Presenter:
Brittany Knight
5th year Graduate Student
Baumbauer Lab

"Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases 1 enhances rod survival in the rd1 mouse retina"

Citation:
Kim HS, Vargas A, Eom YS, Li J, Yamamoto KL, Craft CM, et al. (2018) Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases 1 enhances rod survival in the rd1 mouse retina. PLoS ONE 13(5): e0197322. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0197322

Sponsored by the Kim Family Fund

“Circuit and Molecular Mediators of Goal-Directed Function”

Presenter:
Marc Fuccillo, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Host: Dr. David Martinelli, davidmartinelli@uchc.edu

Sponsored by the Kim Family Fund

"Microbiome link to glaucomatous neurodegeneration"

Presenter:
John Danias, MD, PhD,
Professor of Ophthalmology and Cell Biology,
Co-Director of the Glaucoma Service, Department of Ophthalmology,
Vice Chair Research, and Director Glaucoma Service
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY

Relevant Citations:

A Pilot Study to Evaluate the Oral Microbiome and Dental Health in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma. Polla D, Astafurov K, Hawy E, Hyman L, Hou W, Danias J. J Glaucoma. 2017 Apr;26(4):320-327. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27820425

Oral microbiome link to neurodegeneration in glaucoma.
Astafurov K, Elhawy E, Ren L, Dong CQ, Igboin C, Hyman L, Griffen A, Mittag T, Danias J.
PLoS One. 2014 Sep 2;9(9):e104416. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25180891


Host: Dr. Ephraim Trakhtenberg, trakhtenberg@uchc.edu

Presenter:
Jessica Yasko
4th year Graduate Student
Mains Lab

"NMDA Receptor Activation Underlies the Loss of Spinal Dorsal Horn Neurons and the Transition to Persistent Pain after Peripheral Nerve Injury."

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124718307058?via%3Dihub

PhD in Biomedical Science - Neuroscience Graduate Program

Rajamani Selvam will present, "BDNF-induced release of endogenous cannabinoids at inhibitory and excitatory synapses"

Major Advisor: Dr. Eric S. Levine, eslevine@uchc.edu

Sponsored by the Kim Family Fund

“It’s About Time: A Story in Four Chapters”

Presenter:
Douglas Oliver
Professor, Department of Neuroscience, UConn Health, Farmington, CT

Citation: Ono, M., & Oliver, D. L. (2014). Asymmetric Temporal Interactions of Sound-Evoked Excitatory and Inhibitory Inputs in the Mouse Auditory Midbrain. J Physiol. doi:10.1113/jphysiol.2014.275446 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4229353/

Presenter:
Cara Hardy
3rd year Graduate Student
Kuchel Lab

"Voluntary urination control by brainstem neurons that relax the urethral sphincter"

Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-018-0204-3

Sponsored by the Kim Family Fund

Presenter:
Min Tang-Schomer, Assistant Professor in Pediatrics at UConn Health, Joint appointment with JAX, Farmington, CT

Host: Dr. Riqiang Yan, riyan@uchc.edu

Presenter:
Md Golam Sharoar, PhD
Postdoc, Yan Lab