2013 SCSB Poster Session and Luncheon, November 22, 2013


Presenters and Abstracts

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Role of cortical interneuron subtypes in Rett syndrome
A. BANERJEE, R. RIKHYE, J. CASTRO, C. RUNYAN, M. SUR
Presented by: Abhishek Banerjee

Multi-view network module detection
Y.-T. CHANG, D. PANTAZIS
Presented by: Yu-Teng Chang

Regulation of Complexin function modulates activity-dependent growth of Drosophila synapses
R. W. CHO, L. BARR-BUHL, D. VOLFSON, J. T. LITTLETON
Presented by: Richard William Cho

Automated image-guided whole-cell patch clamp technology for mapping functional neuronal circuit connectivity in the autism spectrum disorders
A. A. CHUBYKIN, B. CALLAHAN, E. S. BOYDEN, M. F. BEAR
Presented by: Alexander A. Chubykin

The social epidemiology of Autism Spectrum Disorder: An examination of social and organizational risk factors for diagnosis
P. COLATAT, L. CROEN, E. ZUCKERMAN, S. SILBEY, S. DAWOOD
Presented by: Phech Colatat, Shadab Dawood

Organizational influence in autism diagnosis: Adaptation from imprinting
P. COLATAT
Presented by: Phech Colatat

Restricted, Repetitive Behaviors and Specifically Correlated RNA Profiles Induced by D-Amphetamine
B. CHILINGIRIAN, H. BOWDEN, J. CRITTENDEN, D. HOUSMAN, A. GRAYBIEL
Presented by: Jill Crittenden, Hilary Bowden, Berj Chilingirian

Exploring superior temporal sulcus responses and patterns with a broad set of naturalistic stimuli
B. DEEN, N. KANWISHER, R. SAXE
Presented by: Ben Deen

Molecular tuning of Wnt signaling during neuronal development by Autism-associated gene CHD8
O. DURAK, Y. J. KAESER-WOO, L.-H. TSAI
Presented by: Omer Durak, Yea Jin Kaeser-Woo

High-content in vivo analysis of neuronal activity and patterning in zebrafish
P. M. EIMON, A. ALLAOU, L. FREIFELD, M. REZAIE, Y. WU, M. F. YANIK
Presented by: Peter M. Eimon, Limor Freifeld, Mostafa Rezaie

An isogenic human induced pluripotent stem cell model of Rett Syndrome reveals novel alterations in microRNA expression and downstream molecular targets.
N. MELLIOS, S. D. SHERIDAN, S. KWOK, D. FELDMAN, B. ROSEN, B. CRAWFORD, S. HAGGARTY, M. SUR
Presented by: Danielle Feldman

Amygdala inputs to the ventral hippocampus bidirectionally modulate social behavior
A. C. FLIX-ORTIZ, K. M. TYE
Presented by: Ada Felix-Ortiz, Neha Bhagat

Automated phenotyping of mouse behavior
C. WANG, Y. NI, S. BRAUN, N. EDELMAN, H. JHUANG, G. FENG, T. POGGIO
Presented by: Charlie Frogner

Sensory Hypersensitivities in Autism
T. K. GANDHI K. TSOURIDES, N. SINGHAL, D. PANTAZIS, M. KJELGAARD, P. SINHA
Presented by: Tapan K. Gandhi, Kleovoulos Tsourides

Understanding of social agency in real scenes.
T. GAO, J. TENENBAUM, N. KANWISHER
Presented by: Tao Gao

Awake in vivo Ca2+ responses in astrocytic processes of mouse visual cortex.
R. I. GARCIA, M. GOARD, J. PETRAVICZ, M. SUR
Presented by: Rodrigo Garcia

A genetic screen for regulators of Synaptotagmin 4-dependent postsynaptic exocytosis
K. P. HARRIS, Z. D. PICCIOLI,N. PERRIMON, J. T. LITTLETON
Presented by: Katie Harris

Examining de novo mutation rates and patterns from whole-exome sequencing of sporadic cases of Schizophrenia from Taiwan
D. HOWRIGAN, B. NEALE, J. MORAN, K. CHAMBERT, S. ROSE, N. LAIRD, H.-G. HWU, W.-J. CHEN, C.-M. LIU, C.-C. LIU, J. NEMESH, E. BEVILACQUA, A. HANSEN, S. V. FARAONE, S. GLATT, M. TSUANG, S. MCCARROLL
Presented by: Daniel Howrigan

Functional analysis of command neurons for feeding behavior in Drosophila
S. IGUCHI, M. YOSHIHARA
Presented by: Shinya Iguchi

Genetically engineered human pluripotent stem cell model of Rett Syndrome
Y. Li, H. WANG, J. MUFFAT, A. W. CHENG, D. A. ORLANDO, J. LOVEN, S.-M. KWOK, D. A. FELDMAN, H. S. BATEUP, Q. GAO, D. HOCKEMEYER, M. MITALIPOVA, C. A. LEWIS, M. G. VANDER HEIDEN, M. SUR, R. A. YOUNG, R. JAENISCH
Presented by: Yun Li

Using multi-electrode array (MEA) to probe neuronal network activity defects in a dish
C. LU, T. ZHOU, Q. CHEN, Z. FU, G. FENG, J. PAN
Presented by: Congyi Lu

Dissecting the role of the dorsal raphe dopamine neurons in social behavior
G. A. MATTHEWS, M. A. UNGLESS, K. M. TYE
Presented by: Gillian A Matthews

Novel microRNA-mediated mechanisms regulating autism-related genes in Rett Syndrome – Implications for therapeutics.
N. MELLIOS, S. SHERIDAN, S. KWOK, D. FELDMAN, B. CRAWFORD, J. WOODSON, S. HAGGARTY, M. SUR
Presented by: Nikolaos Mellios

Differences between dorso-lateral and dorso-medial striatum parvalbumin-interneurons
P. MONTEIRO, Y. ZHOU, I. R. WICKERSHAM, H. S. SEUNG, G. FENG
Presented by: Patricia Monteiro

Principles of high-fidelity, high-density 3-d neural recording
C. MOORE-KOCHLACS, J. SCHOLVIN, J. P. KINNEY, J. G. BERNSTEIN, Y. G. YOON, S. K. ARFIN, N. KOPELL, E. S. BOYDEN
Presented by: Caroline Moore-Kochlacs

Predicting longer-term developmental outcomes from infants’ exploratory behaviors
P. MUENTENER, E. HERRIG, L. SCHULZ
Presented by: Paul Muentener

The evolutionarily conserved protein VESA-1 controls synaptic vesicle acidification, synaptic function and behavioral state
N. PAQUIN, Y. MURATA, A. FROEHLICH, D. T. OMURA, C. PENDER, M. CONSTANTINE-PATON, H. R. HORVITZ
Presented by: Nicolas Paquin, Yasunobu Murata

Mechanisms underlying rapid activity-dependent plasticity at Drosophila NMJs
Z. D. PICCIOLI, J. T. LITTLETON
Presented by: Zach Piccioli

Neural signatures of phonological working memory and grammatical processing in autism spectrum disorders.
Z. QI, T. PERRACHIONE, A. HARRIS, I. OSTROVSKAYA, S. BEACH, K. HALVERSON, A. CYR, K. SHER, M. KJELGAARD, J. GABRIELI, K. WEXLER, T. TAGER-FLUSBERG
Presented by: Zhenghan Qi

Tools for 3-D Brain Activity Mapping in Autism Models
J. SCHOLVIN, J. G. BERNSTEIN, J. P. KINNEY, C. MOORE-KOCHLACS, Y. G. YOON, A. N. ZORZOS, N. KOPELL, C. G. FONSTAD, E. S. BOYDEN
Presented by: Jorg Scholvin

Imaging the endogenous Nitric Oxide Signaling and S-nitrosation in neurons
U. I. SENEVIRATNE, G. GONG, D. SCHMIDT, L. C. GODOY, J. S. WISHNOK, G. N. WOGAN, E. BOYDEN, S.R. TANNENBAUM
Presented by: Uthpala I. Seneviratne, Guanyu Gong

Effect of emotional distracters on spatial attention in macaque monkeys
R. LANDMAN, J. SHARMA, M. SUR, R. DESIMONE
Presented by: Jitendra Sharma, Rogier Landman

Shank Proteins Regulate Hippocampal Synaptic Transmission
R. SHI, P. REDMAN, Y. LIU, K. JONES, W. XU
Presented by: Rebecca Shi

A novel epigenetic mechanism for regulation of synaptic transmission via microRNA-137
S. SIEGERT, E. J. KWON, J. SEO, S. CHO, A. RUDENKO, W. WANG, Z. FLOOD, A. J. MARTORELL, M. ERICSSON, A. E. MUNGENAST, L.-H. TSAI
Presented by: Sandra Siegert

Novel genetic technologies for investigating neural circuitry
I. WICKERSHAM
Presented by: Ian Wickersham

SnapTag: Tagging Active Neuronal Ensembles Using a Strong Neuronal Activity Promoter (SNAP)
A. YOUNG, K. RAMAMOORTHI, A. SÖRENSON, F.-J. WENG, C. SCHNEIDER, M. BARATTA, R. B. LU, L. BLACHORSKY, Y. LIN
Presented by: Andrew Young

Characterization of glial-neuronal signaling pathways disrupted in the Zydeco mutation
Y. V. ZHANG, J. E. MELOM, J. T. LITTLETON
Presented by: Yao Zhang

Probing interactions between distinct cortical microcircuits through spatiotemporally patterned 3-D optogenetics
A.N. ZORZOS, T.J. BUSCHMAN, P.E. MONAHAN, J. SCHOLVIN, C. FONSTAD, E.S. BOYDEN
Presented by: Anthony Zorzos