, Gulyás AI, Freund TF, Nyiri G.

Nat Commun. 2018 Jul 20;9(1):2848. doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-05136-1.

 

24 Jan 2019 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Amanda McFarlan

Location: L11-417

Higher-Order Thalamocortical Inputs Gate Synaptic Long-Term Potentiation via Disinhibition.

Williams LE, Holtmaat A.

Neuron. 2019 Jan 2;101(1):91-102.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2018.10.049.

17 Jan 2019 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Jennifer Brock

Location: L11-417

Hippocampal 5-HT Input Regulates Memory Formation and Schaffer Collateral Excitation.

Teixeira CM, Rosen ZB, Suri D, Sun Q, Hersh M, Sargin D, Dincheva I, Morgan AA, Spivack S, Krok AC, Hirschfeld-Stoler T, Lambe EK, Siegelbaum SA, Ansorge MS.

Neuron. 2018 Jun 6;98(5):992-1004.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2018.04.030.

20 Dec 2018 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L11-417

Electrophysiology Theory.

 

13 Dec 2018 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Julian Rossbroich

Location: L11-417

Neocortical Topology Governs the Dendritic Integrative Capacity of Layer 5 Pyramidal Neurons.

Fletcher LN, Williams SR
Neuron. 2018 Nov 19. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2018.10.048.

 

6 Dec 2018 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Airi Watanabe

Location: L11-417

Astrocyte-Secreted Chordin-like 1 Drives Synapse Maturation and Limits Plasticity by Increasing Synaptic GluA2 AMPA Receptors.

Neuron. 2018 Oct 12. pii: S0896-6273(18)30845-6. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2018.09.043

Blanco-Suarez E1, Liu TF1, Kopelevich A1, Allen NJ2.

 

29 Nov 2018 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Hovy Wong

Location: L11-417

Locally coordinated synaptic plasticity of visual cortex neurons in vivo.

El-Boustani S, Ip JPK, Breton-Provencher V, Knott GW, Okuno H, Bito H, Sur M

Science. 2018 Jun 22;360(6395):1349-1354. doi: 10.1126/science.aao0862.

 

22 Nov 2018 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Libin Zhou

Location: L11-417

In vivo modeling of human neuron dynamics and Down syndrome.

Real R, Peter M, Trabalza A, Khan S, Smith MA, Dopp J, Barnes SJ, Momoh A, Strano A, Volpi E, Knott G, Livesey FJ, De Paola V

Science. 2018 Oct 11. doi: 10.1126/science.aau1810.

 

15 Nov 2018 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Christina Chou

Location: L11-417

Two-Photon Bidirectional Control and Imaging of Neuronal Excitability with High Spatial Resolution In Vivo.

Forli A, Vecchia D, Binini N, Succo F, Bovetti S, Moretti C, Nespoli F, Mahn M, Baker CA, Bolton MM, Yizhar O, Fellin T.

Cell Rep. 2018 Mar 13;22(11):3087-3098. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.02.063.

8 Nov 2018, Cancelled due to SFN

 

1 Nov 2018 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Elvis Cela

Location: L11-417

Early Seizures Prematurely Unsilence Auditory Synapses to Disrupt Thalamocortical Critical Period Plasticity.

Cell Rep. 2018 23(9):2533-2540. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.04.108

Sun H, Takesian AE, Wang TT, Lippman-Bell JJ, Hensch TK, Jensen FE.

 

25 Oct 2018 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Amanda McFarlan

Location: L11-417

Long-Term Potentiation Requires a Rapid Burst of Dendritic Mitochondrial Fission during Induction.

Divakaruni SS, Van Dyke AM, Chandra R, LeGates TA, Contreras M, Dharmasri PA, Higgs HN, Lobo MK, Thompson SM, Blanpied TA.

Neuron. 2018 S0896-6273(18)30827-4. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2018.09.025

 

11 Oct 2018 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Jennifer Brock

Location: L11-417

Activity-Dependent Downscaling of Subthreshold Synaptic Inputs during Slow-Wave-Sleep-like Activity In Vivo.

González-Rueda A, Pedrosa V, Feord RC, Clopath C, Paulsen O.

Neuron. 2018 97(6):1244-1252.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2018.01.047

27 Sep 2018 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L11-417

The Airtable Optical Path

 

13 Sep 2018 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L11-417

2-Photon Microscopy

 

9 Aug 2017 - 8 Aug 2018: Lab meetings are cancelled! (Jesper on sabbatical)

 

26 July 2017 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Christina Chou

Location: L11-417

Synaptic organization of visual space in primary visual cortex.

Iacaruso MF, Gasler IT, Hofer SB.
Nature. 2017 Jul 12. doi: 10.1038/nature23019.

 

14 July 2017 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Elvis Cela

Location: L7 big seminar room

Reliable and Elastic Propagation of Cortical Seizures In Vivo.

Wenzel M, Hamm JP, Peterka DS, Yuste R.

Cell Reports 2017 Jun 27;19(13):2681-2693. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.05.090

 

28 June 2017: Cancelled (Jesper travelling)

 

14 June 2017 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Amanda McFarlan

Location: L11-417

Delay activity of specific prefrontal interneuron subtypes modulates memory-guided behavior.

Kamigaki T, Dan Y

Nat Neurosci. 2017 Jun;20(6):854-863. doi: 10.1038/nn.4554. Epub 2017 Apr 24.

 

17 May 2017 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Jennifer Brock

Location: L11-417

REM sleep selectively prunes and maintains new synapses in development and learning.

Li W, Ma L, Yang G, Gan W-B
Nat Neurosci.
2017 Mar;20(3):427-437. doi: 10.1038/nn.4479

 

3 May 2017 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Christina Chou

Location: L11-417

Recruitment of inhibition and excitation across mouse visual cortex depends on the hierarchy of interconnecting areas.

D'Souza RD, Meier AM, Bista P, Wang Q, Burkhalter A.

Elife. 2016 Sep 26;5. pii: e19332. doi: 10.7554/eLife.19332.

 

19 Apr 2017 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Alastair Garner

Location: L11-417

Parallel processing by cortical inhibition enables context-dependent behavior.

Kuchibhotla KV, Gill JV, Lindsay GW, Papadoyannis ES, Field RE, Sten TA, Miller KD, Froemke RC.

Nat Neurosci. 2017 Jan;20(1):62-71. doi: 10.1038/nn.4436.

 

5 Apr 2017 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Elvis Cela

Location: L11-417

Regulation of Thalamic and Cortical Network Synchrony by Scn8a.

Makinson CD, Tanaka BS, Sorokin JM, Wong JC, Christian CA, Goldin AL, Escayg A, Huguenard JR

Neuron. 2017 Mar 8;93(5):1165-1179.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.01.031.

 

22 Mar 2017 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Amanda McFarlan

Location: L11-417

Dynamic, Cell-Type-Specific Roles for GABAergic Interneurons in a Mouse Model of Optogenetically Inducible Seizures.

Khoshkhoo S, Vogt D, Sohal VS
Neuron. 2017 Jan 18;93(2):291-298. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.11.043.

 

8 Mar 2017, Cancelled (March break)

 

22 Feb 2017 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Jennifer Brock

Location: L11-417

Adrenergic Gate Release for Spike Timing-Dependent Synaptic Potentiation.

Liu Y, Cui L, Schwarz MK, Dong Y, Schlüter OM
Neuron. 2017 Jan 18;93(2):394-408. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.12.039.

 

8 Feb 2017 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Christina Chou

Location: L11-417

Cocaine exposure reorganizes cell type- and input-specific connectivity in the nucleus accumbens.

MacAskill AF, Cassel JM, Carter AG
Nat Neurosci. 2014 Sep;17(9):1198-207. doi: 10.1038/nn.3783.

 

25 Jan 2017 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Amrit Sampalli

Location: L11-417

Progress Report on the Development of a Rapid Kindling Protocol

 

11 Jan 2017 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Elvis Cela

Location: L11-417

In-vitro results from optokindling epilepsy model

 

14 Dec 2016 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Amanda McFarlan

Location: L11-417

Timing Rules for Synaptic Plasticity Matched to Behavioral Function.

Suvrathan A, Payne HL, Raymond JL
Neuron. 2016 Dec 7;92(5):959-967. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2016.10.022.

 

7 Dec 2016 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Jennifer Brock

Location: L11-417

Branch-specific dendritic Ca(2+) spikes cause persistent synaptic plasticity.

Cichon J, Gan WB.

Nature. 2015 Apr 9;520(7546):180-5. doi: 10.1038/nature14251.

 

23 Nov 2016 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Jesper Sjöström, Christina Chou, Beatriz Mizusaki, Elvis Cela

Location: L11-417

Sharing our notes from SFN

 

16 Nov 2016 from 9:30 to 11:30, Cancelled due to SFN

2 Nov 2016 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L11-417

Practical theory of electrophysiology

 

19 Oct 2016 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L11-417

A crash course in using Igor Pro

 

5 Oct 2016 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L11-417

The Airtable Optical Path

 

21 Sep 2016 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Christina Chou

Location: L11-417

PreNMDARs rely on RIM1αβ for signalling, part II

 

14 Sep 2016 from 12:00 to 14:00, Host: Christina Chou

Location: L11-417

PreNMDARs rely on RIM1αβ for signalling, part I

 

7 Sep 2016 from 9:30 to 11:30, Host: Elvis Cela

Location: L11-417

An optogenetic kindling model of epilepsy

 

24 Aug 2016 from 9:00 to 11:00, Host: Christina Chou

Location: L11-417

Imprinting and recalling cortical ensembles.

Carrillo-Reid, Yang, Bando, Peterka, Yuste
Science. 2016 Aug 12;353(6300):691-4. doi: 10.1126/science.aaf7560.

 

10 Aug 2016 from 9:00 to 11:00, Host: Sally Li

Location: L11-417

A Novel Form of Local Plasticity in Tuft Dendrites of Neocortical Somatosensory Layer 5 Pyramidal Neurons.

Maya Sandler, Yoav Shulman, Jackie Schiller. Neuron. 2016 Jun 1;90(5):1028-42.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2016.04.032.

 

27 July 2016 from 9:00 to 11:00, Host: Elvis Cela

Location: L11-417

Early hyperactivity and precocious maturation of corticostriatal circuits in Shank3B−/− mice.

Rui T Peixoto, Wengang Wang, Donyell M Croney, Yevgenia Kozorovitskiy & Bernardo L Sabatini. Nature Neuroscience 19, 716–724 (2016) doi:10.1038/nn.4260.

 

20 July 2016 from 09:00 to 11:00, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L11-417

Postsynaptic, not presynaptic NMDA receptors are required for spike-timing-dependent LTD induction.

Brett C Carter and Craig E Jahr

Nat Neurosci. 2016 Jul 11. doi: 10.1038/nn.4343.

 

7 June 2016 from 09:30 to 11:30, Data club

Location: L1-505

• Notes from CAN 2016 Meeting in Toronto

• Amrit optogenetic kindling progress report

• Adamo, Sally, Christina, and Therese report on preNMDAR & RIM1 project

18 May 2016 from 14:00 to 15:00, Host: Elvis Cela

Location: L11-417

Neuronal Firing Rate Homeostasis Is Inhibited by Sleep and Promoted by Wake.

Hengen KB, Torrado Pacheco A, McGregor JN, Van Hooser SD, Turrigiano GG.
Cell. 2016 Mar 24;165(1):180-91. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.01.046.

 

22 Apr 2016 from 10:00 to 11:00, Host: Beatriz Mizusaki

Location: L1-505

Data club: Computational modelling of synaptic plasticity, Part 2.

 

20 Apr 2016 from 14:00 to 15:00, Host: Beatriz Mizusaki

Location: L11-417

Data club: Computational modelling of synaptic plasticity, Part 1.

 

23 Mar 2016 from 14:00 to 16:00, Host: Christina Chou

Location: L11-417

Data club: Supralinear calcium signals mediated by presynaptic NMDA receptors

 

9 Mar 2016 from 14:00 to 16:00, Cancelled

 

3 Feb 2016 from 09:45 to 11:45, Host: Elvis Cela

Location: L11-417

Data club: 4AP data

 

16 Dec 2015 from 09:45 to 11:45, Host: Txomin Lalanne

Location: L11-417

Principles of connectivity among morphologically defined cell types in adult neocortex.

Jiang X, Shen S, Cadwell CR, Berens P, Sinz F, Ecker AS, Patel S, Tolias AS.

Science. 2015 Nov 27;350(6264):aac9462. doi: 10.1126/science.aac9462.

9 Dec 2015 from 09:45 to 11:45, Host: Therese Abrahamsson

Location: L11-417

Presynaptic NMDA receptors act via RIM1ab to control the readily-releasable pool in layer-5 pyramidal neurons: A project update.

 

25 Nov 2015 from 09:45 to 11:45, Host: Sally Si Ying Li

Location: L11-417

Chandelier cell selectivity in a prefrontal fear circuit. (plus circuit mapping projects)

 

11 Nov 2015 from 09:45 to 11:45, Host: Therese Abrahamsson, Elvis Cela, Txomin Lalanne, Jesper Sjöström

Location: L11-417

Interesting findings at SFN 2015

 

29 Oct 2015 from 09:30 to 11:30, Host: Txomin Lalanne

Location: L7-140

PhD Defence Practice Run

 

15 Oct 2015 from 09:30 to 11:30, Host: Elvis Cela

Location: L7-140

Calcium transient prevalence across the dendritic arbour predicts place field properties.

Sheffield ME, Dombeck DA.

Nature. 2015 Jan 8;517(7533):200-4. doi: 10.1038/nature13871. Epub 2014 Oct 26.

 

1 Oct 2015 from 09:30 to 11:30, Host: Therese Abrahamsson
Location: L7-140

A critical time window for dopamine actions on the structural plasticity of dendritic spines.

Yagishita S, Hayashi-Takagi A, Ellis-Davies GC, Urakubo H, Ishii S, Kasai H.

Science. 2014 Sep 26;345(6204):1616-20. doi: 10.1126/science.1255514.

 

27 May 2015: Cancelled! CAN Meeting Vancouver

 

20 May 2015 from 09:30 to 11:30, Host: Therese Abrahamsson

Location: L7-140

An acetylcholine-activated microcircuit drives temporal dynamics of cortical activity.

Chen N, Sugihara H, Sur M. Nat Neurosci. 2015 Apr 27. doi: 10.1038/nn.4002.

 

13 May 2015 from 09:30 to 11:30, Host: Elvis Cela

Location: L7-140

Data club

 

29 Apr 2015 from 09:30 to 11:30, Host: Txomin Lalanne

Location: L7-309

Thesis committee meeting practice

 

15 Apr 2015 from 09:30 to 11:30, Host: Jerome Maheux

Location: L7-309

Redux: Control of Inhibitory Synaptic Outputs by Low Excitability of Axon Terminals Revealed by Direct Recording.

Shin-ya Kawaguchi and Takeshi Sakaba (2015). Neuron 85, 1273-1288.

 

1 Apr 2015 from 09:30 to 11:30, Host: Jerome Maheux

Location: L7-309

Control of Inhibitory Synaptic Outputs by Low Excitability of Axon Terminals Revealed by Direct Recording.

Shin-ya Kawaguchi and Takeshi Sakaba (2015). Neuron 85, 1273-1288.

 

18 Mar 2015 from 09:30 to 11:30, Host: Therese Abrahamsson

Location: L7-140

Presentation: "The role of RIM1 in neurotransmitter release"

Optional related reading:

RIM1alpha and RIM1beta are synthesized from distinct promoters of the RIM1 gene to mediate differential but overlapping synaptic functions.

Kaeser PS1, Kwon HB, Chiu CQ, Deng L, Castillo PE, Südhof TC, J Neurosci. 2008 28(50):13435-47.

 

4 Mar 2015 from 09:30 to 11:30, Host: Elvis Cela

Location: L7-140

Committee Meeting Practice Run

 

18 Feb 2015 from 09:30 to 11:30, Host: Jerome Maheux

"In Vivo measurement of cell-type-specific synaptic connectivity and synaptic transmission in layer 2/3 mouse barrel cortex."

Pala & Petersen, Neuron (2015) 85:68-75. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.11.025.

Location: L7-309

 

4 Feb 2015 from 09:30 to 11:30, Host: Txomin Lalanne

Location: L7-309

"Response-dependent dynamics of cell-specific inhibition in cortical networks in vivo."

El-Boustani S, Sur M. Nat Commun. 2014 Dec 11;5:5689. doi:10.1038/ncomms6689.

 

14 Jan 2015 from 09:30 to 11:30, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L7-309

Relocation plans for the lab.

 

5 Dec 2014 from 09:45 to 11:30, Host: Therese Abrahamsson

Location: L7-309

Essential Role of Presynaptic NMDA Receptors in Activity-Dependent BDNF Secretion and Corticostriatal LTP

Park Popescu Poo Neuron 2014, 84:1–14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2014.10.045

 

28 Nov 2014 from 09:45 to 11:30, Host: Jesper Sjöström, Therese Abrahamsson, Location: L7-309

Elvis Cela

Interesting stuff from SFN 2014

 

         — Pause for SFN 2014 —

 


12 Sep 2014 from 09:45 to 11:30, Host: Txomin Lalanne

Location: L7-309

A supercritical density of Na+ channels ensures fast signaling in GABAergic interneuron axons

Hu & Jonas. Nat Neurosci (2014), 17(5):686.

 

12 Sep 2014 from 09:45 to 11:30, Host: Jérôme Maheux

Engineering a memory with LTD and LTP

Nabavi S, Fox R, Proulx CD, Lin JY, Tsien RY, Malinow R. Nature (2014)  511:348-352.

Location: L7-309

 

12 Sep 2014 from 09:45 to 11:30, Host: Therese Abrahamsson

Physiological characterisation of  astrocyte molecular plasticity induced by the Sonic hedgehog pathway

Location: L7-309

 

8 Aug 2014 from 09:30 to 11:30, Host: Taiji Wang

The propensity for LTP in mouse motor cortex

Location: L7-309

 

1 Aug 2014 from 09:30 to 11:30, Host: Christina Chou

Calcium signals in neocortical interneuron dendrites

Location: L7-309

 

16 May 2014 from 11:00 to 12:00, Special Guest: Jérôme Maheux

Note: this is a Monday!

Dopamine modulation of corticostriatal information

Location: CRN seminar room

 

2 May 2014 from 10:00 to 12:00, Host: Elvis Cela — practice candidacy presentation

Note: this is a Monday!

A novel optogenetic kindling model of epilepsy

Location: L1-505

 

         — Pause for London workshop “Analysis of Cortical Circuits” —

 

25 Apr 2014 from 09:30 to 11:30, Host: Therese Abrahamsson — practice London workshop talk

Control of vesicle release by cortical presynaptic NMDA receptors

Location: L7-309

 

14 Apr 2014 from 09:30 to 11:30, Host: Therese Abrahamsson

Note: this is a Monday!

Location: Outside Yvonne’s office

Membrane lipids tune synaptic transmission by direct modulation of presynaptic potassium channels.

Carta M, Lanore F, Rebola N, Szabo Z, Da Silva SV, Lourenço J, Verraes A, Nadler A, Schultz C, Blanchet C, Mulle C.

Neuron. 2014 Feb 19;81(4):787-99.

 

28 Mar 2014 from 09:30 to 11:30, Host: Txomin Lalanne

Location: TBD

Dendritic Calcium Nonlinearities Switch the Direction of Synaptic Plasticity in Fast-Spiking Interneurons

Olivier Camiré and Lisa Topolnik

J. Neurosci. 2014;34 3864-3877 

 

14 Mar 2014 from 09:30 to 11:30, DATA CLUB! Featuring: Elvis Cela

Location: TBD

 

28 Feb 2014 from 09:30 to 11:30, Host: Therese Abrahamsson

Location: TBD

Distinct Ca(2+) Sources in Dendritic Spines of Hippocampal CA1 Neurons Couple to SK and Kv4 Channels.

Wang K1, Lin MT, Adelman JP, Maylie J.

Neuron. 2014 (2):379-87. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2013.11.004.

 

14 Feb 2014 from 09:30 to 11:30, Host: Elvis Cela

Location: TBD

Optogenetically induced seizure and the longitudinal hippocampal network dynamics.

Osawa S, Iwasaki M, Hosaka R, Matsuzaka Y, Tomita H, Ishizuka T, Sugano E, Okumura E, Yawo H, Nakasato N, Tominaga T, Mushiake H.

PLoS One. 2013 Apr 10;8(4):e60928. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060928. Print 2013.

 

31 Jan 2014 from 09:30 to 11:30, Host: Txomin Lalanne

Location: TBD

Ultra-rapid axon-axon ephaptic inhibition of cerebellar Purkinje cells by the pinceau.

Blot A, Barbour B.

Nat Neurosci. 2014 Jan 12. doi: 10.1038/nn.3624. 

 

20 Dec 2013 from 09:30 to 11:30, DATA CLUB! Featuring: Therese Abrahamsson

Location: TBD

 

13 Dec 2013 from 09:30 to 11:30, DATA CLUB! Featuring: Txomin Lalanne

Location: TBD

 

6 Dec 2013 from 09:30 to 11:30, DATA CLUB! Featuring: Elvis Cela

Location: L7-201

 

29 Nov 2013 from 09:30 to 11:30, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L7-201

Relationship between cortical layer 2-3 recurrent connectivity and receptive fields in mouse visual cortex.

Cossell, Iacaruso, Muir, Ko, Hofer, Mrsic-Flogel

SFN 2013 poster 638.01

 

Break: Jesper teaching

 

18 Oct 2013 from 09:30 to 11:30, Host: Txomin Lalanne

Location: L7-309

Practice talk for candidacy exam

 

11 Oct 2013 from 09:30 to 11:30, Host: Therese Abrahamsson

Location: L7-309

A disinhibitory microcircuit initiates critical-period plasticity in the visual cortex.

Kuhlman SJ, Olivas ND, Tring E, Ikrar T, Xu X, Trachtenberg JT.

Nature. 2013 501:543-6. doi: 10.1038/nature12485.

 

4 Oct 2013 from 09:30 to 11:30, DATA CLUB! Featuring: Elvis Cela

Location: L7-309

 

28 Sep 2013: Cancelled! Khodakhah visit

 

20 Sep 2013: Cancelled! IPN retreat

 

13 Sep 2013: Cancelled! Jesper in Prague.

 

6 Sep 2013 from 09:30 to 11:30, DATA CLUB! Featuring: Elvis Cela, Therese Abrahamsson, & Txomin Lalanne

Location: L7-309

 

16-30 Aug 2013: Summer holidays

 

9 Aug 2013 from 09:30 to 11:30, Host: Zack Singer

Location: L7-309

Inhibition of inhibition in visual cortex: the logic of connections between molecularly distinct interneurons.

Pfeffer CK, Xue M, He M, Huang ZJ, Scanziani M.

Nat Neurosci. 2013 Aug;16(8):1068-76. doi: 10.1038/nn.3446. Epub 2013 Jun 30.

 

2 Aug 2013 from 09:30 to 11:30, Host: Txomin Lalanne

Location: L7-309

Developmental origin dictates interneuron AMPA and NMDA receptor subunit composition and plasticity.

Matta JA, Pelkey KA, Craig MT, Chittajallu R, Jeffries BW, McBain CJ.

Nat Neurosci. 2013 Aug;16(8):1032-41. doi: 10.1038/nn.3459.

 

26 July 2013 from 09:30 to 10:30, Speaker: PhD candidate Petri Takkala

MSc from Melanie Woodin's lab, U of T

"Neuromodulation of Synaptic Plasticity in Cortical Microcircuits"

Location: L7-309

 

19 July 2013 from 09:30 to 11:30, Informal catch-up meeting

Location: L1-505

 

21 June - 16 July 2013: Cancelled -- Jesper travelling.

 

14 June 2013 from 09:30 to 11:30, Host: Everybody!

Location: L7-309

Structural and molecular interrogation of intact biological systems.

Chung K, Wallace J, Kim SY, Kalyanasundaram S, Andalman AS, Davidson TJ, Mirzabekov JJ, Zalocusky KA, Mattis J, Denisin AK, Pak S, Bernstein H, Ramakrishnan C, Grosenick L, Gradinaru V, Deisseroth K.

Nature. 2013 May 16;497(7449):332-7.

Also see this and this. And this.

 

7 June 2013: Cancelled -- Jesper sick.

 

29 May 2013, Second practice run for the MNG meeting on May 30 (Jesper Sjöström, Therese Abrahamsson, Elvis Cela)

Location: L7-309

 

24 May 2013 from 09:30 to 11:30, Practice run for the MNG meeting on May 30 (Jesper Sjöström, Therese Abrahamsson, Elvis Cela)

Location: L7-309

 

17 May 2013: Cancelled -- GazMetro maintenance

 

10 May 2013: Cancelled -- PED day

 

3 May 2013 from 09:30 to 11:30, Host: Txomin Lalanne

Location: L7-309

Neurotransmitter switching in the adult brain regulates behavior.

Dulcis D, Jamshidi P, Leutgeb S, Spitzer NC.

Science. 2013 340:449-53

Commentary by Birren and Marder.

Related review by Dulcis and Spitzer.

 

26 Apr 2013 from 09:30 to 11:30, Host: Elvis Cela

Location: L7-309

In vivo reprogramming of circuit connectivity in postmitotic neocortical neurons.

De la Rossa A, Bellone C, Golding B, Vitali I, Moss J, Toni N, Lüscher C, Jabaudon D.

Nat Neurosci. 2013, 16(2):193-200.

 

19 Mar 2013: Cancelled -- Jesper busy with tax return

 

12 Apr 2013: Cancelled -- Lab Outing

 

5 Apr 2013 from 09:30 to 11:30, Host: Therese Abrahamsson

Location: L7-309

Metabotropic NMDA receptor function is required for NMDA receptor-dependent long-term depression

Sadegh Nabavi, Helmut W. Kessels, Stephanie Alfonso, Jonathan Aow, Rocky Fox, and Roberto Malinow

Metabotropic NMDA receptor function is required for β-amyloid-induced synaptic depression

Helmut W. Kessels, Sadegh Nabavi, and Roberto Malinow

PNAS 2013

 

29 Mar 2013: Cancelled -- Good Friday

 

28 Mar 2013 from 14:00 to 16:00, DATA CLUB! Featuring: Jesper Sjöström, Txomin Lalanne

Location: L7-140

 

22 Mar 2013: Cancelled -- Jesper to Quebec City

 

15 Mar 2013 from 09:30 to 11:30, DATA CLUB! Featuring: Elvis Cela, Elena Kutsarova, Therese Abrahamsson

Location: D14-102

 

8 Mar 2013: Cancelled -- Brain-i-Nets Brussels meeting

 

1 Mar 2013: Cancelled -- Jesper dentist appointment

 

22 Feb 2013 from 09:30 to 11:30, DATA CLUB! Featuring: Txomin Lalanne, Elvis Cela, Therese Abrahamsson

Location: L7-309

 

8 Feb 2013 from 09:30 to 11:30, Host: Elvis Cela

Location: L7-309

Closed-loop optogenetic control of thalamus as a tool for interrupting seizures after cortical injury

Paz JT, Davidson TJ, Frechette ES, Delord B, Parada I, Peng K, Deisseroth K, Huguenard JR.

Source

Nat Neurosci. 2013 Jan;16(1):64-70. doi: 10.1038/nn.3269.

 

1 Feb 2013 from 09:30 to 11:30, Host: Txomin Lalanne

Location: L7-309

The organization of two new cortical interneuronal circuits.

Jiang X, Wang G, Lee AJ, Stornetta RL, Zhu JJ.

Nat Neurosci. 2013 Jan 13. doi: 10.1038/nn.3305.

 

25 Jan 2013: Cancelled -- Imperial / McGill Neuroengineering Workshop

 

18 Jan 2013 from 09:30 to 11:30, Host: Therese Abrahamsson

Location: L7-309

Presynaptic Self-Depression at Developing Neocortical Synapses

Antonio Rodríguez-Moreno, Ana González-Rueda, Abhishek Banerjee, A. Louise Upton, Michael T. Craig, Ole Paulsen

Neuron 2013

 

11 Jan 2013 from 09:30 to 11:30, DATA CLUB! Featuring: Txomin Lalanne, Elvis Cela, Therese Abrahamsson

Location: L7-309

 

--- Christmas Break ---

 

10 Dec 2012 from 09:30 to 11:30, DATA CLUB! Featuring: Elvis Cela, Jesper Sjöström

Location: L7-309

 

3 Dec 2012 from 12:00 to 13:00, DATA CLUB! Featuring: Carla Kalkhoven, Txomin Lalanne

Location: L7-309

 

26 Nov 2012 from 12:00 to 13:00, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L7-309

GABAergic hub neurons orchestrate synchrony in developing hippocampal networks.

Bonifazi P, Goldin M, Picardo MA, Jorquera I, Cattani A, Bianconi G, Represa A, Ben-Ari Y, Cossart R.

Science. 2009 Dec 4;326(5958):1419-24.

Related:

Dissecting functional connectivity of neuronal microcircuits: experimental and theoretical insights. Feldt S, Bonifazi P, Cossart R. TINS 2011

Complex brain networks: graph theoretical analysis of structural and functional systems. Bullmore E, Sporns O. NRN 2009

 

19 Nov 2012 from 12:00 to 13:00, Host: Elvis Cela

Location: L7-309

Clonally related visual cortical neurons show similar stimulus feature selectivity.

Li Y, Lu H, Cheng PL, Ge S, Xu H, Shi SH, Dan Y.

Nature. 2012 May 2;486(7401):118-21.

Commentaries:

Specifying cortical circuits: a role for cell lineage. [Neuron. 2012]

Neuroscience: Sibling neurons bond to share sensations. [Nature. 2012]

 

12 Nov 2012: Cancelled -- Brain-i-Nets plenary meeting

 

5 Nov 2012 from 12:00 to 13:00, Host: Carla Kalkhoven

Location: L7-309

Committee Meeting Presentation Practice Run

 

29 Oct 2012 from 12:00 to 13:00, Host: Txomin Lalanne

Location: L7-309

Elfn1 Regulates Target-Specific Release Probability at CA1-Interneuron Synapses.

Sylwestrak EL, Ghosh A.

Science 26 October 2012:Vol. 338 no. 6106 pp. 536-540 

 

22 Oct 2012 from 12:00 to 13:00, Host: Therese Abrahamsson

Location: L7-309

Nonlinear dendritic processing determines angular tuning of barrel cortex neurons in vivo.

Lavzin M, Rapoport S, Polsky A, Garion L, Schiller J.

Nature. 2012 Oct 18;490(7420):397-401. doi: 10.1038/nature11451

 

15 Oct 2012: Cancelled -- SFN

 

8 Oct 2012: Cancelled -- Thanksgiving

 

1 Oct 2012: Cancelled -- Sofia was sick

 

24 Sept 2012 from 12:00 to 13:00, Host: Elvis Cela

Location: L7-309

Committee Meeting Presentation Practice Run

 

17 Sept 2012 from 12:00 to 13:00: Cancelled -- CIHR deadlines today

 

10 Sept 2012 from 12:00 to 13:00, Host: Carla Kalkhoven

Location: L7-309

Noradrenergic ‘Tone’ Determines Dichotomous Control of Cortical Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity

Humberto Salgado, Georg Köhr, and Mario Treviño

Sci Rep. 2012; 2: 417, doi:  10.1038/srep00417, PMCID: PMC3358707

 

3 Sept 2012: Cancelled -- Labour Day

 

27 Aug 2012 from 12:00 to 13:00, Host: Sabrina Chierzi

Location: L7-309

Hippocampal Place Fields Emerge upon Single-Cell Manipulation of Excitability During Behavior

Doyun Lee, Bei-Jung Lin, Albert K. Lee

Science 17 August 2012: Vol. 337 no. 6096 pp. 849-853, DOI: 10.1126/science.1221489 

 

20 Aug 2012 from 12:00 to 13:00, Host: Txomin Lalanne

Location: L7-309

Advisory committee presentation trial run: "Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity in Neocortical Interneurons"

 

Summer Break

 

18 June 2012 from 12:00 to 13:00, Host: Elvis Cela

Location: L7-309

Epilepsy project — a background.

 

11 June 2012 from 12:00 to 13:00, Host: Carla Kalkhoven

Location: L7-309

Pull-Push Neuromodulation of LTP and LTD Enables Bidirectional Experience-Induced Synaptic Scaling in Visual Cortex.

Huang S, Treviño M, He K, Ardiles A, de Pasquale R, Guo Y, Palacios A, Huganir R, Kirkwood A.

Neuron. Volume 73, Issue 3, 9 February 2012, Pages 497–510

 

4 June 2012 from 12:00 to 13:00, Host: Sabrina Chierzi

Location: L7-309

Liu et al. Optogenetic stimulation of a hippocampal engram activates fear memory recall.

Nature. 2012 Mar 22;484(7394):381-5. doi: 10.1038/nature11028 [link]

 

28 May 2012 from 12:00 to 13:00, DATA CLUB: Txomin Lalanne, Chris, Sabrina

Location: L7-309

 

21 May 2012: Cancelled -- Victoria Day

 

14 May 2012 from 12:00 to 13:00, Host: Txomin Lalanne

Location: L7-309

Royer et al. Control of timing, rate and bursts of hippocampal place cells by dendritic and somatic inhibition

Nature Neuroscience, 2012, doi:10.1038/nn.3077 [link]

 

7 May 2012: Cancelled -- Hugo was sick

 

30 April 2012 from 12:00 to 13:00, Host: Elvis Cela

Location: L7-309

Min and Nevian. Astrocyte signaling controls spike timing–dependent depression

at neocortical synapses.

Nature Neuroscience, 2012, doi:10.1038/nn.3075. [AOP]

 

23 April 2012: Exams, CANCELLED

 

16 April 2012 from 12:00 to 13:00, Host: Carla Kalkhoven

Location: L7-309

Ledergerber D, Larkum ME. The Time Window for Generation of Dendritic Spikes

by Coincidence of Action Potentials and EPSPs is Layer Specific in Somatosensory Cortex. 

PLoS One. 2012;7(3):e33146. [link]

 

9 April 2012: Easter Monday, CANCELLED -- Happy Easter!

 

2 April 2012 from 12:00 to 13:00, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L7-309

Informal presentation on EU FET-Open FP7 Consortium "Brain-i-Nets":

·       Background

·       Neuromodulation of STDP

·       STDP at excitatory inputs to interneurons

 

26 March 2012, CANCELLED

 

19 March 2012 from 12:00 to 13:00, Host: Sabrina Chierzi

Location: L7-309

Miyata S, Komatsu Y, Yoshimura Y, Taya C, Kitagawa H. "Persistent cortical plasticity by upregulation of chondroitin 6-sulfation." Nat Neurosci. 2012 Jan 15;15(3):414-22. [abstract]

 

15 March 2012 from 10:00 to 12:30, Visitor: Rinaldo D'Souza, University of Colorado School of Medicine (Supervisor: Dr. Sukumar Vijayaraghavan)

Location: L7-309

Title: "Nicotinic receptors: the gatekeepers of the olfactory system"

 

12 March 2012 from 12:00 to 13:00, Host: Txomin Lalanne

Location: L7-309

Atallah Scanziani Neuron 2012 "Parvalbumin-expressing interneurons linearly transform cortical responses to visual stimuli." [abstract]

 

5 March 2012, CANCELLED

 

27 February 2012, CANCELLED

 

20 February 2012, CANCELLED

 

13 February 2012 from 12:00 to 13:00, Host: Elvis Cela

Location: L7-309

Chen Konnerth Nature 2011 "Functional mapping of single spines in cortical neurons in vivo"

 

6 February 2012 from 12:00 to 13:00, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L7-309

Yasuda Svoboda Science STKE 2004 "Imaging Calcium Concentration Dynamics in Small Neuronal Compartments"

 

30 January 2012 from 12:00 to 13:00, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: L7-309

Takahashi Ikegaya Science 2012 "Locally Synchronized Synaptic Inputs"

 

25 October 2011 from 09:30 to 11:30, Host: Jesper Sjöström

Location: CRN L7-140

Optical components for 2P imaging