DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES
The 2021-2022 Distinguished Lecture Series will be a Virtual / In-person Hybrid
Click on each speaker to view info on the speaker’s research, selected papers & title. Also, be sure to check out previous lectures and exclusive interviews with the speaker. Click here to check out exclusive interviews with our speakers in this podcast series facilitated by B&B Fellow Greg Suess.
Department Contact for Lecture Series: Liz Weaver
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2021-2022 Line-up
Title: Cortical basis of speech and handwriting in humans for neural interfaces
Location: Virtual at Zoom link above
Host: Andrey Shilnikov, Ph.D. B&B Neuroscience Faculty
Selected Papers:
1. Review: Brain- Computer Interfaces
2. Neural interface translates thoughts into type
3. Hand knob area of premotor cortex represents the whole body in a compositional way
4. Neural ensemble dynamics in dorsal motor cortex during speech in people with paralysis
Title: Bidirectional links between the circadian clock and homeostatic circuits maintaining body hydration
Location: TBD
Host: Javier Stern, Ph.D. B&B Neuroscience Faculty
Selected Papers:
1. Review: Central and peripheral roles of vasopressin in the circadian defense of body hydration.
2. Clock-driven vasopressin neurotransmission mediates anticipatory thirst prior to sleep
3. Sodium regulates clock time and output via an excitatory GABAergic pathway
Title: Drosophila receptors controlling chemical and textural taste sensation
Location: Virtual
Host: Dan Cox, Ph.D. B&B Neuroscience Faculty
Selected Papers:
1. Review: Peripheral coding of taste
2. Calcium Taste Avoidance in Drosophila
Title: State-dependent cortical circuits
Location: Virtual
Host: Michael Black, Ph.D. B&B Neuroscience Faculty
Selected Papers:
1. Dual color mesoscopic imaging reveals spatiotemporally heterogeneous coordination of cholinergic and neocortical activity.
2.Arousal and Locomotion Make Distinct Contributions to Cortical Activity Patterns and Visual Encoding
3. Developmental Dysfunction of VIP Interneurons Impairs Cortical Circuits
4.Mesoscopic Imaging: Shining a Wide Light on Large-Scale Neural Dynamics
Title: Gut Instincts: The Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis Across the Lifespan
Location: Virtual at Zoom link above
Host: Marise Parent, Ph.D. B&B Neuroscience Faculty
Selected Papers:
1. Enduring behavioral effects induced by birth by caesarean section in the mouse
2. Microbiota-brain interactions: Moving toward mechanisms in model organisms
3. Microbiota from young mice counteracts selective age-associated behavioral deficits
Title: Neural circuits for decision-making: does excitatory cell class matter?
Location: Virtual at Zoom link above
Host: Jordan Hamm, Ph.D. B&B Neuroscience Faculty
Selected Papers:
1. Review: Large-scale neural recordings call for new insights to link brain and behavior
2. Pyramidal cell types drive functionally distinct cortical activity patterns during decision-making
3. Single-trial neural dynamics are dominated by richly varied movements
Title: Control of neuron activity by microglia
Location: Virtual at Zoom link above
Host: Jessica Bolton, Ph.D. B&B Neuroscience Faculty
Selected Papers:
1. Epigenetic regulation of brain region-specific microglia clearance activity
2. Innate sensing of mechanical properties of brain tissue by microglia
3. Negative feedback control of neuronal activity by microglia
Title: Flow, effort and feeling of effort
Location: Virtual at Zoom link above
Host: Neil Van Leeuwen, Ph.D. B&B Philosophy Faculty
Selected Papers:
1. Intentions and motor representations: the interface challenge
2. Intentions: The dynamic hierarchical model revisited
3. Beyond automaticity the psychological complexity of skill
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