Dr. Julieta Sztarker
Profesora Adjunta, Departamento de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Celular, FCEN, UBA.
Investigadora Independiente CONICET
Título/s:
Licenciada en Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires
Doctora de la Universidad de Buenos Aires
Posiciones ocupadas:
Marie Curie International Incoming Fellow. Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University (2009-2011)
Visiting researcher Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University (2012- )
Investigadora Independiente CONICET
Profesora adjunta, depto FBMC, UBA
Representante del Depto FBMC en Comisión de Carrera Ciencias Biológicas
Coordinadora de tutores área Fisiología Animal y Neurociencias
Miembro del consorcio internacional “ULTRACEPT” financiado por EU Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE) H2020-MSCA-RISE-2017
–Direction Selective Neurons Responsive to Horizontal Motion in a Crab Reflect an Adaptation to Prevailing Movements in Flat Environments. Scarano F, Tomsic D, Sztarker J. Journal of Neuroscience. 40:5561-5571, 2020.
-A crabs’ high-order brain center resolved as a mushroom body-like structure. Maza FJ, Sztarker J, Cozzarin ME, Lepore MG, Delorenzi A. Journal of Comparative Neurology. 2020. doi: 10.1002/cne.24960.
-Unidirectional Optomotor Responses and Eye Dominance in Two Species of Crabs. Yair Barnatan, Daniel Tomsic and Julieta Sztarker*. Frontiers in Physiology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2019.00586. 2019.
–Binocular neuronal processing of object motion in an arthropod. Florencia Scarano, Julieta Sztarker, Violeta Medan, Martín Berón de Astrada, Daniel Tomsic. Journal of Neuroscience. 38:6933– 6948, 2018.
-A crustacean lobula plate: morphology, connections and retinotopic organization. Bengochea M; Tomsic D, Berón de Astrada M, Sztarker J. Journal of Comparative Neurology. 256: 109-119, 2018.
-Differential processing in modality-specific Mauthner cell dendrites. Violeta Medan, Tuomo Maki-Marttunen, Julieta Sztarker and Thomas Preuss. J Physiol 596: 667–689, 2018
-The predator and prey behaviors of crabs: from ecology to neural adaptations. Tomsic D, Sztarker J, Berón de Astrada M, Oliva DE, Lanza E. Journal of Experimental Biology, 220: 2318-2327, 2017.
-Two identified looming detectors in the locust: ubiquitous lateral connections among their inputs contribute to selective responses to looming objects. F.C Rind, S Wernitznig, P Polt, A Zankel, D Gütl, J Sztarker, and G Leitinger. Scientific Reports 6:35525, 2016.
–Context-dependent memory traces in the crabs’ mushroom body: functional support for a common origin of high-order memory centers. FJ Maza, J Sztarker, A Shkedy, VN Peszano, FF Locatelli, A Delorenzi, PNAS 113: 7957-7965, 2016.
–A look into the cockpit of the developing locust: looming detectors and predator avoidance. Sztarker J, Rind FC. Developmental neurobiology 74: 1078-95, 2014.
-Neural organization of the second optic neuropil, the medulla, in the highly visual semiterrestrial crab Neohelice granulata. Sztarker J and Tomsic D. Journal of Comparative Neurology 522: 3177-3193, 2014
-Looming detection by identified visual interneurons during larval development of the locust, Locusta migratoria. Peter J Simmons, Julieta Sztarker and Claire Rind. Journal of Experimental Biology, 216: 2266-2275, 2013.
–Behaviorally Related Neural Plasticity in the Arthropod Optic Lobes. Martín Berón de Astrada, Mercedes Bengochea, Julieta Sztarker, Alejandro Delorenzi, and Daniel Tomsic. Current Biology 23, 1–10, August 5, 2013.
– Brain modularity in arthropods: Individual neurons that support “what” but not “where” memories. Sztarker J, Tomsic D. Journal of Neuroscience, 31(22):8175– 8180, 2011.
–Neural organization of first optic neuropils in the littoral crab Hemigrapsus oregonensis and the semiterrestrial species Chasmagnathus granulatus. Sztarker J, Strausfeld N, Andrew D, Tomsic D. Journal of Comparative Neurology, Mar 10;513(2):129-50, 2009
-Behavioral and neuronal attributes of short- and long-term habituation in the crab Chasmagnathus. Tomsic D, de Astrada MB, Sztarker J, Maldonado H. Neurobiol Learn Mem. 2009Epub 2009 Jan 30. 92:176-82, 2009.
-Neuronal correlates of the visually elicited escape response of the crab Chasmagnathus upon seasonal variations, stimuli changes and perceptual alterations. Sztarker J, Tomsic D. J Comp Physiol A, 194:587-596, 2008
-Organization of optic lobes that support motion detection in a semiterrestrial crab. Sztarker J., Strausfeld N.J.,Tomsic D. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 493: 396-411, 2005
-Binocular visual integration in the crustacean nervous system. Sztarker J., Tomsic D. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 190:951-962, 2004
-Identification of individual neurons reflecting short- and long-term visual memory in an arthropod. Tomsic D, Berón de Astrada M, Sztarker J. Journal of Neuroscience 23: 8539-8546, 2003
-Visual interneurons of the crab Chasmagnathus studied by intracellular recordings in vivo. Berón de Astrada M.; Sztarker J.; Tomsic D., Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 187: 37-44, 2001
Capítulo en libros:
– “Crustacean Visual Circuits Underlying Behavior” Daniel Tomsic and Julieta Sztarker. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190264086.013.210. Online Publication Date: Mar 2019
– Chapter 1. Central nervous system of the crab Neohelice granulata: A neuroanatomical description. Ramiro Freudenthal, María Eugenia Pedreira, Martín Berón de Astrada, Julieta Sztarker, Alejandro Delorenzi, Lía Frenkel, Francisco Maza, Martín Carbo-Tano, Yanil Hepp. En Neohelice granulata: A model species for biological studies on crustaceans. Vol II. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. En prensa
– Chapter 2. The visual system of Neohelice: from general structure to cytoarchitecture. Julieta Sztarker, Martín Berón de Astrada, Daniel Tomsic En Neohelice granulata: A model species for biological studies on crustaceans. Vol II. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. En prensa
– Chapter 3. Neural circuits underlying visually-guided behaviors in Neohelice. Martín Berón de Astrada, Julieta Sztarker, Daniel Tomsic. En Neohelice granulata: A model species for biological studies on crustaceans. Vol II. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. En prensa
Conferencias:
– Estudios comportamentales, electrofiológicos y anatómicos en el cangrejo Chasmagnathus granulatus. Sztarker Julieta, Berón de Astrada Martín y Tomsic Daniel. Conferencia en Fronteiras da Biologia de Caranguejos Estuarinos. O caranguejo Chasmagnathus granulatus como modelo. 28 al 30 abril 2005.
– Organización neuroanatómica y funcional de neuronas involucradas en diferentes aspectos del aprendizaje visual de Chasmagnathus. Julieta Sztarker. Charla de Jóvenes Investigadores en el VIII Taller de Neurociencias, Huerta Grande, Córdoba, 7 al 9 de abril del 2006.
– Brain modularity in the crab: Individual neurons that support “what” but not “where” information. Julieta Sztarker. Institute of Neuroscience seminar series. Venue: Room 218, Henry Wellcome Building. Newcastle University, UK. Date: 16th April 2010
– Changes in hiding behaviour and the nervous system during the post-embryonic development of the locust Locusta migratoria. Julieta Sztarker. Centre for Behaviour and Evolution seminar series. Venue: Room 218, Henry Wellcome Building. Newcastle University, UK. Date: 23rd February 2011
– A peek into a crab´s optic lobes that support motion detection, visually-guided behaviors and memory. Julieta Sztarker. The Third International Conference on Invertebrate Vision, Bäckaskog Castle, Sweden. 1 al 8 de agosto, 2013.
– Are feature detection and optic flow analysis segregated in crabs? Julieta Sztarker. XII International Congress of Neuroethology, Montevideo, Uruguay 30 de marzo al 3 de abril 2016.
– A peek into a crab´s optic lobes that support motion detection, visually-guided behaviours and memory. STEP2DYNA workshop, Newcastle upon Tyne, Reino Unido. 28-29 Septiembre 2017.
– Insights from a formidable companion, the crab Neohelice granulata. Julieta Sztarker. XIII International Congress of Neuroethology, Brisbane, Australia, 15-20 julio 2018
– Insights from a formidable companion, the mudcrab Neohelice granulata. Julieta Sztarker. Latin America MCAA Research Conference, Centro Cultural de la Ciencia, Buenos Aires, 21-22 Octubre 2019.
-“Where does optic flow analysis takes place in crabs? Julieta Sztarker. Lincoln University, Reino Unido. 27 de febrero 2020.
-“Optic flow processing centers: the crab doesn’t fall far from the arthropod phylogenetic tree”. Julieta Sztarker. En el simposio Animal model diversity in neuroscience de FALAN networking: Bringing latinoamerican and caribean neuroscience together. 28-30 Septiembre 2021.
-“Climbing the arthropod phylogenetic tree to find the optic flow processing centers in crabs” Julieta Sztarker. Animal Behaviour Live: Annual Online Conference 2021. 18-19 Noviembre 2021.
Posters:
– Caracterización de Neuronas Detectoras de Movimiento y su relación con el proceso de habituación de la respuesta de escape a un estímulo de peligro en el cangrejo Chasmagnathus. Martín Berón de Astrada, Julieta Sztarker y Daniel Tomsic. Póster. En el Taller de Neurociencias, Córdoba, 21 al 24 de Mayo de 1999.
– Transferencia visual interocular en Chasmagnathus evaluada por registros intracelulares in vivo. Julieta Sztarker y Daniel Tomsic. Póster. En el Taller de Neurociencias, Córdoba, 27 al 30 de abril del 2000.
– Interneuronas visuales homolaterales y bilaterales evaluadas mediante registros intracelulares in vivo en el cangrejo Chasmagnathus. Julieta Sztarker y Daniel Tomsic. Póster En el Taller de Neurociencias, Córdoba, 27 al 30 de abril del 2001.
– Homolateral and bilateral visual interneurons in the crab Chasmagnathus evaluated by intracellular recording in vivo. Julieta Sztarker and Daniel Tomsic. Poster In the 6th International Congress of Neuroethology, Bonn, Germany, July 29 to August 3, 2001.
– Registros intracelulares in vivo revelan cambios neurofisiológicos de largo término inducidos por aprendizaje. Sztarker Julieta, Berón de Astrada Martín y Tomsic Daniel. Póster En el Taller de Neurociencias, Córdoba, 18 al 21 de abril del 2002
– Representación neuronal de la generalización de un aprendizaje visual en Chasmagnathus. Julieta Sztarker y Daniel Tomsic. Póster. En el Taller de Neurociencias, Córdoba, 10 al 14 de abril del 2003.
– Actividad de neuronas del sistema visual y su relación con el aprendizaje en el cangrejo Chasmagnathus. Berón de Astrada Martín, Sztarker Julieta, y Tomsic Daniel. Póster. En el Taller de Neurociencias, Córdoba, 10 al 14 de abril del 2003.
– Asistí al Society for Neuroscience 33rd Annual Meeting en New Orleans, 8 al 12 de noviembre de 2003.
– Viaje al centro del ojo (del cangrejo Chasmagnathus). Julieta Sztarker, Martín Berón de Astrada, Nicholas J. Strausfeld, Daniel Tomsic. Póster. En el Taller de Neurociencias, Córdoba, 1 al 5 de abril del 2004.
– Apredizaje y memoria visual: cambios plásticos de largo término en neuronas identificadas. Berón de Astrada Martín, Sztarker Julieta, y Tomsic Daniel. Póster. En el Taller de Neurociencias, Córdoba, 1 al 5 de abril del 2004.
– Neuroarchitecture of the crustacean visual system. Julieta Sztarker, Nicholas J. Strausfeld, Daniel Tomsic. Póster en el 7º International Congress of Neuroethology. Nyborg, Dinamarca. 8 al 13 agosto 2004.
– Memory-related response changes in identified visual neurons of a crab. Martín Berón de Astrada, Julieta Sztarker and Daniel Tomsic. Póster en el 7º International Congress of Neuroethology. Nyborg, Dinamarca. 8 al 13 agosto 2004.
– Visual learning and memory assesed by in vivo calcium imaging from individual interneurons in the crab Chasmagnathus. A. Delorenzi, L. Smal, J. Sztarker, M. Berón de Astrada, D. Tomsic, H. Maldonado. Póster en Society for Neuroscience 34rd Annual Meeting. San Diego, Estados Unidos. 23 al 27 octubre 2004.
– Visual memory, generalization and interocular transfer accounted by identified neurons in an arthropod. Julieta Sztarker, Daniel Tomsic. Póster presentado en Gordon Conference in Neuroethology: Behavior, Evolution & Neurobiology. 7 al 12 agosto 2005, Oxford, UK.
– Visual memories of a crab: neurons that support translation invariance but not contextual changes. Julieta Sztarker and Daniel Tomsic. 8º International Congress of Neuroethology. Vancouver, Canada. 22 al 27 de julio 2007
- Neuronal elements of the lamina of a highly visual semiterrestrial crab as revealed by Golgi method. Julieta Sztarker and Daniel Tomsic. 8º International Congress of Neuroethology. Vancouver, Canada. 22 al 27 de julio 2007
– Identificación de neuronas de las primeras etapas de procesamiento visual del cangrejo Chasmagnathus utilizando la técnica de Golgi. Julieta Sztarker, Daniel Tomsic. En el X Taller de Neurociencias, Huerta Grande, Córdoba, 9 al 13 de abril del 2008.
– Neuronal composition of early stages of visual processing in a highly visual crab revealed by reduced-silver methods. Julieta Sztarker, Nicholas Strausfeld and Daniel Tomsic. En The second International Conference on Invertebrate Vision, Bäckaskog Castle, Sweden. 1 al 8 de agosto, 2008.
– Cellular organization of visual neuropils of a highly visual crab revealed by reduced-silver methods. Julieta Sztarker, Nicholas Strausfeld and Daniel Tomsic. En Gordon Conference in Neuroethology: Behavior, Evolution & Neurobiology, Oxford, UK. 10 al 15 agosto 2008.
– Changes in hiding behaviour and the nervous system during the post-embryonic development of the locust Locusta migratoria. Julieta Sztarker and F. Claire Rind. 9º International Congress of Neuroethology. Salamanca, España. 02 al 07 de agosto 2010.
– Changes in hiding behaviour and the nervous system during the post-embryonic development of the locust Locusta migratoria. Julieta Sztarker and F. Claire Rind. En Northeast Meeting on Evolution, Brains and Behaviour Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. 20 de enero 2011
– Asistí al North East Vision Conference. Durham, UK. 21 al 22 marzo 2011
– Organization of optic lobes in a highly visual decapod. Julieta Sztarker & Daniel Tomsic. Insect Vision: Cells, computation and behavior. Janelia Farm Research Campus HHMI, March 3-6, 2013.
– Modularity in the brain of arthropods: individual neurons that support “What” but not “Where” memories. Julieta Sztarker & Daniel Tomsic. Dynamics of prey capture and Escape. Janelia Farm Research Campus HHMI, March 6-9, 2013.
-What can larval insects see? Development of locust collision warning neurons. Peter J. Simmons, Julieta Sztarker and Claire Rind. The Third International Conference on Invertebrate Vision, Bäckaskog Castle, Sweden. 1 al 8 de agosto, 2013.
– Binocular Visual Integration in Neohelice granulata. Florencia Scarano, Julieta Sztarker & Daniel Tomsic. XXVIII Congreso anual de la Sociedad Argentina de Investigación en Neurociencias. Huerta Grande, Argentina. 30 de Septiembre-4 de Octubre 2013.
– Binocular properties of lobula giant motion-sensitive neurons of crabs. Florencia Scarano, Julieta Sztarker and Daniel Tomsic. En Gordon Conference in Neuroethology: Behavior, Evolution & Neurobiology, Lucca, Italia. 28 Junio – 3 Julio, 2015.
– Searching for the optomotor response processing center in the crab Neohelice. Julieta Sztarker & Daniel Tomsic. XXX Congreso anual de la Sociedad Argentina de Investigación en Neurociencias. Mar del Plata, Argentina. 27 de Septiembre-1 de Octubre 2015.
– The mushroom bodies of crabs. A Shkedy, J Sztarker, FJ Masa, F Locatelli, A Delorenzi. XXX Congreso anual de la Sociedad Argentina de Investigación en Neurociencias. Mar del Plata, Argentina. 27 de Septiembre-1 de Octubre 2015.
– Hemiellipsoid bodies: neural plasticity in the crab´s “mushroom bodies”. FJ Masa, F Locatelli, A Shkedy, J Sztarker, A Delorenzi. XXX Congreso anual de la Sociedad Argentina de Investigación en Neurociencias. Mar del Plata, Argentina. 27 de Septiembre-1 de Octubre 2015.
-Highly direction-selective visual neurons in the crab Neohelice granulata. Florencia Scarano, Julieta Sztarker and Daniel Tomsic. XII International Congress of Neuroethology, Montevideo, Uruguay 30 de marzo al 3 de abril 2016.
– Memory-related neural plasticity in the hemiellipsoid bodies, the crab´s “mushroom bodies”. FJ Masa, F Locatelli, A Shkedy, J Sztarker, A Delorenzi. XII International Congress of Neuroethology, Montevideo, Uruguay 30 de marzo al 3 de abril 2016.
-Memory-related neural plasticity in the hemiellipsoid bodies, the crab´s “mushroom bodies”. FJ Masa, F Locatelli, A Shkedy, J Sztarker, A Delorenzi.2nd FALAN Congress (Federation of Latin American and Caribbean Neuroscience). Buenos Aires, 17 al 20 octubre 2016.
– 2nd FALAN Congress (Federation of Latin American and Caribbean Neuroscience). Buenos Aires, 17 al 20 octubre 2016.
– Estudio de la respuesta optomotora en diversas condiciones de estimulación utilizando dos especies de cangrejos semiterrestres.Y Barnatan, D Tomsic, J Sztarker. 1° Reunión de Biología del Comportamiento del Cono Sur, Buenos Aires, 2 al 4 de agosto de 2017.
– Binocular properties of lobula giant neurons of crabs. Florencia Scarano Julieta Sztarker and Daniel Tomsic. GRC Neuroethology: Behavior, Evolution and Neurobiology Gordon Research Conference. Les Diablerets, Switzerland. June 18 – 23, 2017.
-Morphology and function of the hemiellipsoid bodies of the crab Neohelice granulata; their role as high-order memory centers. Francisco J. Maza, Julieta Sztarker, Fernando Locatelli, Alejandro Delorenzi. XIII International Congress of Neuroethology, Brisbane, Australia, 15-20 julio 2018
– Functional evidence of the crustacean lobula plate as optic flow processing center. Yair Barnatan, Daniel Tomsic & Julieta Sztarker. XXXV Annual Meeting of the Argentinian Society for Neuroscience Research, SAN2020, 7-9 Octubre, 2020.