The CCB Journal Club has featured various former committee members, and a diverse list of presentations given by CCB Fellows.
Former CCB Journal Club Committee
| Former Committee Member | Term |
|---|---|
| Andrew Kesner, Ph.D. | 2020 - 2021 |
| Zak Brodnik, Ph.D. | 2020 - 2022 |
| Valerie Darcey, Ph.D., M.S., R.D. | 2020 |
| Rosario Jaime-Lara, CRNP, Ph.D. | 2021 - 2022 |
| Julio Yanes, Ph.D. | 2022 |
Previous Presentations
2020
| Presenter | Presenter Institute | Presentation Title |
|---|---|---|
| Valerie Darcey | NIDDK | Dopamine synthesis capacity is associated with D2/3 receptor binding but not dopamine release |
| Paul Kramer | NINDS | A unified framework for dopamine signals across timescales |
| Zak Brodnik | NIDA | A cortical-brainstem circuit predicts and governs compulsive alcohol drinking |
| Daria Piacentino | NIDA/NIAAA | Review of own data |
| Matt Gardner | NIDA | A distributional code for value in dopamine-based reinforcement learning |
| Saumitra Choudhury | NICHD | Epigenetic Signaling in Glia Controls Presynaptic Homeostatic Plasticity |
| Chris Mazzone | NIEHS |
Depression of Accumbal to Lateral Hypothalamic Synapses Gates Overeating |
| Jisoo Lee | NIAAA | Microglial activation increases cocaine self-administration following adolescent nicotine exposure |
| Patrick Piantadosi | NIAAA | A Genetically Defined Compartmentalized Striatal Direct Pathway for Negative Reinforcement |
| Emma Condy | NIMH | RDoC Topic |
2021
| Presenter | Presenter Institute | Presentation Title |
|---|---|---|
| Justin Siemian | NIDA | Revealing the structure of pharmacobehavioral space through motion sequencing |
| Valerie Darcey | NIDDK | Presenting data for publication |
| Brenton Laing | NIDA | Wireless optogenetic stimulation of oxytocin neurons in a semi-natural setup dynamically elevates both pro-social and agnostic behaviors |
| Cole Calva | NIDA | VTA Glutamate Neuron Activity Drives Positive Reinforcement Absent Dopamine Co-release |
| Ryan Shepard | NINDS | Synaptic inhibition in the lateral habenula shapes reward anticipation |
| Ayland Letsinger | NIEHS | Belief in the law of small numbers |
| Hector Yarur Castillo | NIMH | Ventral tegmental area GABAergic inhibition of cholinergic interneurons in the ventral nucleus accumbens shell promotes reward reinforcement |
| Rodolfo Flores | NIMH | The paraventricular thalamus provides a polysynaptic brake on limbic CRF neurons to sex dependently blunt binge alcohol drinking and avoidance behavior in mice |
| Patrick Piantadosi | NIAAA | Corticostriatal activity driving compulsive reward seeking |
2022
| Presenter | Presenter Institute | Presentation Title |
|---|---|---|
| Brenton Laing | NIDA | The defining characteristic of substance use disorders |
| Julio Alejandro Yanes | NCCIH | Distinct Contributions of Ventromedial and Dorsolateral Subregions of the Human Substantia Nigra to Appetitive and Aversive Learning |
| Yosuke Arima | NIDA | A hypothalamic novelty signal modulates hippocampal memory |
| Adam Caccavano | NICHD | Enkephalin release from VIP interneurons in the hippocampal CA2/3a region mediates heterosynaptic plasticity and social memory |
| Oliver Goral | NIEHS | Role of GABA co-transmission from cholinergic neurons in brain function |
| Cole Calva | NIDA | A bottom-up reward pathway mediated by somatostatin neurons in the medial septum complex underlying appetitive learning |
| Cole Calva | NIDA | Characterizing the response of medial septal GAD2 neurons to rewarding and aversive stimuli |
| Emma Condy | NIMH | Feasibility of measuring prefrontal activation using fNIRS during a response inhibition task in Williams syndrome |
| Hector Yarur Castillo | NIMH | Dynorphin/kappa-opioid receptor regulation of excitation-inhibition balance toggles afferent control of prefrontal cortical circuits in a pathway-specific manner |
| Sebastiano Bariselli | NIAAA | Sex-specific effects of gestational ethanol exposure on striatal acetylcholine-dopamine dynamics |
2023
| Presenter | Presenter Institute | Presentation Title |
|---|---|---|
| Brenton Laing | NIDA | Control and consequences of anterior hypothalamic area mediated escape |
| Adam Caccavano | NICHD | Recent studies in cell-type specificity of opioid modulation |
| Sudhuman Singh | NCCIH | Cells and circuits for pain modulation in the central amygdala |
| Thien Nguyen | NICHD | Autism is a prenatal disorder |
| Lorenzo Sansalone | NINDS | Unique connectivity of Substantia Nigra Pars Lateralis dopamine neurons |
| Ayland Letsinger | NIEHS | ChatGPT & Me: Language Models in Modern Research |