SATURDAY |
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Keynote Presentation |
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Lee Dugatkin (University of Louisville) "The proximate-ultimate feedback loop" |
4:15 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | From Genes to Social Structure: The Modification of Behavior and its Mechanisms |
| Discussion Leader: Kim Hoke (Colorado State University) |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Brian Dias (Emory University) "Molecular mechanisms underlying behavioral plasticity in a unisexual whiptail lizard" |
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Josh Lillvis (Georgia State University) "Species differences in serotonergic neuromodulation of homologous neurons related to locomotor behavior" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Scott Dobrin (Wake Forest University) "Experience-dependent brain plasticity: how what you do today affects who you are tomorrow" |
8:40 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm | Melissa Caras (The University of Washington) "The effects of breeding condition on auditory processing in a wild songbird" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
SUNDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 11:00 am | Neuronetworks and Communication: Integrating Neuroethology and Computational Neuroscience |
| Discussion Leader: Michael Markham (The University of Oklahoma) |
9:00 am - 9:10 am | Chris Palmer (UCSD)
"Multifunctional neurons involved in behavioral choice in the medicinal leech" |
9:10 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
9:30 am - 9:40 am | Tsunehiko Kohashi (Washington University in St. Louis) "A Novel Whole-brain Preparation for Studying Precise Temporal Coding in Mormyrid Electric Fish" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:10 am | Amber Hudson (Emory University) "Maintaining consistent behavior: Cellular identity in an invertebrate central pattern generator" |
10:10 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am - 10:40 am | Stephen Shepherd (Princeton University) "Face to face: primate signal processing" |
10:40 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session II |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 2:45 pm | Converging Evidence for the Neural Basis of Sensory Processing |
| Discussion Leader: Marc Seid (Scranton University) |
1:30 pm - 1:40 pm | Tim Brawn (The University of Chicago) "Auditory learning in starlings: A neuroethological approach to sleep-dependent memory consolidation" |
1:40 pm - 2:00 pm | Discussion |
2:00 pm - 2:10 pm | Linnea Van Griethuijsen (Tufts University) "A fast defense behavior in caterpillars: motor patterns and precision" |
2:10 pm - 2:30 pm | Discussion |
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill out GRS Evaluation Forms |
3:00 pm | Gordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm. |