LEARNING AND MEMORY PROJECT
JOURNAL CLUB
Time: Fridays 9:30-10:30
Place: Gonda 2303

FUTURE SCHEDULE 

 
4 August to 1 September 2006    
    We will be taking a brief summer
recess.  Journal club will resume on September 8.

28 July 2006    
    Yali
will present data from the Schuman lab on "Activity-dependent dynamics and sequestration of proteasomes in dendritic spines".
  Bingol and Schuman, Nature, 2006. 

21 July 2006    
    Brian
will discuss "The role of the anterior cingulate in remote memory retrieval".

14 July 2006    
    Quan
will present data from the Blitzer lab on "Local protein synthesis mediates a rapid increase in dendritic elongation factor 1A after induction of late long-term potentiation."
  Tsokas et al., J Neuroscience, 2005. 

7 July 2006    
    Andrew
will present data from the Molina lab on "Previous stress facilitates fear memory, attenuates GABAergic inhibition, and increases synaptic plasticity in the rat basolateral amygdala."
  Manzanares et al., J Neuroscience, 2005. 

30 June 2006    
    Journal Club is cancelled this week.


23 June 2006    
    Dan
will present data from the Kemenes lab on "Phase-dependent molecular requirements for memory reconsolidation:  Differential roles for protein synthesis and Protein Kinase A activity."
  Kemenes et al., J Neuroscience, 2006. 

16 June 2006    
    Tim
will present his own data, "Chromatin Remodeling and the Extinction of Conditioned Fear".

9 June 2006    
    Adam
will present data from the Wilson lab on "Reverse replay of behavioural sequences in hippocampal place cells during the awake state".
  Foster and Wilson, Nature, 2006.  a review of this topic is also available  Suzuki, Neuron, 2006.

2 June 2006    
    Jary
will present his dissertaton defense "Long-term Depression:  Receptors and Downstream Targets".

26 May 2006    
    Journal Club is cancelled this week for the Memorial Day Weekend.


19 May 2006    
    Frank
will present data from the Kandel lab on "Integration of long-term-memory-related synaptic plasticity involves bidirectional regulation of gene expression and chromatin structure."
  Guan et al., Cell, 2002. 

12 May 2006    
    Hope
will present data from the Yuste lab on "Internal Dynamics Determine the Cortical Response to Thalamic Stimulation."
  MacLean et al., Neuron, 2005. 

5 May 2006    
    Dan
will present data from the Sabatini lab on "Regulation of neuronal morphology and function by the tumor suppressors Tsc1 and Tsc2."
  Tavazoie et al., Nature Neurosci, 2005. 

28 April 2006    
    Tad
will present data from his lab "Moire interference between grid cells:  A mechanism for constructing scale-invariant memory representations".

21 April 2006    
    Pato
will present his dissertaton defense "Signaling Pathways Mediating the Induction and Suppression of Long-Term Potentiation".

14 April 2006    
    Michael
will present "The auditory cortetx and fear conditioning? or I'll take the high road and you take the low road and...".  There is no paper.

7 April 2006    
    Ravi
will present two papers describing reconsolidation of amygdala-dependent memory.
  Tronson et al., Nature Neurosci, 2006.  Debiec, PNAS, 2006.

31 March 2006    
    Journal Club is cancelled for the University holiday.


24 March 2006    
    Journal Club is cancelled this week.


17 March 2006    
    K
elsey will present two papers describing the role of microRNAs in regulating synaptic proteins synthesis pertaining to memory formation and dendritic spine development.
  Ashraf et al., Cell, 2006.  Schratt, J Neuroscience, 2005.  a commetary on the Ashraf paper is also available  White-Grindley and  Si, Cell, 2006.

10 March 2006    
    Tom
will present data from the Jan lab on "Common Molecular Pathways Mediate Long-Term Potentiation of Synaptic Excitation and Slow Synaptic Inhibition."
  Huang et al., Cell, 2005. 

3 March 2006    
    Journal Club is cancelled this week.


24 February 2006    
    Rafal
will present data from the Loew lab on "Modeling and Analysis of Calcium Signaling Events Leading to Long-Term Depression in Cerebellar Purkinje Cells."
  Hernjak et al., Biophysical Journal, 2005. 

17 February 2006    
    David
will present data from the Roberts lab on "Prefrontal Serotonin Depletion Affects Reversal Learning But Not Attentional Set Shifting."
  Clarke et al., J Neuroscience, 2005. 

10 February 2006    
    Journal Club is cancelled for the Neural Control of Behavior meeting.


3 February 2006    
    Ti
ago will present data from the Scanziani lab on the role of feed-forward inhibition on temporal resolution of somatosensory input.
  Gabernet et al., Neuron, 2005. 

27 January 2006    
    A
nn will present data from the Heinemann lab on "Sharp-wave ripples in the hippocampus:  bridging the gap between physiological models of plasticity and behavioral measures of learning".
  Behrens et al., Nature Neuroscience, 2005. 

20 January 2006    
    D
ean will present data from the Poo lab on "Balancing excitation and inhibition:  Why and How?".
  Tao et al., Neuron, 2005. 

13 January 2006    
    J
osh will present data from the Vogt lab on the role of dopaminergic facilitation of amygdala function via specialized interneurons.
  Marowsky et al., Neuron, 2005. 

6 January 2006    
    Y
u will present some of her own work, "Modulation of Spatial Learning and Synaptic Plasticity by association between aCaMKII and NR2B".





PAPERS AND TOPICS OF PREVIOUS YEARS

 

2005 Second Semester
2005 First Semester
2004 Last Semester
2004 First Semester

2003 Entire Year

2002 Second Semester
2002 First Semester
2001 Second Semester
2001 First Semester
2000