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McGovern Institute Spring 2016 Symposium Computations: from Synapses to Systems

Add to CalendarAmerica/New_YorkMcGovern Institute Spring 2016 Symposium Computations: from Synapses to Systems05/09/2016 4:00 am05/09/2016 4:00 amSingleton Auditorium 46-3002
May 9, 2016
4:00 am
Location
Singleton Auditorium 46-3002
Contact
Naomi Berkowitz
    Description

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    PROGRAM

    8:30 am
 
    Continental Breakfast Served in Atrium

    9:00 am – 9:15 am
 
    ROBERT DESIMONE & MARK HARNETT, McGovern Institute

    Welcoming Remarks

    Session I (Chair: TBD)

    9:15 am - 10:00 am
    
ANGUS SILVER, University College London
    Information processing in the input layer of the cerebellar cortex

    
10:00 am - 10:45 am

    GAUTAM AWATRAMANI, University of Victoria
    The fine balancing act of GABAergic/cholinergic retinal starburst amacrine cells
     
    10:45 am – 11:00 am
    Break

    11:00 am - 11:45 am

    STEFAN REMY, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
    Synaptic integration of locomotion-speed by entorhinal cortex and hippocampus
     
    11:45 am - 12:30 pm

    JENNIFER RAYMOND, Stanford University
    Neural learning rules in the cerebellum
     
    12:30 pm - 01:30 pm
    Lunch in Atrium
     
    Session II (Chair: TBD)
     
    01:30 pm – 02:15 pm
    CARL PETERSEN, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
    Neural circuits for goal-directed sensorimotor transformation
     
    02:15 pm - 03:00 pm

    SURYA GANGULI, Stanford University
    A theory of neural dimensionality, dynamics and measurement

    03:00 pm - 03:15 pm
    
Break

    03:15 pm - 04:00 pm
    
LINDSEY GLICKFELD, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences
    Functional specialization in the mouse visual cortex
     
    04:00 pm - 04:45 pm

    STEVEN SIEGELBAUM, Columbia University
    Storing memories through cortico-hippocampal circuits
     
    5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

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