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

 

In vitro murine 3D brain tissue models to study traumatic brain injuries
Volha Liaudanskaya