Event Sessions
Introduction
Nick Spitzer, Co-Director of KIBM
Reading the Stars: Investigating Remote Memory in Mice with Impaired Astrocytic Calcium Signaling
Antonio Pinto-Duarte, The Salk Institute
Polygenic Adaptation of Schizophrenia
Chun Chieh Fan, UCSD Cognitive Science
How Much Do You Read Into It? Effects of Literacy on Language Comprehension Across the Adult Lifespan
Marta Kutas, UCSD Cognitive Science
Engineering Novel Molecular Tools to Manipulate Neuropeptide Signaling
Margot Wohl, USCD Neuroscience Graduate Program
Advancing Nanorobots for Neuron Targeting and Stimulation
Jinxing Li, UCSD NanoEngineering
Intermission
In Search of the Engram in the Era of Molecular Genetics
Keynote Speaker: Mark Mayford, UCSD Psychiatry
Axis and Analogy in the Subiculum
Jacob Olson, UCSD Cognitive Science
3D Reconstruction of a Genetically Labeled Neuron Using Serial Block-Face EM
Angela Tsang, UCSD Biological Sciences
Illuminating the Bridge Between Body and Mind: Optical Sensing and Modulation of Interoceptive Information from the Vagus Nerve
Marcelo Aguilar-Rivera, UCSD Bioengineering and Cognitive Science
Reconciling Mnemonic and Spatial Functions of the Hippocampus in Marmoset
Samuel Nummela, UCSD Psychology
Sonogenetics – A Novel, Non-invasive Approach to Manipulating Neural Activity
Daniel Gibbs, UCSD Neurosciences
Lunch
Prospects for Breakthroughs on Mental Health
Institute for Neural Computation Annual Spring Retreat on Cognitive Neuroscience Symposium on Neural Circuit Dynamics