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Senior Scientist

Tanya Daigle joined the Allen Institute in 2013 as part of the Mouse Cell Types research program to establish methods for analyzing neural connectivity within the mouse visual cortex. Prior to joining the Institute, Daigle was a joint postdoctoral fellow at Duke University and the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT. In her postdoctoral work at Duke, she studied the molecular basis of psychostimulant addiction and developed novel genetic mouse models for analyzing dopamine receptor function in specific neuronal populations. At MIT, she studied the neural circuitry basis of obsessive-compulsive disorder in mice and identified a novel biochemical mechanism that regulates post-synaptic density scaffolding protein interactions at cortico-striatal synapses. Her work has involved diverse experimental techniques, including mouse behavioral phenotyping, mouse genetics, in vivo biochemical measurements, and viral-based gene delivery methods. Daigle received a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry and Cell Biology from the University of California at San Diego and a Ph.D. degree in Physiology and Biophysics from the University of Washington.

Research Interests

Research Interests My research is directed towards understanding the neural circuitry within the brain and determining how these circuits give rise to various behaviors. I am interested in developing tools to characterize diverse neuronal cell types, which are the principal building blocks of these circuits, at an anatomical level and determine their function within these circuits. I will use many genetic tools in my work at the Institute, including viral vectors and Cre driver mice to elucidate the specific connectivity patterns between genetically identified neuronal subtypes and functionally test these cell types using optogenetics.

Expertise

Molecular and cellular neuroscience
Viral-based gene delivery methods
Mouse genetics and behavior
Neuronal signaling mechanisms

Research Programs

Cell and Circuit Genetics
Transgenic Technology

Contact Information

tanyad@alleninstitute.org

Brainwide Genetic Sparse Cell Labeling to Illuminate the Morphology of Neurons and Glia with Cre-Dependent MORF Mice

Neuron
August 5, 2020

Veldman MB, Park CS, Eyermann CM, Zhang JY, Zuniga-Sanchez E, Hirano AA, Daigle TL, Foster NN, Zhu M, Langfelder P, Lopez IA, Brecha NC, Zipursky SL, Zeng H, Dong HW, Yang XW.

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

Nature Methods
March 23, 2020

Yao S, Yuan P, Ouellette B, Zhou T, Mortrud M, Balaram P, Chatterjee S, Wang Y, Daigle TL, Tasic B, Kuang X, Gong H, Luo Q, Zeng S, Curtright A, Dhaka A, Kahan A, Gradinaru V, Chrapkiewicz R, Schnitzer M, Zeng H, Cetin A

Integrated Morphoelectric and Transcriptomic Classification of Cortical GABAergic Cells

Cell
November 12, 2020

Gouwens NW, Sorensen SA, Baftizadeh F, Budzillo A, Lee BR, Jarsky T, Alfiler L, Baker K, Barkan E, Berry K, Bertagnolli D, Bickley K, Bomben J, Braun T, Brouner K, Casper T, Crichton K, Daigle TL, Dalley R, de Frates RA, Dee N, Desta T, Lee SD, Dotson N, Egdorf T, Ellingwood L, Enstrom R, Esposito L, Farrell C, Feng D, Fong O, Gala R, Gamlin C, Gary A, Glandon A, Goldy J, Gorham M, Graybuck L, Gu H, Hadley K, Hawrylycz MJ, Henry AM, Hill D, Hupp M, Kebede S, Kim TK, Kim L, Kroll M, Lee C, Link KE, Mallory M, Mann R, Maxwell M, McGraw M, McMillen D, Mukora A, Ng L, Ng L, Ngo K, Nicovich PR, Oldre A, Park D, Peng H, Penn O, Pham T, Pom A, Popović Z, Potekhina L, Rajanbabu R, Ransford S, Reid D, Rimorin C, Robertson M, Ronellenfitch K, Ruiz A, Sandman D, Smith K, Sulc J, Sunkin SM, Szafer A, Tieu M, Torkelson A, Trinh J, Tung H, Wakeman W, Ward K, Williams G, Zhou Z, Ting JT, Arkhipov A, Sümbül U, Lein ES, Koch C, Yao Z, Tasic B, Berg J, Murphy GJ, Zeng H

Visual Cortex Gains Independence from Peripheral Drive before Eye Opening

Neuron
September 24, 2019

Gribizis A, Ge X, Daigle TL, Ackman JB, Zeng H, Lee D, Crair MC

Classification of electrophysiological and morphological neuron types in mouse visual cortex

Nature Neuroscience
June 17, 2019

Gouwens NW, Sorensen SA, Berg J, Lee C, Jarsky T, Ting J, Sunkin S, Feng D, Anastassiou C, Barkan E, Bickley K, Blesie N, Braun T, Brouner K, Budzillo A, Caldejon S, Casper T, Castelli D, Chong P, Crichton K, Cuhaciyan C, Daigle T, Dalley R, Dee N, Desta T, Dingman S, Doperalski A, Dotson N, Egdorf T, Fisher M, de Frates RA, Garren E, Garwood M, Gary A, Gaudreault N, Godfrey K, Gorham M, Gu H, Habel C, Hadley K, Harrington J, Harris J, Henry A, Hill D, Josephsen S, Kebede S, Kim L, Kroll M, Lee B, Lemon T, Liu X, Long B, Mann R, McGraw M, Mihalas S, Mukora A, Murphy GJ, Ng L, Ngo K, Nguyen TN, Nicovich PR, Oldre A, Park D, Parry S, Perkins J, Potekhina L, Reid D, Robertson M, Sandman D, Schroedter M, Slaughterbeck C, Soler-Llavina C, Sulc J, Szafer A, Tasic B, Taskin N, Teeter C, Thatra N, Tung H, Wakeman W, Williams G, Young R, Zhou Z, Farrell C, Peng H, Hawrylycz MJ, Lein E, Ng L, Arkhipov A, Bernard A, Phillips J, Zeng H, Koch C

Volumetric Ca2+ Imaging in the Mouse Brain Using Hybrid Multiplexed Sculpted Light Microscopy

Cell
April 11, 2019

Weisenburger S, Tejera F, Demas J, Chen B, Manley J, Sparks FT, Martínez Traub F, Daigle T, Zeng H, Losonczy A, Vaziri A

In vivo sub-millisecond two-photon optogenetics with temporally focused patterned light

Journal of Neuroscience
March 4, 2019

Chen IW, Ronzitti E, Lee BR, Daigle T, Dalkara D, Zeng H, Emiliani V, Papagiakoumou E

A Suite of Transgenic Driver and Reporter Mouse Lines with Enhanced Brain-Cell-Type Targeting and Functionality

Cell
July 12, 2018

Daigle TL, Madisen L, Hage TA, Valley MT, Knoblich U, Larsen RS, Takeno MM, Huang L, Gu H, Larsen R, Mills M, Bosma-Moody A, Siverts LA, Walker M, Graybuck LT, Yao Z, Fong O, Nguyen TN, Garren E, Lenz GH, Chavarha M, Pendergraft J, Harrington J, Hirokawa KE, Harris JA, Nicovich PR, McGraw MJ, Ollerenshaw DR, Smith KA, Baker CA, Ting JT, Sunkin SM, Lecoq J, Lin MZ2, Boyden ES, Murphy GJ, da Costa NM, Waters J, Li L, Tasic B, Zeng H

Activation of neuromodulatory axon projections in primary visual cortex during periods of locomotion and pupil dilation

bioRxiv
December 19, 2018

Larsen RS, Turschak E, Daigle T, Zeng H, Zhuang J, Waters J

Shared and distinct transcriptomic cell types across neocortical areas

Nature
October 31, 2018

Tasic B, Yao Z, Graybuck LT, Smith KA, Nguyen TN, Bertagnolli D, Goldy J, Garren E, Economo MN, Viswanathan S, Penn O, Bakken T, Menon V, Miller J, Fong O, Hirokawa KE, Lathia K, Rimorin C, Tieu M, Larsen R, Casper T, Barkan E, Kroll M, Parry S, Shapovalova NV, Hirschstein D, Pendergraft J, Sullivan HA, Kim TK, Szafer A, Dee N, Groblewski P, Wickersham I, Cetin A, Harris JA, Levi BP, Sunkin SM, Madisen L, Daigle TL, Looger L, Bernard A, Phillips J, Lein E, Hawrylycz M, Svoboda K, Jones AR, Koch C, Zeng H

Selective Deletion of GRK2 Alters Psychostimulant-Induced Behaviors and Dopamine Neurotransmission

Neuropsychopharmacology
2014

Daigle TL, Ferris MJ, Gainetdinov RR, Sotnikova TD, Urs NM, Jones SR, Caron MG

A Gαs DREADD mouse for selective modulation of cAMP production in striatopallidal neurons

Neuropsychopharmacology
April 2013

Farrell MS, Pei Y, Wan Y, Yadav PN, Daigle TL, Urban DJ, Lee HM, Sciaky N, Simmons A, Nonneman RJ, Huang XP, Hufeisen SJ, Guettier JM, Moy SS, Wess J, Caron MG, Calakos N, Roth BL

Elimination of GRK2 from cholinergic neurons reduces behavioral sensitivity to muscarinic receptor activation

Journal of Neuroscience
August 2012

Daigle TL, Caron MG

GRK2: multiple roles beyond G protein-coupled receptor desensitization

Trends in Pharmacological Sciences
March 2012

Evron T, Daigle TL, Caron MG

A dopamine D1 receptor-dependent β-arrestin signaling complex potentially regulates morphine-induced psychomotor activation but not reward in mice

Neuropsychopharmacology
February 2011

Urs NM, Daigle TL, Caron MG

Opposite function of dopamine D1 and N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors in striatal cannabinoid-mediated signaling

European Journal of Neuroscience
November 2011

Daigle TL, Wetsel WC, Caron MG