Columbia University in the City of New York

Mar 25, 202510:30 am
Seminar

Columbia Neuroscience Seminars - Nuo Li

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March 25th, 10:30 am – 11:30 am at the Jerome L. Greene Science Center (Kavli Auditorium, 9th floor Lecture Hall)

Nuo Li, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Neurobiology

Duke University

 

Host(s): Kaushik Lakshminarasimhan (Postdoc)

 

Neural mechanisms of volitional movement

 

Our goal is to understand how neural circuits in the brain give rise to volitional movement. A planning phase precedes all volitional movements in which the brain programs appropriate movement on the fly to achieve the goal at hand. This fundamental process dictates our behavior, ranging from speech to motor skills. Our work has isolated neural antecedents of volitional movements in the mouse brain (also known as ‘preparatory activity’ or ‘readiness
potentials’ in humans). I will discuss our progress in delineating a brain-wide motor planning circuit and how preparatory activity instructs movement.

 

Relevant Publications:

A combinatorial nueral code for long-term motor memory

Activity map of cortico-cerebellar loop underlying motor planning

 

Venue Information:

Speaker Location: Jerome L. Greene Science Center, Kavli Auditorium, 9th Floor Lecture Hall


The Columbia Neuroscience Seminars have been organized to help build community and collaboration among researchers interested in this broad field across campus. The in-person activities, including the talks, provide meaningful interactions for the speakers, many of whom have traveled a long way to visit Columbia. However, if you are a Columbia researcher on another campus and are unable to attend the talk at the Jerome L. Greene Science Center, please email [email protected] at least 48 hours in advance to request an individual, one-time Zoom link (livestream only, no Q&A). 

 

If you have a short- or long-term accommodation request (medical issue, travel, other concerns, etc.), or any other questions, please also reach out to [email protected].

 

Tuesdays@10 is a signature Zuckerman Institute initiative that aims to expose researchers at all levels to high-quality science and stimulate scientific discourse. The speakers featured in this series represent various fields and techniques in neuroscience, and include invited guests of the Columbia Neuroscience Seminars, the Zuckerman Institute's Local Circuits Affiliates Program, and other special seminar series through a combined, collaborative effort of one or more of the following: Columbia's Zuckerman Institute, the Center for Precision Psychiatry, the Department of Neuroscience, the Doctoral Program in Neurobiology and Behavior and the Columbia Translational Neuroscience Initiative, and with support from the Kavli Institute for Brain Science

 

More information and a full schedule can be found here.

 

Venue: the Jerome L. Greene Science Center (Kavli Auditorium, 9th floor Lecture Hall)
3227 Broadway, New York, NY, 10027

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