Neurobiology Fall Symposium: Neural Circuits: A New Vision of CNS Activity

September 27, 2018

1:00 pm / 5:00 pm

Venue

NRB Auditorium

Department of Neurobiology Fall Symposium: A New Vision of CNS Activity

1:00pm Paul Micevych, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor & Chair, Department of Neurobiology
?Introduction?

1:10 pm Steven Barnes, Ph.D.
Professor, Departments of Ophthalmology and Neurobiology
?With no direct input, hybrid actions of GABA mediate feedback to mammalian photoreceptors?

1:50 pm Parag Gad, Ph.D.
Assistant Researcher (Edgerton Lab), Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology
?Let’s turn ON the sleeping spinal cord?

2:30pm Break and Refreshments

2:45pm Awards

2:50pm Sotiris Masmanidis, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurobiology
?The neural dynamics of anticipation?
n3:30 pm Dario Ringach, Ph.D.
Professor, Departments of Neurobiology and Psychology
?Populations coding in primary visual cortex?

4:10 pm Baljit Khakh, Ph.D.
Professor, Departments of Physiology and Neurobiology
?Astrocytes and neural circuits: an update?

Reception to follow