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Allen Institute: Seattle, Washington, US

2023-07-01 to 2024-06-30 | Visiting Scientist (Neural Coding)
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Pooja Balaram

Allen Institute: Seattle, WA, US

2020-09-05 to 2023-06-30 | Scientist II (Neural Coding)
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Pooja Balaram

Allen Institute: Seattle, WA, US

2017-05-01 to 2020-06-30 | Scientist I (Molecular Genetics)
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Education and qualifications (3)

Harvard Medical School: Boston, MA, US

2015-01-01 to 2017-05-01 | Postdoctoral Fellow (Eaton Peabody Laboratories)
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Vanderbilt University: Nashville, Tennessee, US

2009-08-01 to 2014-12-20 | PhD Neuroscience (Psychology)
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Vanderbilt University: Nashville, Tennessee, US

2004-08-01 to 2007-05-30 | BS (Neuroscience)
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Professional activities (9)

Society for Neuroscience: Washington D.C., District of Columbia, US

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J B Johnston Club: New Harbor, ME, US

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Cajal Club: Irvine, CA, US

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Society for Neuroscience: Washington D.C., District of Columbia, US

2014-11 | Graduate Student Travel Award (Middle Tennessee Chapter)
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Cajal Club: Irvine, CA, US

2014-11 | Krieg Cortical Scholar Award
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Vanderbilt University: Nashville, Tennessee, US

2014-05 | Pat Burns Graduate Research Award
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Vanderbilt University: Nashville, Tennessee, US

2014-05 | William F. Hodges Teaching Assistant Award
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Vanderbilt University: Nashville, Tennessee, US

2012-07 | Lisa M. Quesenberry Graduate Scholarship
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Vanderbilt University: Nashville, Tennessee, US

2012-06 | VU Graduate School Summer Research Award
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Funding (1)

Structural and Physiological Plasticity in Auditory Cortex Following Cochlear Denervation

2016-07-01 to 2018-04-30 | Grant
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (Bethesda, US)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.5503718
GRANT_NUMBER: F32DC015710
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Pooja Balaram via DimensionsWizard

Works (25)

A scalable and modular computational pipeline for axonal connectomics: automated tracing and assembly of axons across serial sections

2024-06-11 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2024.06.11.598365
Contributors: Russel Torres; Kevin Takasaki; Olga Gliko; Connor Laughland; Wan-Qing Yu; Emily Turschak; Ayana Hellevik; Pooja Balaram; Eric Perlman; Uygar Sümbül et al.
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Microscale visualization of cellular features in adult macaque visual cortex

2023-11-05 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2023.11.02.565381
Contributors: Pooja Balaram; Kevin Takasaki; Ayana Hellevik; Jamuna Tandukar; Emily Turschak; Bryan MacLennan; Naveen Ouellette; Russel Torres; Connor Laughland; Olga Gliko et al.
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A hybrid open-top light-sheet microscope for versatile multi-scale imaging of cleared tissues.

Nature methods
2022-05-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41592-022-01468-5
PMID: 35545715
PMC: PMC9214839
Contributors: Adam Glaser; Kevin Bishop; Barner LA; Susaki EA; Shimpei I. Kubota; Gao G; Serafin RB; Balaram P; Turschak E; Nicovich PR et al.
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Pooja Balaram

Enhancer viruses for combinatorial cell-subclass-specific labeling.

Neuron
2021-03-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2021.03.011
PMID: 33789083
PMC: PMC8610077
Contributors: Lucas T Graybuck; Daigle TL; Sedeño-Cortés AE; Miranda Walker; Kalmbach B; Lenz GH; Morin E; Nguyen TN; Garren E; Jacqueline Bendrick et al.
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Pooja Balaram

RecV recombinase system for in vivo targeted optogenomic modifications of single cells or cell populations.

Nature methods
2020-03-23 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41592-020-0774-3
PMID: 32203389
PMC: PMC7135964
Contributors: Yao S; Peng Yuan; Ouellette B; Zhou T; Mortrud M; Balaram P; Chatterjee S; Wang Y; Daigle TL; Bosiljka Tasic et al.
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Pooja Balaram

The sensory thalamus and visual midbrain in mouse lemurs.

The Journal of comparative neurology
2019-04-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/cne.24693
PMID: 30927368
PMC: PMC6688912
Contributors: Saraf MP; Balaram P; Fabien Pifferi; Henry Kennedy; Jon Kaas
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Pooja Balaram

Long-term histological changes in the macaque primary visual cortex and the lateral geniculate nucleus after monocular deprivation produced by early restricted retinal lesions and diffuser induced form deprivation.

The Journal of comparative neurology
2018-11-14 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/cne.24494
PMID: 30004587
PMC: PMC6283693
Contributors: Toru Takahata; Nimesh Patel; Balaram P; Chino YM; Jon Kaas
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Pooja Balaram

Architectonic features and relative locations of primary sensory and related areas of neocortex in mouse lemurs.

The Journal of comparative neurology
2018-04-26 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/cne.24419
PMID: 29484648
PMC: PMC6109619
Contributors: Saraf MP; Balaram P; Fabien Pifferi; Răzvan GĂMĂNUȚ; Henry Kennedy; Jon Kaas
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Pooja Balaram

Pharmacological modulation of Kv3.1 mitigates auditory midbrain temporal processing deficits following auditory nerve damage.

Scientific reports
2017-12-13 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-17406-x
PMID: 29235497
PMC: PMC5727503
Contributors: Chambers AR; Pilati N; Balaram P; Large CH; Kaczmarek LK; Daniel Polley
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Pooja Balaram

The evolution and functions of nuclei of the visual pulvinar in primates.

The Journal of comparative neurology
2017-07-16 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/cne.24272
PMID: 28653446
Contributors: Mary Baldwin; Balaram P; Kaas JH
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Pooja Balaram

The Types of Functional and Structural Subdivisions of Cortical Areas

Recent Advances on the Modular Organization of the Cortex
2015 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-9900-3_4
Part of ISBN: 9789401798990
Part of ISBN: 9789401799003
Contributors: Jon H. Kaas; Pooja Balaram
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Pooja Balaram

Distributions of vesicular glutamate transporters 1 and 2 in the visual system of tree shrews (Tupaia belangeri).

The Journal of comparative neurology
2015-06-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23727
PMID: 25521420
PMC: PMC4470886
Contributors: Balaram P; Isaamullah M; Petry HM; Bickford ME; Kaas JH
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Pooja Balaram

Subcortical barrelette-like and barreloid-like structures in the prosimian galago (Otolemur garnetti).

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2015-05-18 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1506646112
PMID: 26038561
PMC: PMC4460468
Contributors: Sawyer EK; Liao CC; Qi HX; Balaram P; Matrov D; Kaas JH
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Pooja Balaram

Current research on the organization and function of the visual system in primates

Eye and Brain
2014-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2147/eb.s64016
Part of ISSN: 1179-2744
Contributors: Pooja Balaram; Jon Kaas
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Pooja Balaram

Distribution of cortical neurons projecting to the superior colliculus in macaque monkeys.

Eye and brain
2014-09-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2147/eb.s53613
PMID: 25663799
PMC: PMC4316385
Contributors: Cerkevich CM; David C. Lyon; Balaram P; Kaas JH
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Pooja Balaram

Histological features of layers and sublayers in cortical visual areas V1 and V2 of chimpanzees, macaque monkeys, and humans.

Eye and brain
2014-09-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2147/eb.s51814
PMID: 25788835
PMC: PMC4360995
Contributors: Balaram P; Young NA; Kaas JH
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Patchy distributions of myelin and vesicular glutamate transporter 2 align with cytochrome oxidase blobs and interblobs in the superficial layers of the primary visual cortex.

Eye and brain
2014-09-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2147/eb.s59797
PMID: 26097384
PMC: PMC4474605
Contributors: Rockoff EC; Balaram P; Kaas JH
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Pooja Balaram

Towards a unified scheme of cortical lamination for primary visual cortex across primates: insights from NeuN and VGLUT2 immunoreactivity.

Frontiers in neuroanatomy
2014-08-15 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2014.00081
PMID: 25177277
PMC: PMC4133926
Contributors: Balaram P; Kaas JH
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Pooja Balaram

Three counting methods agree on cell and neuron number in chimpanzee primary visual cortex.

Frontiers in neuroanatomy
2014-05-16 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2014.00036
PMID: 24904305
PMC: PMC4032965
Contributors: Miller DJ; Balaram P; Young NA; Kaas JH
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Pooja Balaram

Projections of the superior colliculus to the pulvinar in prosimian galagos (Otolemur garnettii) and VGLUT2 staining of the visual pulvinar.

The Journal of comparative neurology
2013-05-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23252
PMID: 23124867
PMC: PMC3579010
Contributors: Baldwin MK; Balaram P; Kaas JH
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Pooja Balaram

Differential expression of vesicular glutamate transporters 1 and 2 may identify distinct modes of glutamatergic transmission in the macaque visual system.

Journal of chemical neuroanatomy
2013-03-20 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2013.02.007
PMID: 23524295
PMC: PMC3695749
Contributors: Balaram P; Hackett TA; Kaas JH
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Pooja Balaram

Failure of axonal transport induces a spatially coincident increase in astrocyte BDNF prior to synapse loss in a central target.

Neuroscience
2012-11-14 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.10.069
PMID: 23159315
PMC: PMC3534890
Contributors: Crish SD; Dapper JD; MacNamee SE; Balaram P; Sidorova TN; Lambert WS; David J. Calkins
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Pooja Balaram

VGLUT1 mRNA and protein expression in the visual system of prosimian galagos (Otolemur garnetti).

Eye and brain
2011-12-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2147/eb.s23007
PMID: 22912561
PMC: PMC3422692
Contributors: Balaram P; Hackett TA; Kaas JH
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Pooja Balaram

VGLUT2 mRNA and protein expression in the visual thalamus and midbrain of prosimian galagos (Otolemur garnetti).

Eye and brain
2011-03-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2147/eb.s16998
PMID: 22984342
PMC: PMC3442197
Contributors: Balaram P; Takahata T; Kaas JH
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Pooja Balaram

VGLUT1 and VGLUT2 mRNA expression in the primate auditory pathway.

Hearing research
2010-11-24 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2010.11.001
PMID: 21111036
PMC: PMC3073021
Contributors: Hackett TA; Takahata T; Balaram P
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Pooja Balaram

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