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 Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Quantitative Approaches to Behavioral Analysis
Discussion Leader: Jan Clemens (European Neuroscience Institute Göttingen, Germany)
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:40 pm
Roian Egnor (HHMI - Janelia Research Campus, United States)
"Using Machine Learning and Ethology To Explore Mouse Ultrasonic Communication"
8:40 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Vocal Development
Discussion Leader: Jon Sakata (McGill University, Canada)
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Daniel Takahashi (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil)
"The Integrative Biology of Primate Vocal Development"
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Alison Barker (Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Germany)
"Vocal Dialect Usage Supports Social Cohesion in the Naked Mole-Rat"
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Michael Goldstein (Cornell University, United States)
"Vocal Learning in Infants: Coordinating Motor, Cognitive, and Social Influences in Altricial Development"
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
Michale Fee (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
"Networks Underlying Motor Sequence Learning"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
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.
Organizers: Genevieve Konopka (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, United States) and Anne Von Philipsborn (University of Fribourg, Switzerland)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Models of Vocal Learning and Production
Discussion Leader: Adrienne Fairhall (University of Washington, United States)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Jason Bohland (University of Pittsburgh, United States)
"Extending the GODIVA Model of Speech Sequence Production"
8:00 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:35 pm
Ana Amador (University of Buenos Aires and CONICET, Argentina)
"Nonlinear Dynamical Models To Study Neural Coding in Songbirds"
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:15 pm
Richard Hahnloser (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
"Intrinsic Reward in Birdsong Learning"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Auditory Specializations for Communication
Discussion Leader: Ioana Carcea (Rutgers BHI, United States)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:40 am
Sarah Woolley (Columbia University, United States)
"Learning to Listen"
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Robert Liu (Emory University, United States)
"Open Programs for Social Communication in Rodents"
11:00 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:50 am
Lizabeth Marie Romanski (University of Rochester Medical Center, United States)
"Bringing Faces and Vocalizations Together in the Primate Prefrontal Cortex"
11:50 am - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 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
Cortical Mechanisms of Vocal Production
Discussion Leaders: Christina Cerkevich (University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, United States)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Gopala Anumanchipalli (UC Berkeley, United States)
"Neural Mechanisms of Fluent Speech Production"
8:00 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:35 pm
Steffen Hage (University of Tübingen, Germany)
"Vocal Flexibility in Marmoset Monkeys"
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:15 pm
Daniela Vallentin (Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Germany)
"Neural Control of Vocal Interactions in Songbirds"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Genetics of Communication
Discussion Leader: Sonja Vernes (The University of St Andrews, United Kingdom)
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Genevieve Konopka (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, United States)
"Foxp-Regulated Transcriptional Networks Related to Cognition and Disease"
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Hopi Hoekstra (Harvard University/ HHMI, United States)
"The Evolution and Genetics of Vocal Behavior in Deer Mice"
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Kate Watkins (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
"Brain Structure and Function in Speech and Speech Disorders"
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
Erich Jarvis (Rockefeller University, United States)
"Genetic and Brain Specializations for Vocal Learning and Spoken Language"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
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
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
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)
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Predictive Coding in Vocal-Motor Networks
Discussion Leader: Andrew Bass (Cornell University, United States)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Steven Eliades (Duke University, United States)
"Is There More Than One Corollary Discharge Input to the Auditory Cortex During Vocal Production?"
8:00 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:35 pm
David Schneider (New York University, United States)
"Integration of Sound and Action in Mouse Cortex"
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:15 pm
Berthold Hedwig (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
"A Corollary Discharge Maintains Auditory Sensitivity During Sound Production"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Comparative Anatomy and Function of Communication Circuits
Discussion Leader: Darcy Kelley (Columbia University, United States)
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Anne Von Philipsborn (University of Fribourg, Switzerland)
"Multifunctional and Sexually Dimorphic Wing Motor Circuits in Drosophila"
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Benjamin Judkewitz (Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany)
"Acoustic Communication in Danionella"
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Mimi Kao (Tufts University, United States)
"Vocal Plasticity in the Songbird"
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
Darcy Kelley (Columbia University, United States)
"Frog Vocalization"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
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
Vocal Interactions
Discussion Leader: Lena Veit (University of Tübingen, Germany)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Yossi Yovel (Tel-Aviv University, Israel)
"Vocal Communication in a Crowd of Bats – From Chaos to Information"
8:00 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:35 pm
Arkarup Banerjee (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, United States)
"Neural Mechanisms of Vocal Turn-Taking in Alston's Singing Mice"
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:15 pm
Ofer Tchernichovski (Hunter College, United States)
"How Vocal Learning Sustains Polymorphic Song Culture in Songbirds"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure