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 Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Thalamus: From Molecular to Whole-Brain Approaches
Discussion Leaders: W. Martin Usrey (University of California, Davis, United States) and Laszlo Acsady (Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungary)
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:25 pm
Emery Brown (Massachusetts General Hospital/Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
"General Anesthesia: A Novel Window Into the Brain"
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 8:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
8:40 pm - 9:20 pm
Hongkui Zeng (Allen Institute for Brain Science, United States)
"Understanding Cell Type Diversity in the Thalamocortical Circuit"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Thalamocortical Circuits for Sensory Processing
Discussion Leader: Chinfei Chen (Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, United States)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:30 am
Marcel Oberlaender (Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of Behavior, Germany)
"Thalamus Drives Top-Down Modulation of Sensory-Evoked Cortical Output"
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Carl Petersen (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland)
"Thalamocortical Interactions in the Somatosensory System During Whisker-Dependent Goal-Directed Behaviors"
10:00 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:35 am
Coffee Break
10:35 am - 10:55 am
Farran Briggs (University of Rochester, United States)
"The Impact of Corticogeniculate Feedback on LGN Activity"
10:55 am - 11:05 am
Discussion
11:05 am - 11:25 am
Jessica Cardin (Yale University, United States)
"Impact of Higher-Order Thalamus on State-Dependent Cortical Sensory Processing"
11:25 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 11:55 am
Yang Dan (University of California, Berkeley, United States)
"The Role of Pulvinar in Regulating Cortical Activity"
11:55 am - 12:05 pm
Discussion
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm
General Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 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.
Organizer: Farran Briggs (University of Rochester, United States)
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Higher-Order Sensory Pathways
Discussion Leader: Randy Bruno (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:10 pm - 6:30 pm
Ehud Ahissar (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
"Wakening the POm"
6:30 pm - 6:40 pm
Discussion
6:40 pm - 7:00 pm
Alison Barth (Carnegie Mellon University, United States)
"Thalamocortical Circuit Plasticity During Sensory Association Learning"
7:00 pm - 7:10 pm
Discussion
7:10 pm - 7:30 pm
Lucy Palmer (Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Australia)
"The Role of Higher-Order Thalamus During Goal-Directed Behavior"
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Discussion
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Christina Mo (The Florey Institute, Australia)
"The Somatosensory Transthalamic Pathway via POm is Necessary for Whisker Discrimination"
7:50 pm - 7:55 pm
Discussion
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm
General Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Motor Functions of Thalamus
Discussion Leaders: Sean Escola (Columbia University, United States)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:30 am
Michael A. Long (New York University School of Medicine, United States)
"Thalamic Input Selectively Engages Distinct Elements of Sequence-Generating Forebrain Networks"
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Melanie Wilke (Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Germany)
"Thalamic Contributions to Internal Models for the Control of Reach Movements"
10:00 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:35 am
Coffee Break
10:35 am - 10:55 am
Rob Turner (University of Pittsburgh, United States)
"The Primate Basal Ganglia and Cerebellar Motor Thalamus"
10:55 am - 11:05 am
Discussion
11:05 am - 11:25 am
Ian Duguid (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
"Cerebellar-Thalamocortical Control of Movement Initiation"
11:25 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 11:55 am
Yifat Prut (The Hebrew University, Israel)
"The Role of Thalamocortical Interactions in Initiating Reaching Movements of Non-Human Primates"
11:55 am - 12:05 pm
Discussion
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm
General Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Thalamus and Consciousness
Discussion Leader: Jeanne Paz (Gladstone Institutes / University of California, San Francisco, United States)
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:10 pm - 6:30 pm
Antoine Adamantidis (University of Bern, Switzerland)
"Optical Dissection of Thalamic Modulation of Cortical Circuits During REM Sleep"
6:30 pm - 6:40 pm
Discussion
6:40 pm - 7:00 pm
Laura Lewis (Boston University, United States)
"Imaging Thalamic Dynamics Across Arousal States"
7:00 pm - 7:10 pm
Discussion
7:10 pm - 7:30 pm
Anita Luthi (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
"Noradrenergic Circuit Control of Sleep State Progression"
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Discussion
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Renata Batista-Brito (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, United States)
"Neocortical Long-range Inhibitory Neurons Coordinate State-dependent Network Synchronization"
7:50 pm - 7:55 pm
Discussion
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm
General Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Cellular and Circuits Organization of Thalamus
Discussion Leader: Solange Brown (Johns Hopkins University, United States)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:30 am
Eunji Cheong (Yonsei University, South Korea)
"Two Faces of Tonic Gaba in the Thalamus"
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Martha Bickford (University of Louisville, United States)
"The Influence of the Pretectum on the Visual Thalamus"
10:00 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:35 am
Coffee Break
10:35 am - 10:55 am
Hajnalka Bokor (Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungary)
"Unique Organization of Layer 5 Projections From the Frontal Cortex to the Thalamus"
10:55 am - 11:05 am
Discussion
11:05 am - 11:25 am
Priya Rajasethupathy (The Rockefeller University, United States)
"Thalamic Contributions to Memory Processing"
11:25 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 11:55 am
Tianyi Mao (Oregon Health and Science University, United States)
"Thalamic Inputs Drive Subregion-Specific and Cell Type-Specific Circuits of the Insular Cortex"
11:55 am - 12:05 pm
Discussion
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm
Clarissa Whitmire (Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Germany)
"Distinct Cellular Encoding of Warm and Cool in the Thalamus"
12:15 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Development of Thalamocortical Circuits
Discussion Leader: Guillermina Lopez-Bendito (Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Spain)
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:10 pm - 6:30 pm
Gordon Fishell (Harvard Medical School, United States)
"The Role of Bottom-Up Inputs for Establishing Top-Down Connectivity onto Cortical Layer 1 Neurogliaform Cells"
6:30 pm - 6:40 pm
Discussion
6:40 pm - 7:00 pm
Denis Jabaudon (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
"Developmental Trajectories of Thalamocortical Neurons"
7:00 pm - 7:10 pm
Discussion
7:10 pm - 7:30 pm
Anna Victoria Molofsky (University of California, San Francisco, United States)
"Microglial Regulation of Thalamocortical Circuit Maturation"
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Discussion
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Mar Aníbal-Martínez (Neuroscience Institute of Alicante, Spain)
"Intramodal Functional Plasticity in the Developing Somatosensory System"
7:50 pm - 7:55 pm
Discussion
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm
General Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
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
Thalamocortical Alterations in Disease States
Discussion Leader: Dara Manoach (Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, United States)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:30 am
April Levin (Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, United States)
"Thalamocortical Activity and Sensory Responsivity in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder"
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:00 am
Audrey Brumback (Dell Medical School at UT Austin, United States)
"Prefrontal Thalamocortical Circuits in Autism Spectrum Disorder Mouse Models"
10:00 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:35 am
Coffee Break
10:35 am - 10:55 am
John Huguenard (Stanford University, United States)
"Cellular and Circuit Function in Epilepsy and Neurodevelopmental Disorders"
10:55 am - 11:05 am
Discussion
11:05 am - 11:25 am
Carmen Cavada (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Medical School - Spain, Spain)
"Aminergic Innervation of the Primate Thalamus in Health and in Parkinsonism"
11:25 am - 11:35 am
Discussion
11:35 am - 11:55 am
Roy Sillitoe (Baylor College of Medicine, United States)
"Cerebello-Thalamo-Cortical Interactions in Disease Pathophysiology"
11:55 am - 12:05 pm
Discussion
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm
Kepa Paz-Alonso (BCBL. Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language, Spain)
"Thalamic Volume and Thalamocortical Projections as Significant Features to Accurately Classify Readers with and Without Dyslexia"
12:15 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Roles for Thalamus in Regulating Goal-Directed Behavior
Discussion Leader: Adam Hantman (UNC-CH, United States)
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
6:10 pm - 6:30 pm
Mario Penzo (National Institute of Mental Health, United States)
"A Thalamo-Striatal Pathway Drives Learning of an Active Avoidance Response"
6:30 pm - 6:40 pm
Discussion
6:40 pm - 7:00 pm
Susanne Ahmari (University of Pittsburgh, United States)
"Thalamo-Cortical Interactions in OCD-Relevant Behaviors"
7:00 pm - 7:10 pm
Discussion
7:10 pm - 7:30 pm
James Bourne (National Institute of Mental Health, United States)
"Consequences of Pulvino-cortical Disconnection During Development"
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Discussion
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Romain Sala (Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Superieure, France)
"A Cerebello-thalamic Pathway Regulating Fear Extinction Learning and Thalamo-prefrontal Cortex Synchronization"
7:50 pm - 7:55 pm
Discussion
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm
General Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure