For the 2020-2021 academic year, ION seminars are held remotely at either 12 PM or 4 PM PT on Thursdays unless otherwise specified. Seminars are hosted on Zoom and are open to the UO community and occasionally on World Wide Neuro. Links to the weekly seminar will be advertised through the ION mailing list and those not on the list can request access by contacting Jenna Penny at seminars @ uoneuro.uoregon.edu. For more information and support for using the Zoom platform visit UOregon Zoom.
Upcoming Institute of Neuroscience Seminar
Amy Orsborn, PhD
Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor
Biosystems
University of Washington
"Measuring, modeling and shaping neural plasticity in brain-machine interfaces"
Host: James Murray
Thursday, January 28th - 12 PM PT / 3 PM ET
Zoom access provided via ION mailing list
Brain-machine interfaces (BMIs) change how the brain sends and receives information from the environment, opening new ways to treat neurological disorders and study brain function. For instance, motor BMIs directly map neural activity to the movements of an external device to restore movements to paralyzed people. Recent work highlights that BMIs do not simply “decode” subjects’ intentions—they effectively create a new motor system the brain learns to control. This observation changes the engineering problem for clinical BMIs. Insights into sensorimotor learning and control in BMIs will be critical for improving BMI performance and usability, and may also shed light on basic principles of neural computation. In this talk, I’ll first present a study where we leveraged the unique properties of BMI to probe the roles of feed-forward and feedback sensorimotor control in BMI. Our study sheds light on sensorimotor control mechanisms, and in turn led to state-of-the-art neural interface performance. I'll then discuss the role of learning in motor BMIs and some new directions developing tools to actively shape or "engineer" brain learning and neural encoding to optimize BMI performance.
Winter 2021
| DATE | SPEAKER | TITLE | HOST |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/14/2021 4 PM PT |
Matthieu Louis | Neural computations directing orientation behavior during larval chemotaxis | Matt Smear |
| 1/21/2021 Postponed |
Sonja Hofer | Postponed | David McCormick |
| 1/28/2021 12 PM PT |
Amy Orsborn | Measuring, modeling and shaping neural plasticity in brain-machine interfaces | James Murray |
| 2/4/2021 | No Seminar - Graduate Recruitment | ||
| 2/11/2021 12 PM PT |
Sheena Josselyn | Making memories in mice | Dasa Zeithamova |
| 2/18/2021 4 PM PT |
Caleb Kemere | Latent Spaces of Memory in Real and Virtual Worlds |
Cris Niell |
| 2/25/2021 12 PM PT |
Maria Geffen | The role of cortical adaptation and plasticity in auditory learning and behavior | Isabella Salinas Womxn in Neuroscience |
| 3/4/2021 12 PM PT |
Melissa Warden | Neuromodulation and the balance between goal-directed and reactive behavior | Emily Sylwestrak |
| 3/11/2021 12 PM PT |
Richard Mooney | From Song to Synapse | Santiago Jaramillo |
| 3/18/2021 | No Seminar - Finals Week |
Spring 2021
| DATE | SPEAKER | TITLE | HOST |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4/1/21 | Bernado Sabatini | TBA | Denver Ncube |
| 4/8/2021 | Nicoladie Tam | TBA | Kelsey Schultz |
| 4/29/2021 | Kelly Monk | TBA | Sarah Ackerman & Judith Eisen |
| 5/6/2021 | Marla Feller | TBA | Adam Miller |
| 5/13/2021 | Gerry Downes | TBA | Anne Martin |
| 5/20/2021 | Kang Shen | TBA | Sarah Ackerman |
| 5/27/2021 | Patrick Kanold | TBA | Santiago Jaramillo |
| 6/10/2021 | Marta Zlatic | CSN Fest - Finals Week | Emily Heckman |
Fall 2020
| DATE | SPEAKER | TITLE | HOST |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/22/2020 Noon PT |
Eve Marder | Mind-Brain Institute of Neurosicence Lecture: "Differential Resilience to Pertubations of Circuits with Similar Performance" | David McCormick |
| 10/29/2020 12 PM PT |
Cody Smith | Glial and Neuronal Interactions that Build the Nervous System | Judith Eisen |
| 11/5/2020 12 PM PT |
Georg Keller | Cortical circuits for predictive processing | David McCormick |
| 11/12/2020 12 PM PT |
Phyllis Robinson | Best Practices in Cultivating Success for Underrepresented Populations Pursuing Degrees in Stem in Higher Education | Judith Eisen DEI |
| 11/19/2020 12 PM PT |
David McLean | Decoding neural circuits for movement control by studying zebrafish | James Murray |
| 11/26/2020 | No Seminar - Thanksgiving Holiday | ||
| 12/3/2020 12 PM PT |
Vanessa Ruta | Theme and Variations: Circuit Mechanisms of Behavioral Evolution | Emily Heckman Womxn in Neuroscience |
| 12/10/2020 | No Seminar - Finals Week |
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