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Invited Speakers 2022

DECEMBER 15, 2022
10-00 TO 11-00 EST

Gina Poe
University of California, Los Angeles. USA
https://poe-sleeplab.weebly.com/

Sleep to change your mind: essential features of sleep for memory consolidation and updating

DECEMBER 8, 2022
10-00 TO 11-00 EST

Melissa Warden
Cornell University. USA
https://wardenlab.org/

Neuromodulation and the balance between goal-directed and reactive behavior

NOVEMBER 24, 2022
10-00 TO 11-00 EST

Laura Colgin
University of Texas at Austin. USA
https://clm.utexas.edu/lclab

Coordinated populations of hippocampal place cells in rats performing a memory task

NOVEMBER 10, 2022
10-00 TO 11-00 EST

Erin Calipari
Vanderbilt University. USA
http://caliparilab.com/

Accumbal D1 and D2 medium spiny neurons have distinct but inter-dependent roles in associative learning.

NOVEMBER 3, 2022
10-00 TO 11-00 EST

David Dupret
MCR Brain Network Dynamics Unit,
University of Oxford. United Kingdom
https://www.mrcbndu.ox.ac.uk/groups/dupret-group

Contribution of adult-born neurons to hippocampal population dynamics.

OCTOBER 27, 2022
10-00 TO 11-00 EST

Kaori Takehara-Nishiuchi
University of Toronto. Canada
https://www.takeharalab.com/

Prefrontal neuronal ensemble dynamics during memory integration and transformation

OCTOBER 20, 2022
10-00 TO 11-00 EST

Csaba Földy
Brain Research Institute, University of Zurich. Switzerland.
https://www.hifo.uzh.ch/en/research/foldy.html

Molecular programs for adult brain (re)wiring

OCTOBER 13, 2022
10-00 TO 11-00 EST

János Szabadics
Institute of Experimental Medicine, Budapest. Hungary.
https://koki.hu/researchgroups/cellular-neuropharmacology

Uniform action potentials in variable caliber axons

OCTOBER 6, 2022
10-00 TO 11-00 EST

Gabor Nyiri
Institute of Experimental Medicine,
Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Hungary
http://koki.hu/nyiri/

Subcortical inputs of hippocampal somatostatin neurons shape memory

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
10-00 TO 11-00 EST

Adrien Peyrache
McGill University. Canada
https://www.peyrachelab.com

One ring to rule them all: origin and function of attractor dynamics in the head-direction system

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
10-00 TO 11-00 EST

Gianmaria Maccaferri
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University. USA
https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/faculty-profiles/gianmaria -maccaferri

Throwing some light on hippocampal Cajal-Retzius cells

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
10-00 TO 11-00 EST

Nitric oxide expressing GABAergic neurons of the basolateral amygdala modulate sleep

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
10-00 TO 11-00 EST

Bénédicte Amilhon
CHU Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal. Canada
https://recherche.umontreal.ca/nos-chercheurs

Modulation of ventral hippocampus rhythms and anxiety by raphe serotonergic inputs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
10-00 TO 11-00 EST

Theofanis Karayannis
Brain Research Institute, University of Zurich. Switzerland
https://www.hifo.uzh.ch/en/research/karayannis.html

Development and function of cortical SST+ inhibitory cells

MAY 26, 2022
10-00 TO 11-00 EST

Denise Cai
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA
https://www.denisecailab.com

The brain in motion: How ensemble fluidity drives memory-updating and flexibility

MAY 5, 2022
10-00 TO 11-00 EST

Lisa Roux
IINS, Université de Bordeaux, France
https://www.iins.u-bordeaux.fr/roux

Hippocampal sharp wave ripples: mechanism and function for place cell coding

APRIL 28, 2022
10-00 TO 11-00 EST

Tatiana Korotkova
Universität zu Köln, Germany
https://physiologie.uni-koeln.de/korotkova

Simple pleasures: neuronal regulation of feeding and social interactions

APRIL 21, 2022
10-00 TO 11-00 EST

Mihaela Iordanova
Concordia University, Canada
https://www.concordia.ca/mihaela-iordanova

Cortico-amygdala regulation of secondary fear triggers

APRIL 14, 2022
10-00 TO 11-00 EST

Robert R. Rozeske
University of Toronto, Canada
https://www.rozeskelab.org

Context fear memory encoding and retrieval across prefrontal and hippocampal circuits.

APRIL 7, 2022
10-00 TO 11-00 EST

Jeremiah Cohen
Johns Hopkins University, USA
https://cohenlab.johnshopkins.edu/

Neurophysiology of dynamic decision making

MARCH 31, 2022
10-00 TO 11-00 EST

Massimo Avoli
McGill University, Canada
https://www.mcgill.ca/neuro/researchers/avoli

The role of GABA in focal epileptic disorders

MARCH 24, 2022
10-00 TO 11-00 EST

Xiaolong Jiang
Baylor College of Medicine, USA
https://www.bcm.edu/people-search/xiaolong-jiang

Layer-, cell type-, and pathway-specific cortical circuit deficits underlying the absence epilepsy

MARCH 17, 2022
10-00 TO 11-00 EST

Jean-Claude Béïque
University of Ottawa, Canada
https://www.uottawa.ca/brain/people/beique-jean-claude

Towards an understanding of the synaptic processing rules operating in the dorsal raphe

MARCH 10, 2022
10-00 TO 11-00 EST

Etay Hay
CAMH/Krembil, University of Toronto, Canada
https://www.camh.ca/en/science-and-research/etayhay

Linking cortical microcircuit changes in depression to deficits and signals

MARCH 3, 2022
10-00 TO 11-00 EST

Mazen Kheirbek
University of California San Francisco, USA
https://profiles.ucsf.edu/mazen.kheirbek

Representing rewarding and aversive experiences in hippocampal circuits

FEBRUARY 24, 2022
11-00 TO 12-00 EST

Ivan Soltesz
Stanford University, USA
https://profiles.stanford.edu/ivan-soltesz

Organization and control of hippocampal circuits

FEBRUARY 17, 2022
10-00 TO 11-00 EST

Annalisa Scimemi
University of Albany, USA
https://www.albany.edu/annalisa-scimemi

Circadian clocks change the rules of synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus

FEBRUARY 10, 2022
10-00 TO 11-00 EST

Linda Katona
University of Oxford, UK
httphttps://www.pharm.ox.ac.uk/team/linda-katona

Coordinated temporal and spatial redistribution of inhibition in the hippocampus

FEBRUARY 3, 2022
10-00 TO 11-00 EST

Michaël Zugaro
Collège de France, INSERM, France
http://zugarolab.net

Hippocampo-cortical dynamics underlying memory formation and consolidation

JANUARY 27 
10-00 TO 11-00 EST

Gautam Awatramani
University of Victoria, Canada
https://www.uvic.ca/profiles/gautam-awatramaniri

Function follows Form or Form follows function? Lessons from the retinal direction-selective circuit

JANUARY 20, 2022
10-00 TO 11-00 EST

Antoine Adamantidis
University of Bern, Switzerland
https://www.neuroscience.unibe.ch

Paradoxical somato-dendritic decoupling supports cortical plasticity during REM sleep

JANUARY 13, 2022
10-00 TO 11-00 EST

Alanna Watt
McGill University, Canada
https://wattlabmcgill.ca/

Axonal swellings enhance action potential fidelity and circuit function in the cerebellum

JANUARY 6, 2022
10-00 TO 11-00 EST

Coordination of escape and spatial navigation circuits orchestrates versatile flight from threats