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Eye Movements

Gordon Research Conference

A Model System for Sensory, Motor and Cognitive Function

July 9 - 14, 2023

Chairs Jacqueline P. Gottlieb and Miguel P. Eckstein

Vice Chairs Richard J. Krauzlis and Linda K. McLoon

Mount Holyoke College

50 College Street

South Hadley, Massachusetts, United States

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Conference Description

The Eye Movements GRC is a premier, international scientific conference focused on advancing the frontiers of science through the presentation of cutting-edge and unpublished research, prioritizing time for discussion after each talk and fostering informal interactions among scientists of all career stages. The conference program includes a diverse range of speakers and discussion leaders from institutions and organizations worldwide, concentrating on the latest developments in the field. The conference is five days long and held in a remote location to increase the sense of camaraderie and create scientific communities, with lasting collaborations and friendships. In addition to premier talks, the conference has designated time for poster sessions from individuals of all career stages, and afternoon free time and communal meals allow for informal networking opportunities with leaders in the field.

The 2023 Gordon Conference on Eye movements will showcase cutting edge research covering the remarkably diverse field of oculomotor research. The meeting will celebrate diversity of all kinds, including diversity of speakers, research topics, and methodologies. The 2023 GRC will once again be preceded by a Gordon Research Seminar (GRS), designed by and for the exclusive benefit of trainees and research associates. Unfolding within the bucolic campus of Mount Holyoke College, this format provides a unique opportunity for the most established scientists and youngest trainees to informally interact over presentations, poster sessions, meals, and social activities. The GRS and GRC provide an unparalleled opportunity for participants of all career stages to learn about oculomotor research, share their latest findings, establish new collaborations, and facilitate cross-pollination across subfields.

Related Meeting

This GRC will be held in conjunction with the "Eye Movements" Gordon Research Seminar (GRS). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRS in addition to an application for the GRC. Refer to the associated GRS program page for more information.

Conference Program

Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm	Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm	Keynote Session: Goal-Directed Eye Movement Control Discussion Leader: Michael Goldberg (Columbia University, United States)
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm	Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:30 pm	Mary Hayhoe (University of Texas Austin, United States) "Visual Control of Locomotion in Natural Terrains"
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm	Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:20 pm	Okihide Hikosaka (National Eye Institute, NIH, United States) "Eye movements are controlled by parallel basal ganglia circuits in various contexts"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm	Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am	Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Extraocular Muscles and Cranial Motor Neuron Development Discussion Leader: Fatima Pedrosa-Domellof (Umea University, Sweden)
9:00 am - 9:10 am	Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am	Chrissa Kioussi (Oregon State University, United States) "Pitx Genes in Extraocular Myogenesis"
9:40 am - 9:50 am	Discussion
9:50 am - 10:20 am	Sarah Guthrie (University of Sussex, United Kingdom) "Growing axons, moving eyes; normal and abnormal development of the ocular motor system"
10:20 am - 10:30 am	Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am	Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am	David Schoppik (NYU Grossman School of Medicine, United States) "Linking Time, Space, and Function: Organization of Extraocular Motor Neurons in the Larval Zebrafish"
11:30 am - 11:40 am	Discussion
11:40 am - 12:10 pm	Mary Whitman (Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, United States) "Development of Extraocular Muscles and Ocular Motor Neurons in Health and Disease"
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm	Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm	General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm	The GRC Power Hour™ The GRC Power Hour™ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring. Organizer: Jolande Fooken (Queen's University, Canada)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm	Brainstem Control of Eye Movements Discussion Leader: Michael Mustari (University of Washington, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm	Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm	Angel Pastor (Universidad de Sevilla , Spain) ""Are there subdivisions of extraocular motoneuronal pools that can be selectively controlled?""
8:00 pm - 8:05 pm	Discussion
8:05 pm - 8:25 pm	Yoshiko Kojima (University of Washington, United States) "Saccade learning: Visually-guided saccade, Memory-guided saccade, and Covert saccade."
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm	Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm	Aristides Arrenberg (University of Tübingen, Germany) "Functional Architecture Underlying Binocular Coordination of Eye Movements in the Brainstem of Zebrafish"
8:50 pm - 8:55 pm	Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:15 pm	Vallabh Das (University of Houston, United States) "The Neural Basis for Fixation-Preference Behavior in Non-Human Primates with Ocular Misalignment"
9:15 pm - 9:20 pm	Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm	General Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Eye Movements in Exploration and Free Visual Search Discussion Leader: Vincent Ferrera (Columbia University, United States)
9:00 am - 9:10 am	Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am	Mark Segraves (Northwestern University, United States) "Natural Scene Viewing Enhances Our Understanding of the Frontal Eye Field’s Role in Visual Search"
9:40 am - 9:50 am	Discussion
9:50 am - 10:20 am	Georgia Gregoriou (University of Crete, Greece) "Prefrontal and Parietal Control of Distraction in Visual Search"
10:20 am - 10:30 am	Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am	Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am	Suliann Ben Hamed (Institut des Sciences Cognitives Marc Jeannerod, France) "Dynamics of attention in time and space"
11:30 am - 11:40 am	Discussion
11:40 am - 12:10 pm	Becket Ebitz (Université de Montréal, Canada) "Oculomotor control mechanisms for exploratory decisions"
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm	Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm	General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm	Basal Ganglia: Circuits, Computations and Pathophysiology Discussion Leader: Michele A Basso (University of Washington and the Washington National Primate Research Center, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm	Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:05 pm	Long Ding (University of Pennsylvania, United States) "The basal ganglia's roles in converting uncertain evidence to saccade decisions."
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm	Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:35 pm	Masaki Tanaka (Hokkaido University, Japan) "Two Different Subcortical Signals for Timing of Self-initiated Saccades"
8:35 pm - 8:40 pm	Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:05 pm	Anne Sereno (Purdue University, United States) "Eye movements in Humans: Insights from Drugs and Basal Ganglia Disorders"
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm	Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm	General Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Multi-Sensory Integration in Oculomotor Control Discussion Leader: Laurence Harris (York University, Canada)
9:00 am - 9:10 am	Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am	Michael Goldberg (Columbia University, United States) "The role of proprioception in visuo spatial memory"
9:40 am - 9:50 am	Discussion
9:50 am - 10:20 am	Jennifer Groh (Duke University, United States) "The brain sends parametric information about eye movements to motor structures within the ear"
10:20 am - 10:30 am	Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am	Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am	Maria Chait (University College London, United Kingdom) "Micro-Saccades as a Window to Auditory Attention"
11:30 am - 11:40 am	Discussion
11:40 am - 12:10 pm	Miriam Spering (University of British Columbia, Canada) "Auditory Inputs to the Visual Pursuit System"
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm	Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm	General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm	Reference Frames for Visual Perception and Motor Control Across Saccades Discussion Leader: Julie Golomb (The Ohio State University, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm	Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:10 pm	Douglas Crawford (York University, Canada) "Integration of Landmark and Saccade Target Signals in Frontal Cortex Visual Responses"
8:10 pm - 8:15 pm	Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:40 pm	John Pezaris (Massachusetts General Hospital, United States) "Gaze Contingency in Artificial Vision Simulations Reveals the Powerful Influence of Eye Movements on Visual Perception"
8:40 pm - 8:45 pm	Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:10 pm	Stefan Van der Stigchel (Utrecht University, The Netherlands) "A Dynamic Trade-off between Internal Storage and External Sampling of Visual Information"
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm	Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm	General Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am	Business Meeting Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Dates and Venue; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Navigation, Memory and the Hippocampus Discussion Leader: Kathleen Cullen (Johns Hopkins University, United States)
9:00 am - 9:10 am	Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am	Jennifer Ryan (Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest; University of Toronto, Canada) "The Intersection of Memory and Active Vision."
9:40 am - 9:50 am	Discussion
9:50 am - 10:20 am	Matt van der Meer (Dartmouth College, United States) "Eye Movement Correlates in Identified Inputs to the Rodent Head Direction System"
10:20 am - 10:30 am	Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am	Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am	Christian Doeller (Max-Planck-Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Germany) "Mapping Visual Space in the Human Hippocampal System"
11:30 am - 11:40 am	Discussion
11:40 am - 12:10 pm	Elizabeth Buffalo (University of Washington, United States) "Saccadic Eye Movements Structure Activity in the Primate Hippocampus"
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm	Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm	General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm	Predicting Fixation Properties From Neural Activity Discussion Leader: Ueli Rutishauser (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm	Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:05 pm	Stefan Pollmann (Otto von Guericke University, Germany) "Eye movement representation in high-level visual cortex"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm	Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:35 pm	Avniel Ghuman (University of Pittsburgh, United States) "The Neurodynamic Basis of Deciding What to Look at Next"
8:35 pm - 8:40 pm	Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:05 pm	Katalin Gothard (The University of Arizona, United States) "Eye-Movement-Related Neural Activity in the Amygdala of Third-Party Viewers of Social Conflict"
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm	Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm	General Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am	Departure

Contributors

Gray Matter Research

Funding for this conference was made possible (in part) by 1R13EY034724- 01 from the National Eye Institute. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention by trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

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