SUNDAY |
4:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | Keynote Lectures |
| Discussion Leaders: Catherine Carr (University of Maryland) and Paul Katz (Georgia State University) |
7:45 pm - 8:15 pm | Joshua Gold (University of Pennsylvania) "Experience-dependent mechanisms of perceptual decision-making" |
8:15 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:05 pm | Michael Platt (Duke University) "Neural mechanisms of social decision-making" |
9:05 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
MONDAY |
8:00 am - 9:00 am | Breakfast |
9:05 am - 12:30 pm | Origin of nervous systems |
| Did nervous systems evolve more than once? What implications does this have for generalizing the results of neuroethology? |
| Discussion Leaders: Steffan Harzsch (MPI Jena) and Robert Meech (Univ of Bristol) |
9:10 am - 9:30 am | Leonid Moroz (University of Florida) "What is a Neuron from a Genomic Standpoint? Polyphyletic Origin and Natural System of Neurons" |
9:30 am - 9:50 am | Discussion |
9:50 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break / Group Photo |
10:30 am - 10:50 am | Heinrich Reichert (University of Basel) "Insect and chordate nervous systems" |
10:50 am - 11:10 am | Discussion |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | William Jeffery (University of Maryland) "Evolution of the neural crest" |
11:30 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
11:50 am - 12:10 pm | Dan-E. Nilsson (Lund University) "Early selection in eye evolution" |
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Structure and Function in Neural Circuits |
| How much does structure dictate function? Does structure tell you anything about function or are cellular properties more important? |
| Discussion Leaders: Ayako Yamaguchi (Boston Univ.) and Heather Eisthen (Michigan State University) |
7:35 pm - 7:55 pm | Elke Buschbeck (University of Cincinnati) "What unusual eyes can tell us about visual system function" |
7:55 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Dmitri Chklovskii (Cold Spring Harbor Labs) "What determines the shape of dendrites" |
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm | Discussion |
8:45 pm - 9:05 pm | William Kristan (Univ. California San Diego) "Multifunctional neuronal circuits: The roles of dynamics and modulation" |
9:05 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
TUESDAY |
8:00 am - 9:00 am | Breakfast |
9:15 am - 12:30 pm | Homology, Homoplasy, and Divergence in Neural circuits |
| Does common form indicate common origin? Does evolution always yield a common solution? How different? |
| Discussion Leaders: Harold Zakon (University of Texas) and Keith Sillar (Univ. St. Andrews) |
9:20 am - 9:40 am | Jose Pena (Albert Einstein College of Medicine) "Comparative aspects of sound localization by humans and owls" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 10:50 am | Benedikt Groethe (University of Munich) "Inhibition and mammalian sound localization circuits" |
10:50 am - 11:05 am | Discussion |
11:05 am - 11:25 am | Christine Koppl (University of Sydney) "Evolution of sound localization circuits" |
11:25 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 12:05 pm | Daphne Soares (University of Maryland) "Diversity and common themes in the fish forebrain" |
12:05 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Human Qualities in Animals |
| To what extent can other animals be used to study qualities, states, and experiences that are thought to be uniquely human, such as love, hallucinations, illusions, sleeping and dreaming, and social interactions? To what extent is it unjustified anthropomorphism? |
| Discussion Leaders: Catharine Rankin (University of British Columbia) and Andrew Barron (Macquarie University) |
7:35 pm - 7:55 pm | William Frost (Rosalind Franklin University) "Evidence for drug-induced hallucinations in animals" |
7:55 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Leslie Griffith (Brandeis University) "‘To sleep, perchance to dream...’ The Sleeping Fly: Dreams of conserved behavioral mechanisms" |
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm | Discussion |
8:45 pm - 9:05 pm | Larry Young (Emory University) "Vole Love: Can monogamous rodents provide insights into the neurobiology of love in humans?" |
9:05 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
WEDNESDAY |
8:00 am - 9:00 am | Breakfast |
9:05 am - 12:30 pm | Evo-Devo of Neural circuits |
| Is it possible to use developmental and genetic techniques to achieve a mechanistic understanding of the evolution of neural circuits in complex animals? What are the pitfalls and promises? |
| Discussion Leaders: Cliff Ragsdale (University of Chicago) and Kathy French (UCSD) |
9:10 am - 9:30 am | Volker Hartenstein (UCLA) "Evo-devo analysis of microcircuitry" |
9:30 am - 9:50 am | Discussion |
9:50 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 10:50 am | Robert Williams (University of Tennessee) "Mice and the Genetics of Microevolutionary Changes in Brain Structure" |
10:50 am - 11:10 am | Discussion |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Hans Hofmann (University of Texas) "Explaining behavioral and neural plasticity at the level of populations, physiology and molecular biology" |
11:30 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
11:50 am - 12:10 pm | Barbara Finlay (Cornell University) "Conservation of neurodevelopmental schedules: Causes and effects in vertebrate evolution" |
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Business Meeting |
| (Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair) |
8:00 pm - 9:30 pm | Breaking News in Insect Neuroethology |
| This session will have researchers giving short data-driven talks on their latest research results in insect neuroethology. |
| Discussion Leaders: Jochen Zeil (RSBS, ANU) and Susan Fahrbach (Wake Forest University) |
8:00 pm - 8:15 pm | Barry Trimmer (Tufts University) "Soft-bodied locomotion: caterpillar neuromechanics and a new class of biomimetic robots" |
8:15 pm - 8:20 pm | Discussion |
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm | Ricarda Scheiner (Technical University Berlin) "Response thresholds, division of labour and life-time learning in honey bees" |
8:35 pm - 8:40 pm | Discussion |
8:40 pm - 8:55 pm | Amir Ayali (Tel Aviv University) "Locust density-dependent behavioral change as a model for learning and memory" |
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:15 pm | Steven M. Reppert (University of Massachusetts Medical School) "A genetic model for magnetoreception" |
9:15 pm - 9:20 pm | Discussion |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | General Discussion |
THURSDAY |
8:00 am - 9:00 am | Breakfast |
9:15 am - 12:30 pm | Variability and Homeostasis in Neural Circuits |
| How variable are the properties of neurons and neural circuits? Do we ignore variability in search of simple answers? What type of mechanisms are in place to cause and control variability? |
| Discussion Leaders: Peter Wenner (Emory Univeristy) and Ansgar Büschges (University of Cologne) |
9:20 am - 9:40 am | Emilio Salinas (Wake Forest) "Variability in sensory tuning curves may reflect optimal adaptation to motor activity" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 10:50 am | Vladimir Brezina (Mount Sinai School of Medicine) "Variability of spike and motor program timing in a motor system: a feature, not a bug" |
10:50 am - 11:05 am | Discussion |
11:05 am - 11:25 am | Astrid Prinz (Emory University) "Variability and robustness in pattern generating circuits" |
11:25 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 12:05 pm | Scott Hooper (Ohio University) "How good is good enough? Using perturbation to build neuron models and assess their performance" |
12:05 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session |
5:30 pm | Reception on the Cloisters Lawn |
6:00 pm | Formal Dinner |
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm | Special Keynote Lecture |
| Discussion Leaders: Catherine Carr (University of Maryland) and Paul Katz (Georgia State University) |
7:35 pm - 8:15 pm | Martin Heisenberg (University of Würzburg) "Genetics meets Neuroethology. Three parties, the third one still to come" |
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:30 pm | State of the Field of Neuroethology |
| In this closing discussion, we will address important issues related to the future of Neuroethology. This will integrate with the Gordon Research Seminar: Neuroethology 2050. Specifically, we will discuss the following questions: Is Neuroethology uncovering general principles or is it describing diversity? How effective have neuroethologists been at communicating with the general scientific community? What do we see as the direction for neuroethology in the next 40 years? |
| John Hildebrand (University of Arizona) |
| Hemai Parthasarathy (Public Library of Science) |
| Zoe Donaldson (Emory University) |
FRIDAY |
8:00 am - 9:00 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |