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We are left with an unfilled seminar speaker spot due to conflicts with the annual CSN Fest event.  If you have a speaker that can fill that date or someone local for a different version of CSN fest please let us know at ionseminar@uoregon.edu. 

Hi All,

Please save the date for our next NeuroDinner!

When: 6pm, Wednesday June 7th

Where: Gratitude Brewing, 540 E. 8th (formerly Sam Bond's Brewing, across from the Federal Bldg)

NeuroDinner is for the entire ION community, friends, and family. Lots of good food provided by Bill & Tim's, lots of excellent beverages provided by Gratitude Brewing (including plenty of non-alcholic options), and lots of great conversation with your fellow neuroscientists.

The theme will be "Psychedelic research in ION," featuring 3 short talks from trainees in 3 different labs studying the effects of DOI (a 5HT2A

hallucinogen) on neural activity and behavior in mice.

See you there,

-Mike

www.lovettbarronlab.com

From biology.ucsd.edu

"My lab is interested in the flexibility of animal behavior, and understanding how nervous systems can adapt to different environmental, internal, and social contexts. We focus on the neurobiology of global brain states in individuals and collective decision making in groups, leveraging the unique advantages of two model systems – the juvenile zebrafish (Danio rerio) and adult glassfish (Danionella translucida).

We investigate internal states in juvenile zebrafish, by observing the behavior of these small transparent vertebrates across different internal states: sleepy vs. alert, hungry vs. sated, stressed vs. calm, etc. We use cellular-level optical imaging and manipulation of neural dynamics and biochemical signaling across the entire brain of these animals during state-dependent behaviors, in order to understand how multiple cellular changes across the brain produce global internal states, with a focus on neuromodulatory signaling pathways.

We also investigate group behaviors in the micro glassfish (Danionella translucida) – a species that remains small and transparent as adults and are capable of robust collective social behaviors. We engage these fish in interactive multi-agent virtual reality environments in order to understand how multiple individual brains collaborate to perform collective behaviors, with a focus on information sharing during anti-predator adaptations and consensus decision-making."