Saturday
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Distributed Networks Subserving Eye Movement Control
What are the widespread networks underlying the control of eye movements, and how can we probe them? This session will describe novel methodologies that address how eye movement control is orchestrated by the interaction among functional networks and subnetworks at various scales, from microcircuit to multiple brain regions.
Discussion Leader: Bianca Baltaretu (York University, Canada)
3:45 pm - 3:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
3:50 pm - 4:05 pm
J. Patrick Mayo (Duke University, USA)
"Cortical Contributions to the Initiation of Smooth Pursuit Eye Movements"
4:05 pm - 4:10 pm
Discussion
4:10 pm - 4:25 pm
Hala El-Nahal (Duke University, USA)
"The Anatomical Characterization of rAAV2-Retro Neuronal Labeling in Rhesus Macaques"
4:25 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Orienting in Space
How do the eyes, and the brain, participate in ensuring appropriate interaction with objects in our environment? This session will describe cutting edge research on how the brain accounts for the spatial relationships between various components of orienting including the eyes, items in the visual field, and movement parameters.
Discussion Leader: Kaleb Lowe (Vanderbilt University, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 7:50 pm
Divya Subramanian (Duke University, USA)
"The Estimation of Object Displacement Across Saccades Is Bayesian but the Judgment of Transsaccadic Visual Stability Is Not"
7:50 pm - 7:55 pm
Discussion
7:55 pm - 8:10 pm
Jie Wang (Rutgers University, USA)
"Micro-Pursuit and Strategies of Allocating Attention During Visual Tasks with Moving Targets"
8:10 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Marie Collet (Monash University, Australia)
"Diurnal Rhythms in the Inhibitory Control of Attention: Characterisation Using the Antisaccade Task"
8:30 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 8:50 pm
Vishal Bharmauria (York University, Canada)
"Neural Mechanisms for Egocentric vs. Allocentric Gaze Coding in the Frontal Eye Fields (FEF) of Rhesus Macaques"
8:50 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:10 pm
Anouk de Brouwer (University of British Columbia, Canada)
"Eye-Hand Coordination During Online Movement Corrections"
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
The Eye as a Window to Cognition
Our increasing knowledge of oculomotor circuitry makes it an ideal platform through which to probe a diverse range of cognitive processes, and also to understand how these processes are affected throughout the course of disease. This session will combine ocular measures (e.g. pupillary responses and saccade metrics) and innovative methodological approaches to understand cognitive function in the healthy brain, across the lifespan, and in disease states.
Discussion Leader: Janis Kan (Queen's University, Canada)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:20 am
Ehsan Sedaghat Nejad (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
"Value of Error: Mechanisms that Modulate Sensorimotor Learning"
9:20 am - 9:25 am
Discussion
9:25 am - 9:40 am
Thomas Reppert (Vanderbilt University, USA)
"Performance Monitoring During Speed-Accuracy Tradeoff of Visual Search by Supplementary Eye Field"
9:40 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Brandon Caie (Queen's University, Canada)
"Persistence of Expectation in Saccadic Choice"
10:00 am - 10:05 am
Discussion
10:05 am - 10:20 am
Jolande Fooken (University of British Columbia, Canada)
"Pursuit Initiation as the Earliest Readout of Decision Formation"
10:20 am - 10:25 am
Discussion
10:25 am - 10:40 am
Olivia Calancie (Centre for Neuroscience Studies, Queen's University, Canada)
"Age-Related Oculomotor Prediction and Corresponding Pupil Responses in Healthy Individuals Ages 6-24"
10:40 am - 10:45 am
Discussion
10:45 am - 11:00 am
General Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Emerging Themes in Eye Movement Research and Where to Go from Here
Two well established professors, who will share their career trajectories in academia, discuss their views on emerging themes in neuroscience, and comment on the skills trainees should develop in order to be successful in research. Additionally, our panel includes recent PhD students who have transitioned into exciting positions outside of academia, while still being active within the research community. These panelists can add exceptional value to this session by introducing graduate students and post-docs to career paths that they fail to learn enough about during their academic training. Their unique perspectives will stimulate the consideration of exciting and impactful career paths in science aside from working in an academic institution.
Discussion Leader: Martin Bohlen (Duke University, USA)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Emerging Themes in Eye Movement Research and Where to Go from Here
Karl Gegenfurtner (University of Giessen, Germany)
Gunnar Blohm (Centre for Neuroscience Studies, Queen's University, Canada)
Sophie Kenny (VPixx Technologies Inc., Canada)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes
