Jacob Gable

Entering Class 2020

E-MAIL:  [email protected]

PhD Thesis: 2026

PhD Thesis

Identifying synaptic and dendritic computations in premotor cortex critical to motor behavior.

Undergraduate Institution and Major:

North Dakota State University - Fargo, B.S. in Psychology, 2018

Graduate Advisor

Aaron Kerlin, Ph.D., Department of Neuroscience

Graduate Publications
  • Gable J, Newman ZL, Young S, Scheib J, Bliese S, Miller N, Kerlin A. Tuft dendrite spikes are accompanied by selective input from distinct functional networks. bioRxiv [preprint]. 2026 Jun 11:2026.06.10.731464.
  • Scheib J, Newman ZL, Gable J, Farinella DM, Head M, Bliese S, Dougen B, Jayakumar H, Young S, Miller N, Khoury RA, Tran H, Dinh T, Kerlin A. Distinct sensorimotor encoding in tuft dendrites and somata associated with action, correction, and learning. bioRxiv [preprint], 2026 Jul 5:2026.05.06.722323.
  • Farinella DM, Stanek S, Jayakumar H, Newman ZL, Gable J, Leger J, Kerlin A. Two-dimensional electro-optical multiphoton microscopy. Neurophotonics. 2024;11(2):025005.

Graduate Presentations

  • Gable, J., Newman, Z., Young, S., Scheib, J., Bliese, S., Simco, N., and Kerlin, A. The role of input synchrony in the generation of dendritic representations of sensorimotor behavior. 2024 COSYNE, Lisbon, Portugal. 2024 CRCNS PI meeting, Minneapolis, MN.
  • Jayakumar, H., Warkentin, C., Farinella, D., Stanek, S., Newman, Z., Gable, J., Leger, J., and Kerlin, A. (2024). Improving the field-of-view of electro-optical two-photon microscopy. Presented at the BRAIN Initiative Conference, Bethesda, MD. 
  • Jayakumar, H., Farinella, D., Warkentin, C., Stanek, S., Gable, J., Newman, Z., Singla, S., Chakraborty, B., Leger, J., and Kerlin, A. (2023). Towards imaging millisecond computations with an electro-optical two-photon microscope. Presented at the BRAIN Initiative Conference, Bethesda, MD. 
  • Scheib, J., Gable, J., Newman, Z., Head, M., Jayakumar, H., Farinella, D., Dougen, B., Bliese, S., Young, S., and Kerlin, A. (2022). Dendritic coding of outcome in premotor cortex during motor learning. Presented at Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.

Graduate Awards/Honors

MnDRIVE Graduate Fellowship in Neuromodulation 2023-2024

Undergraduate Publications

  • Khasabova IA, Gable J, Johns M, Khasabov SG, Kalyuzhny AE, Golovko MY, Golovko SA, Kiven S, Gupta K, Seybold VS, Simone DA. Inhibition of DAGLβ as a therapeutic target for pain in sickle cell disease. Haematologica. 2023;108(3):859. 
  • Balas B, Gable J, Pearson H. The effects of blur and inversion on the recognition of ambient face images. Perception. 2019;48(1):58-71.
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