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Neuroethology: Behavior, Evolution and Neurobiology (GRS)

Gordon Research Seminar

Closing the Loop

August 17 - 18, 2013
Chairs Brian G. Dias and Paloma T. Gonzalez Bellido
Mount Snow
89 Grand Summit Way
West Dover, Vermont, United States
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Conference Description

The Gordon Research Seminar on Neuroethology: Behavior, Evolution & Neurobiology is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas.

Animal behavior is a closed loop system epitomized by the constant feedback between the detection of sensory stimuli, integration within the central nervous system, and motor output; with the motor output further influencing the processing of sensory stimuli.

Investigating these components and the closed loop formed by their reciprocal relationships poses a challenge for those interested in understanding the neural basis of behavior. This Neuroethology GRS aims to link these areas by bringing together graduate students and postdocs investigating sensory, integrative, and motor neuroscience in a neuroethological context. Understanding these multiple facets of behavior will allow us to think about truly "Closing the Loop".

Related Meeting

This GRS will be held in conjunction with the "Neuroethology: Behavior, Evolution and Neurobiology" Gordon Research Conference (GRC). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRC in addition to an application for the GRS. Refer to the associated GRC program page for more information.

Conference Program

SATURDAY
1:00 pm - 5:00 pmArrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pmIntroductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pmSensory Neuroethology
Discussion Leaders: Dayu Lin (NYU) and James Liao (University of Florida)
3:45 pm - 4:00 pmPei Sabrina Xu (Washington University, St. Louis)
"Sexual dimorphism and experience-dependent plasticity in mouse pheromone-sensing neurons"
4:00 pm - 4:07 pmDiscussion
4:07 pm - 4:22 pmKatrina Schrode (University of Minnesota)
"Mechanisms of auditory grouping in Cope's gray treefrog"
4:22 pm - 4:30 pmDiscussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session I
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmSensory + Integrative Neuroethology
Discussion Leaders: Dayu Lin (NYU) and James Liao (University of Florida)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pmSatomi Tsuboko (University of Tokyo)
"Diversity within Society: Behavioral Genetics of Japanese Small Fish, Medaka (Oryzias latipes)"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pmDiscussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pmMichael Metzen (McGill University)
"Envelope processing in the weakly electric fish, Apteronotus leptorhynchus"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pmDiscussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pmIan Hall (Columbia University)
"The Xenopus amygdala mediates socially appropriate vocal communication signals"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pmDiscussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pmCynthia Harley (University of Minnesota)
"Closing multiple loops: How sensory processing influences locomotor behavior and vice versa"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
SUNDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 amIntegrative + Motor
Discussion Leaders: Dayu Lin (NYU) and James Liao (University of Florida)
9:00 am - 9:20 amJeffrey Brown (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign)
"Hunger is a powerful drive: corollary discharge neurons of the feeding motor network switch avoidance to approach based on appetitive state in the sea-slug Pleurobranchaea"
9:20 am - 9:30 amDiscussion
9:30 am - 9:50 amRossanna Perrone (Instituto Clemente Estable)
"Neuropeptide modulation of social electric behavior"
9:50 am - 10:00 amDiscussion
10:00 am - 10:20 amJonathan Dyhr (University of Washington)
"A pitch for inertial control: plasticity in the hawkmoth abdominal flight control circuit"
10:20 am - 10:30 amDiscussion
10:30 am - 10:50 amBryce Chung (Georgia State University)
"Closing the Loop with Neuromechanical Simulation: Insights on the Role of Sensory Feedback in Posture and Walking"
10:50 am - 11:00 amDiscussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pmPoster Session II
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 2:40 pmMentorship session
Discussion Leaders: Paloma Gonzalez-Bellido (MBL) and Brian Dias (Emory University)
1:30 pm - 2:20 pmEve Marder (Brandeis University)
"Lessons from a Grandmother Elephant: Seeking scientific success in a complex environmental morass"
2:20 pm - 2:40 pmDiscussion
2:40 pm - 3:00 pmEvaluation Period
Fill out GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pmGordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm.

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