Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Comparative Approach to Studying the Neural Mechanisms of Acoustic Communication
Discussion Leader: Martin Wild (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
7:40 pm - 8:40 pm
Richard Mooney (Duke University, United States)
"Birdsong Learning"
8:40 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Neural Mechanisms for Motor Coordination Underlying Communication
Discussion Leader: Jon Sakata (McGill University, Canada)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:30 am
Coen Elemans (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)
"Neural and Physical Mechanisms of Making Sounds"
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Kevin Yackle (University of California, San Francisco, United States)
"Brainstem Vocalization Neurons Co-Opt Breathing to Pattern Phonation"
10:00 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 10:50 am
Ziran Zhao (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, United States)
"Functional Dissociation of Skilled Vocal-Orofacial Behaviors in Zebra Finch Corticobulbar Circuit"
10:50 am - 10:55 am
Discussion
10:55 am - 11:05 am
Abigail Grassler (Emory University, United States)
"The Role of Multifunctional Muscles During Vocalization and Feeding Behaviors"
11:05 am - 11:10 am
Discussion
11:10 am - 11:30 am
Katherine Tschida (Cornell University, United States)
"Neural Circuits for Context-Dependent Control of Vocal Communication"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:00 pm
Lisa Stowers (Scripps Research, United States)
"Circuits that underlie olfactory mediated ultrasonic vocalizations in the mouse"
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Nicholas Jourjine (Harvard University, United States)
"Evolution of Vocal Timing in Neonatal Deer Mice"
12:20 pm - 12:25 pm
Discussion
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizers: Yun Ding (University of Pennsylvania, United States) and Talmo Pereira (Salk Institute for Biological Studies, United States)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Auditory Specializations for Communication
Discussion Leader: Robert Liu (Emory University, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
Yoko Yazaki-Sugiyama (OIST Graduate University, Japan)
"Mind the Gap: Neuronal Coding of Species Identity in Birdsong Prosody"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Joerg Albert (Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg (and University College London, UK), Germany)
"Audibility Generation and Acoustic Signal Extraction in Mosquitoes"
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Megan Kirchgessner (NYU School of Medicine, United States)
"Longitudinal Monitoring of Developmental Plasticity in the Mouse Auditory Cortex"
8:50 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:05 pm
Srivatsun Sadagopan (University of Pittsburgh, United States)
"Laminar Processing in Primary Auditory Cortex ‘Untangles’ Vocalization Representations during an Active Vocalization Categorization Task"
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Thomas Harmon (Duke University, United States)
"Vocal Corollary Discharge Signals Modulate the Mouse Auditory Cortex"
9:20 pm - 9:25 pm
Discussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Multimodal Aspects of Acoustic Signaling
Discussion Leader: Roian Egnor (HHMI - Janelia Research Campus, United States)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Cory Miller (University of California San Diego, United States)
"Navigating Social Space"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
Kim Hoke (Colorado State University, United States)
"Neural and Perceptual Mechanisms That Bias Mate Choice in Complex Signaling Environments"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 10:40 am
Rich Pang (Princeton University, United States)
"Nonlinear adaptive dynamics for mnemonic encoding of natural social communication signals in Drosophila"
10:40 am - 10:45 am
Discussion
10:45 am - 11:05 am
Xiaoqin Wang (Johns Hopkins University, United States)
"What Information do Marmoset Vocalizations Contain?"
11:05 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:25 am
Gregg Castellucci (NYU Langone Medical Center, United States)
"Neural Dynamics During Spoken Interaction (and Beyond)"
11:25 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Ariadna Corredera Asensio (New York University, United States)
"Mice Adapt their Navigation Behavior Based on Self-Generated Sounds and Perceived Threat"
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Diana Liao (University of Tuebingen, Germany)
"Control Over Number of Vocalizations in Crows and Humans"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
Robert Froemke (New York University Grossman School of Medicine, United States)
"Love, Death, and Oxytocin: The Challenges of Mouse Maternity"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Neural Mechanisms of Song Production and Learning
Discussion Leader: Mimi Kao (Tufts University, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Jesse Goldberg (Cornell University, United States)
"Neural mechanisms of social communication in budgerigars"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
Sarah Woolley (McGill University, Canada)
"Neural Circuits for Preference and Social Bonding"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
Jon Kasdin (Columbia University, United States)
"Dopamine Guides Vocal Learning through Reinforcement"
8:40 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:05 pm
Yarden Cohen (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
"The Syntax of Neural and Behavioral Sequences: Lessons from Canary Song"
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Hiroshi Shiozaki (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, United States)
"Activity of Nested Neural Circuits Drives Different Courtship Songs in Drosophila"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Social Signaling through Acoustic Communication
Discussion Leader: Alison Barker (Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Germany)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:30 am
Matthew Fuxjager (Brown University, United States)
"Neural Mechanism, Evolution, and Behavioral Ecology of Acoustic Communication in Woodpeckers"
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Jan Clemens (University Oldenburg, Germany)
"The Secret Social Life of Fruit Flies"
10:00 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Group Photo / Coffee Break
10:40 am - 10:50 am
Constantina Theofanopoulou (Rockefeller University, United States)
"Tapping into the neurobiology of speech and dance production"
10:50 am - 10:55 am
Discussion
10:55 am - 11:15 am
Osama Ahmed (University of Washington, Seattle, United States)
"The Neurobiology of Multitasking in Singing Drosophilids"
11:15 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 11:35 am
Katherine Anderson (City College of New York, United States)
"So What's the Scenario?: Retracing Social Brain Afferents to the Zebra Finch Vocal Control Network"
11:35 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Emily Isko (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, United States)
"Modification of Motor Cortical Circuitry Underlies the Evolution of Behavioral Novelty in the Singing Mouse"
11:50 am - 11:55 am
Discussion
11:55 am - 12:15 pm
David White (Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada)
"The Many Influences on Signal Efficacy in Songbirds"
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Discussion
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Next Generation Session on Acoustic Communication in Naturalistic Settings
Discussion Leaders: Nicholas Jourjine (Harvard University, United States) and Diana Liao (University of Tuebingen, Germany)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Amy LeMessurier (NYU School of Medicine, United States)
"Projection-Specific Cortical Processing of Vocalizations for Mouse Maternal Behavior"
7:50 pm - 7:55 pm
Discussion
7:55 pm - 8:05 pm
Giacomo Costalunga (Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence, Germany)
"Behavioral and neural correlates of a supernormal song stimulus in Nightingales"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Elizabeth O'Gorman (Duke University, United States)
"Hacking Neural Learning with Deep Learning: Real-Time Perturbation of High-Dimensional Song Features in the Zebra Finch"
8:20 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm
Ralph Peterson (New York University, United States)
"Auditory Cortex Is Required for Antiphonal Calling In the Mongolian Gerbil"
8:35 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:00 pm
Michael A. Long (New York University School of Medicine, United States)
"Comparative Neural Mechanisms for Interactive Communication"
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Dates and Venue; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Comparative Approaches to Acoustic Communication
Discussion Leader: Vikram Gadagkar (Columbia University, United States)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:30 am
Cynthia Moss (Johns Hopkins University, United States)
"Bat Communication with Self, Friends, and Foes"
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Andreas Nieder (University of Tübingen, Germany)
"Neurobiology of Cognitive Vocal Control in Macaques and Crows"
10:00 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 10:50 am
Alena Lemazina (Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Germany)
"Behavioral and Neural Correlates of Courtship in the Naked Mole-Rat"
10:50 am - 10:55 am
Discussion
10:55 am - 11:15 am
Yun Ding (University of Pennsylvania, United States)
"Neural Circuit Evolution for Courtship Song in Drosophila"
11:15 am - 11:25 am
Discussion
11:25 am - 11:35 am
Zhilei Zhao (Cornell University, United States)
"Evolution of Forebrain Vocal Learning Circuits in Songbirds and Parrots"
11:35 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 11:50 am
Charlotte Barkan (Williams College, United States)
"Neuronal Mechanisms Underlying Evolution of Divergent Vocal Behaviors"
11:50 am - 11:55 am
Discussion
11:55 am - 12:05 pm
Ava Kiai (Ernst Strüngmann Institute/Goethe University, Germany)
"Deactivation of a Frontal Locus of Vocal Control in the Bat Modulates Vocalization-Related Dynamics"
12:05 pm - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Quantitative Approaches to Behavioral Analysis and Control
Discussion Leader: Joshua Neunuebel (University of Delaware, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Talmo Pereira (Salk Institute for Biological Studies, United States)
"Quantifying Behavior in Socially Interacting Animals"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
Sergey Stavisky (University of California, Davis, United States)
"Motor Cortical Activity During Human Speech and Its Use in a Speech Neuroprosthesis"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
Timothy Gardner (University of Oregon, United States)
"TweetyBERT, A Self-Supervised Model for Song Parsing"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
Alex Williams (New York University, United States)
"Models and Benchmarks for Localizing Social Vocalizations in Rodents"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure