Conference Organizers
Mark Alkema
UMass Chan Medical School, USA
Netta Cohen
University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Hannes E. Bülow
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA
Keynote Address
David M. Miller, lll
Vanderbilt University, USA
Plenary Speakers
Massimo Hilliard, Queensland Brain Institute, Australia
Michael M. Francis, UMass Chan Medical School, USA
Luisa Cochella, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Shawn Xu, University of Michigan, USA
Arantza Barrios, University College London, United Kingdom
Isabel Beets, KU Leuven, Belgium
Steven W. Flavell, MIT, USA
Douglas Portman, University of Rochester, USA
Laura Bianchi, University of Miami, USA
Session Chairs
Baris Tursun, Universität Hamburg, Germany
Vivek Venkatachalam, Northeastern University, USA
Diego Rayes, Bahia Blanca, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina
Asuka Takeishi, Riken Center For Brain Science, Japan
Peri Kurshan, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA
Ithai Rabinovitch, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Nuria Flames, Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia IBV-CSIC, Spain
Yan Zou, ShanghaiTech University, China
Alexandra Byrne, UMass Chan Medical School, USA
Supriya Srinivasan, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA
Zhao-Wen Wang, University of Connecticut, USA
Varsha Singh, Indian Institute of Science, India
Abstract Selection Committee
Abhishek Bhattacharya, NCBS, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India
Thomas Boulin, Université Claude Bernard Lyon, France
Henrik Bringmann, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
Alexandra Byrne, UMass Chan Medical School, USA
Dhanya Cheerambathur, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Maria Doitsidou, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Nuria Flames, Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia IBV-CSIC, Spain
Paschalis Kratsios, University of Chicago, USA
Peri Kurshan, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA
Michael O’Donnell, Yale University, USA
Meital Oren-Suissa, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
Ithai Rabinovitch, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Diego Rayes, Bahia Blanca, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina
Monika Scholz, Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behavior, Germany
Varsha Singh, Indian Institute of Science, India
Supriya Srinivasan, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA
Shay Stern, The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
HaoSheng Sun, University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA
Asuka Takeishi, Riken Center For Brain Science, Japan
Baris Tursun, Universität Hamburg, Germany
Vivek Venkatachalam, Northeastern University, USA
David Weinkove, Durham University, United Kingdom
Zhao-Wen Wang, University of Connecticut, USA
Yan Zou, ShanghaiTech University, China
Scientific Topics
Neural Circuits and Behavior
Development
Synaptic functions
Circuits
Behavior
Aging Diseases and Neural Regeneration
Technical advances
Plasticity and sensory responses