Structure and Function of the Insect Central Complex
This will be the fifth in a series of Janelia-hosted meetings on this fascinating and highly conserved insect brain region. Much progress has been made in recent years towards understanding the anatomical structure, dynamics and behavioral involvement of central complex circuitry. We aim to facilitate ongoing discoveries by bringing together researchers utilizing a variety of experimental and theoretical approaches in a range of species, from insects to stomatopods. As with previous editions, this small conference will incorporate vertebrate researchers, roboticists, theorists and tool builders whose work is relevant to the study of the central complex. The meeting will feature a series of thematically organized sessions comprised mainly of short talks selected from submitted abstracts. Emphasis will be placed on featuring unpublished work from both junior and senior researchers.
Application deadline: June 6, 2018 (11:59 p.m. ET)
Organizers
Marie Dacke, Lund University
Yvette Fisher, Harvard Medical School
Hannah Haberkern, Janelia Research Campus/HHMI
Vivek Jayaraman, Janelia Research Campus/HHMI
Invited Participants
Yoshinori Aso, Janelia Research Campus/HHMI
Benjamin de Bivort, Harvard University
Michael Dickinson, California Institute of Technology
Jeffrey Donlea, University of California, Los Angeles
Monica Dus, University of Michigan
Basil El Jundi, University of Würzburg
Ila Fiete, University of Texas at Austin
Kiah Hardcastle, Stanford University
Stanley Heinze, Lund University
Uwe Homberg, Philipps-Universität Marburg
Daniel Lee, University of Pennsylvania
Gaby Maimon, The Rockefeller University
Katherine Nagel, New York University
Rickesh Patel, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Keram Pfeiffer, University of Würzburg
Roy Ritzmann, Case Western Reserve University
Wolfgang Rössler, University of Würzburg
Vanessa Ruta, The Rockefeller University
Johannes Seelig, Center of Advanced European Studies and Research
Nicholas Strausfeld, University of Arizona
Roland Strauss, The Institute of Molecular Biology, Mainz
Luis Sullivan, University of Oregon
Paul Tillberg, Janelia Research Campus/HHMI
Barbara Webb, University of Edinburgh
Tanya Wolff, Janelia Research Campus/HHMI
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Available to grad students and postdocs whose labs do not have travel funding and who would otherwise be unable to attend. Interested applicants must register and note their request for travel support on the registration site.
