Neurons, Circuits, and Behavior Journal Club
The Neurons, Circuits, and Behavior (NCB) Journal Clubis a biweekly meeting of systems and computational neuroscience laboratories at the University of Oregon. We meet on Tuesdays at 4:00 p.m. in LISB 217. Click here to subscribe to the email list.
NCB is more than a journal club. It's a place for students, postdocs, and faculty to share their preliminary results and get feedback on papers, conference presentations, or grants being prepared. NCB is also a place to discuss techniques or approaches you think would benefit multiple labs.
Students should register using the appropriate CRN for "BI 607 - Sem Neurophysiology".
If interested in presenting your work or moderating a discussion, email Santiago Jaramillo to sign up for a slot.
Upcoming events
No upcoming meetings. Meetings will resume next quarter.
Past events
| Date | Speaker | Topic | Host |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/24/2026 | Molly Shallow | ZIm inhibitory cells increase engagement in complex sensorimotor behaviors | |
| 02/03/2026 | Issac Rhim | The visual cortex and its role in behavior | |
| 01/27/2026 | Daniel Hulsey | Regulation of thalamocortical oscillations in mice | |
| 01/13/2026 | Rolf Skyberg | Visual Temporal Dynamics During Active Vision Throughout Development | |
| 11/04/2025 | Michael Sidikpramana | Obstacle avoidance in mice | |
| 10/21/2025 | Luca Mazzucato | Discussion on R01 submission | |
| 10/14/2025 | Luis Franco | Neural basis of visually-guided behavior in freely moving mice | |
| 10/07/2025 | Santiago Jaramillo | Dynamics of auditory cortical neural activity in response to natural sounds | |
| 06/03/2025 | Sid Rafilson | Sensory modulated interactions between olfactory bulb hippocampus and behavior | |
| 05/20/2025 | David McCormick | DOI-induced infraslow oscillations | |
| 04/08/2025 | Randall Olson | Cognitive Control and Claustro-Cingulate Dynamics in a Complex Foraging Task | |
| 04/01/2025 | Cliff Kentros | Not just any neuron: different entorhinal neurons play different roles in both spatial memory and Alzheimer’s Disease | |
| 03/11/2025 | Brett Emanuel | TBD | |
| 02/25/2025 | Daniel Hulsey | Assessing cortical oscillations with widefield imaging | |
| 02/04/2025 | Kyle Aitken (Postdoc, Allen Institute) | Neural Population Dynamics of Computing with Synaptic Modulations | |
| 01/28/2025 | Santiago Jaramillo | Online resources for circuit neuroanatomy | |
| 01/14/2025 | Kana Suzuki | TBD | |
| 11/19/2024 | Molly Shallow | A tale of two cell types: Zona Incerta and long-range inhibition | |
| 11/12/2024 | Daniel Levitin | This Is Your Brain On Music | |
| 11/05/2024 | Rolf Skyberg | Effects of psychedelic serotonin receptor agonist DOI on active sensation and visual response dynamics in mice | |
| 10/22/2024 | Rose Hulsey-Vincent | Basal ganglia lesions induce stuttering in canaries | |
| 10/08/2024 | Amanda Welch | Psychedelics and olfactory behaviors | |
| 05/21/2024 | Mattias Karlsson (CEO, Spike Gadgets) | TBD | Matt Smear |
| 05/07/2024 | David Kastner, MD, PhD | Ectopic seminar: "Choice-wide behavioral association study: data-driven identification of interpretable behavioral components" | James Murray |
| 04/23/2024 | Christian Schmid | Theory of Learning Dynamics in the Nonlinear Perceptron | |
| 03/26/2024 | Irene Rembado (Allen Institute) | Thalamic feedback shapes brain responses evoked by cortical stimulation in mice and humans | |
| 03/12/2024 | Ulises Pereira-Obilinovic | Mechanisms of brain-wide inter-area communication | |
| 02/27/2024 | Corey Wadsley | Gain in the human motor system during action preparation | |
| 02/20/2024 | Clifford Kentros (Professor, Norwegian Institute of Science and Technology) | Genetic Manipulation of the Neural Circuitry of Memory | |
| 02/13/2024 | Ryan Rout (Postdoc, Allen Institute) | TBD | |
| 01/30/2024 | Nick Sattler | Natural behavior of freely-moving mice and cortical theta oscillations | |
| 11/28/2023 | Presenter: Mae Guthman (Princeton, hosted by E Sylwestrak) | Rethinking the Hormone-sensitive Social Behavior Network as the Proactive Social Behavior Network | |
| 10/31/2023 | Presenter: Matt Smear | Return of (W)ONICe! [The (Washington+) Oregon Neuroethology Innovation Collective] | |
| 10/17/2023 | Presenter: Andrew Lesak (Mazzucato lab) | TBD | |
| 10/03/2023 | Presenter: Ben Lemberger (Murray lab) | The role of connectivity in vertebrate locomotion | |
| 06/13/2023 | Santiago Jaramillo | Discussion: AI tools for neuro research | |
| 06/06/2023 | Judit Pungor | Functional organization of visual responses in the octopus optic lobe | |
| 05/09/2023 | Shawn Lockery | Behavioral and genetic analysis of psychedelic action in C. elegans | |
| 05/02/2023 | Elise Savier, PhD | “Comparative approach to understanding the routing of visual information in the brain” - ION Special Seminar | Rolf Skyberg |
| 04/18/2023 | Sam Mehan | NRSA proposal presentation | |
| 04/04/2023 | Emmanuel Adeyefa-Olasupo | Retinotopic mechanics: uncovering the fundamental law and the functional architecture that actively mediates the predictive brain | Luca Mazzucato |
| 02/14/2023 | Molly Shallow | Influence of motivation on complex sensory behaviors | |
| 01/31/2023 | Matt Smear | The olfactory bulb maps breathing rhythms at multiple timescales in freely-behaving mice | |
| 12/08/2022 | Jhoseph Shin | The distinct neural dynamics of the hippocampal subregions CA1 and CA3 in processing visual modification of the environment. | Niell |
| 11/29/2022 | Jenny Mohn | Selectivity to features of speech across multiple auditory cortical areas of the mouse | |
| 11/08/2022 | Kevin Zumwalt | SfN poster practice | |
| 11/01/2022 | Evan Vickers | Coordinated switching of spontaneous behavioral motifs and mesoscale cortical functional connectivity networks | |
| 10/18/2022 | James Murray | The role of contextual information in multi-skill learning | |
| 09/20/2022 | Santiago Jaramillo and James Murray | Practice talks for NeuroAI | |
| 05/30/2022 | Dennis Nestvogel | Neural Mechanisms of State-Dependent Sensory-Guided Decision-Making in Health and Disease | McCormick |
| 05/17/2022 | Serena De Santo | Cell-type specific unifying model for three forms of contextual modulation including feedback input from Higher Visual Areas | Mazzucato |
| 05/03/2022 | Phil Parker | Phil Parker - TBA | Niell |
| 04/19/2022 | Shawn Lockery | Microfluidics for microinjections in small model organisms | |
| 04/05/2022 | Emily Sylwestrak | Cell-type-specific encoding of past outcomes and future payoffs | |
| 03/29/2022 | Isaac Rhim | Studying cortical processes of sensory evidence to action value (Project brainstorm presentation) |