Sunday
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2:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Arrival and Check-in
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:30 pm - 7:40 pm |
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
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7:40 pm - 9:30 pm |
Quantitative Approaches to Behavioral Analysis
Discussion Leader: Jan Clemens (European Neuroscience Institute Göttingen, Germany)
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7:40 pm - 8:05 pm |
Roian Egnor (HHMI - Janelia Research Campus, United States)
"Using Machine Learning and Ethology To Explore Mouse Ultrasonic Communication"
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8:05 pm - 8:15 pm |
Discussion
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8:15 pm - 8:35 pm |
Catherine Perrodin (University College London, United Kingdom)
"Courtship Behaviour Reveals Socially Informative Acoustic Cues in Mouse Communication"
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8:35 pm - 8:45 pm |
Discussion
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8:45 pm - 9:15 pm |
Coen Elemans (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)
"Embodied Vocal Motor Control"
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9:15 pm - 9:30 pm |
Discussion
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Monday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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8:30 am - 9:00 am |
Group Photo
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Vocal Development
Discussion Leader: Jon Sakata (McGill University, Canada)
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9:00 am - 9:30 am |
Daniel Takahashi (Universidad de Sao Paulo, Brazil)
"The Integrative Biology of Primate Vocal Development"
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9:30 am - 9:45 am |
Discussion
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9:45 am - 10:15 am |
Alison Barker (Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Germany)
"Vocal Dialect Usage Supports Social Cohesion in the Naked Mole-Rat"
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10:15 am - 10:30 am |
Discussion
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10:30 am - 11:00 am |
Coffee Break
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11:00 am - 11:30 am |
Michale Fee (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
"Networks Underlying Motor Sequence Learning"
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11:30 am - 11:45 am |
Discussion
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11:45 am - 12:15 pm |
Patricia Kuhl (University of Washington, United States)
"Speech Learning in Infants"
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12:15 pm - 12:30 pm |
Discussion
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Free Time
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3:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
The GRC Power Hour™
The GRC Power Hour™ 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: Genevieve Konopka (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, United States) and Anne Von Philipsborn (Aarhus University, Denmark)
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4:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
Models of Vocal Learning and Production
Discussion Leader: Adrienne Fairhall (University of Washington, United States)
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7:30 pm - 8:00 pm |
Jason Bohland (University of Pittsburgh, United States)
"Extending the GODIVA Model of Speech Sequence Production"
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8:00 pm - 8:15 pm |
Discussion
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8:15 pm - 8:35 pm |
Ana Ana Amador (University of Buenos Aires and CONICET, Argentina)
"Nonlinear Dynamical Models To Study Neural Coding in Songbirds"
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8:35 pm - 8:45 pm |
Discussion
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8:45 pm - 9:15 pm |
Richard Hahnloser (University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
"Intrinsic Reward in Birdsong Learning"
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9:15 pm - 9:30 pm |
Discussion
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Tuesday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Auditory Specializations for Communication
Discussion Leader: Ioana Carcea (Rutgers BHI, United States)
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9:00 am - 9:30 am |
Sarah Woolley (Zuckerman Institute, Columbia University, United States)
"Learning to Listen"
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9:30 am - 9:45 am |
Discussion
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9:45 am - 10:15 am |
Todd Roberts (UT Southwestern Medical Center, United States)
"Neural Circuits for Encoding Song Memories"
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10:15 am - 10:30 am |
Discussion
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10:30 am - 11:00 am |
Coffee Break
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11:00 am - 11:30 am |
Lizabeth Marie Romanski (University of Rochester Medical Center, United States)
"Bringing Faces and Vocalizations Together in the Primate Prefrontal Cortex"
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11:30 am - 11:45 am |
Discussion
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11:45 am - 12:15 pm |
Robert Liu (Emory University, United States)
"Open Programs for Social Communication in Rodents"
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12:15 pm - 12:30 pm |
Discussion
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Free Time
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4:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
Cortical Mechanisms of Vocal Production
Discussion Leader: Daniela Vallentin (Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Germany)
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7:30 pm - 8:00 pm |
Michael Brainard (University of California, San Francisco, United States)
"Neural Basis of Vocal Plasticity"
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8:00 pm - 8:15 pm |
Discussion
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8:15 pm - 8:35 pm |
Steffen Hage (University of Tübingen, Germany)
"Vocal Flexibility in Marmoset Monkeys"
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8:35 pm - 8:45 pm |
Discussion
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8:45 pm - 9:15 pm |
Edward Chang (University of California, San Francisco, United States)
"Human Cortical Computations Underlying Speech Motor Control"
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9:15 pm - 9:30 pm |
Discussion
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Wednesday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Genetics of Communication
Discussion Leader: Sonja Vernes (Neurogenetics of Vocal Communication Research Group, University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom)
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9:00 am - 9:30 am |
Genevieve Konopka (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, United States)
"Foxp-Regulated Transcriptional Networks Related to Cognition and Disease"
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9:30 am - 9:45 am |
Discussion
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9:45 am - 10:15 am |
Hopi Hoekstra (Harvard University, United States)
"The Evolution and Genetics of Vocal Behavior in Deer Mice"
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10:15 am - 10:30 am |
Discussion
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10:30 am - 11:00 am |
Coffee Break
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11:00 am - 11:30 am |
Kate Watkins (University of Oxford, United Kingdom)
"Brain Structure and Function in Speech and Speech Disorders"
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11:30 am - 11:45 am |
Discussion
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11:45 am - 12:15 pm |
Erich Jarvis (Rockefeller University, United States)
"Genetic and Brain Specializations for Vocal Learning and Spoken Language"
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12:15 pm - 12:30 pm |
Discussion
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Free Time
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4:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:00 pm - 7:30 pm |
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
Predictive Coding in Vocal-Motor Networks
Discussion Leader: Andrew Bass (Cornell University, United States)
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7:30 pm - 8:00 pm |
Vincent Gracco (Haskins Laboratories, Yale University, United States)
"Sensorimotor Networks for Speech Production and Speech Adaptation"
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8:00 pm - 8:15 pm |
Discussion
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8:15 pm - 8:35 pm |
David Schneider (New York University, United States)
"Integration of Sound and Action in Mouse Cortex"
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8:35 pm - 8:45 pm |
Discussion
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8:45 pm - 9:15 pm |
Berthold Hedwig (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
"A Corollary Discharge Maintains Auditory Sensitivity During Sound Production"
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9:15 pm - 9:30 pm |
Discussion
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Thursday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Comparative Anatomy and Function of Communication Circuits
Discussion Leader: Darcy Kelley (Columbia University, United States)
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9:00 am - 9:30 am |
Anne Von Philipsborn (Aarhus University, Denmark)
"Multifunctional and Sexually Dimorphic Wing Motor Circuits in Drosophila"
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9:30 am - 9:45 am |
Discussion
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9:45 am - 10:15 am |
Benjamin Judkewitz (Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany)
"Acoustic Communication in Danionella"
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10:15 am - 10:30 am |
Discussion
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10:30 am - 11:00 am |
Coffee Break
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11:00 am - 11:30 am |
Mimi Kao (Tufts University, United States)
"Vocal Plasticity in the Songbird"
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11:30 am - 11:45 am |
Discussion
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11:45 am - 12:15 pm |
Lisa Stowers (Scripps Research, United States)
"Neural Circuits That Promote USV Courtship Communication in the Mouse"
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12:15 pm - 12:30 pm |
Discussion
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Free Time
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4:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
Vocal Interactions
Discussion Leader: Xiaoqin Wang (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, United States)
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7:30 pm - 8:00 pm |
Yossi Yovel (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
"Vocal Communication in a Crowd of Bats – From Chaos to Information"
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8:00 pm - 8:15 pm |
Discussion
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8:15 pm - 8:35 pm |
Arkarup Banerjee (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, United States)
"Neural Mechanisms of Vocal Turn-Taking in Alston's Singing Mice"
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8:35 pm - 8:45 pm |
Discussion
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8:45 pm - 9:15 pm |
Ofer Tchernichovski (Hunter College, United States)
"How Vocal Learning Sustains Polymorphic Song Culture in Songbirds"
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9:15 pm - 9:30 pm |
Discussion
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Friday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am |
Departure
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