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The 4th Annual Neuroscience Workshop is April 10-12
in New Mexico and Tuba City, Arizona
The 3rd Neuroscience Workshop is April 11-13, New Mexico
Read more about this event here:
https://news.unm.edu/news/workshop-will-delve-deep-into-neuro
Thanks to HHMI for fully funding this year's workshop! We are excited to organize these three days of free learning, community building, networking, and expanding mentoring circles. April 11 Venue: Merrion room, School of Energy building, San Juan College, Farmington April 12-13 Venue: PAIS 1010, the University Of New Mexico Agenda can be downloaded here Poster artwork by Rebekka Sultana and Fly on the poster Safiya Mehraj
Venue information:
Specification of Complex Behaviors
August 30-31st, 2023, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Confirmed Participants:
Chris Doe, HHMI/Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon
Jim Truman, Friday Harbor labs
Mubarak Hussain Syed, University of New Mexico
Josie Clowney, University of Michigan
David Schoppik, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Katherine Nagel, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Alex Kolodkin, Neuroscience, John Hopkins University
Lynn Riddiford, Friday Harbor labs
Minoru Koyama, University of Toronto
Betty Hong, Caltech
Haluk Lacin, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Schedule of events August 31st:
9:00-9:15: Introduction by Mubarak Hussain Syed
9:15-9:40: Jim Truman: Does Metamorphosis Alther the Mechanisms for Neuronal Specification?
9:40-10:05: Alex Kolodkin: Development, wiring and function of direction-selective circuits in the mammalian visual system
10:10-10:30: Coffee break sponsored by Starbucks at 2550 Central Ave SE
10:35-11:00: Haluk Lacin: Lineage-based dissection of neural circuit formation and behavior
11:00-11:25: Josie Clowney: Hacking the mushroom body circuit during development or interaction of sex and lineage in development of circuits for innate behaviors
11:25-11:50: Minoru Koyama: Toward understanding the emergence of complex behavior: tools for probing neuronal circuit maturation in zebrafish
12:00-1:30: Lunch (Sponsored by Kathy, Josie, and Syed labs)
1:30-1:55: Noah Dillon (Doe Lab): Temporal expression of Seven-up in Drosophila type II neuroblasts specifies the identity of adult central complex neurons
1:55-2:20: Pratyush Kandimalla (Hong Lab): Developmental origins of network connectivity motifs in the Drosophila central complex
2:25-3:00: Coffee break sponsored by Starbucks at 2550 Central Ave SE
3:00-3:25: Mubarak Syed: Temporal patterning of central complex circuits
3:25-3:50: Kathy Nagel: Olfactory navigation from circuit function to development and evolution
3:50-4:15: David Schoppik: Using the vestibulo-ocular reflex circuit to explore how development shapes behavior
4:15 - 4:30: Word of thanks (Josie, Kathy, and the FlyGuy) and Group Picture
4:30-6:00 Poster Session
Sponsors: We thank all the speakers who covered their expenses. Katherine Nagel, Josie Clowney, Mubarak Hussain Syed, and the Company of Biologists for contributing to covering the costs of food and logistics. Star Bucks for providing the free coffee - You are all awesome to make this event happen!
Pueblo Brain Science: Building Diversity in Neuroscience
Workshop Days: April 13-15, 2023, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Agenda:
Instructors: Aisha Hamid, Adil Wani, Ethan Wilson, Fernando Figueroa, Gonzalo Morales Chaya, Krishna Patel, Dr. Vanessa Punal, Dr. Durafshan Sakeena Syed, Dr. Budhaditya Chowdhury, Dr. Matthew Clark, and Dr. Mubarak Hussain Syed
A. Workshop Agenda:
Thursday, April 13, 2023
9:30 - 10:30 AM: (Lecture) WHY FLY, Pueblo Brain Science: Diversifying STEM , Introductions and Preview of workshop activities (Syed)
10:30 - 11:00 AM: Coffee Break (Sponsored by Star Buck at 2550 Central Ave Se, Albuquerque)
11:00 - 11:45 AM: petascale connectomics (Fernando)
12:00 - 1:30 PM: Lunch Break (Sponsored by Old Town Pizza https://www.oldtownpizzaabq.com/)
1:30 - 3:30 PM: (Hands-on activities) Introduction to behavior assays and quantification (Budha), Make aspirators (Matthew/ Budha), Assaying fruit fly behaviors using thermogenetics (Matthew) Coffee Break (Sponsored by Star Buck at 2550 Central Ave Se, Albuquerque)
Friday, April 14, 2023
9:30 - 10:30 AM: (Short Lecture + Hands-on activities),
Native Scientists: Challenges and Opportunities (Maciah Shendo and Ethan Wilson)
Explore Flybase (Aisha)
10:30 - 11:00 AM: Coffee Break (Coffee Break (Sponsored by Star Buck at 2550 Central Ave Se, Albuquerque)
11:00 - 12:00 PM: Neurodevelopment (Vanessa)
12:00 - 1:30 PM: Lunch (Sponsored by Bawarchi https://bawarchinewmexico.com/)
1:30 - 3:30 PM: (Hand-on activities) Adil Wani, Gonzalo, Aisha, Ethan IHC/CONFOCAL//Fly room GFP flies, larval wrangling, confocal microscopy scans, fly pushing,
fly room
Saturday, April 15, 2023
9:30 - 10:30 AM: (Short Lecture + Hands-on activities), GROOMING (SDS) & Open neuroscience (Krishna)
10:30 - 11:00 AM: Coffee Break (Coffee Break (Sponsored by Star Buck at 2550 Central Ave Se, Albuquerque)
11:00 - 12:00 AM: Intro to behavior assay, Fly Fight Club (Budha)
12:00 - 1:00 PM: (Lunch sponsored by Yasmineh Cafe, http://orderyasminescafe.com/)
1:00 - 3:00 PM: (Hand-on activities), Open experiment time, MDN LOF, Syed RNAi, Budha behavior assay (bully flies)-Durafshan Sakeena Syed grooming assay
3:00 - 4:00 PM KEYNOTE: Pathways in Science, Prof. Veronica Evans, San Juan College
Concluding remarks and group picture
Sponsors: We thank Old Town Pizza, Bawarchi, Yasmineh Cafe, and Starbucks for providing free lunch and coffee to all the workshop participants. Thanks to ECURE for supporting our workshop and a student who donated funds during my seminar at University of Montana
First Neuroscience Workshop: March 17-19, 2022
Workshop Agenda:
Thursday, March 17, 2022
9:30 - 10:30 AM Pueblo Brain Science (Vision and Mission)
Implementing fruit fly research in the high school curriculum and why care about flies (Syed)
10:30 - 11:00 AM Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00 AM Explore Flybase. Allen Brain Gene expression (Matthew/Aisha)
12:00 - 1:30 PM Lunch Break
1:30 - 3:30 PM (Hands-on activities)
Fly pushing, larval wrangling, Confocal microscopy scans,
dissections (Adil, Aisha, Gonzalo, Matthew)
Friday, March 18, 2022
9:30 - 10:30 AM Optogenetics, Neural Circuits (Matthew)
10:30 - 11:00 AM Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00 AM Connectomics and petascale connectomics (Matthew)
12:00 - 1:30 PM Lunch
PBS Report | Page 2
1:30 - 3:30 PM (Hand-on activities)
Optogenetics, Assaying fruit fly behaviors using 3D printed
modules larval wrangling (Krishna, Adil, Matthew)
Saturday, March 19, 2022
9:30 - 10:30 AM Brain Awareness Week (Jessica Belmares Ortega)
Open neuroscience (Krishna)
10:30 - 11:00 AM Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00 AM Back Yard Brains (Andres Romero)
12:00 - 1:30 PM Lunch
1:30 - 3:30 PM (Hand-on activities)
Backyard Brains (Andres) Recording neural activity from worms
Mentoring in science (Zoom Session by Dr. Ulises Ricoy)
3:30 - 4:00 PM Concluding remarks and group picture
Participants:
Eight high school students from; Espanola Valley High School, (Espanola, New Mexico)
Clovis High School (Clovis, New Mexico)
School of Dreams Academy (Las Lunas, New Mexico)
Six undergraduates:
Five from the University of New Mexico and one from New York University.
Four High School Teachers:
School of Dreams Academy (Las Lunas, New Mexico)
Technology Leadership High school, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, New Mexico
South Western Indian Polytechnic Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico
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