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
Comparative Approach to Studying the Neural Mechanisms of Acoustic Communication
Discussion Leader: Lena Veit (University of Tübingen, Germany)
7:40 pm - 8:40 pm
Richard Mooney (Duke University, United States)
"Circuits for Vocal Courtship Displays in Mice and Birds"
8:40 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Neural Mechanisms for Vocal-Respiratory Interactions
Discussion Leader: Jon Sakata (McGill University, Canada)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:30 am
Coen Elemans (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)
"Neural and Physical Mechanisms of Making Sounds"
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Kevin Yackle (University of California, San Francisco, United States)
"Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms for Respiratory Pacing and Phonation"
10:00 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 10:50 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:50 am - 10:55 am
Discussion
10:55 am - 11:15 am
Katherine Tschida (Cornell University, United States)
"Neural Mechanisms of Vocal Respiratory Coordination in Rodents"
11:15 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 11:35 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:35 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:00 pm
Lisa Stowers (Scripps Research, United States)
"Dynamic Scaling of Innate Vocal Behaviors"
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:20 pm - 12:25 pm
Discussion
12:25 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.
Organizers: Yun Ding (University of Pennsylvania, United States) and Talmo Pereira (Salk Institute for Biological Studies, United States)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Auditory Specializations for Communication
Discussion Leader: Robert Liu (Emory University, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Yoko Yazaki-Sugiyama (OIST Graduate University, Japan)
"Mind the Gap: Neuronal Coding of Species Identity in Birdsong Prosody"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
Joerg Albert (Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg (and University College London, UK), Germany)
"Mechanical Bases of Sound Transduction in Insects"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:40 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:05 pm
Robert Froemke (New York University Grossman School of Medicine, United States)
"Neural Coding in Auditory Cortex and the Perception of Vocalizations"
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Multimodal Aspects of Acoustic Signaling
Discussion Leader: Alison Barker (Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Germany)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:30 am
Matthew Fuxjager (Brown University, United States)
"Neural Mechanism, Evolution, and Behavioral Ecology of Acoustic Communication in Woodpeckers"
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Jan Clemens (European Neuroscience Institute Göttingen, Germany)
"Coordination of Courtship Song and Vibratory Signal Production in Drosophila"
10:00 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 10:50 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:50 am - 10:55 am
Discussion
10:55 am - 11:15 am
Osama Ahmed (University of Washington, Seattle, United States)
"Coordination of Walking and Singing"
11:15 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 11:45 am
Katalin Gothard (The University of Arizona, United States)
"Multisensory Integration of Signals in Amygdala"
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Discussion
11:55 am - 12:05 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:20 pm - 12:25 pm
Discussion
12:25 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
Neural Mechanisms of Vocal Production and Learning
Discussion Leader: Mimi Kao (Tufts University, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Jesse Goldberg (Cornell University, United States)
"Comparative Approaches to the Neural Bases of Cortical Control of Sound Production"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
Sarah Woolley (McGill University, Canada)
"Neural Mechanisms Underlying the Production and Perception of Social Communication Behaviors in Songbirds"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:40 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:05 pm
Yarden Cohen (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
"Neural Bases of Syntax Learning in Birds"
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Social Signaling Through Acoustic Communication
Discussion Leader: Roian Egnor (HHMI - Janelia Research Campus, United States)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:20 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:20 am - 9:25 am
Discussion
9:25 am - 9:45 am
Ioana Carcea (Rutgers BHI, United States)
"Oxytocin, Synaptic Plasticity, and Maternal Behavior"
9:45 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:05 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:05 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:00 am
Cory Miller (University of California San Diego, United States)
"Navigating Social Space"
11:00 am - 11:10 am
Discussion
11:10 am - 11:20 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:20 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 11:45 am
Kim Hoke (Colorado State University, United States)
"Neural and Perceptual Mechanisms That Bias Mate Choice in Complex Signaling Environments"
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Discussion
11:55 am - 12:05 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:20 pm - 12:25 pm
Discussion
12:25 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
Next Generation Session on Acoustic Communication in Naturalistic Settings
Discussion Leaders: Nicholas Jourjine (Harvard University, United States) and Diana Liao (University of Tuebingen, Germany)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Discussion
7:45 pm - 7:55 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:45 pm
Michael A. Long (New York University School of Medicine, United States)
"Cortical Representation of Vocal Turn Taking: From Birds to Humans"
8:45 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
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
Comparative Approaches to Sound Production Circuits
Discussion Leader: Vikram Gadagkar (Columbia University, United States)
9:00 am - 9:25 am
Cynthia Moss (Johns Hopkins University, United States)
"Sensory Coding of Natural Stimuli in the Bat"
9:25 am - 9:35 am
Discussion
9:35 am - 10:00 am
Andreas Nieder (University of Tübingen, Germany)
"Evolutionary-Comparative Approaches to Vocal Behaviors in Crows, Macaque, and Humans"
10:00 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:00 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:00 am - 11:05 am
Discussion
11:05 am - 11:30 am
Boris Chagnaud (University of Graz, Austria)
"A Comparative Approach to Acoustic Communication – From Rattlesnakes to Bush Crickets"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:05 pm
Yun Ding (University of Pennsylvania, United States)
"Neural Circuit Evolution for Courtship Song in Drosophila"
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:25 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
Quantitative Approaches to Behavioral Analysis and Control
Discussion Leader: Joshua Neunuebel (University of Delaware, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:55 pm
Talmo Pereira (Salk Institute for Biological Studies, United States)
"Building Computational Tools That Leverage Deep Learning and Computer Vision to Study Complex Biological Systems"
7:55 pm - 8:05 pm
Discussion
8:05 pm - 8:30 pm
Sergey Stavisky (University of California, Davis, United States)
"Brain-Computer Interface for Restoring Speech"
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
8:50 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:20 pm
Alex Williams (New York University, United States)
"Deep Network Models and Benchmarks for Localizing Social Vocalizations in Rodents"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure