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SUMMARY:NBIO Presents: Marius Pachitariu (Janelia Research Campus)
DESCRIPTION:Linking neural representations to behavior using generalization\nSensory-guided decisions are the result of sensorimotor transformations across many brain areas. Recent studies have localized the motor components of these transformations using correlations between brain-wide neural activity and behavior. It has been more difficult to localize sensory computations with the same approach\, as it requires pushing animal performance close to psychophysical thresholds\, which is typically not feasible. Here we developed a new approach for linking sensory computations to behavior by training mice to discriminate between two stimuli and testing their responses to new stimuli. We then calculated the similarity of neural representations between train and test stimuli\, using recordings of over 50\,000 simultaneously-recorded neurons from 9 primary and higher-order visual areas (HVAs) and across cortical depths. We found that neural discrimination on the test images but not the train images correlated with the behavioral discrimination of the animals\, across a large number of stimulus pairs and animals. The link between neural and behavioral performance was highest in the medial HVAs\, suggesting this region as a critical component of sensory transformations and generalization.
URL:https://nbio.uw.edu/event/nbio-presents-marius-pachitariu-janelia-research-campus/
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SUMMARY:Wayne E. Crill Endowed Lecture: Kristen Brennand\, PhD (Yale University)
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SUMMARY:NBIO Presents: Kara Marshall\, PhD (Baylor College of Medicine)
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URL:https://nbio.uw.edu/event/nbio-presents-kara-marshall-baylor-college-of-medicine/
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SUMMARY:NBIO Presents: Hernandez Moura Silva\, PhD (Ragon Institute of MGH\, MIT and Harvard)
DESCRIPTION:Ironing Out the Ferrostatic Role of Vasculature Associated Macrophages\nIron is an essential micronutrient required by nearly all living organisms\, and maintaining its homeostasis represents a fundamental biological challenge across multiple levels\, from individual cells to entire tissues and the whole organism. We propose that local iron regulation within adipose tissue is centrally coordinated by vasculature-associated\nmacrophages (VAMs)\, a specialized population of resident tissue macrophages closely associated with the vasculature and known to perform key homeostatic functions. While VAMs and other resident tissue macrophages have been historically linked to host defense/innate immunity\, there is a major gap in our understanding of their diverse functions beyond immunity\, and how their dysfunction drives the progression of chronic inflammatory diseases. Gene expression profiling reveals that VAMs express a comprehensive suite of genes involved in iron import\, export\, processing\, and storage. Our data further demonstrate that VAMs are the most efficient cell type within adipose tissue at importing transferrin-bound iron from the circulation and also function as significant intracellular iron reservoirs. Based on these findings\, we demostrate that VAMs act as central regulators of adipose tissue iron content\, continuously sensing local demand and modulating iron availability to support tissue homeostasis.
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