Selin Schamiloglu

Really excited to see the second half of my thesis published! A million thanks to Kevin and our thoughtful reviewers!

Love these pictures!!!

Exciting news!! I’m joining the tenure-track faculty at University of Colorado Boulder this fall as an Assistant Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience!

The Sosa Lab will study how memory is shaped by cognitive and physiological demands, including during pregnancy and the postpartum period. 🧵

I missed this!! Congratulations Mari, so happy for you!!!

Colorado out in force to support US science!

Deadline to apply is today! We'd love to host you next April!

If you are interested in doing a postdoc at the University of Colorado, please apply! You'll have a chance to visit campus, meet faculty, and present your work. Deadline is this Sunday, 12/1. Details: www.cuanschutz.edu/offices/post...

Axon Initial Segment Structure and Function in Health and Disease | Physiological Reviews At the simplest level, neurons are structured to integrate synaptic input and perform computational transforms on that input, converting it into an action potential (AP) code. This process-converting synaptic input into AP output-typically occurs in a specialized region of axon termed the axon initial segment (AIS). The AIS, as its name implies, is often contained to the first section of axon abutted to the soma and is home to a dizzying array of ion channels, attendant scaffolding proteins, intracellular organelles, extracellular proteins, and, in some cases, synapses. The AIS serves multiple roles as the final arbiter for determining if inputs are sufficient to evoke APs, as a gatekeeper that physically separates the somatodendritic domain from the axon proper, and as a regulator of overall neuronal excitability, dynamically tuning its size to best suit the needs of parent neurons. These complex roles have received considerable attention from experimentalists and theoreticians alike. Here, we review recent advances in our understanding of the AIS and its role in neuronal integration and polarity in health and disease.

@pjenkinslab.bsky.social and I wrote a review on the axon initial segment. We tried our best to discuss the state of the field and provide our perspective (and resolution for) some current sticking points. Hope it's useful!

doi.org/10.1152/phys...

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Dean and I are so excited that the 2024 Synaptic Transmission GRS program is live! You still have until June 15 to register to join us in Lucca on July 13 and 14. grc.org/synaptic-tra...

We're still accepting abstracts for the Synaptic Transmission GRS (July 13-14 in Tuscany)! Abstract deadline April 7 (after that, you can still apply to attend). So excited to be including
Zayd Khaliq and Kate Smith. Link: grc.org/synaptic-tra...

Really happy to see this out, congrats to everyone!!

I’m excited to have the opportunity to publish negative findings (that also span two labs)!

Congrats to Dr Schamiloglou for her amazing thesis defense today. Third student to defend this year from the lab! She’s off to bigger and better things in the DiGregorio lab (now at Colorado)… but not before we sort out two final papers!