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University of Maryland, College Park: College Park, Maryland, US

2017 to present | Assistant Professor (Biology)
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Colenso M. Speer

Education and qualifications (3)

Harvard University: Cambridge, MA, US

2010 to 2016 | Research Associate (postdoctoral) (Chemistry and Chemical Biology)
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University of California Davis: Davis, CA, US

2004 to 2010 | Ph.D. (Neuroscience)
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Arizona State University: Tempe, AZ, US

2000 to 2004 | B.S. Molecular Biosciences/Biotechnology
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Professional activities (1)

Society for Neuroscience: Washington, DC, US

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Funding (2)

A molecular connectomics platform for multi-scale analysis of activity-dependent synapse development and plasticity

2020-09-01 to 2025-05-31 | Grant
National Institute of Mental Health (Bethesda, US)
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Molecular Connectomics of a Visual Circuit Essential for Circadian Physiology, Sleep, and Learning

2020-01-15 to 2022-01-14 | Grant
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (New York, US)
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2019-165

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Works (19)

Activity-dependent synapse clustering underlies eye-specific competition in the developing retinogeniculate system

2024-12-16 | Preprint
Contributors: Chenghang Zhang; Tarlan Vatan; Colenso M Speer
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Activity-dependent synapse clustering underlies eye-specific competition in the developing retinogeniculate system

2024-12-16 | Preprint
Contributors: Chenghang Zhang; Tarlan Vatan; Colenso M Speer
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Eye-specific synaptic clustering through activity-dependent stabilization and punishment mechanisms in the developing visual system

2023-10-23 | Preprint
Contributors: Chenghang Zhang; Colenso M. Speer
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Activity-dependent synapse clustering underlies eye-specific competition in the developing retinogeniculate system

2023-09-29 | Preprint
Contributors: Chenghang Zhang; Tarlan Vatan; Colenso M. Speer
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The synaptic basis of activity-dependent eye-specific competition

Cell Reports
2023-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Chenghang Zhang; Swapnil Yadav; Colenso M. Speer
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Volumetric super-resolution imaging by serial ultrasectioning and stochastic optical reconstruction microscopy in mouse neural tissue

STAR Protocols
2021-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Tarlan Vatan; Jacqueline A. Minehart; Chenghang Zhang; Vatsal Agarwal; Jerry Yang; Colenso M. Speer
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The synaptic basis of activity-dependent eye-specific competition

2021-09-20 | Other
Contributors: Chenghang Zhang; Colenso M. Speer
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Volumetric super-resolution imaging by serial ultrasectioning and STochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy (STORM) in neural tissue

2021-08-04 | Other
Contributors: Tarlan Vatan; Jacqueline A. Minehart; Chenghang Zhang; Vatsal Agarwal; Jerry Yang; Colenso M. Speer
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A Picture Worth a Thousand Molecules-Integrative Technologies for Mapping Subcellular Molecular Organization and Plasticity in Developing Circuits.

Frontiers in synaptic neuroscience
2020-01-01 | Journal article
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Correcting Artifacts in Single Molecule Localization Microscopy Analysis Arising from Pixel Quantum Efficiency Differences in sCMOS Cameras

Scientific Reports
2019-12-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Hazen P. Babcock; Fang Huang; Colenso M. Speer
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Mapping Synaptic Input Fields of Neurons with Super-Resolution Imaging.

Cell
2015-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Sigal YM; Speer CM; Babcock HP; Zhuang X
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Colenso M. Speer via Europe PubMed Central

High-performance probes for light and electron microscopy.

Nature methods
2015-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Viswanathan S; Williams ME; Bloss EB; Stasevich TJ; Speer CM; Nern A; Pfeiffer BD; Hooks BM; Li WP; English BP et al.
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Eye-specific retinogeniculate segregation proceeds normally following disruption of patterned spontaneous retinal activity.

Neural development
2014-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Speer CM; Sun C; Liets LC; Stafford BK; Chapman B; Cheng HJ
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Activity-dependent disruption of intersublaminar spaces and ABAKAN expression does not impact functional on and off organization in the ferret retinogeniculate system.

Neural development
2011-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Speer CM; Sun C; Chapman B
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The developmental remodeling of eye-specific afferents in the ferret dorsal lateral geniculate nucleus.

Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007)
2010-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Speer CM; Mikula S; Huberman AD; Chapman B
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Epibatidine application in vitro blocks retinal waves without silencing all retinal ganglion cell action potentials in developing retina of the mouse and ferret.

Journal of neurophysiology
2008-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Sun C; Speer CM; Wang GY; Chapman B; Chalupa LM
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Spontaneous retinal activity mediates development of ocular dominance columns and binocular receptive fields in v1.

Neuron
2006-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Huberman AD; Speer CM; Chapman B
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Dorsal hippocampus inhibition disrupts acquisition and expression, but not consolidation, of cocaine conditioned place preference.

Behavioral neuroscience
2006-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Meyers RA; Zavala AR; Speer CM; Neisewander JL
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Grading the thalamus: how can an 'Eph' be excellent?

Thalamus & related systems
2005-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Speer CM; Chapman B
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