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Optogenetic Approaches to Understanding Neural Circuits and Behavior

Gordon Research Conference

Optogenetics and Imaging: Technology Development, Novel Applications, and Closing the Loop Between Models and Experiments

July 15 - 20, 2018

Chair Kay M. Tye

Vice Chair Bernardo Sabatini

Grand Summit Hotel at Sunday River

97 Summit Road

Newry, Maine, United States

Venue and Travel Information

Conference Description

The application of optogenetic tools to investigate neural circuits has become a staple in many labs. Yet there is a vast parameter space in terms of the pattern of activity to be implemented that has yet to be explored. In this meeting, we will explore the frontiers of the field (technology development, integration of models and experiments, closed-loop manipulation, novel biological applications) but also work towards integrating these diverse subfields. What are common motifs, problems and solutions that span the fields applying optogenetic tools?

Related Meeting

This GRC will be held in conjunction with the "Optogenetic Approaches to Understanding Neural Circuits and Behavior" Gordon Research Seminar (GRS). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRS in addition to an application for the GRC. Refer to the associated GRS program page for more information.

Conference Program

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 Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm	Keynote Session: Development and Application of Optogenetic Tools Discussion Leader: Christian Luscher (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm	Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:30 pm	Karl Deisseroth (Stanford University, USA) "The Past, Present and Future of Optogenetics"
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm	Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:20 pm	Alexander M. Cruickshank Lecture: Alice Ting (Stanford University, USA) "Tool Development Enabling Novel Use of Optogenetic Tools"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm	Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Sensorimotor Integration, Decision-Making and Memory Discussion Leader: David Anderson (California Institute of Technology / Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA)
9:00 am - 9:15 am	Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:35 am	Mark Andermann (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, USA) "Reactivation of Salient Experiences in Association Cortex Links Cues to Outcomes"
9:35 am - 9:40 am	Discussion
9:40 am - 10:00 am	Christopher Harvey (Harvard Medical School, USA) "Using Single-Neuron Perturbations to Reveal Computations in Visual Cortex"
10:00 am - 10:05 am	Discussion
10:05 am - 10:25 am	Sonja Hofer (University College London, United Kingdom) "Neural Circuits for Sensory Processing and Sensory-Guided Behaviors"
10:25 am - 10:30 am	Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am	Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am	Fan Wang (Duke University, USA) "A Central Circuit Gating Pain Perception and Action"
11:20 am - 11:25 am	Discussion
11:25 am - 11:45 am	Joshua Dudman (Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA) "Sensorimotor Integration in the Basal Ganglia"
11:45 am - 11:50 am	Discussion
11:50 am - 12:05 pm	Mark Harnett (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) "Dendritic Integration of Navigational Variables in Retrosplenial Cortex"
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm	Discussion
12:10 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	Power Hour The GRC Power Hour is an optional informal gathering open to all meeting participants. It is designed to help address the challenges women face in science and support the professional growth of women in our communities by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring. Organizer: Kay Tye (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm	Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm	Imaging Approaches and Analyses Discussion Leader: Mark Harnett (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm	Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 7:55 pm	Kwanghun Chung (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) "Towards Holistic Molecular Imaging and Phenotyping of the Brain"
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm	Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm	Xiaowei Zhuang (Harvard University / Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA) "Super-Resolution Imaging to Single-Cell Transcriptome and Chromosome Imaging"
8:20 pm - 8:25 pm	Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:45 pm	Laura Waller (University of California, Berkeley, USA) "Parellel Design of Computational Approaches to Imaging and Analysis"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm	Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:10 pm	Peyman Golshani (University of California, Los Angeles, USA) "New Tools to Image Network Dynamics in Freely Behaving Mice"
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm	Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm	Selected from Poster Abstracts: Yaniv Ziv (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel) "Neural Correlates of Behavior Without Behavioral Measurements"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm	Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Psychiatric Disease Discussion Leader: Kafui Dzirasa (Duke University, USA)
9:00 am - 9:15 am	Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:35 am	Byungkook Lim (University of California, San Diego, USA) "Functional Anatomy of Corticolimbic Circuits"
9:35 am - 9:40 am	Discussion
9:40 am - 10:00 am	Mario Penzo (National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, USA) "Dissecting the Stress Circuits of the Paraventricular Nucleus of the Thalamus"
10:00 am - 10:05 am	Discussion
10:05 am - 10:25 am	Ruediger Klein (Max-Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Germany) "Central Amygdala Circuits that Regulate Appetitive Behavior"
10:25 am - 10:30 am	Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am	Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am	Camilla Bellone (University of Geneva, Switzerland) "Neural Circuits Underlying Psychiatric Disease"
11:20 am - 11:25 am	Discussion
11:25 am - 11:45 am	Lisa Stowers (The Scripps Research Institute, USA) "Circuit Mechanisms Underlying Male Courtship Behavior"
11:45 am - 11:50 am	Discussion
11:50 am - 12:05 pm	Gul Dolen (Johns Hopkins University, USA) "Synapses and Circuits of Social Behavior"
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm	Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm	Steve Ramirez (Boston University, USA) "Socially Induced Reinstatement of a Contextual Fear Engram"
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	Novel Neurotechnology Discussion Leader: Ofer Yizhar (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm	Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:05 pm	Valentina Emiliani (Institut de la Vision, CNRS, France) "Multiplexed Temporally Focused Light Shaping for High-Resolution, Multi Cell Optogenetics Neuronal Control"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm	Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm	Ehud Isacoff (University of California, Berkeley, USA) "Novel Probes for Optical Investigation of Neuronal Function"
8:30 pm - 8:35 pm	Discussion
8:35 pm - 8:55 pm	Markita Landry (University of California, Berkeley, USA) "Exciton Engineering for Brain Imaging of Modulatory Neurotransmitters"
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm	Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm	Eric Schreiter (Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA) "Chemigenetic Indicators of Neuronal Activity"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm	Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am	Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Addiction, Reward and Aversion Discussion Leader: Veronica Alvarez (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH, USA)
9:00 am - 9:15 am	Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:35 am	Stephan Lammel (University of California, Berkeley, USA) "Dopaminergic Circuits in Reward and Aversion"
9:35 am - 9:40 am	Discussion
9:40 am - 10:00 am	Patricia Janak (Johns Hopkins University, USA) "VTA and SNc Dopamine: Parallel or Hierarchical Learning Signals?"
10:00 am - 10:10 am	Discussion
10:10 am - 10:30 am	Vanessa Ruta (The Rockefeller University, USA) "Dissecting Circuits that Mediate Innate or Learned Associations"
10:30 am - 10:40 am	Discussion
10:40 am - 11:10 am	Coffee Break
11:10 am - 11:30 am	Cody Siciliano (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) "Cortical-Brainstem Projections Gate Compulsive Alcohol Drinking"
11:30 am - 11:35 am	Discussion
11:35 am - 11:55 am	Nadine Gogolla (Max-Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Germany) "Insular Cortical Circuits Mediating Aversively Motivated Behaviors"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm	Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm	Selected from Poster Abstracts: Emmanuelle Berret (Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland) "Posterior Insula Cortex Processes and Transmits Aversive Information to the Amygdala During Threat Learning"
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm	Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm	Selected from Poster Abstracts: Elizabeth Steinberg (Stanford University, USA) "Amygdalonigral Salience Signals Shape Instrumental Learning"
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
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm	Business Meeting Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm	Homeostatic Systems and Circuits Discussion Leader: Anna Beyeler (Neurocentre Magendie, INSERM UMR1215, France)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm	Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 7:55 pm	Yeka Aponte (National Institutes of Health, USA) "Cracking Neuronal Circuits that Drive Survival Behaviors Using Novel Optical Methods"
7:55 pm - 8:05 pm	Discussion
8:05 pm - 8:25 pm	Steven Flavell (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) "Serotonergic Signaling in Behavioral State Changes in C. elegans"
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm	Discussion
8:35 pm - 8:50 pm	Selected from Poster Abstracts: Sung-Yon Kim (Seoul National University, South Korea) "Neural Circuits Regulating Fluid Intake"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm	Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm	Selected from Poster Abstracts: Claire Gizowski (McGill University, Canada) "Thirst and Circadian Regulatory Elements"
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm	Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm	Selected from Poster Abstracts: Matthew Lovett-Barron (Stanford University, USA) "Divergent Population States Across the Hypothalamus During Homeostatic Threats"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm	Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Neurological Disorders and Motor Function Discussion Leader: Sheena Josselyn (Hospital for Sick Children / University of Toronto, Canada)
9:00 am - 9:15 am	Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:35 am	Jeanne Paz (Gladstone Institutes / University of California, San Francisco, USA) "Closed-Loop Control of Thalamo-Cortical Seizures"
9:35 am - 9:40 am	Discussion
9:40 am - 10:00 am	Ivan Soltesz (Stanford University, USA) "Closed-Loop Interrogation of Epileptic Circuits"
10:00 am - 10:05 am	Discussion
10:05 am - 10:25 am	Takaki Komiyama (University of California, San Diego, USA) "Ensemble Dynamics in Value-Based Decision-Making"
10:25 am - 10:30 am	Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am	Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am	Li-Huei Tsai (Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) "Leveraging Brain Rhythms as a Therapeutic Intervention for Neurodegeneration"
11:20 am - 11:25 am	Discussion
11:25 am - 11:45 am	Jorge Palop (Gladstone Institutes / University of California, San Francisco, USA) "Dissecting Interneuron Dysfunction in Mouse Models of Alzheimer's Disease"
11:45 am - 11:50 am	Discussion
11:50 am - 12:10 pm	Lindsey Glickfeld (Duke University, USA) "Contribution of Cortical Inhibition to Perceived Contrast"
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm	Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm	Selected from Poster Abstracts: Gil Mandelbaum (Harvard Medical School, USA) "Perturbing the Striatum to Understand Reward-Based Action-Selection"
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 - 5:30 pm	Poster Session
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm	Memory, Cognition and Plasticity Discussion Leader: Edward Boyden (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
5:30 pm - 5:50 pm	Introduction by Discussion Leader
5:50 pm - 6:10 pm	Joshua Trachtenberg (UCLA Brain Research Institute, USA) "Experience Dependent Plasticity in the Cortex"
6:10 pm - 6:15 pm	Discussion
6:15 pm - 6:35 pm	Mazen Kheirbek (University of California, San Francisco, USA) "Encoding of Non-Spatial Information in the Dentate Gyrus"
6:35 pm - 6:40 pm	Discussion
6:40 pm - 7:00 pm	Attila Losonczy (Columbia University, USA) "Organization of Hippocampal Memory Circuits"
7:00 pm - 7:05 pm	Discussion
7:05 pm - 7:25 pm	Michael Halassa (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) "Thalamic Regulation of Representational Switching in Prefrontal Cortex"
7:25 pm - 7:30 pm	Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Dinner
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am	Departure

Contributors

Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute On Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R13DA046191. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.

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