5th Annual Neurophotonics Center Symposium

January 12, 2022

Agenda

9:00 – 9:10 AM

David A. Boas
Boston University Neurophotonics Center Director
Welcome and Introduction

Session 1: Data-Focused Neuroscientific Approaches: Taking a Deeper Look into Neural Networks

Session Chairs: Athif Mohamed, Shuaibin Chang

9:10 – 9:35 AM

Mark Kramer
Boston University, MA

A (deeper) Look into the Neural Networks of Epilepsy

9:40 – 10:05 AM

Chris Harvey
Harvard, MA

Probing Computations in Neural Circuits Using Single-neuron Perturbations 11:00 AM

Session 2: Data-Focused Disease and Therapies Session Chairs: Gabriela Rodriguez-Morales, Danny Carbonero
10:20 – 10:45 AM	Danielle Bassett University of Pennsylvania, PA	Understanding Cognitive Control as a Network Process
10:50 – 11:15 AM	Chethan Pandarinath Emory University & Georgia Tech, GA	Deep Learning Methods to Uncover Latent Dynamics from Neural Population Activity
11:20 – 11:45 AM	Jones Parker Northwestern University, IL	Using in vivo calcium imaging to understand how antipsychotic drugs work and to inform the development of better ones

Session 3: Applied Optogenetics

Session Chairs: Fartash Samie Yousefi, Sharvari Zilpelwar

1:00 – 1:25 PM

Ksenia Kastanenka
Massachusetts General Hospital, MA

Applying optogenetics to studies of Alzheimer’s disease

1:30 – 1:55 PM

Heidi Meyer
Boston University, MA

Using Calcium Imaging and Optogenetics to Shed Light on Dynamics of Fear Regulation in Adolescence and Adulthood

Poster Session Session Chairs: Johan Martinez Fuentes, Joseph Greene,
Yao Wang Northeastern University	Targeted Illumination in Widefield Microscopy to Enhance Neuronal Fiber Contrast
Spencer Byers Boston University	In-vivo Calcium Imaging of Accessory Olfactory Bulb Mitral Cells During Social Interactions
Daniel Carbonero Boston University	Principal Component Analysis for Neuronal Network Analysis Under Isoflurane Sedation in Mice
Guo Chen Boston University	Tool Box for Fiber-optoacoustic Neuromodulation
Kaitlyn Dorst Boston University	Visualization and Modulation of Hippocamus-driven Defensive Networks
Yuanyuan Gao Boston University	Image Reconstruction of fNIRS Data with Short separation
Joseph Greene Boston University	Miniature Binary Diffractive Optics for Extended Miniscope Neuroimaging
Yueming Li Boston University	Noninvasive Sub-millimeter-precision Brain Stimulation by Optical-driven Focused Ultrasound
Bingxue Liu Boston University	Normalized Field Autocorrelation Function-based Functional Ultrasound Imaging
Chang Liu Boston University	DeepVID: A Self-supervised Deep Learning Framework for Two-photon Voltage Imaging Denoising
Carolyn Marar Boston University	Wireless Neuromodulation at Submillimeter Precision Via a Microwave Split-ring Resonator
Amy Monasterio Boston University	Dynamics of Hippocampal Fos-tagged Cell Ensembles Before and After Learning
Joe O’Brien Boston University	NinjaNIRS 2021: Continued Progress Towards Whole Head, High Density fNIRS
Rhushikesh Phadke Boston University	Highly Unstable Heterogenous Representations in VIP Interneurons of the Anterior Cingulate Cortex
Naomi Shvedov Boston University	In-vivo Imaging in Genetically Modified Songbirds Reveals Dynamics of Neuron Migration in the Adult Brain
Sandya Subramanian Boston University	Visualizing the Transcriptomic Identities of Brainstem Cells in Circuits
Brandon Williams Boston University	Fast Spiking Interneurons Generate Gamma Oscillations in the Medial Entorhinal Cortex in the Absence of Excitatory Cell Input
Yujia Xue Boston University	Single-shot Volumetric Fluorescence Imaging with a Computational Miniature Mesoscope

Session 4: Applied Neuroimaging: Advancing Translational Research Session Chairs: De’Ja Rogers, Regina Sloutsky
3:45 – 4:10 PM	David Clark University of Florida, FL	Investigating cognitive-motor control of walking using fNIRS
4:15 – 4:40 PM	Laura Lewis Boston University, MA	Imaging the sleeping brain
4:45 – 4:55 PM	David A. Boas	Closing Remarks