Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics Courses

Principles of Operation of a Cerebellar Learning Circuit - Steve Lisberger

Explore cerebellar learning circuits with Steve Lisberger, focusing on timescales of plasticity and underlying mechanisms in neural events and synaptic connections for associative learning across various durations.

• YouTube
• 48 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Stepwise Synaptic Plasticity Events Drive the Early Phase of Memory Consolidation

Explore synaptic plasticity events driving early memory consolidation, bridging timescales from milliseconds to longer periods in learning and neural connections.

• YouTube
• 40 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Interrogating the Role of GABAa Receptors in Meta-Plasticity - Rich Kramer (UC Berkeley)

Explore GABAa receptors' role in meta-plasticity with Rich Kramer. Discover molecular mechanisms bridging timescales in learning and memory, from milliseconds to weeks, in this neurobiology research presentation.

• YouTube
• 45 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Perspectives and Discussion - Metaplasticity

Exploración de la metaplasticidad y sus implicaciones en el aprendizaje cerebral. Discusión entre expertos sobre mecanismos moleculares, celulares y de circuitos que permiten el aprendizaje asociativo a través de múltiples escalas temporales.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Pathway-Specific TNF-Mediated Metaplasticity in the Hippocampus - Cliff Abraham

Explores pathway-specific TNF-mediated metaplasticity in the hippocampus, examining neural mechanisms for associating events across different timescales and their implications for learning and memory.

• YouTube
• 45 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Decoding Time With Long-Term Plasticity of Short-Term Plasticity - Dean Buonomano

Exploring how the brain bridges timescales in learning, from milliseconds to days, through long-term changes in short-term synaptic plasticity. Insights into neural mechanisms of temporal processing and memory formation.

• YouTube
• 51 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Perspectives and Discussion - Memory Updating

Explore diverse perspectives on memory updating mechanisms across multiple timescales, from molecular to behavioral levels, in this neurobiology conference discussion on learning and plasticity.

• YouTube
• 56 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Molecular Mechanisms of Memory Updating in Young and Old Mice - Janine Kwapis

Explore molecular mechanisms behind memory updating in mice across age groups. Discover how the brain associates events over various timescales and the biological processes supporting associative learning.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Uncertainty-Based Memory Updating - Mate Lengyel

Explores mechanisms of memory updating based on uncertainty, bridging timescales in associative learning from molecular to behavioral levels. Discusses implications for neural plasticity and learning.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Role of Dendritic Plasticity in Memory Organization - Megha Seghal

Explore dendritic plasticity's role in memory organization, bridging neural events across timescales. Discover mechanisms supporting associative learning from molecular to behavioral levels.

• YouTube
• 45 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Self-Consistent Solutions to Make an Animal - KITP Blackboard Talk by Francis Corson

Explore self-consistent solutions in animal development through Francis Corson's theoretical physics lecture, bridging biological concepts with mathematical modeling and pattern formation principles.

• YouTube
• 58 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Modulation by Cloud Droplet Size of Microphysical and Radiative Processes - Adele Igel

Explore how cloud droplet size influences microphysical and radiative processes in atmospheric science, presented by Adele Igel from UC Davis at a geophysical multiphase flows conference.

• YouTube
• 37 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Zooming Out - Understanding Cloud Systems From Complex & Idealized Models

Explore cloud systems through complex and idealized models, examining multi-scale physics and dynamics in geophysical flows. Gain insights into atmospheric processes and their broader implications.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Cloud Fields - Living Near the Bifurcation Point - Ilan Koren

Explore cloud field dynamics near bifurcation points with Ilan Koren. Gain insights into geophysical multiphase flows and their impact on atmospheric processes and environmental systems.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches to the Complex Atmospheric System - Graham Feingold (NOAA)

Explore top-down and bottom-up approaches to understanding complex atmospheric systems, focusing on multiphase flows in geophysical and environmental contexts.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video