link - SfN 2023
SfN 2023 poster - Place representations and cognitive control in both dorsal hippocampus and cingulate cortex ensemble activity
Neuroscientist studying spatial memory
I am currently at NYU working in André Fenton's lab, combining calcium imaging and electrophysiological methods to evaluate memory dynamics across various brain regions. I'm primarily interested in how the hippocampus coordinates itself with cortical brain regions during memory retrieval and spatial navigation.
After beginning my undergraduate research at UC Irvine in the Chubb-Wright lab, I received my PhD from the Department of Psychology at UCLA in 2021, where I studied hippocampal place cells in Tad Blair's lab. I primarily focused on applying calcium imaging to the rat so that we could evaluate long term memory dynamics within the same cell population, and how these are affected by acetylcholine1. I've collaborated with the Miniscope consortium at UCLA to expand upon this project (e.g. the MiniLFOV2) and help other labs adapt the technique to suit their research needs (in collaboration with the Izquierdo lab 3, Adhikari lab 4, and Kneirim lab).
contact: garrett.blair@nyu.edu
Recent work
Place cell remapping during aversive learning
Out now in eLife: Blair et al. (2023) "Hippocampal place cell remapping occurs with memory storage of aversive experiences"
Aversive learning alters hippocampal place fields
Schuette et al. (2020) "Long-Term Characterization of Hippocampal Remapping during Contextual Fear Acquisition and Extinction"
MiniLFOV scope
Guo, Blair et al. (2023) "Miniscope-LFOV: for large scale imaging of neural dynamics in freely behaving animals"
ACC activity during effortful behavior
Hart, Blair et al. (2020) "Chemogenetic Modulation and Single-Photon Calcium Imaging in Anterior Cingulate Cortex Reveal a Mechanism for Effort-Based Decisions"
Publications
* denotes equal co-authorship
(2023) GJ Blair et al. “Hippocampal place cell remapping occurs with memory storage of aversive experiences” eLife. doi:https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.80661
(2023) C Guo*, GJ Blair*, et al. “Miniscope-LFOV: A large-field-of-view, single-cell-resolution, miniature microscope for wired and wire-free imaging of neural dynamics in freely behaving animals” Science Advances. doi:10.1126/sciadv.adg3918
(2023) Z Chen, GJ Blair, et al. "A hardware system for real-time decoding of in vivo calcium imaging data" eLife doi:10.7554/eLife.78344
(2020) Z Chen, GJ Blair, HT Blair, and J Cong. “BLINK: Bit-Sparse LSTM Inference Kernel Enabling Efficient Calcium Trace Extraction for Neurofeedback Devices” Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE. doi:10.1145/3370748.3406552
(2020) PJ Schuette et al. “Long-Term Characterization of Hippocampal Remapping during Contextual Fear Acquisition and Extinction.” Journal of Neuroscience. doi:10.1523/jneurosci.1022-20.2020
(2020) EE Hart*, GJ Blair*, et al. “Chemogenetic Modulation and Single-Photon Calcium Imaging in Anterior Cingulate Cortex Reveal a Mechanism for Effort-Based Decisions” Journal of Neuroscience. doi:10.1523/jneurosci.2548-19.2020
(2015) GJ Blair, et al. “Disc Size Supports Top-Down, Selective Attention in a Task Requiring Integration across Multiple Target.” Journal of Vision. doi:10.1167/15.12.897