Formal Invited talks
- YCD Chen. Wiring up the brain during development: Coordination and propagation of cell fate choice in neural circuit assembly. 2024 Biology Spring Colloquium, The City College of New York (CCNY), March 18, New York.
- YCD Chen. Wiring up the brain during development: Coordination and propagation of cell fate choice in neural circuit assembly. 2023 Department of Biology E2G2 Seminar Series, University of Rochester, Nov 3, Rochester. [flyer]
- YCD Chen. Wiring up the brain during development: Coordination and propagation of cell fate choice in neural circuit assembly. 2023 Department of Biology Seminar Series, West Chester University, October 30, Chester County. [flyer]
- YCD Chen. Wiring up the brain during development: Coordination and propagation of cell fate choice in neural circuit assembly. 2023 School of Life Sciences Friday Seminar Series, University of Nevada Las Vegas, October 20, Las Vegas. [Photo flyer]
- YCD Chen. Wiring up the brain during development: Coordination and propagation of cell fate choice in neural circuit assembly. 2022 Biology Seminar Series, Bucknell University, October 20, Lewisburg. [flyer]
- YCD Chen. Wiring up the brain during development: Coordination and propagation of cell fate choice in neural circuit assembly. 2022 Graduate Neuroscience Program Seminar Series, UC Riverside, April 12, Riverside. [flyer]
Informal invited talks
- YCD Chen. Wiring up the brain during development: Coordination and propagation of cell fate choice in neural circuit assembly. 2024 Mini-workshop Neurobiology and Physiology in Drosophila, University of Tsukuba, February 26, Tsukuba, Japan. [flyer] [Group photo 1] [Group photo 2]
- YCD Chen. Wiring up the brain during development: Coordination and propagation of cell fate choice in neural circuit assembly. 2023 Duke Fly Club Seminar, Duke University, March 28, Durham. [flyer]
- YCD Chen. Wiring up the brain during development: Coordination and propagation of cell fate choice in neural circuit assembly. 2022 Minisymposium in Developmental Neurobiology, University of Chicago, March 1, Chicago. [flyer]
Conference Oral Presentations
- YCD Chen and C Desplan. Using single-cell RNA sequencing to generate predictive cell-type-specific split-GAL4 reagents throughout development. 2024 Asia Pacific Drosophila Neurobiology Conference 3 (APDNC3), February 27-March 1, Tokyo, Japan. [pdf] [Photo 1] [Photo 2]
- YCD Chen, YC Chen, R Rajesh, N Shoji, M Jacy, H Lacin, T Erclik and C Desplan. Using single-cell RNA sequencing to generate predictive cell-type-specific split-GAL4 reagents throughout development. 2023 7th Annual Boston Area Drosophila Meeting, June 14th, Brandeis University, Massachusetts. [pdf]
- YCD Chen, YC Chen, R Rajesh, N Shoji, M Jacy, H Lacin, T Erclik and C Desplan. Using single-cell RNA sequencing to generate cell-type-specific split-GAL4 reagents throughout development. 2023 Annual Drosophila Research Conference, March 1- 5, Chicago. [Recording of 15 min oral talk]
- YC Chen. Control of sugar and amino acid feeding via taste integration of distinct pharyngeal taste neurons. 2019 Genetics Society of America Early Career Scientist Seminar Series, November 21, Webinar. [Webinar announcement] [flyer]
- YC Chen. Control of sugar and amino acid feeding via integration of distinct pharyngeal taste inputs. 2019 Gill Travel Fellowship Recipient Presentation, September 26, Bloomington. [Seminar announcement] [pdf]
- YC Chen. Control of sugar and amino acid feeding via integration of distinct pharyngeal taste inputs. 2019 Southern California Drosophila Conference, September 6, Irvine. [Schedule of speakers]
- YC Chen, RM Joseph and A Dahanukar. Feeding control via multimodal taste integration in pharyngeal taste neurons in adult Drosophila. 2019 Annual Drosophila Research Conference, March 27- 31, Dallas.
- YC Chen and A Dahanukar. The molecular and cellular basis of pharyngeal taste in Drosophila. 2016 The Allied Genetics Conference, July 13 -17, Orlando.
- YC Chen and A Dahanukar. Pharyngeal taste coding in Drosophila. 2016 International symposium on olfaction and taste, June 5-9, Yokohama, Japan.
Conference Poster Presentations
- YCD Chen, YC Chen, R Rajesh, N Shoji, M Jacy, H Lacin, T Erclik and C Desplan. Using single-cell RNA sequencing to generate predictive cell-type-specific split-GAL4 reagents throughout development. 2023 Neurobiology of Drosophila Meeting, October 3-7, New York.
- YC Chen and C Desplan. Using single-cell RNA sequencing to generate cell-type-specific split-GAL4 reagents throughout development. 2022 Molecular Mechanisms of Neuronal Connectivity Meeting, September 13-17, New York. [Poster award 9 out of ~100 posters]
- YC Chen and C Desplan. Codes of cell surface proteins coordinate stochastic and deterministic cell fates during Drosophila color vision circuit assembly. 2022 Annual Drosophila Research Conference, April 6-10, San Diego.
- YC Chen and C Desplan. Codes of cell surface proteins coordinate stochastic and deterministic cell fates during Drosophila color vision circuit assembly. 2021 Neurobiology of Drosophila Meeting (Virtual), October 5-8.
- YC Chen, V Menon, RM Joseph, and A Dahanukar. Control of sugar and amino acid feeding via integration of distinct pharyngeal taste inputs. 2019 Neurobiology of Drosophila Meeting, October 1-5, New York.
- YC Chen, V Menon, RM Joseph, and A Dahanukar. Control of sugar and amino acid feeding via integration of distinct pharyngeal taste inputs. 2019 Gill symposium: Sex Differences in the Brain, September 25, Bloomington.
- YC Chen and A Dahanukar. Higher-order pharyngeal taste neuronal circuits in Drosophila. 2019 Southern California Drosophila Conference, September 6, Irvine.
- YC Chen, RM Joseph and A Dahanukar. Feeding control via multimodal taste integration in pharyngeal neurons in adult Drosophila. 2019 AChemS meeting, April 14- 17, Bonita Springs. (Don Tucker award finalist)
- YC Chen and A Dahanukar. Higher-order pharyngeal taste neuronal circuits in Drosophila. 2019 Keystone Symposia- Mammalian Sensory Systems, March 15-19, Seattle.
- YC Chen and A Dahanukar. Higher-order pharyngeal taste neuronal circuits in Drosophila. 2018 Gill symposium: Applying Cutting-Edge Technologies to Identifying Neuronal Circuits, September 26, Bloomington.
- YC Chen, RM Joseph and A Dahanukar. Multimodal taste integration in pharyngeal sweet taste neurons in Drosophila. 2018 Janelia conference: Neuro-Evo: A Comparative Approach to Cracking Circuit Function II, May 6- 9, Ashburn.
- YC Chen, RM Joseph and A Dahanukar. The neuronal basis of food choice by pharyngeal taste. 2017 Neurobiology of Drosophila Meeting, October 3-7, New York.
- YC Chen, RM Joseph and A Dahanukar. The neuronal basis of food choice by pharyngeal taste. 2017 European Drosophila Research Conference, September 22- 25, London, UK.
- YC Chen, RM Joseph and A Dahanukar. The neuronal basis of food choice by pharyngeal taste. 2017 Janelia conference: Cell Biology of Neurons and Circuits, September 17- 20, Ashburn.
- YC Chen and A Dahanukar. Pharyngeal taste coding in Drosophila. 2015 Neurobiology of Drosophila Meeting, September 29-October 3, New York.
- YC Chen and CT Wang. Synaptotagmin III Is Abundantly Expressed in Rat Retinal Neurons to Regulate Retinal Waves during the Developmental Critical Period, Ninth Asian Joint and Eleventh Cross-Strait Symposium on Biomedical Research, June 28-29, 2012, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
- YC Chen, CW Chiang, CW Chang, CC Chou, LC Hsu and CT Wang. Synaptotagmin III Confers A Unique Spatiotemporal Expression Pattern in the Developing Rat Retina. 2011 Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, November 12-16, Washington DC. B43 232.05.