{"671354":{"#nid":"671354","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Neuro Next Seminar","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/raymondlab.stanford.edu\/\u0022\u003EJennifer Raymond, Ph.D.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nProfessor\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nNeurobiology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nStanford University\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETo participate virtually, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.zoom.us\/j\/96309849813\u0022\u003ECLICK HERE\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E*Lunch provided for in-person attendees\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EResearch\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERaymond\u0027s laboratory studies the neural mechanisms of learning. Their research aims to develop an integrated understanding of this fundamental brain function by systematically tracing learning from a sensory experience, through the neural encoding of that experience, to the induction of plasticity at specific loci in the brain, and the ultimate readout of the memory in an altered behavior. Toward this goal, they use a combination of behavioral, neurophysiological and computational approaches.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe model system they study is a form of learning that calibrates the amplitude of eye movements produced by the vestibuloocular reflex (VOR). As an experimental system, learning in the VOR offers many advantages: the neural circuitry mediating the behavior is well understood, putative sites of synaptic plasticity have been identified, and a key neural structure is the cerebellum, which is well suited for both \u0026nbsp;in \u0026nbsp;vivo and in vitro studies of the mechanisms of learning.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOne current focus in the lab is to record from the cerebellum in awake behaving animals during the induction of learning in order to identify the neural \u0022error signals\u0022 that detect a miscalibration in the VOR and trigger the neural changes underlying learning. Another current project is to study learning in the VOR of transgenic mice, as a tool for linking systems level analysis of learning with cellular and molecular analyses of synaptic plasticity.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EFaculty Host: \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/farzaneh-najafi\u0022\u003EFarzaneh Najafi, Ph.D.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EStudent Host: \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/hilberthuang05@gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EYicong Huang\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/eepurl.com\/h-iykb\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESign-up here\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to receive future GT Neuro Seminar Series announcements.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Metaplasticity and Meta-learning in the Cerebellum\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"\u0022Metaplasticity and Meta-learning in the Cerebellum\u0022 - Jennifer Raymond, Ph.D. - Stanford University"}],"uid":"35486","created_gmt":"2023-12-01 18:49:22","changed_gmt":"2024-01-19 18:21:24","author":"Christina Wessels","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2024-01-22T11:15:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2024-01-22T12:15:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2024-01-22T12:15:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2024-01-22 16:15:00","gmt_time_end":"2024-01-22 17:15:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2024-01-22 17:15:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"location":"Petit Biotech Building, Suddath Seminar Room 1128, 315 Ferst Dr. NW, Atlanta, GA 30332","extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"187423","name":"go-bio"},{"id":"172970","name":"go-neuro"},{"id":"189814","name":"go-researchevents"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:sarahpeterson@gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESarah Peterson\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}