Wiring the Developing Brain: Genes, Molecules, and Activity
2:00 p.m., Thursday 5 October
3rd Floor Science Lecture Hall
Moderator
Peter L. Strick, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobiology
School of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
Presentations
Developmental Plasticity at Auditory Synapses: A Ménage à Trois in Silence
Karl Kandler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Neurobiology
School of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
Population Dynamics and Plasticity of Reverberating Activity in Neuronal Circuits
Guo-Qiang Bi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurobiology
School of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
Balancing the Roles of Molecular Specification and Activity-Dependent Patterning in Visual System Development
Justin C. Crowley, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
Mellon College of Science
Carnegie Mellon University
Activity-Dependent Changes in Cortical Circuitry During Development
Alison Barth, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
Mellon College of Science
Carnegie Mellon University