#OptoGRC2026 has officially come to a close!
Thank you to our incredible lineup of speakers, discussion leaders, and poster presenters – and to everyone who joined us and made this a meeting we won’t forget.
Stay tuned for more on #OptoGRC2028!
Please join us in welcoming incoming chairs @tinakim-neuro.bsky.social & @gisellavetere.bsky.social, and newly elected vice-chairs @tristanshuman.bsky.social & @lindsayschwarz.bsky.social.
We can’t wait to see what this team has in store for #OptoGRC2028!
From cells to behavior, this #OptoGRC2026 session explores how neural activity shapes behavioral outputs 🧠⚡
Featuring @j9kwapis.bsky.social, Catherine Peña, @nicoleferrara.bsky.social, Kevin Franks, Priya Rajasethupathy, Jennifer Lawlor & Yasmine Ayman, you won't want to miss this lineup!
To learn more,
Link to Tony et al's work:
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Link to my et al work:
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
From the perspective of natural brain function, the directional elements were found to be behaviorally relevant and robust to diverse perturbations; however, we also found specific conditions allowing elemental incidence and boundaries to be selectively modulated.
This unbiased screening/testing approach (which we show is applicable either to voltage or calcium imaging) allowed discovery and functional validation of a surprisingly well-defined set of directional elements that generalized across cell types and frequencies.