Maternal cannabis use is a growing public health concern, yet the long-term effects of prenatal cannabis exposure remain elusive. Our understanding of how prenatal cannabis exposure affects the brain and behavior is critically informed by preclinical animal models that capture core components of human cannabis use. To this end, our laboratory and others have recently developed more translational models of cannabis use that have potential to provide unprecedented insight into the protracted effects of cannabis exposure during sensitive developmental stages.  In this presentation, I will describe recent data from our laboratory using a novel model of cannabis vapor self-administration in […]

Professor George Augustine –  Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Talk Title: "Synapses and synaptic circuits in health and disease" Professor Lim Kah Leong – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Talk Title: "Neuroprotective and neurorestorative strategies for Parkinson’s disease" Professor Nagaendran Kandiah –  Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Talk Title: "Fluid biomarker and neuroimaging profile of mild cognitive impairment in Southeast Asians" Zoom option if unable to attend in person Zoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”) Meeting ID: 99412 188589 Passcode: 188589

Zoom option if unable to attend in person Zoom link here (click on “Join a meeting”) Meeting ID: 99412 188589 Passcode: 188589 Seeing is believing and thus, optical imaging techniques are extremely useful to study brain structure and function. I will present two projects aimed at providing the neuroscience community with better imaging instrumentation. In the first part, I will introduce the mesoSPIM ( http://mesospim.org/ ), an open-source light-sheet microscope that is optimized for fast imaging of large cleared tissue samples at 5-7 µm isotropic resolution. Since 2015, the mesoSPIM evolved from a crude prototype into a highly capable instrument and we […]