Conference Description
The field of Amygdala research has been thriving in recent years, with noteworthy growth in our understanding of its function. This year's meeting will continue to include research in human, non-human primate, and rodent models and will celebrate diversity in every sense. The program will feature: diverse research levels (anatomy, in vivo neural dynamics, optogenetics, chemogenetics, computation, functional imaging, molecular/genetic profiling and of course behavior), diverse functions (innate and learned behaviors ranging from fear, anxiety, reward, valence processing, social cognition, and more), and a diversity of speakers. Towards this goal, we hope to integrate the many facets of Amygdala Function and facilitate cross-pollination across subfields.
The topics, speakers, and discussion leaders for the conference sessions are displayed below. The conference chair is currently developing their detailed program, which will include the complete meeting schedule, as well as the talk titles for all speakers. The detailed program will be available by April 4, 2019. Please check back for updates.
Keynote Session: Emotional Memories
Discussion Leaders
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Stephen Maren (Texas A&M University, USA)
Speakers
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Sheena Josselyn (Hospital for Sick Children / University of Toronto, Canada)
Pain and Stress
Discussion Leaders
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Bo Li (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA)
Speakers
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Richard Palmiter (University of Washington, USA)
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Yarimar Carrasquillo (National Institutes of Health, USA)
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Fan Wang (Duke University, USA)
Computational Features of the Amygdala
Discussion Leaders
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Gloria Choi (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
Speakers
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Rony Paz (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
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Chia-Jung Chang (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
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Pankaj Sah (Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, Australia)
Fear, Anxiety and PTSD
Discussion Leaders
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Daniela Schiller (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA)
Speakers
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Josh Johansen (RIKEN, Japan)
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Susan Sangha (Purdue University, USA)
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Sachin Patel (Vanderbilt University, USA)
Amygdala Macrocircuitry: Distributed Connections
Discussion Leaders
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Kate Wassum (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)
Speakers
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Ekaterina Likhtik (Hunter College, City University of New York, USA)
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Kafui Dzirasa (Duke University, USA)
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Amit Etkin (Stanford University, USA)
Social Cognition and Social Interaction
Discussion Leaders
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Marie Monfils (University of Texas at Austin, USA)
Speakers
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Katalin Gothard (University of Arizona, USA)
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Ofer Yizhar (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
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Steve Chang (Yale University, USA)
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Gloria Choi (McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
Innate Functions of the Amygdala
Discussion Leaders
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Ofer Yizhar (Weizmann Institute of Science, USA)
Speakers
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Mark Andermann (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, USA)
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Regina Sullivan (Nathan S. Kline Institute, NYU Langone Medical Center, USA)
Valence Processing to Mental Health
Discussion Leaders
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Regina Sullivan (New York University, USA)
Speakers
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Nadine Gogolla (Max-Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Germany)
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Marina Picciotto (Yale University, USA)
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Matthew Hill (Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Canada)
Addiction, Reward and Reinforcement
Discussion Leaders
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Jane Taylor (Yale University School of Medicine, USA)
Speakers
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Marisa Roberto (The Scripps Research Institute, USA)
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Courtney Miller (The Scripps Research Institute, USA)
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Andrew Holmes (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH, USA)
Power Hour
Organizer:
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Kay Tye (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
