Seminar Schedule – Spring 2021

Spring 2021 Seminar Schedule: Boston University Center for Systems Neuroscience

Monday, January 25th, 12:15PM – Dr. Heidi Meyer
“Behavioral, circuit, and molecular mechanisms of adolescent safety learning”
Link: https://bostonu.zoom.us/j/95776688858?pwd=bWc2Q1k1MUlNaEtXN0lxWEl4Nmhadz09

Wednesday, January 27th, 12:15PM – Dr. Maya Opendak
“Building a social brain: Circuits and systems across development”
Link: https://bostonu.zoom.us/j/96184733947?pwd=V2hwSjhCdVBMa3ovblNIRmNqenQwZz09

Monday, February 1st, 12:15PM – Dr. Sofia Beas
“A thalamo-striatal pathway mediating adaptive behaviors following homeostatic challenges”
Link: https://bostonu.zoom.us/j/98292983106?pwd=aGc2UGg0OUlYNmw4MUh5MGVFM0VuQT09

Tuesday, February 2nd, 12:15PM – Dr. Christina Kim
“Interrogation of activated neural ensembles governing reward-seeking”
Link: https://bostonu.zoom.us/j/97661786798?pwd=U0lqS0xMb3NyNzhidEJkZFlvdzRUUT09

Wednesday, February 3rd, 12:15PM – Dr. Mark Wagner
“Learning in neocortex-cerebellum circuits”
Link: https://bostonu.zoom.us/j/91571709691?pwd=aDQ5UlNVeTlod0xZd0xNNVVwOTFsQT09

Monday, February 8th, 12:15PM – Dr. Nancy Padilla-Coreano
“Elucidating the role of the medial prefrontal cortex in social dominance”
Link: https://bostonu.zoom.us/j/92149672623?pwd=ZUI2a2xFMGVDanRMc1lzMmdyT2xHdz09

Wednesday, February 10th, 12:15PM – Dr. Kirstie Cummings
“A prefrontal GABAergic neural ensemble encodes fear memory”
Link: https://bostonu.zoom.us/j/93747809130?pwd=NUxBRnhDOU4zdzg0QzNTTXdIb0twZz09

Wednesday, February 15th, 12:15PM – Dr. Valentina Emiliani
“Circuits optogenetics and wave front shaping”
Link: https://bostonu.zoom.us/j/99247765417?pwd=WEFOWEphQW9CcDdZNDFQZHJ2N05udz09

Wednesday, March 24, 12:15 PM – Prof. Matthew Larkum
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Hosted by Prof. Jerry Chen
https://bostonu.zoom.us/j/93990552905?pwd=WWNmNW84NzU5UHViWktTdzZNTXJqQT09

Wednesday, April 14, 12:15 PM – Prof. Jonathan Whitlock
Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Hosted by Prof. Ben Scott
“Neural representation of 3D pose and movement in parietal cortex and beyond”
https://bostonu.zoom.us/j/96595269733?pwd=MW5IVlh4bGs1TExVcDJiMXlCMmlnUT09

Wednesday, April 28, 12:15 PM – Prof. Ivan Soltesz
Stanford University, Department of Neurosurgery and Neurosciences
Hosted by Prof. Shelley Russek
https://bostonu.zoom.us/j/95048846360?pwd=UHhBczlQWFJGL2FPK2tIZ2lDTm1FZz09

Wednesday, May 5, 12:15 PM – Prof. Christine Charvet
Delaware State University, College of Health and Behavioral Sciences
Hosted by Prof. Helen Barbas
https://bostonu.zoom.us/j/99078129203?pwd=Zkk5akRtTFZNV1dzRmFlNTBFVnBYUT09

Affective function and memory: The 2021 perspective
24th Meeting of Charles River Association for Memory (CRAM)
Co-hosted by Boston University Center for Systems Neuroscience

12:00-12:05 pm – Michael Hasselmo (Boston University) – Welcome remarks
12:05-12:10 pm – Dan Schacter (Harvard University) – Overview of session
12:10-12:50 pm – Maureen Ritchey (Boston College) – “Affective memories as a window on medial temporal lobe networks”
12:50 Q&A
1:00-1:40 pm – Steve Ramirez (Boston University) – “Artificially manipulating engrams in healthy and maladaptive states”
1:40 Q&A
1:50-2:30 pm – Elizabeth Kensinger (Boston College) – “Remembering an emotional past”
2:30 Q&A
2:40-3:20 pm – Elizabeth Phelps (Harvard University) – “Before, during and after: Breaking down multiple paths for emotion to modify memories”
3:20 Q&A
3:30-4:00 pm – Panel discussion with all speakers