11/2020 On the origin of brains and the evolution of bodies: the Adaptable Gut Hypothesis Lecture delivered at the Neural & Behavioral Science Seminar, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn NY 7/2020 Data-driven multiscale modeling with NetPyNE: new features and example models Poster presented at Computational Neuroscience 2020, Online conference 7/2019 Experiments and modeling of NMDA plateau potentials in cortical pyramidal neurons Poster presented at Computational Neuroscience 2019, Barcelona, Spain 7/2019 The shape of thought: data-driven synthesis of neuronal morphology and the search for fundamental parameters of form 11/2018 Embedded ensemble encoding: a hypothesis for reconciling cortical coding strategies Poster presented at Neuroscience 2018, San Diego, CA. 11/2017 On the origin of nervous systems: The Versatile Gut Hypothesis Poster presented at Neuroscience 2017, Washington D.C. 3/2017 Embedded Ensemble Encoding: A theory of brain cortex function Poster presented at Interagency Modeling and Analysis Group: Multiscale Modeling Meeting, Bethesda, MD. 11/2012 A Unifying Model of the Neocortical Column 4: Morphological Cell Types Poster presented at Neuroscience 2012, New Orleans, LA. 11/2011 Data-driven computational synthesis of neuronal morphologies. Poster presented at Neuroscience 2011, Washington, DC. 11/2008 Morphologically realistic computational models of rat hindlimb motoneurons and the effects of spinal cord injury. Poster presented at Neuroscience 2008, Washington, DC. 05/2008 Modeling motoneurons and the effects of spinal cord injury. Ph.D. Dissertation Defense at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. 11/2007 Morphologically realistic computational models of rat hindlimb motoneurons after spinal cord injury. Poster presented at Neuroscience 2007, San Diego, CA.
8/2007 Introduction to Engineers Without Borders at Arizona State University. My final presentation given at an EWB-ASU Public Meeting, Tempe, AZ. 7/2007 Modeling morphological changes in spinal motoneurons after spinal cord injury to explore changes in electrical behavior. Poster presented at Computational Neuroscience 2007, Toronto, Canada. 4/2007 Engineers Without Borders and the Global Futures Initiative. Presentation given at Global Futures Initiative Advisory Board Meeting, Tempe, AZ. 10/2006 Location and 3D reconstruction of motoneurons innervating gastrocnemius medialis and tibialis anterior in the rat. Poster presented at Neuroscience 2006, Atlanta, GA. 12/2005 Modeling neural alterations after spinal cord injury. Lecture delivered at weekly IGERT Seminar. 02/2005 Combining experimental and computational neuroscience to explore spinal reflexes following spinal cord injury. Lecture presented at IGERT Research Day at Arizona State University. 07/2004 Modeling motoneurons after spinal cord injury: Persistent inward currents and plateau potentials. Poster presented at Computational Neuroscience 2004, Baltimore, MD. 02/2004 Modeling motoneurons after spinal cord injury: Persistent inward currents and plateau potentials. Lecture and poster presented at IGERT Research Day at Arizona State University. 05/2001 Three-dimensional non-invasive wound measurement device. Poster presented at Senior Design Project Competition, Harrington Department of Bioengineering at Arizona State University (Third Place Winner). | Rat hindlimb motoneurons labeled via intramuscular injection of cholera toxin beta subunit conjugated with fluorescent dye Left: Sketch of the first visualization of an isolated motoneuron (Deiters, Braunschweig Vieweg,1865) Right: Modern photomicrograph of an isolated motoneuron (Mazzarello, Nat Cell Bio 1(1),1999) cat motoneuron basic properties |