Program
Last updated: 11/2/2016
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| 7:30 a.m. | Bus pickup downtown | |
| 8:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. | Registration and breakfast | |
| 9:15 a.m. – 10:35 a.m. | Short Talk Session 1: Spinal Sensorimotor Circuits 1 | |
| 9:15 a.m. – 9:35 a.m. |
Victoria Abraira, Harvard Medical School |
The Cellular and Synaptic Architecture of the Mechanosensory Dorsal Horn |
| 9:35 a.m. – 9:55 a.m. | Sonia Paixao, Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Germany |
Characterization of Zic2+ Dorsal Spinal Neurons as Potential Integrators of Sensory and Motor Circuits |
| 9:55 a.m. –10:15 a.m. | Stephanie Koch, Salk Institute for Biological Studies |
RORb Interneurons Act as Spinal Filters for Refined Motor Movement |
| 10:15 a.m. –10:35 a.m. | Claire Wyart, ICM Paris, France |
Mechanosensory Neurons Control the Timing of Spinal Microcircuits Selection during Locomotion |
| 10:35 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00 a.m. – 12.20 p.m. |
Short Talk Session 2: Spinal Sensorimotor Circuits 2 |
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| 11:00 a.m. –11.20 a.m. |
Filipe Nascimento, University of St Andrews, UK |
The Role of the Sodium Pump in Mouse Spinal Locomotor Network Activity |
| 11:20 a.m. – 11:40 a.m. |
Rebecka Bjornfors, Karolinska Institute, Sweden |
Functional Diversity of Excitatory V0 INs in the Adult Zebrafish |
| 11:40 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. |
Simon Danner, Drexel University |
Comparative Modeling of Different Spinal Mechanisms for |
| 12:00 p.m. – 12:20 p.m. |
Jay Bikoff, Columbia University |
The Diversity of Spinal Inhibitory Interneurons Delineates Variant Motor Microcircuits |
| 12:20 – 1:20 p.m. | Lunch | |
| 1:20 p.m. – 2:10 p.m. |
Plenary Lecture: Robert Brownstone, UC London, UK, & Dalhousie University, Canada |
A Brief History of Spine: from Big Cats to Black Sixes |
| 2:10 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. |
Short Talk Session 3: Supraspinal Systems and Behavior 1 |
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| 2:10 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. |
Jared Smith, Salk Institute for Biological Studies |
Genetic-based Dissection Unveils the Inputs and Outputs of Striatal Patch and Matrix Compartments |
| 2:30 p.m. – 2:50 p.m. |
Roberto Lieras, Karolinska Institute, Sweden |
Decoding the Midbrain Circuits Involved in Initiation of Locomotion and Context-dependent Gait Selection |
| 2:50 p.m. – 3:10 p.m. |
Jeremy Chopek, Dalhousie University |
Medullary Reticular Formation Microcircuits Comprising Chx10 Neurons |
| 3:10 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. |
Anders Lunde, University of Oslo, Norway |
Transcription Factor Profiling of the Vestibulospinal System in Mouse and |
| 3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Coffee Break | |
| 4:00 p.m – 5:00 p.m. |
Short Talk Session 4: Supraspinal Systems and Behavior 2 |
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| 4:00 p.m. – 4:20 p.m. |
Calvin Zhang, University of Arizona |
Neural Mechanism of Optimal Limb Coordination in Crustacean Swimming |
| 4:20 p.m. – 4:40 p.m. |
A.A. Kardamakis, Karolinska Institute, Sweden |
Sensorimotor Circuit Function in Orientation and Avoidance – A Common Vertebrate Plan |
| 4:40 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. |
Andrew Miri, Columbia University |
Behaviorally Selective Firing Dynamics Differentially Engage Motor Output Circuits |
| 5:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. | Reception and Poster Session | |
| 6:45 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. | Dinner | |
| 8:45 p.m. | Bus departs for downtown | |