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 Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Principles of Thalamocortical Interactions from the Visual System
Discussion Leader: Martha Bickford (University of Louisville, United States)
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:20 pm
Sonja Hofer (Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, University College London, United Kingdom)
"Organization and Function of Higher-Order Thalamo-Cortical Circuits"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Massimo Scanziani (University of California, San Francisco, United States)
"Orienting in a Dream"
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Development and Plasticity of Thalamocortical Circuits
Discussion Leader: Gordon Fishell (Harvard Medical School, United States)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:20 am
Gabrielle Pouchelon (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, United States)
"Cortical Inhibition and Thalamocortical Pathway Interplay During Development"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Lucas Cheadle (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, United States)
"Regulation of Thalamocortical Connectivity by Non-Neuronal Brain Cells"
9:45 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:05 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:05 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 10:55 am
Sergiu Pasca (Stanford University, United States)
"From Stem Cells to Assembloids and towards Building Human Circuits in Living Systems to Study Disease"
10:55 am - 11:05 am
Discussion
11:05 am - 11:15 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:15 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:35 am
Hey-Kyoung Lee (Johns Hopkins University, United States)
"Cross-Modal Plasticity in the Adult Thalamocortical Circuit"
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:05 pm
General Discussion
12:05 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hour™
The GRC Power Hour™ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizers: Sabine Kastner (Princeton University, United States) and James Bourne (National Institute of Mental Health, United States)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Cellular and Synaptic Organization of the Thalamus
Discussion Leader: Anna Mitchell (University of Canterbury, New Zealand)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 7:50 pm
Moritz Helmstaedter (Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Germany)
"Connectomic Analysis of Thalamocortical Interactions"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:15 pm
Adam Carter (New York University, United States)
"Synaptic Organization of Higher-Order Thalamus"
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:40 pm
William Guido (University of Louisville, United States)
"Form and Function of Inhibitory Circuits in Visual Thalamus"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm
Hong-Wei Dong (UCLA Brain Research & Artificial Intelligence Nexus, United States)
"The Thalamus: A Bridge between the Limbic and Cortico-Basal Ganglia Systems"
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Thalamocortical Circuits for Sensory Processing
Discussion Leader: Murray Sherman (University of Chicago, United States)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:20 am
Arianna Maffei (Stony Brook University, State University of New York, United States)
"A Thalamocortical Circuit for Taste"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Garrett Stanley (Georgia Tech, United States)
"The Role of Precise Timing in the Thalamocortical Circuit"
9:45 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:05 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:05 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 10:55 am
Gina Turrigiano (brandeis university, United States)
"Dynamic Range Modulation of L1 NDNF+ Neurons by Prey Capture Learning"
10:55 am - 11:05 am
Discussion
11:05 am - 11:20 am
Judith Hirsch (University of Southern California, United States)
"Contributions of Feedforward and Feedback Inhibition to Sensory Processing in the Visual Thalamus"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Yulia Bereshpolova (University of Connecticut, United States)
"Do LGN Directionally Selective Neurons Shape Cortical Directional Selectivity?"
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Discussion
11:55 am - 12:15 pm
General Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
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
Motor Functions of Thalamus
Discussion Leader: Kathleen Cullen (Johns Hopkins University, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 7:50 pm
Adrienne Fairhall (University of Washington, United States)
"Multiarea Interactions in Context-Dependent Behavior in Birdsong"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:15 pm
Jun Ding (Stanford University, United States)
"Thalamic Integration of Motor Outputs from the Basal Ganglia and Cerebellum"
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:40 pm
Louise Parr-Brownlie (University of Otago, New Zealand)
"Targeting the Motor Thalamus to Reduce Symptoms in Parkinsonian Rats"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm
Steffen Wolff (University of Maryland School of Medicine, United States)
"The Roles of Thalamic Nuclei in Motor Skill Learning and Execution"
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Thalamus in Consciousness and Attention: Human and Non-Human Primate Studies
Discussion Leader: Sudhin Shah (Weill Cornell Medicine, United States)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:20 am
Nancy Kopell (Boston University, United States)
"Brain Rhythms, Attention and Thalamocortical Interactions"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Wael Asaad (Brown University, United States)
"Neuromodulation of Thalamocortical Circuits to Treat Human Disease: Examples from Movement Disorders, Epilepsy and Psychiatric Disorders"
9:45 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:05 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:05 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 10:55 am
Hagai Bergman (Hebrew U, Israel)
"Unraveling the Dynamic Dialogue between the Basal Ganglia and Thalamus during Wakefulness and Sleep: Forceful Driving or Subtle Modulation"
10:55 am - 11:05 am
Discussion
11:05 am - 11:20 am
Hal Blumenfeld (Yale Neurology, United States)
"Thalamic Modulation of Cortical Arousal in Normal Consciousness and Epileptic Unconsciousness"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Martin Monti (University of California Los Angeles, United States)
"Good Vibrations: Sonic Neuromodulation of Thalamus in Disorders of Consciousness"
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Discussion
11:55 am - 12:15 pm
General Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
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
Thalamus in Sleep and Arousal
Discussion Leader: Antoine Adamantidis (University of Bern, Switzerland)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 7:50 pm
Sean Hill (Blue Brain Project, EPFL, Switzerland)
"Thalamoreticular Modulation of Sensory Processing and Spindles in Wakefulness and Sleep"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:15 pm
Gina Poe (University of California, Los Angeles, United States)
"Modular Thalamocortical Signatures of Sleep and their Timed Relationship with Memory Consolidation Events"
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:40 pm
Adrien Peyrache (McGill University, Canada)
"One Ring to Rule Them All: Thalamic Head-Direction Cells Control Cortical Spatial Representation During Navigation and Sleep"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm
Mark Andermann (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, United States)
"Brainstem Serotonin Neurons Selectively Gate Retinal Information Flow to Thalamus"
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Dates and Venue; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Roles for Thalamus in Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders
Discussion Leader: Magor Lorincz (SZTE, Hungary)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:20 am
Inna Slutsky (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
"Thalamic Nucleus Reuniens Regulates Resilience to Synaptic and Cognitive Failures in an Alzheimer’s Model"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Brielle Ferguson (Harvard University, United States)
"Mediodorsal Thalamic Regulation of Attention in Health and Disease"
9:45 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:05 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:05 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 10:55 am
Guoping Feng (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
"Thalamo-Cortical Circuits in Cognitive Function and Dysfunction"
10:55 am - 11:05 am
Discussion
11:05 am - 11:20 am
Carolina Gutierrez Herrera (University of Bern, Switzerland)
"Frontal Thalamo-Cortical Dynamics: Their Role in Spindles and Psychiatric Disorders"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:05 pm
General Discussion
12:05 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
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
New Tools and Potential Applications to Understanding Thalamic Structure and Function
Discussion Leader: Tianyi Mao (Vollum Institute/Oregon Health and Science University, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 7:50 pm
Karl Deisseroth (Stanford University, United States)
"Inner Workings of Channelrhodopsins and Nervous Systems"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:15 pm
Na Ji (University of California, Berkeley, United States)
"Imaging Neural Activity at Synaptic Resolution"
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:40 pm
Maryam Shanechi (University of Southern California, United States)
"Dynamical Modeling, Decoding, and Control of Brain-Behavior Dynamics"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm
Nicholas Steinmetz (University of Washington, United States)
"Brain-wide Topographic Coordination of Traveling Spiral Waves"
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
General Discussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Closing Remarks
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure
