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 Come check out the annual Center for Vision Sciences Symposium this year! Alyssa will be presenting a short talk titled: "Center-surround spatial organization of corticogeniculate feedback." 

• Reviews essential knowledge about thalamocortical interactions 
• Explores novel and thought-provoking alternative views about thalamocortical interactions 
• Stimulate discussion and creative thinking, both of which are needed to advance further understanding of thalamocortical interaction.

 In print ISBN: 9780197503874 or online at Oxford University

Check out this news article from Science Life Education & Research News on Marty Usrey's recent Neuron publication on the topic of Evolutionary Neurobiology, titled "Evolutionary Thinking: a New Perspective on How Our Brains Control Behavior Takes Evolution into Account." 

We are celebrating Stacey Seidl's Exit Seminar on Sept 8th at 2pm PST. If you would like to attend, contact us for Zoom details.

Please join me in congratulating Alyssa Sanchez who was re-appointed to the Vision Sciences Training Grant (T32 EY015387) for a second year. Well done!

New publication from lab alumni Darlene Archer. Check out her dissertation work here:

Archer DR, Alitto HJ, Usrey WM. Stimulus Contrast Affects Spatial Integration in the Lateral Geniculate Nucleus. (2021, Epub ahead of print). Journal of Neurosci JN-RM-2946-20. (doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2946-20.2021; PMID: 34103362).

Alyssa will be presenting a digital poster on Monday, January 11 2021, 1:30-2:00pm. In the session: (P192) Architecture, Development, and Function of Visual Circuits, titled “Temporal contrast modulates burst activity in the lateral geniculate nucleus.” We hope you attend and please check out her work!

For more information on SFN's Global Connectome, click here

Join us as Alyssa presents at this years Symposium. Her talk is titled: "Temporal contrast modulates burst activity in the lateral geniculate nucleus"

In the spirit of staying connected scientifically and socially during COVID and beyond, Brielle Ferguson (Post-Doc at Stanford), Frances Cho (PhD candidate at UCSF), and Stacey Seidl (PhD candidate at UC Davis) have created a virtual community of junior scientists doing Thalamus research called the Thalamus Trainee Group. This group organizes/hosts informal virtual meetings that include talks from students and senior scientists, and discussions on current events and issues students are facing in this new area. 

The Center for Neuroscience and our lab were fortunate enough to donate vital medical equipment and supplies to UC Davis Health in its effort to combat the spread of COVID-19. We are humbled by the generosity of our many colleagues and friends who are making this possible!

More information on how to donate and what is needed, please visit here.

To help spread our research, create excitement towards brain research, and attract a diverse audience of people, we have been working with Kelly Bullock to help create a brand for our lab --- 'Usrey Neuroscience.' With this, we have adopted a lab logo, seen here. Enjoy!

The Usrey Lab attended the 2020 Thalamocortical Interactions GRS & GRC.

Henry presents at the annual Center for Vision Sciences Symposium (CVS), titled: “The spatial organization of cortical feedback.” Flyer and schedule can be found here

Marty: Visual system overview

Henry and Alyssa: Feedback projection and optogenetics

Stacey and Scottie: Neuropixels

Jeff: Brainmaps

Come check out our lab's posters at SFN!

Oct 20 2019 8:00AM

140.06. Extraretinal contributions to thalamic filtering of retinal spike trains