Talks
2021
TITLE: Constructing a novel protein-protein interactome for neuroimmune modulation of neural excitability
SPEAKER: Artin Allahverdhian
Bruins in Genomics Summer 2021 Poster Presentation, UCLA Institute for Quantitative and Computational Biosciences
TITLE: Simulating effects of a T-Type Ca2+ currents in realistic neuron models
SPEAKER: Itzel Melgoza
Bruins in Genomics Summer 2021 Poster Presentation, UCLA Institute for Quantitative and Computational Biosciences
TITLE: Constructing a Functional Interactome from Published Work to Identify Underrepresented and Integrative Effects of Neuroinflammatory Cytokines on Neural Excitability
SPEAKER: Jakob von Morgenland
UCLA Institute for Quantitative and Computational Biosciences Research Seminar
TITLE: Mechanisms of robust entrainment of biological oscillators involved in gastric peristalsis
SPEAKER: Ashfaq Ahmed
UCLA Institute for Quantitative and Computational Biosciences Research Seminar
TITLE: Merging Experimental and Computational Approaches to Study Neurodegenerative Disease Dynamics
SPEAKER: Sharmila Venugopal
UCLA Institute for Quantitative and Computational Biosciences Research Seminar
2020
TITLE: Modeling Neurodegenerative Disease Dynamics: From Ion Channels to Neural Microcircuits
SPEAKER: Sharmila Venugopal
Wallace H Coulter Seminar, Florida International University Biomedical Engineering Seminar Series
*Award-Winning Posters
*JV Morgenland, A Allahverdian, S Venugopal, “Are ion channel proteins neuroinflammatory targets? A novel quantitative meta-analysis”, Undergraduate Research Poster Day, University of California Los Angeles, May 2021, Los Angeles, CA (Nominated for Dean’s Poster Award competition).
*KC Donohue, Z Ghulam-Jelani, D Simmons, S Venugopal, SH Chandler, “Development and application of ImmunoQuant image analyses software tool for investigating synaptic alterations in a mouse model for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis”, Undergraduate Research Poster Day, University of California Los Angeles, May 2017, Los Angeles, CA (Dean’s Undergraduate Research Poster Award).
*S Venugopal, S Seki, DH Terman, A Pantazis, R Olcese, SH Chandler, “A bio-hybrid approach suggests a novel role for resurgent sodium current in regulating burst discharge of trigeminal sensory Mesencephalic neurons”, Joint Symposium on Neural Computation, Institute for Neural Computation, University of California San Diego, May 2017, San Diego, CA (Spotlight presenter).
*KM Lucchesi, S Venugopal, CF Hsiao, SH Chandler, “Early postnatal alterations in membrane properties of trigeminal motoneurons in a transgenic mouse model for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis”, Undergraduate Science Poster Day, University of California Los Angeles, May 2013, Los Angeles, CA (Undergraduate Science Poster Day Award to mentored undergraduate student at UCLA).
*S Venugopal, TM Hamm, R Jung, “Role of low and high-voltage activated Ca2+-dependent K+ currents in the control of alpha-motoneuron discharge and its implication in hyperreflexia”, 19th Computational Neuroscience Conference, July 2010, San Antonio, TX (AWM-NSF & CNS*2010 travel awards).
*S Venugopal, DH Terman, JB Travers, “A computational model for a central pattern generator driving taste-induced ingestion and rejection oromotor behaviors”, 36th Annual Society for Neuroscience Meeting, 2006, Atlanta, GA (Ohio State University Graduate travel award for scholarship and service).
*S Venugopal, JB Travers, DH Terman, “A computational model for motor pattern switching between taste-induced ingestion and rejection oromotor behaviors”, Joint Society for Mathematical Biology and Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Conference, 2006, Raleigh, NC (Best Graduate Student Poster Award).