May 21, 2018 - 12:00pm
Location:
601 Fairchild
Ann and Bill Swindells Professor of Humanities & Sciences
Professor of Biology, Stanford University
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Member, National Academy of Sciences
Host: Graduate Students
Title: Genetic analysis of neural circuit assembly and organization
Abstract: This talk will discuss our recent work on the development and function of neural circuits in flies and mice. Discussion of development will focus on cellular and molecular mechanisms that mediate the establishment of wiring specificity between pre- and postsynaptic partners. Discussion of function will focus on TRAPing active neurons to interrogate circuits involved in remote memory.