The Neural Basis of Vibrissa-Based Tactile Sensation
This meeting will bring together groups working on circuitry, behavior and in vivo physiology of the whisker system. In addition to standard presentations, this meeting will offer overview lectures and small workshops addressing various topics, such as the role of vibrissa sensorimotor control in the larger framework of neuroscience, advances in anatomical methods, including possible coordination of efforts in quantitative anatomy, and prospects for delineating the molecular basis and cellular pathways of mechanosensory input from the vibrissa.
Organizers
Mitra Hartmann, Northwestern University
David Kleinfeld, University of California, San Diego
Karel Svoboda, Janelia Research Campus/HHMI
Invited Participants
Ehud Ahissar, Weizmann Institute of Science
Diana Bautista, University of California, Berkeley
Michael Brecht, Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin
Randy Bruno, Columbia University
Tansu Celikel, University of Southern California
Daofen Chen, National Institutes of Health
Christiaan de Kock, VU University Amsterdam
Martin Deschênes, Centre de Recherche Universite Laval Robert-Giffard
Mathew Diamond, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA)
Adrienne Fairhall, University of Washington
Daniel Feldman, University of California, Berkeley
David Golomb, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Moritz Helmstaedter, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research
Mark Jacquin, Washington University School of Medicine
Miguel Maravall, Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, CSIC-UMH
Chris Moore, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Karen Moxon, Drexel University
Maria Neimark Geffen, The Rockefeller University
Carl Petersen, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Tony Prescott, The University of Sheffield
Bert Sakmann, Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology
Fan Wang, Duke University
Hongkui Zeng, Allen Institute for Brain Science
