Saturday
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm
Computation and Evolution of Neuromodulatory Circuit
Discussion Leader: Lucia Prieto-Godino (The Francis Crick Institute, United Kingdom)
3:15 pm - 3:25 pm
Madeline Burns (Rice University, USA)
"Individual Differences in Decision Making and Learning"
3:25 pm - 3:30 pm
Discussion
3:30 pm - 3:50 pm
Meng Li (Rowland Institute at Harvard University, USA)
"A Nonlinear Oscillator Coordinates Brain-Wide Motivational State During Foraging"
3:50 pm - 4:00 pm
Discussion
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Poster Session
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Mechanistic Bases of Neuromodulation
Discussion Leader: Elim Hong (Institute of Biology Paris-Seine (IBPS), Sorbonne Université, France)
5:30 pm - 5:50 pm
Yangning Lu (University of Toronto, Canada)
"The Hidden Connectivity that Controls Locomotor Behavior"
5:50 pm - 6:00 pm
Discussion
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
Armin Bahl (Harvard University, USA)
"Neural Correlates of Perceptual Decision-Making in Larval Zebrafish"
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:50 pm
Andreas Klaus (Champalimaud Neuroscience Program, Portugal)
"The Dynamics of Motor Cortical and Striatal Ensembles During Action Selection"
6:50 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:20 pm
Bhagyashree Senapati (Taiwan International Graduate Program in Molecular and Cell Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
"Deprivation State-Specific Expression of Relevant Memories in Drosophila "
7:20 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Neuromodulation in the Expression of Behaviour
Discussion Leaders: Ewelina Knapska (Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland) and Anita Devineni (Columbia University, USA)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Katrin Vogt (Harvard University, USA)
"The 'Hangry' Fly Larva: Internal State Modulates Network Processing and Switches Olfactory Preference in Drosophila Larvae"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
Aditi Maduskar (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India)
"Energy Status Dependent Peripheral Modulation of Olfaction by Neuropeptide Y"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
Margaret Herre (Rockefeller University, USA)
"Hormone Regulation of Aedes aegypti Mosquito Host-Seeking Behaviour"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 10:50 am
Weston Fleming (Princeton University, USA)
"Cholinergic Interneurons Mediate Cell Type-Specific and Non-Specific Plasticity onto Nucleus Accumbens Medium Spiny Neurons"
10:50 am - 11:00 am
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: Roadmaps to Independence
Newly-established PIs share their stories, tips and ideas in a mentorship panel session designed to demystify the scientific job market.
Discussion Leader: Andreas Klaus (Champalimaud Neuroscience Program, Portugal)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Roadmaps to Independence
Elim Hong (Institute of Biology Paris-Seine (IBPS), Sorbonne Université, France)
Ewelina Knapska (Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)
Lucia Prieto-Godino (The Francis Crick Institute, United Kingdom)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes