Computing Cords: Sensorimotor Control by Nerve Cord Circuits Across Species
A mechanistic understanding of how cord circuits operate in both vertebrates and invertebrates is critical for understanding brain function. Beyond serving as simple relay centers, recent progress in animal models - spanning insects, fish, and mammals - has revealed remarkable complexity in cord circuits at the structural and functional levels. Moreover, recent studies have uncovered stark analogies in circuit design and function across model systems. This meeting will bring together experts focused on uncovering organizational and functional properties of cord circuits in a variety of animal models, as well as those using or developing novel tools and techniques for probing cord structure and function (neurophysiology, connectomics, transcriptomics, kinematics, neuromechanical simulations, etc). We look forward to a uniquely interdisciplinary conference with vibrant discussions, cross-fertilization of ideas and exploring new collaborations to further accelerate progress in the field.
Janelia will cover lodging and meals for all participants, and travel support is available to those in need (please indicate need in that portion of the application). Participants are expected to stay for the duration of the meeting.
The meeting will begin at 6pm ET on the first day and end by 1pm ET on the last.
Application Deadline: TBD (11:59 pm ET.)
Please note: Because Janelia conferences are intentionally small and selective, we may not be able to accommodate all applicants. We strive for a broad representation across labs and therefore may limit participation to one person per group. Preference is given to applicants who are active researchers in the field and intend to present their work as a poster or selected talk.
Organizers
Salil Bidaye, Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience
Ansgar Büschges, University of Cologne
Graziana Gatto, University of Cologne
Abdel El Manira, Karolinska Institutet
Julie Simpson, University of California, Santa Barbara
Invited Participants
Victoria Abraria, Rutgers
Jan Ache, University of Würzburg
Turgay Akay, Dalhousie University
Silvia Arber, University of Basel/Biozentrum
Jessica Ausborn, Drexel University College of Medicine
Eiman Azim, Salk Institute
Rune Berg, University of Copenhagen
Julian Bouvier, Paris-Saclay Institute of Neuroscience
Kristin Branson, HHMI/Janelia Research Campus
Gwyneth Card, HHMI/Columbia University
Eugenia Chiappe, Champalimaud Neuroscience Program
Michael Dickinson, California Institute of Technology
Barry Dickson, University of Queensland
Martyn Goulding, Salk Institute
Sten Grillner, Karolinska Institutet
Auke Ijspeert, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)
Greg Jefferis, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Dasen Jeremy, NYU Langone
Ole Kiehn, University of Copenhagen
Avihu Klar, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Minoru Koyama, University of Toronto
Ariel Levine, National Institutes of Health/NINDS
Elizabeth Marin, University of Cambridge
Stefan Pulver, University of St. Andrews
Pavan Ramdya, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)
Dimitri Ryczko, Université de Sherbrooke
Jianren Song, Tongji University
Lora Sweeney, Institute of Science and Technology Austria
Nicholas Szorcinski, West Virginia University
Aya Takeoka, RIKEN & Neuro-Electronics Research Flanders (NERF)
Vatsala Thirumalai, National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS)
Srini Turaga, HHMI/Janelia Research Campus
John Tuthill, University of Washington
Claire Wyart, Paris Brain Institute
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Application Deadline: TBD (11:59 pm ET.)