Formal Invited talks

  1. 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.
  2. 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]
  3. 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]
  4. 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]
  5. 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]
  6. 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

  1. 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]
  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]
  3. 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

  1. 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]
  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]
  3. 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]
  4. 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]
  5. 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]
  6. 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]
  7. 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.
  8. YC Chen and A Dahanukar. The molecular and cellular basis of pharyngeal taste in Drosophila. 2016 The Allied Genetics Conference, July 13 -17, Orlando.
  9. 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

  1. 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.
  2. 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]
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. YC Chen and A Dahanukar. Higher-order pharyngeal taste neuronal circuits in Drosophila. 2019 Southern California Drosophila Conference, September 6, Irvine.
  8. 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)
  9. YC Chen and A Dahanukar. Higher-order pharyngeal taste neuronal circuits in Drosophila. 2019 Keystone Symposia- Mammalian Sensory Systems, March 15-19, Seattle.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. YC Chen and A Dahanukar. Pharyngeal taste coding in Drosophila. 2015 Neurobiology of Drosophila Meeting, September 29-October 3, New York.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.