Video Lectures
Lectures take place in Loeb G70N from 9 – 11 am EST.
LECTURE VIDEO LIBRARY
From 2014-2018, NS&B faculty lectures were broadcast live then archived by year so you can enjoy them at anytime. All lectures will open in a new window. The 2014 lectures and some of the 2016 lectures were recorded with speaker-specific microphones; all of the rest, including the remaining 2016 lectures, were recorded will a global microphone that allows you to hear student questions.
Below is a list of lecture topics by module.
The Leech Module
- Membrane Potential and Passive Properties of Neurons (Part 1), Jim Angstadt 2015
- Membrane Potential and Passive Properties of Neurons (Part 2), Jim Angstadt 2015
- Voltage-Gated Ionic Currents Underlying Neuronal Electrical Activity (Part 1), Jim Angstadt 2017
- Voltage-Gated Ionic Currents Underlying Neuronal Electrical Activity (Part 2), Jim Angstadt 2017
- Central Pattern Generators, Michael Wright 2018
- Synaptic Transmission, Brian Norris 2018
- Three ways to decide: Behavioral choices by the leech nervous system, Bill Kristan 2017
- What leeches can teach us about neuroendocrine control, Kathy French 2016
- Development of the Leech , David Weisblat 2017
- Understanding the embryo of the leech Helobdella, a tractable spiralian, David Weisblat 2016
- Systems Neurophysiology vs. Neuroethology: Two approaches, Bill Kristan 2017
- Low Threshold Calcium Conductance as a Signal Amplifier, Lidia Szczupak 2015
- Studying The Neural Circuits That Generate Locomotion: One Crawl Step At A Time, Josh Puhl 2015
- Influence of Motor Neurons on Crawling in the Leech, Lidia Szczupak 2017
- You can’t keep a good leech down: Learning about the control of locomotion through recovery from CNS injury, Josh Puhl 2017
- The importance of neural modulation and context for behavioral selection, Karen Mesce 2014
- Leech reproduction: A tail of two circuits, Krista Todd 2018
- Sensory system evolution: Changing synaptic connections between P cells in leeches, Michael Baltzey 2018
- Hybrid systems: New insights and approaches, Michael Wright 2018
- Introduction to computational neuroscience, Ulises Ricoy 2019
- Low cost approaches to neuroscience, Ulises Ricoy 2019
The Stomatogastric Ganglion Module
- Introduction to the stomatogastric nervous system, Dawn Blitz 2018
- Neuromodulation, Carmen Wellmann 2018
- Neuromodulation of Neural Circuits, Dawn Blitz 2017
- Motor pattern specification: functional consequences, Wolfgang Stein 2016
- The Role of Axons in Neural Coding, Dirk Bucher 2017
- Circuit Dynamics, Farzan Nadim 2017
- Synaptic Dynamics, Farzan Nadim 2017
- Sensorimotor Integration, Wolfgang Stein 2015
- Variability and stability in the nervous system, Jorge Golowasch 2015
- The secret life of axons: neuromodulation of spike propagation, Dirk Bucher 2014
- Coordination of Neural Oscillators, Carmen Wellman 2018
- Principles of rhythmic circuits, Mark Beenhakker 2018
- Switching participation between networks, Dawn Blitz 2018
- Circuit mechanisms of sleep and epilepsy, Mark Beenhakker 2018
Electric Fish Module
- Introduction to weakly electric fish, Eric Fortune 2018
- Locomotor control, Eric Fortune 2018
- Neuromodulation of Sensory Processing, Maurice Chacron 2016
- Neural Coding: single neurons, Maurice Chacron 2016
- Introduction to the electrosensory system, Maurice Chacron 2017
- Neural coding I: General principles, Maurice Chacron 2015
- Neural coding II: Adaptation to natural stimulus statistics, Maurice Chacron 2015
- Neural coding III: Encoding envelopes, Maurice Chacron 2014
- Coding of natural electrocommunication stimuli, Gary Marsat 2015
- Control of locomotion and consequences of coding, Eric Fortune 2015
- Sensory coding of movement, Eric Fortune 2014
- Electroreceptors, An overview across species. Michael Metzen 2017
- Electrogeneration, Michael Markham 2018
- Feedback and the brain in weakly electric fish, Eric Fortune 2017
- Electroreception in the wild, Eric Fortune 2017
- Electrolocation: neural coding, Maurice Chacron 2018
- Modulation and evolution of electric signals, Michael Markham 2018
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Neuroendocrine regulation of electromotor pathways, Vielka Salazar 2019
C. elegans Module
- Introduction to genetic model organisms, Daniel Colón Ramos 2018
- Cell biology of neurodevelopment in C. elegans, Daniel Colón Ramos 2017
- Genetic model organisms, Daniel Colón Ramos 2017
- Behavioral variability and chemosensation, Dirk Albrecht 2018
- C. elegans neuroethology of behavior, Mark Alkema 2018
- The Neuroethology of the C. elegans escape response, Mark Alkema 2015
- Optical reporters as tools to link genes to behavior, Josh Hawk 2018
- Introduction C. elegans, Mark Alkema 2014
- C. elegans genetic screens, Mark Alkema 2014
- Reverse genetics in the worm nervous system, Andrea Calixto 2014
- Food, behavior and neural degeneration, Andrea Calixto 2014
- Quantitative analysis of behavior in C. elegans, Andrew Leifer 2014
- The neuroethology of the C. elegans escape response, Mark Alkema 2014
- Decoding of motor systems, Mei Zhen 2018
- Can worms get headaches, Mark Alkema 2018
- Electron microscopy and connectomes Mei Zhen 2019
Hydra Module
- The Brain Activity Map & Intro to Hydra, Rafael Yuste 2018
- Hydra principles, Rob Steele 2018
- Molecular methods in Hydra, Celina Juliano 2016
- Functional networks in Hydra, Christophe Dupre 2016
- Hydra principles III, Rafe Yuste 2018
- Theory and modeling in Hydra Adrienne Fairhall 2019
- The immortal Hydra Daniel Martinez 2019
Hippocampus/Striatum Module
- Introduction to the hippocampus, Emma Wood 2016
- Hippocampal Circuits and Synaptic Plasticity, Juan-Marcos Alarcon 2016
- Neurological Disorders, Ros Langston 2017
- Hippocampal neural ensemble coding, Matt van der Meer 2017
- Animal models of mental illness, André Fenton 2017
- Synthesis and integration: Cognition-associated neural coordination and discoordination in Fragile X mutant mice, André Fenton 2016
- Inspirations from Jimi Hendrix: If Space was Time…Are You Experienced? André Fenton 2016
- Hippocampal Information Processing II, Matt van der Meer 2015
- If space was time: the dynamic micro-infrastructure of cognition, André Fenton 2017
- Introduction to hippocampus and Fragile X mouse, André Fenton 2014
- Introduction to learning and memory: the synaptic plasticity hypothesis, Juan-Marcos Alarcon 2014
- Hippocampal in vivo electrophysiology 1: the basics, Paul Dudchenko 2014
- Memory associated modulation of synaptic circuits, Juan-Marcos Alarcon 2014
- Linking the development of behavior and neuronal activity, Ros Langston 2014
- Place cells and behavior, Emma Wood 2014
- Striatum Physiology, Nic Tritsch and Matt van der Meer 2018
- Reinforcement learning and decision making, Matt van der Meer 2018
- How experience changes the hippocampal circuitry, Andre Fenton 2018
- Twists in brain oscillations: rhythms that are not rhythmic, and spikes that are not coherent with LFP, Hyeyoung Shin 2018
- Dendritic integration and fragile X syndrome, Daniel Johnston 2018
Fly Flight Module
- Using fly behavior to study a fundamental neural computation, Michael Reiser 2016
- Behavioral algorithms in insects & Drosophila as a model system for behavioral neuroscience, Gaby Maimon & John Tuthill 2018
- Principles of visual processing in insects, Lisa Fenk 2017
- Structure and functions of eyes, visual ecology, and eye evolution, Jamie Theobald 2016
- Motor control in fly flight, Brad Dickerson 2017
- Studying higher brain functions in flies, Gaby Maimon 2017
- Descending control of locomotion & principles of motor control, Jan Ache and Thad Lindsay 2016
- Fly vision overview: How do flies see motion and respond to imminent collisions? Michael Reiser and Gwyneth Card 2015
- Using genetic tools to understand circuit computations I: Looming-evoked takeoff, Gwyneth Card 2015
- Using genetic tools to understand circuit computations II: Motion vision, Michael Reiser 2015
- Aerodynamics, motor control, and flight behaviors II, Michael Dickinson 2015
- Sensory processing in the fly olfactory system, Eyal Gruntman 2015
- Transformation of tactile signals in central circuits of Drosophila, John Tuthill 2015
- Fly motion vision as unifying theme for cycle, Michael Reiser 2014
- Introduction to modern fly genetic tools for circuit analysis, Michael Reiser 2014
- General principles of early sensory processing I, Bikas Bhandawat 2014
- General principles of early sensory processing II, Bikas Bhandawat 2014
- Survey of visual behaviors, algorithmic context, Gaby Maimon 2014
- Circuit mechanisms of fly visual behavior, Yvette Fisher 2018
- How the brain keeps track of the body: neural coding of limb proprioception, John Tuthill 2018
- A primer on Drosophila primary auditory neurons, Stephen Holtz 2018
Also, check out Michael Dickinson’s TED Talk: How a fly flies.
Somatosensory Module
- Introduction to Somatosensation. Michael Brecht 2018
- Active Dendritic Contributions to Sensorimotor Integration, Hillel Adesnik 2017
- Functional Microcircuitry of Somatosensation, Hillel Adesnik 2017
- Somatosensory diversity, Christopher Deister 2016
- Barrels: Bloody Coordinated Dynamics, Chris Moore 2018
- Social Touch, Michael Brecht 2016
- Socio-sexual touch in the somatosensory cortex. Michael Brecht & Ann Clemens 2017
- Pathways of the Somatosensory System, Randy Bruno 2015
- Inhibitory Neuron Diversity and its Role in Sensory Processing, Chris Deister 2018
- Modulating the Many Circuits of Touch, Randy Bruno 2015
- Transformations underlying optimal dynamic neocortical representation, Chris Moore 2014
- Estrus-cycle regulation of cortical inhibition, Ann Clemens & Michael Brecht 2018
- Perceptual roles of cortical basal ganglia interactions, Chris Deister 2018
- Contributions of the cerebellum to associative learning. Dominique Pritchett 2019
Integrative Molecular Neuroethology Module
- Integrative Study of Neural Systems and Behavior, Hans Hofmann 2017
- Variability and compensation in neural networks: from gene expression to output, David Schulz 2016
- The link between activity and genome: Actvity-dependent gene expression in neurons, David Schulz 2017
- Adding -omics to your research II: Next Generation Sequencing, Eva Fischer 2016
- Adding -omics to your research: overcoming design and analysis hurdles. Eva Fischer 2017
- Integrative approaches to mechanisms of parental care. Eva Fischer 2017
- Evolution of Neural Systems, Hans Hofmann 2017
- Evolution of the Social Brain, Hans Hofmann 2014
- Integrative Molecular Neuroethology, Hans Hofmann 2014
- Approaches to molecular neuroethology I, Suzy Renn 2014
- Evolution of neural systems, Hans Hofmann 2018