This meeting was a follow-up to the first one held at Janelia in spring 2008. It focused on advances in the development of novel methods for studying attention and decision making in rodents and other model systems.
View Full DetailsThis intimate meeting focused on the physiology, anatomy, and behavioral role of the visual system in Drosophila and larger flies.
View Full DetailsThe study of the neural basis of birdsong has provided insight into a variety of issues central to neurobiology—neural coding, sensorimotor coordination, developmental plasticity, learning, and memory. Recently, interest in the mouse as a model system for vocal communication has been growing. Mice use ultrasonic vocalizations during social encounters, and there have been some suggestions that male mice produce a vocal signal that may be analogous to birdsong.
This conference focused on vocal production and perception in mice and songbirds, with input from other vertebrate vocal model systems. The aim was to bring together people that have similar practical and theoretical interests, to explore the differences and commonalities between avian and mammalian models of vocal communication, and to share tools, techniques and approaches.
View Full DetailsTwenty years have passed since multiphoton microscopy was first described as a way to image internal structure of living tissues at high resolution with minimal photodamage. This meeting brought together leaders in the field to discuss the progress that has been made over these first two decades, as well as conjecture on the direction of the field in the next 20 years, and beyond. The talks, posters and open discussions focused on topics including: novel in vivo applications, various imaging modalities, enhancing resolution and yield, molecular probes and adaptive optics.
View Full DetailsThis meeting was a follow-up to "New frontiers in mitochondrial science: Integration into cell signaling," held in spring 2008. With the finding that ATP production is merely one part of mitochondrial function, comes the need to investigate their non-ATP related roles. Recent studies show mitochondrial involvement in major cellular metabolic pathways, including nucleic acid biosynthesis, hormone synthesis, and metabolism of cholesterol and neurotransmitters. Moreover, mitochondrial defects have been implicated in a wide spectrum of over 200 diseases, including Parkinson's disease, diabetes, heart disease, and likely many more that have yet to be discovered. This meeting brought together leaders in the field to discuss the most recent findings and best approaches to dissecting the expanding cellular roles of mitochondria.
View Full DetailsThis workshop, a follow-up to the first one held in fall 2008, focused on recent advances in our understanding of the mechanisms of learning and memory in Drosophila and the honeybee. It included discussions of learning that occurs through several different sensory systems along with the anatomy, cell and molecular biology, physiology, and genetics that supports memory formation and persistence.
View Full DetailsThis meeting was a follow-up to the first one held in spring of 2009. Through a series of talks, panel discussions and posters we heard the latest updates on the development, structure and function of the cortex.
View Full DetailsThis was the third meeting devoted to neural circuit reconstruction at the finest and most complete level possible; previous meetings were held in 2007 at Janelia and in 2009 in Berlin. Because of the highly interdisciplinary nature of the field, this meeting brought together experts in imaging hardware, imaging automation, tissue preparation, image processing, manual tracing, computer vision, and machine learning. Also covered were examples of neural circuits where knowledge of most connections is likely to be essential to understand the neural computation performed.
View Full DetailsThis meeting was a follow-up to the first one held in spring 2009. With the development of advanced imaging techniques, the number of biological images acquired in digital form is growing rapidly, resulting in large-scale bioimage databases. The systematic and high-throughput analysis and mining of the information in such bioimage databases are vital to the success of a wide spectrum of studies in molecular biology, from intracellular processes to whole-organ cell-resolution models. The goals of this conference were (1) to bring together interdisciplinary researchers to present the latest advances in image data analysis and informatics methods that are, or might be, relevant to such bioimage analysis problems and (2) to provide a forum for an in-depth discussion of the challenges in this area and their possible solutions.
View Full DetailsIn this meeting, we discussed neuron type identity across various model systems. We focused on the transcriptional mechanisms that define and maintain a particular neuron type identity. We also explored neuronal lineages and delved into how diverse neuron types are specified during development.
View Full DetailsSingle molecule biophysics and systems biology are two contemporary disciplines that rely on physical tools and mathematical modeling to understand underpinnings of biological phenomena. New developments in cellular imaging and absolute quantification at the single molecule level are beginning to bridge the two disciplines, with the potential for facilitating a new quantitative understanding of biological processes. The interface between these two areas holds great promise of fertile interaction and new discovery. In this meeting we heard talks on new and innovative tools and technologies, as well as participated in active discussions among field experts.
View Full DetailsThis meeting brought together experts in the field of motor control and will encompass both vertebrate and invertebrate (and robotic) systems. Talks and discussions focused on the neural processes underlying movement, including the characterization of spinal cord neurons, sensorimotor circuits, muscle synergies, motor learning and brain-machine interfaces. We were able to enjoy hearing an historic perspective, as well as the current state of the art in these areas.
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