Conference Program
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Final Program
Special Guest - Sydney Brenner
| Sunday 2 June 2013 | |
| 12:00-14:30 | Registration |
| 14:30-14:45 | Welcome and Introduction |
| Session 1: Vision Chair: Richard Axel |
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| 14:45-15:20 | [INV1] Cell-type specific computations in retina and cortex B. Roska, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Switzerland |
| 15:20-15:55 | [INV2] Dissecting neural computation in the Drosophila visual system T. Clandinin, Stanford University, USA |
| 15:55-16:30 | [INV3] Understanding neural computation: Insights from connectomics and theory D. Chklovskii, HHMI Janelia Farm, USA |
| 16:30-17:05 | [INV4] Customizing neural circuits to perform specific visual functions A. Huberman, University of California San Diego, USA |
| 17:05-17:20 | [ST1] Visual feature detection in flies M.A. Frye, 1UCLA, USA and 2Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA |
| 17:20-17:35 | Poster Teasers Five presentations with 3 minutes each and two slides each |
| 17:35-18:35 | Welcome Drinks Reception |
| Monday 3 June 2013 | |
| Session 2: Chemosensory Perception Chair: Marty Chalfie |
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| 09:00-09:35 | [INV5] Molecular and neural architecture of circuits underlying social behaviors in the mouse C. Dulac, Harvard University, USA |
| 09:35-10:10 | [INV6] Neuronal circuits and computations in the olfactory system of zebrafish R. Friedrich, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland |
| 10:10-10:40 | Refreshment Break |
| 10:40-11:15 | [INV7] Olfactory sensory coding of 'self' underlies display of social behavior L. Stowers, The Scripps Research Institute, USA |
| 11:15-11:50 | [INV8] Order from disorder: Representations of olfactory information in the cortex R. Axel, Columbia University, USA |
| 11:50-12:05 | [ST2] The maxillary palps of the fly mediate yeast preference M.C. Stensmyr, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Germany |
| 12:05-13:30 | LUNCH |
| Session 3: Mechanosensation and Motor Response Chair: David Anderson |
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| 13:30-14:05 | [INV9] May the force be with you: search for ion channels that respond to pressure A. Patapoutian, Scripps Research Institute, USA |
| 14:05-14:40 | [INV10] Genetics of Drosophila hearing M. Göpfert, Göttingen University, Germany |
| 14:40-16:10 | Poster Session 1 – refreshments will be served from 14:40-15:10 |
| 16:10-16:45 | [INV11] Identification of cellular and molecular components of mechanosensory circuitries in Drosophila Y.N Jan, University of California San Francisco, USA |
| 16:45-17:20 | [INV12] Neurogenetics in C. elegans: Differentiation and mechanosensation M. Chalfie, Columbia University, USA |
| 17:20-17:35 | [ST3] Mechanosensory interactions drive collective behavior in Drosophila P. Ramdya,*,1,2 P. Lichocki,2 L. Frisch,2 W. Tse,2 D. Floreano,2 and R. Benton1, 1Université de Lausanne, Switzerland, 2Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 19:00-22:00 | Meet the Speakers Dinner |
| Tuesday 4 June 2013 | |
| Session 4: Innate Behavior Chair: Barry Dickson |
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| 09:00-09:35 | [INV13] Genetic dissection of emotion circuits in flies and mice D. Anderson, California Institute of Technology, USA |
| 09:35-10:10 | [INV14] Circuits underlying sleep: Wake cycles in Drosophila A. Sehgal, University of Pennsylvania, USA |
| 10:10-10:40 | Refreshment Break |
| 10:40-11:15 | [INV15] Sex circuits: the neural basis of Drosophila mating behaviors B. Dickson, Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna, Austria |
| 11:15-11:50 | [INV16] Overlapping circuits for behavior in C. elegans C. Bargmann, Rockefeller University, USA |
| 11:50-12:05 | [ST4] Functional characterisation and genetic logic of a bidirectional circuit switch in sex pheromone processing J. Kohl, A.D. Ostrovsky, S. Frechter, and G.S.X.E. Jefferis*, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK |
| 12:05-13:30 | LUNCH |
| Session 5: Learning, Remembering, Deciding Chair: Cori Bargmann |
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| 13:30-14:05 | [INV17] Neural control of appetitive behaviour in Drosophila C.J. Burke,1 G. Das,2 W. Huetteroth,2 S. Lin,2 D. Owald,2 E. Perisse,2 and S. Waddell*1,2, 1UMass Medical School, USA, 2University of Oxford, UK |
| 14:05-14:40 | [INV18] Stimulation of distinct striatal neurons reveals divergent neural computations for value-based decision-making M. Lee,1,2 L.H. Tai,1,2 and L. Wilbrecht*,1,2,3, 1University of California San Francisco, USA, 2Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center, USA, 3University of California Berkeley, USA |
| 14:40-16:10 | Poster Session 2 – refreshments will be served from 14:40-15:10 |
| 16:10-16:25 | [ST5] Redundant pathways specify male courtship in Drosophila melanogaster B.S. Baker*and Y. Pan, HHMI Janelia Farm, USA |
| 16:25-17:00 | [INV19] Gene-environment interplay in behavior M. Sokolowski, University of Toronto, Canada |
| 17:00-17:30 | Closing remarks given by Sydney Brenner |
| End of Symposia | |
