SFN 2017 Presentations by SCGB Investigators and Collaborators

Traveling to the annual meeting in DC? Check out these talks.

Saturday, November 11, 2017

Cortical state fluctuations predict the accuracy of visual spatial perception in mice

Speaker: Anderson Speed
Time: 1:00 PM
Presentation Number: 16.01
Session: Spatial and Feature-Based Attention
Location: 156

A diverse neural code gives rise to attentional preparation

Speaker: Adam Snyder
Time: 2:00 PM
Presentation Number: 16.05
Session: Spatial and Feature-Based Attention
Location: 156

Sunday, November 12, 2017

Engineering hybrid genetically encoded voltage indicators incorporating Janelia Fluor dyes for In vivo voltage imaging

Speaker: Ahmed Abdelfattah
Time: 8:00 AM
Presentation Number: 113.01
Session: Optical Methods for Connectivity
Location: 150B

Multiphoton holographic silencing of neural population codes in behaving animals

Speaker: Ian Oldenburg
Time: 8:45 AM
Presentation Number: 108.04
Session: Somatosensory Cortex
Location: 144A

Whole brain neural dynamics and behavior in C. elegans

Speaker: Andrew Leifer
Time: 9:15 AM
Presentation Number: 113.06
Session: Optical Methods for Connectivity
Location: 150B

Hypothalamic switch of REM sleep

Speaker: Kai-Siang Chen
Time: 1:00 PM
Presentation Number: 193.01
Session: Sleep: Key Advances
Location: 156

Medial prefrontal cortex shapes hidden state inference in the midbrain dopamine system

Speaker: Clara Starkweather
Time: 1:00 PM
Presentation Number: 195.01
Session: Corticolimbic Circuits in Decision Making
Location: 150B

Recordings from macaque face and body patches in the upper bank of the superior temporal sulcus reveal strong species selectivity

Speaker: Liang She
Time: 1:45 PM
Presentation Number: 192.04
Session: Representation of Faces and Bodies
Location: 147B

Hippocampal sequences and model-based planning in the rat

Speaker: Kevin Miller
Time: 2:30 PM
Presentation Number: 195.07
Session: Corticolimbic Circuits in Decision Making
Location: 150B

Evidence for distinct hippocampal representations of current location and distance to goal

Speaker: Jeffrey Gauthier
Time: 3:00 PM
Presentation Number: 195.09
Session: Corticolimbic Circuits in Decision Making
Location: 150B

BRAIN Initiative Alliance Social

The event will offer the opportunity for BRAIN Initiative grantees, BRAIN Initiative Alliance members and others to meet and network with each other.
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Marriott Marquis Salon 2,3,4

Monday, November 13, 2017

Does the primate ventral stream need cortical feedback to compute rapid online image-by-image object identity?

Speaker: Kohitij Kar
Time: 8:00 AM
Presentation Number: 277.01
Session: Representation of Objects and Scenes
Location: 150A

Choice-selective sequential activity in prelimbic cortical neurons that project to the nucleus accumbens

Speaker: Nathan Parker
Time: 8:15 AM
Presentation Number: 278.02
Session: Neurobiology of Motivated Behavior
Location: 143A

State-dependent organization of population activity across the brain

Speaker: Kenneth Harris
Time: 1:35 PM
Presentation Number: 350.02
Session: State-Dependent Cortical Processing
Location: 145B

Parallel memory units in the mushroom body

Speaker: Yoshinori Aso
Time: 2:15 PM
Presentation Number: 364.06
Session: Network, Synaptic, and Molecular Mechanisms of Learning and Memory
Location: 143A

Visualizing neural activity in the lateral geniculate nucleus of the thalamus of awake mice

Speaker: Liang Liang
Time: 3:15 PM
Presentation Number: 349.07
Session: In Vivo Imaging of CNS Injury and Disease
Location: Ballroom C

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Brain-machine interface guided movements share a common neural substrate with overt movements

Speaker: Saurabh Vyas
Time: 2:00 PM
Presentation Number: 550.05
Session: Motor Control and Internal Representations
Location: 147A

Computational Neuroscience Social with Mark Goldman and Jonathan Pillow

Speaker: Social
Time: 6:45 PM
Presentation Number: SOC22
Session: Computational Neuroscience Social
Location: Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel: Congressional Ballrooms A and B

Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Transcranial ultrasound impacts monkey choice behavior

Speaker: Jan Kubanek
Time: 8:45 AM
Presentation Number: 647.04
Session: Methods: Non-Invasive Stimulation
Location: 152B

The spatiotemporal organization of striatal direct- and indirect-pathway projection neurons encodes action space

Speaker: Andreas Klaus
Time: 2:00 PM
Presentation Number: 735.05
Session: Motivation: Subcortical Neurocircuitry
Location: 146C

Heterogeneous coding of sensory, motor, and cognitive variables in midbrain dopamine neurons

Speaker: Ben Engelhard
Time: 2:15 PM
Presentation Number: 735.06
Session: Motivation: Subcortical Neurocircuitry
Location: 146C

Motor cortex projection neurons underlying motor planning and movement

Speaker: Nuo Li
Time: 2:55 PM
Presentation Number: 727.06
Session: Deep-Layer Projection Neurons of the Neocortex: Specialized Subpopulations Exhibiting Distinct Integration and Output
Location: 151B

For a spreadsheet listing all SCGB-related talks and posters, click here. Scroll through to see a list of presentations by day. Presentations by SCGB PIs are highlighted in yellow. Presentations by SCGB fellows are highlighted in green.