Presenting Author

Abstract Title

Talk/Poster

Achury-Merchan, Marlly N

Investigating visual circuit repair mechanisms following injury in the zebrafish retina

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Agarwal, Vandana

Effect of Purkinje neuron synchrony on the cerebellar output

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Anderson, Lindsay S

Investigating thermoregulatory sensory processing and swimming behavior in larval zebrafish

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Ansari, Rida

Exercise-induced neurogenesis and its impact on memory maintenance in zebrafish

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Aponte Santiago, Nicole A

Capturing calcium-responsive single cell transcription during early zebrafish brain development

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Appelbaum, Lior

Can zebrafish scuba dive? The effect of hyperbaric oxygen on the brain

talk

Arena, Kim

How do Wnt signaling effectors regulate the neuron-glia switch and oligodendrocyte specification in the zebrafish spinal cord?

poster

Auer, Franziska

How myelin regulates vestibular function and behavior

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Avalos, Alan

An ultrastructural map of astroglia and neurons in a vertebrate sensorimotor circuit

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Baier, Herwig

Next-generation zebrafish brain atlas resources

talk

Balakrishnan, Kaarthik Abhinav

Probing neural circuits that control hot and cold avoidance behavior in larval zebrafish

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Bedell, Victoria M

Altering mitochondrial trafficking in neurons increases anesthetic sensitivity in vivo

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Bellegarda, Celine

Probing the maturation of extraocular motor neuron subtypes driving gaze stabilization

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Bianco, Isaac H

Parallel circuits differentially recruit extraocular motoneurons to control kinematically distinct saccades during hunting and exploration

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Bin, Jenea M

Investigating the regulation of axon diameter growth and conduction speed along individual CNS axons using zebrafish

talk

Biswas, Sayantanee

Protocadherin17 is required for direction and orientation selective circuits in zebrafish optic tectum

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Bose, Krishnashish

Neuroplasticity rescues motor deficits induced by severe brain-wide loss of catecholaminergic neurons

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Bosse, Gabriel D

Biological impact of opioid exposure

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Brehm, Nils

Physiological responses of mechanosensory systems in the head of larval zebrafish

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Breitzler, Lukas

Real and virtual social interactions reduce stress-related behaviors in juvenile zebrafish

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Cassidy-Nolan, Donovan L

New methods to quantify exploratory behavior in larval zebrafish

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Caudullo, Tommaso C

Novelty detection and efficient coding in the zebrafish homolog of piriform cortex

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Chaganty, Vindhya

Single-cell transcriptomics of zebrafish hypothalamic feeding networks reveals a conserved hormonal circuit for appetite control

talk

Chakraborty, Shagnik

Pretectal dopaminergic neurons in visuomotor behavior and locomotion in larval zebrafish

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Chatterjee, Malika

Total and fragmented sleep loss impairs spatial memory in the Danio rerio

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Chawla, Bindia

Elucidating the role of Ezh2 and H3K27me3 during zebrafish retina regeneration

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Chen, Alex B

A feedforward inhibitory motif in the chemical connectome

talk

Chen, Weiyu

Brain-wide mapping of gut interoception in larval zebrafish

talk

Choudhary, Vikash

Neural and behavioral organization of rapid eye movement sleep in zebrafish

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Cook, Clare B

Fourier light field tomography for ratiometric volumetric video of larval zebrafish

talk

Coomer, Cagney

Mapping neuronal connections in the vertebrate CNS using transTango

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Creton, Robbert

Drug discovery for Alzheimer’s disease by automated analysis of zebrafish behavior

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Crow, William

Identifying presynaptic scaffolds at the electrical synapse

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Cutler, Bradley J

Investigating the molecular and neurocomputational drivers of behavioral fever

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Dallman, Julia

Gut sensorimotor deficits in two zebrafish autism models

talk

Davis, Samantha N

Visual contributions to behavioral recovery after vestibular injury

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De la Rosa, Erianna

Control of pain defense by co-transmission of oxytocin and glutamate

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de Sardenberg Schmid, Lilian

Neural representation of food presence – and absence – in larval zebrafish

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Del Rosario Hernandez, Thais

Investigating new therapeutic indications for FDA-approved compounds through the quantification of complex behaviors in zebrafish larvae

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Deng, Quisui

A novel motoneuron-to-locus coeruleus pathway facilitates global neuronal modulation

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Dhaka, Ajay

Pleasure from pain? AS1 reverses the negative hedonic valence of aversive stimuli

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Dill, Holger

Neuropeptides regulate synaptic transmission at the zebrafish NMJ by affecting cholinergic output

talk

Doll, Caleb A

Synchronicity in zebrafish locomotive circuit development mediated by electrical pacemaker interneurons

talk

dos Santos da Rosa, Joao Gabriel

Preclinical evaluation of TnP peptide as a therapy for retinopathy in zebrafish

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Dumon, Edouard

Understanding supraspinal locomotor control in the larval zebrafish

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Dunn, Emily M

Pain defensive behavior mediated by co-transmission of oxytocin and glutamate within a brainstem premotor network

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Duque Ramirez, Marc

Ketamine acts through astroglia to suppress futility-induced passivity

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Ehrlich, David

Sensorimotor transformations for larval dispersal

talk

Eisen, Judith

The zebrafish microbiota promotes social behavior via microglial remodeling of forebrain neural circuitry

talk

Eschmann, Philippe

Versatile roles of the angioneurin flrt2 in vascular sprouting and motor control

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Euler, Lukas

Neurovascular dynamics of flrt2 during zebrafish retinal development

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Faini, Giulia

Fast, efficient and flexible manipulation of neuronal activity with single cell precision

talk

Fathallah, Sara

Neuroprotective effects of Green Tea (Camellia sinensis) and Broccoli (Brassica oleracea) extracts in an in vitro model of multiple sclerosis

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Fitzpatrick, Sarah E

Investigating neurodevelopmental phenotypes in zebrafish mutants of the autism risk gene CHD8

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Fontana, Barbara Dotto

Diving into zebrafish (Danio rerio) individual differences—Revealing fear responses and memory dynamics across individuals

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Fornetto, Chiara

Ancestral cones differentially drive and regulate retinal motion vision circuits

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Frank, Thomas

Odor-evoked behaviors and neural responses in larval zebrafish

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Freifeld, Limor

Relating modulation in the nano scale organization of glycine receptors in glycinergic synapses to behavior adaptation

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Fu, Chih Wei 

Cholinergic receptor expressing neurons in the ventral interpeduncular nucleus regulate the resolution of experience-dependent social conflicts in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

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Gaudreau, Stephanie

A role for a persistent subthreshold K⁺ current in shaping locomotion within larval zebrafish swimming circuits

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Goldblatt, Dena

The organization and assembly of the gaze stabilization circuit in the larval zebrafish

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Goodhill, Geoffrey

Behavioral adaptation to changing energy constraints via altered frequency of movement selection

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Gore, Sayali V

Z-Lap Tracker—A machine learning-based approach for behavioral characterization of zebrafish larvae in a high-throughput 384-wells setting

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Groneberg, Antonia

Development of sound production in Danionella cerebrum

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Hammer, Jacob N

Molecular mechanisms that drive somatosensory nerve regeneration

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Hancock, Melody

Identifying molecular targets of CHD7 that mediate CHARGE syndrome phenotypes in a zebrafish model

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Harpaz, Roy

From New York to Ohio—Experience dependent modulation of larval social behavior

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Heller, Charles R

Oblique plane tracking microscopy enables long-term, continuous imaging of state-dependent neural activity in freely swimming zebrafish larvae

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Herget, Ulrich

Identification of a novel hypothalamic sleep-promoting neuropeptide and neuronal population

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Hindges, Robert

Loss of the risk gene lrfn5a affects major depressive disorder-relevant behavioural and biochemical features

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Hoermann, Nikolai L

Characterization of the autonomic ganglia innervating the heart in zebrafish

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Hoffman, Ellen J

Functional analysis of autism genes in zebrafish identifies convergence in dopaminergic and neuroimmune pathways and pharmacological candidates

talk

Hoover, Camden

Sox17 is required for lymphatic-dependent mrc1⁺ microglia

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Horstick, Eric

GABAergic signaling is necessary for experience dependent modulation of thalamic responses driving evolutionarily conserved sensorimotor behavior

talk

Huang, Kuo-Hua

Virtual zebrafish with controllable behaviors and appearance to study social interaction

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Hulegaard, Alexandria

Defining the cellular and molecular dynamics of astrocytes during axon regeneration

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Ijaz, Sundas

Complexity of connexin (Cx) composition of electrical synapses on the Mauthner cell

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Isabella, Adam J

Establishment and execution of innervation re-patterning programs in the regenerating zebrafish vagus nerve

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Isoe, Yasuko

An interactive atlas platform for comparative anatomy in larval teleosts

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Jadhav, Meha

Calcium dynamics driving spontaneous activity in cerebellar Purkinje cells

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Jamadagni, Priyanka C

Exploring the role of PTSD driver genes in neural circuits and molecular mechanisms using zebrafish.

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Jontes, James

Dissecting the molecular mechanisms of Protocadherin-19 during the development of the optic tectum

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Jurisch-Yaksi, Nathalie

Unravelling the function of motile cilia-mediated cerebrospinal fluid flow in brain development and physiology

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Kampf, Florian

Dissection of a neuronal integrator circuit through functionally guided photoactivations and neurotransmitter identifications

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Kaneko, Takuya

Position-independent wiring of vagus motor neurons

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Kappel, Johannes M

Positional information drives distinct traits in transcriptomically identified neuronal types

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Kaye, Lila

Investigating the molecular mechanisms behind ZO1 scaffolding and phase separation at the electrical synapse

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Kenney, Justin W

Mapping the neural basis for exploratory behavior in adult zebrafish

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Kerstjens, Stan

Conserved gene expression maps in larval zebrafish and developing mouse brain support efficient axon navigation

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Khan, Biswadeep

High contrast prey stimuli evoke prey capture strikes and activate clusters of neurons in the midbrain

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Kindt, Katie

Visualizing synapse maturation in zebrafish sensory hair cells

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Kizil, Caghan

Functional genomics in zebrafish astroglia for regenerative neurogenesis, vascular contribution to Alzheimer’s disease and drug development

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Koyama, Minoru

Color-coding neurons—A novel birthdating approach to illuminate brain development in zebrafish

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Koyama, Wataru

Involvement of the cerebellar neural circuit in predicting fear stimuli during active avoidance learning

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Kubo, Fumi

Genetically targeted pretectal neurons constitute inhibitory circuits for optic flow processing

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Lagurin, Alex Simon

Longitudinal functional brain imaging of juvenile zebrafish and adult Danionella

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Lam, Pui Ying

Longitudinal in vivo imaging of adult Danionella cerebrum using standard confocal microscopy

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Larsch, Johannes

Neurogenetics of social affiliation

talk

Leary, Paige

Maturation of gaze stabilization behavior is constrained by the motor periphery

talk

Lee, Conrad C

Fear-dependent changes in perception and sensory representation in larvae zebrafish

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Lee, Timothy

Visually-guided spatial navigation in Danionella cerebrum

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Levkowitz, Gil

Oxytocin may facilitate its own peripheral uptake by regulating blood flow dynamics

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Li, Jennifer

A population code for spatial representation in the larval zebrafish telencephalon

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Liao, Yi-Hsuan

Mapping visual and motor activity patterns in the pallium of behaving adult zebrafish

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Light, Sarah

Nexus glia in the zebrafish heart maintain complex arbors and are physiologically active during development

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Liu, Kendra

Investigating neural crest cells as novel phagocytes in early zebrafish neural development

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Mackensen, Tahnee

Understanding the impact of early microexon misregulation on zebrafish sleep/wake behaviour

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Marchese, Maria

Insight CLN5—Approaching therapies in the neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis, using Zebrafish as a tool

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Marcucci, Charles

Deciphering the role of tenascin-n in peripheral spinal motor nerve development

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Martin, E. Anne

A synapse coordination pathway unites electrical and chemical synaptogenesis.

poster

Mathews, O. Amandhi

Small-VCP interacting protein (SVIP) regulates growth done dynamics

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Mathiaparanam, Jaffna R

Huntingtin (htt) promotes spinal cord regeneration in zebrafish

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Mayseless, Oded

Deciphering the neuronal logic of odor classification

talk

McCarroll, Matthew N

Behavioral profiling in zebrafish identifies a new anesthetic with analgesic properties that translates to mammals

poster

Mercier, Briee

Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying dopaminergic mediated maturation of locomotor activity in larval zebrafish

poster

Meserve, Joy H

Celsr3 drives development and connectivity of the acoustic startle hindbrain circuit

poster

Milicic, Nick

Optical neuronal silencing with photocaged saxitoxin

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Miller, Adam C

Electrical synapses—Beyond the Connexins

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Mishra, Poonam

Neuromodulation of cellular and network activity in cerebellar Purkinje neurons during motor behavior

poster

Mo, Jiayu

Whole-brain functional imaging of sleep and wake in zebrafish

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Moens, Cecilia

Think globally, act locally—Control of long-distance axon guidance by local planar cell polarity cues

talk

Nakajo, Haruna

Microglial remodeling of extracellular matrix and synapses in zebrafish hindbrain

talk

Napoli, Amalia J

NMDA receptors regulate neural progenitor cell proliferation and maturation in the zebrafish forebrain

poster

Nechiporuk, Alex

Distinct transcriptional profile of pioneer neurons

poster

Nelson, Jessica C

The transcription factors prdm16 and prdm3 antagonistically regulate acoustic startle response thresholds

talk

O'Brown, Natasha

Characterizing the functional role of glia in the vertebrate blood-brain barrier (BBB)

poster

Okamoto, Hitoshi

The roles of the habenula-interpeduncular pathways in the integration of interoception and exteroception for decision making

poster

Oliveira, Rui

Artificial selection for sociality drives rapid divergences in social cognition, forebrain neuromolecular states and neuronal response to social stimuli in zebrafish

talk

Padilla, Grace

Persistent stimulus-evoked neural activity and behavior

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Palacios Flores, Kim

Dynamic cognitive representations in the adult zebrafish telencephalon

talk

Panula, Pertti

Structure, activity, properties and role in brain development and behavior of zebrafish histamine H1 receptor

poster

Paredes Zuniga, Susana

A genetic model for development, physiology and behavior of catecholamine-devoid zebrafish larvae

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Park, Jinhee

Generation and characterization of a zebrafish knockout model of abcb4, a homolog of the human multidrug efflux transporter P-glycoprotein

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Pereda, Alberto

Expansion microscopy of a single synaptic contact reveals the organization of an electrical synapse

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Peskin Gifford, Brianna C

Uncovering the molecular mediators of oligodendrocyte tiling

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Pflitsch, Paula

Sleep deprivation improves performance in visual-based and olfactory-based decision-making task

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Putti, Elena

Lrrn2 and Lrrn3a cell adhesion molecules govern precise retino-tectal circuit formation in the zebrafish visual system

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Riegler, Clemens

Intertwined visual processing streams mediate visuomotor behaviors in larval zebrafish

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Rosenberg, Ayelet

Exploring brain-wide neural dynamics underlying psilocybin’s psychoactive effects in zebrafish

talk

Rubinstein, Yoav

A mechanistic account for hunting behavior—From computational ethology to motor control

talk

Saied Santiago, Kristian S

Serotonin receptors direct the growth of regenerating RGC axons along the optic nerve tract in larval zebrafish

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Salatino, Lucia

Suppression of spontaneous electrical activity changes the dynamics and maturation of axonal arborization in zebrafish lateral line afferent neurons

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Schuhknecht, Gregor

Ultrastructural analysis of a neural integrator circuit in the larval zebrafish

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Scofield, Kim

An optogenetic approach to uncovering mechanisms underlying sensory processing disorders

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Semenova, Svetlana

Morphological and transcriptomic analysis reveals evolutionary homology of zebrafish statoacoustic ganglion and mammalian vestibular ganglion

talk

Semmelhack, Julie

Visually evoked freezing in zebrafish

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Sengupta, Mohini

Delineating the role of spinal V2b neurons in axial motor control

talk

Seroka, Austin P

Developmental mechanisms specifying vagal innervation of organ targets

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Shibayama, Kotaro

Median raphe serotonergic neurons receive the inputs from loser-pathway (dHbM-vIPN) and convey safety information to the dorsal pallium.

poster

Shih, Pei-Yin

Evolutionary genetics of aggression of the Siamese fighting fish

talk

Shih, Pei-Yin

The neuroethology of visually-evoked aggression in Siamese fighting fish

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Silva, Nick J

Defining mechanisms that govern microglia-synaptic interactions during brain development and disease

poster

Slanchev, Krasimir

Molecular definition of the photo-neuroendocrine axis underlying visual background adaptation in zebrafish

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Slangewal, Katja

Neural basis of visual information integration and decision-making

talk

Stamboulid, Carolina

Developing a zebrafish model of Faundes-Banka syndrome—A novel human neurodevelopmental disorder

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Stednitz, Sarah J

Multisensory contributions to social behaviors & brain activity in zebrafish

poster

Strother, James

Anion efflux mediates mechanotransduction in the zebrafish lateral line

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Sugioka, Takumi

Postural control in the pitch axis in larval zebrafish

talk

Sumathipala, Sureni

Cyfip2 regulation of excitatory/inhibitory balance in establishing acoustic startle threshold in larval zebrafish

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swall, madeleine

Dopaminergic control of sensorimotor behaviors in zebrafish

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Tanimoto, Yuki

A cortico-basal ganglia circuit mechanism for decision-making based on future state prediction error in goal directed behavior of adult zebrafish

talk

Tanimoto, Yuki

Transgenic tools targeting striatal and pallidal subpopulations have revealed evolutionary conservation and specialization of the cortico-basal ganglia circuit in zebrafish

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Teicher, Gregory

Marigold—A machine learning web app for automated pose tracking of embryonic and larval zebrafish

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Thyme, Summer B

High-throughput neural phenotyping of zebrafish models for risk genes for autism and schizophrenia

talk

Tian, Guangnan

The hunting command activates binocular neurons to sensitize the prey response and drive progression through the prey capture motor sequence

talk

Topcu, Emine

SiliFish—A software tool to model swimming behavior, and its application for modeling swimming speed microcircuits in larval zebrafish swimming

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Trinh, Anh-Tuan

Neural circuit and architecture underlying sensory processing and learning in the zebrafish pallium

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Urazbayeva, Ayjan

Functional and morphological characterization of zebrafish retinal ganglion cell subtypes expressing the transcription factor Satb2

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Verma, Shivangi

Developmental fine-tuning of cerebellar network and function in larval zebrafish

talk

Vogt, Addison

Macrophage expression of CTMP following spinal cord injury

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Walker, Lauren

Knowing where to re-grow—Identification of extrinsic cues promoting target-selective axon regeneration

talk

Wang, Chung-Han

Intersectional genetics for investigating putative pretectal hub neurons in the optic flow processing circuit

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Wang, Qing

The anterior lateral line contributes to detection of prey in larval zebrafish

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Wang, Xinwei

EAATs centrally underpin pathway splitting in zebrafish retina

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Wang, Yuqi

Gpr37a regulates Müller glial development and regeneration in zebrafish

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Wilson, Stephen W.

Exploring the genetic basis of habenular asymmetry

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Yaksi, Emre

Molecular atlas of the adult zebrafish telencephalon reveals spatio-molecularly distinct nuceli homologous to cortical and subcortical structures of terrestrial vertebrates

talk

Yang, Chuyu

A population code for spatial representation in the larval zebrafish telencephalon

poster

Zada, david

Danionella cerebrum as a model to study the neurodevelopment of collective behaviors

poster

Zhang, Anqi

Integration of visual and hydrodynamic flow stimuli in larval zebrafish

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Zheng, Meiyu

A cellular-resolution sympathetic map of the larval zebrafish

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Zhu, Shuyu

Neural circuits for prey selection in larval zebrafish

talk

Zhu, Yunlu

Midbrain integration of vestibular and visual information modulates swim speed during vertical navigation

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Zuccarini, Giulia

Neural circuits underlying hunting sequence generation

talk

Zylbertal, Asaph

Mirror-assisted light-sheet microscopy—A simple upgrade for avoiding occlusion by bypassing the eyes during zebrafish whole-brain functional imaging

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