| Time |
Speaker |
Title |
| 3/17, 1:45pm |
Moses Chao
NYU Medical Center |
Functions of Neurotrophic Factors in the Nervous System[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 3/18, 9:30am |
Anirvan Ghosh
UCSD |
The Emergence of Synaptic Specificity in a Developing Neural Circuit[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 3/18, 10:00am |
Peter Mombaerts
Max Planck Institute of Biophysics |
Olfaction Targeted[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 3/18, 11:00am |
Stuart Firestein
Columbia Univ |
How Does the Brain Make Sense of Scents?[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 3/18, 11:00am |
Peter Mombaerts
(MPI Biophysics)
Stuart Firestein
(Columbia Univ) |
Continuation of the Morning's Talks[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 3/19, 10:00am |
Catherine Carr |
Shared Computational Principles in Sound Localization[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 3/19, 10:30am |
Tim DeVoogd
Cornell Univ |
Neural Plasticity in an Unconventional Animal System, the Songbird[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 3/19, 11:30am |
Val Kalatsky
Univ of Houston |
Cortical Maps: Fourier Approach to Optical Imaging[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 3/20, 10:00am |
Holly Cline
Cold Spring Harbor |
Rules Governing the Elaboration of Dendritic Arbors[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 3/20, 11:00am |
Winfried Denk
MPI-Heidelberg |
Brain Circuit Reconstruction by Sectioning Electron Microscope[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 3/21, 10:00am |
Henry Greenside |
Three Theoretical Problems Motivated by Recent Birdsong Experiments[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 3/21, 10:30am |
Maxim Bazhenov |
Oscillatory Synchronization and Information Coding in the Olfactory System[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 3/21, 11:00am |
Fred Wolf |
Genes and Symmetries in Visual Cortex Development[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 3/24, 12:15 p.m. |
Greg Lemke
Salk Institute |
Building Brain Maps[Podcast][Aud][Cam]
KITP Blackboard Lunch |
| 3/24, 2:00 p.m. |
David Feldheim
UCSC |
The Role of Ephrins and Structured Retinal Activity in the Development of Visual Map Topography[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 3/25, 9:30 a.m. |
Jenny Rodger
Univ. W. Australia & KITP |
But what do they see? Functional consequences of abnormal visual system topography in ephrin-A-/- mice[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 3/25, 10:00 a.m. |
Alex Koulakov
Cold Spring Harbor Lab & KITP |
Development of brain maps: Sperry versus Hebb[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 3/25, 11:00 a.m. |
Mike Levine
UC Berkeley |
Gene Networks in Animal Development[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 3/26, 2:00 p.m. |
Greg Lemke
Salk Institute |
Innate Immune Regulation[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 3/27, 9:30 a.m. |
Susana Cohen-Cory
UCI |
Neurotrophin-induced Plasticity in the Developing Visual System: From Axons and Dendrites to Synapses[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 3/27, 10:15 a.m. |
Victor Luria
Columbia & KITP |
Genetic Control of Motor Axon Circuitry: A Noisy Computation[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 3/27, 11:00 a.m. |
Sam Pfaff
Salk Inst. |
Higher Order LIM Complexes and Cell Fate Specification[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 3/31, 2:00 p.m. |
Richard Nowakowski
UMDNJ-RWJMS |
Models and Controls of Stem/Progenitor Cell Proliferation in the Developing and Adult CNS[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 3/31, 3:30 p.m. |
Dennis O'Leary
Salk Inst. |
Mechanisms Controlling Area Patterning of the Mammalian Neocortex and their Implications |
| 4/01, 9:30 a.m. |
Ilya Nemenman
LANL & KITP |
On statistical interactions in networks[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 4/01, 10:00 a.m. |
Guillermo Cecchi
IBM Research |
Inference and Analysis of Networks from Functional Brain Imaging[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 4/01, 10:30 a.m. |
Armen Stepanyants
Northeastern & KITP |
Automating neuron reconstruction from 3D microscopy images[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 4/01, 2:00 p.m. |
Fred Wolf
MPI & KITP |
Discussion: Development of Visual Cortical Columns |
| 4/02, 10:00 a.m. |
Sebastian Seung
MIT |
The Computational Challenges of Connectomics[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 4/02, 11:30 a.m. |
David Kleinfeld
UCSD & KITP |
The Other 4 % of Cortex: Blood Flow, Vascular Dynamics, and Progress toward the Angiotome[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 4/03, 10:00 a.m. |
Edward Callaway
Salk |
New Methods for Revealing and Manipulating Highly Specific Neural Circuits[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 4/03, 11:30 a.m. |
Dmitri Chklovskii
Howard Hughes Med. Inst. & KITP |
From Neuronal Circuit Reconstructions to Principles of Brain Design[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 4/01, 9:30 a.m. |
Ila Fiete
Caltech & KITP |
Dynamics in the grid cell network and the code for position in the rat brain[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 4/04, 10:00 a.m. |
Tanya Sharpee
Salk Inst. & KITP |
Neural decision boundaries for maximal information transmission[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 4/04, 10:30 a.m. |
Anthony Bell
UCB & KITP |
Biology: what's the problem? A levels perspective[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 4/07, 2:00 p.m. |
Ed Lein
Allen Inst. |
Combinatorics and Brain Complexity: Understanding Neuronal Diversity Through Large-Scale Gene Expression Analysis[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 4/07, 3:30 p.m. |
Stephen Smith
Stanford Univ |
Exploring the Diversity of Neural Circuit Components[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 4/08, 9:30 a.m. |
Stefano Fusi
Columbia & KITP |
The importance of neuronal diversity in complex cognitive tasks[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 4/08, 10:00 a.m. |
Vincent Hakim
ENS & KITP |
What can we learn from synaptic weight distributions?[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 4/08, 10:30 a.m. |
Gonzalo de Polavieja
Univ. Autonoma & KITP |
Predicting deviations from optimality and applications to neuroanatomy[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 4/09, 10:00 a.m. |
Simon Laughlin
Univ. Cambridge & KITP |
Energy Efficiency and the Design of Brains[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 4/08, 9:30 a.m. |
Stefano Fusi
Columbia & KITP |
Discussion: Cascade Models of Synaptic Plasticity: from Catastrophically Fast Forgetting to Efficient Learning on Multiple Timescales |
| 4/10, 10:00 a.m. |
Chuck Stevens
Salk Inst. & KITP |
Universal Properties of Axonal and Dendritic Arbors[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 4/11, 9:30 a.m. |
Nick Swindale
UBC & KITP |
Visual cortex maps, feedback connections and apical dendrites[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 4/11, 10:00 a.m. |
Kathy Rockland
RIKEN & KITP |
Long-distance cortical connections[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 4/11, 10:30 a.m. |
Elkhonon Goldberg
NY Univ. of Medicine & KITP |
How the brain deals with cognitive novelty and cognitive routines[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 4/14, 2:00 p.m. |
Jon Kaas
Vanderbilt Univ. |
The Evolution of Primate Brains and Primate Sensory and Motor Systems[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 4/14, 3:30 p.m. |
Suzana Herculano-Houzel
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro & KITP |
Why Bigger Is Not Necessarily Better: Cellular Scaling Rules for Mammalian Brains[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 4/15, 10:00 a.m. |
John Allman
Caltech & KITP |
Von Economo Neurons - An Evolutionary Specialization |
| 4/15, 11:15 a.m. |
David Haussler
UCSC |
A Rapidly Evolved RNA Gene May Have Played a Role in the Evolution of the Cerebral Cortex[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 4/17, 9:30 a.m. |
Barak Pearlmutter
Univ. Ireland & KITP |
A Hypothesis for the Core Function of Sleep: Tuning for Criticality[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 4/17, 9:30 a.m. |
Kenneth Kosik
UCSB & KITP |
Evolution of the Synapse[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 4/17, 11:15 a.m. |
Herwig Baier
UCSF & KITP |
Genetic Architecture of the Zebrafish Visual System[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 4/18, 10:00 a.m. |
Sarah Farris
West Virginia Univ. & KITP |
What Cross-Phylum Convergence in Higher Brain Centers Reveals About Universal Features of Brain Organization[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 4/18, 11:00 a.m. |
Jeremy Niven
Univ. Cambridge & KITP |
The Evolution of the Insect Nerve Cord: Patterns and Pressures[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 4/21, 1:45 p.m. |
Anatomy
Development, and Evolution of the Brain |
Welcome New Arrivals and Organizational Meeting |
| 4/21, 2:00 p.m. |
Russell Fernald
Stanford |
Eye Evolution: Physics Meets Biology[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 4/21, 3:30 p.m. |
Georg Striedter
UCI & KITP |
Developmental Bases of Species Differences in Brain Region Size[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 4/22, 9:30 a.m. |
Todd Oakley
UCSB |
'Tree Thinking' and the Evolutionary Origins of Phototransduction in Animals[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 4/22, 11:00 a.m. |
Jorge José
SUNY & KITP |
Deriving the Nature of the Top-Down Input in Visual Area V4 for Spatial Attention[Slides] |
| 4/23, 9:00 a.m. |
Detlev Arendt
EMBL, Heidelberg |
Videoconference - Evolution of the Animal Central Nervous System: From Platynereis to Vertebrates[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 4/23, 10:30 a.m. |
Ralph Greenspan
Neurosciences Inst. & KITP |
Gene Networks and the Evolution of Behavior[Slides][Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 4/24, 10:00 a.m. |
Matt Rockman
Princeton & KITP |
Population and Quantitative Genetics as Tools for Probing Brain Evolution[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
| 4/24, 11:30 a.m. |
Dennis Wall
Harvard Med. |
Comparative Network Analysis of Neurological Disorders to Focus the Genome-wide Search for Autism Gene Candidates[Podcast][Aud][Cam] |
