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Spring Semester 2014-2015

For Spring Semester 2014-2015, the Behavioral, Computational, and Systems Neuroscience (BCS) Journal Club will meet on Tuesdays from 11:45 to 1:00 pm in Uris Hall 205.

Papers and notes from previous semesters can be found in the BCS meeting archive.

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The Spring 2015 semester's theme is States and Sequences, broadly intended to include the neurobiological, behavioral, and cognitive senses of the terms.

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In order to make discussions more engaging and less formal, we encourage presentations to be primarily "chalk talks", in which concepts are sketched rather than figures shown. Mixed media are OK too, in which a complex figure can be put onto a slide or simply zoomed up on from the PDF file of the original paper, but drawing the figure tends to convey stronger understanding than does flashing a figure up on the wall. We also emphasize that you do not have to present papers in their entirety, much less multiple papers. Having everybody read up thoroughly on something small and focused usually makes for a better experience than everybody skimming one or more full papers. You may want to present only one exciting concept, exemplified by one or more figures drawn from one or more papers. That's great. Focus on the concepts, and don't feel compelled to master every detail of every paper that you want to include in your presentation. Do what you feel is best, but please do not just put the figures of a paper into a slide show and describe the paper.

Presenting your own work is always welcome, in whatever manner you like.

To add yourself to the BCS-L mailing list, send a plain-text email to bcs-L-request@cornell.edu with the body of the message saying simply join. The subject line doesn't matter. Sending the message leave instead will unsubscribe you from the list. See Cornell's Lyris HowTo page for further details.

You can enroll in the BCS Journal Club for graduate or undergraduate credit (1 CR, S/U) as a Topics in Biopsychology seminar: PSYCH 6271. The course requires that you present at least once during the semester and participate actively overall. You are welcome to attend without enrolling, of course, but we do appreciate you enrolling if you plan to attend the whole semester and to present.

Please contact Thomas Cleland or David Smith with any questions.

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27 January 2015:  Organizational Meeting

 

3 February 2015:  Dave Bulkin

10 February 2015: David Smith

17 February 2015: Feb Break - no BCS.

 

24 February 2015: 

 

3 March 2015: No designated presenter, so please read the article and come prepared to discuss it.

10 March 2015: Rachel Swanson

17 March 2015: Thom Cleland

  • Mazor O, Laurent G (2005).  Transient dynamics versus fixed points in odor representations by locust antennal lobe projection neurons.  Neuron 48:661-673. 
  • Miller JP (2005).  A rose by any other code.  Whatever that means.  (This is a short Neuron Previews article about the Mazor & Laurent paper).  

24 March 2015: Khena Swallow

31 March 2015: Spring Break - no BCS

 

7 April 2015: Gina Mason

14 April 2015: Ayon Borthakur

 

21 April 2015:  Rachel Swanson

  • Luczak et al (2009).  Spontaneous Events Outline the Realm of Possible Sensory Responses in Neocortical Populations.

28 April 2015: 

 

5 May 2015: 

 

 

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