SUNDAY |
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in (Office Closed 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm) |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | Bringing Epigenetics into Neuroethology |
| Discussion Leader: Zoe Donaldson (Columbia University, New York, NY, USA) |
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm | David Crews (University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA)
"Epigenetic Modification of Brain and Behavior - Theory and Practice" |
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm | Ryszard Maleszka (The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia)
"The Epigenetics of Social Engineering in Insects" |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Sensory Integration of Social Cues |
| Discussion Leaders: Yehuda Ben-Shahar (Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA) and Ana Silva (Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Marcus C. Stensmyr (Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany)
"From Single Molecule to Behavior" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Group Photo / Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Christina M. Grozinger (Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA)
"Genomic Analysis of Social Behavior in Honey Bees" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Lisa Stowers (The Scripps Research Institute, San Diego, CA, USA)
"Specialized Odors that Generate Innate Behavior" |
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 | The Cost of Information Processing |
| Discussion Leader: John Hildebrand (University of Arizona, Tucson, USA) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Simon Laughlin (University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK)
"Implications of Metabolic Energy Requirements in the Representation of Information in Neurons" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Reuven Dukas (McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)
"The Evolution of Animal Cognition: Mechanisms, Costs, and Benefits" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Immediate Early Genes as Neuroethological Tools |
| Discussion Leaders: Elizabeth Adkins-Regan (Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA) and David Clayton (University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Sabrina Burmeister (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA)
"Functional Mapping of Auditory Responses to Mate-Choice Cues in the Túngara Frog" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Michael Meredith (Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA)
"Vomeronasal and Olfactory Influence on Fos Expression in the Brain during Pheromone Exposure or Mating in Male Hamsters" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Matthew McNeill (University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA)
"Toward Mapping Reward Responsive Regions in the Honey Bee Brain by Immediate Early Gene Induction" |
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 | Small and Large Brains |
| Discussion Leaders: Andrew Barron (Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia) and Sarah Farris (West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Sue Healy (University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, UK)
"Brain Space for Processing Spatial Information" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Jeremy E. Niven (University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK)
"How Miniaturization Constrains Neural Circuits" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Ecology of Learning |
| Discussion Leader: Martin Giurfa (CNRS - Université de Toulouse, France) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Jan Hemmi (The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia)
"Information Processing in Fiddler Crabs" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Daniel Tomsic (University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
"Long-term Visual Memory in Crabs: Major Attributes and Neural Substrate" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Lars Chittka (University of London, London, UK)
"What is Comparable in Comparative Cognition?" |
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 | Contribution of Neuroethology to Bioengineering |
| Discussion Leader: Barry Trimmer (Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA) |
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Ellen Lumpkin (Columbia University, New York, NY, USA)
"Touch Sensation in Mammals" |
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
8:10 pm - 8:40 pm | Hillel Chiel (Case Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH, USA) "Neuroethology and Robotics" |
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm | Lee E. Miller (Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA)
"Neuroethology and Biomedical Engineering" |
9:20 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; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Neural Processing and Natural Tasks |
| Discussion Leader: Bill Kristan (University of California, San Diego, CA, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Cynthia Moss (University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA)
"Acoustic Orientation in Bats" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Karin Nordström (Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden)
"Hoverfly Target Detection" |
11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Malcolm MacIver (Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA)
"Natural and Robotic Echolocation" |
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 | Sensing in Extreme Environments |
| Discussion Leader: Karen Mesce (University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, USA / NSF, Arlington, VA, USA) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Helmut Schmitz (University of Bonn, Germany)
"Infrared Receptors in Pyrophilous ('Fire-Loving') Beetles and Bugs and the Design of Infrared Detectors" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Erik Warrant (University of Lund, Lund, Sweden)
"Vision in Extreme Low Light Conditions" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |