Tufts Neuro Network Open House – Fall 2017
- A poster session of Tufts faculty and grad students presenting their current research
- Tours of the INSciDE laboratory in the new Science & Engineering Complex
- Networking within the Tufts neuroscience community
Poster Presentations:
GABAA receptor Delta-subunit knockdown in the VTA results in sex-specific decreases in binge-like drinking
Laura Darnieder
Altering the interaction between collybistin and the a1 or a2 subunits of the GABA-AR causes changes in subcellular protein localization and inhibitory neurotransmission
Anna Nathanson
2D and 3D human iPSC-derived neural cultures: new approaches to study Alzheimer’s disease
Selene Lomoio
Therapeutic target for epilepsy: WNK463 enhances neuronal chloride extrusion via KCC2
Kathryn Lee
Neuromechanics and biomimetic devices
Ritwika Mukherjee
Development of a bioengineered 3D tissue engineered model for Parkinson’s disease
Will Collins
Generation of physiological 3D in vitro brain cultures using bioinspired matrix for disease modeling
Disha Sood
Human stem cell derived 3D neural network tissue model
William Cantley
Escalation of aggressive arousal by alcohol: dissociation of motivation and behavioral performance by CRF acting on CRF-R1
Herbert Covington III
Altered activity in the avian cortical-basal ganglia circuit drives variability in a well-learned motor skill
Sanne Moorman
Cell-type specific exosome signaling in the CNS
Rachel Jarvis
3D bioengineered model of human enteric nervous system
Eleana Manousiouthakis