Sunday
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4:00 pm - 8:00 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 |
Bat Echolocation
Session in memory of Annemarie Surlykke, who was elected as the GRC co-chair.
Discussion Leader: Cynthia Moss (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
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7:40 pm - 7:55 pm |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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7:55 pm - 8:20 pm |
Signe Brinklov (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)
"Oilbird Echolocation Signals - Tuned to Ambient Light Conditions but Not to Best Hearing Frequency"
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8:20 pm - 8:25 pm |
Discussion
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8:25 pm - 8:50 pm |
Lasse Jakobsen (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)
"Sonar Beam Shape of Nose Emitting Bats Without a Nose-Leaf - A Possible New Model for Nasal Sound Emission"
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8:50 pm - 8:55 pm |
Discussion
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8:55 pm - 9:20 pm |
Khaleel Razak (University of California, Riverside, USA)
"Sound Localization Behavior and Cortical Mechanisms in the Pallid Bat (Antrozous pallidus)"
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9:20 pm - 9:25 pm |
Discussion
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9:25 pm - 9:30 pm |
General Discussion
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Monday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
The Use of Toxins for Survival
Discussion Leader: Harold Zakon (The University of Texas at Austin, USA)
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9:00 am - 9:10 am |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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9:10 am - 9:40 am |
Michael Fox (Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, USA)
"Parasitic Infection Alters Inhibitory Neural Circuits in the Mammalian Brain"
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9:40 am - 9:50 am |
Discussion
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9:50 am - 10:20 am |
Frederic Libersat (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)
"Predatory Wasps Manufacture a Chemical Arsenal in Venom to Control the Behavior of Its Cockroach Prey"
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10:20 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 |
Heather Eisthen (Michigan State University, USA)
"Tetrodotoxin: Beyond Survival to Sex and Symbiosis"
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11:30 am - 11:40 am |
Discussion
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11:40 am - 12:10 pm |
Ashlee Rowe (Michigan State University, USA)
"Coevolution Between Scorpion Neurotoxins and Their Ion Channel Targets: Sensory and Neuromuscular Adaptations that Mediate Predator-Prey Interactions"
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12:10 pm - 12:20 pm |
Discussion
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12:20 pm - 12:30 pm |
General Discussion
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Group Photo / Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:30 pm |
Free Time
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3:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
Power Hour
The GRC Power Hour is an optional informal gathering open to all meeting participants. It is designed to help address the challenges women face in science and support the professional growth of women in our communities by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizer: Emma Coddington (Willamette University, USA)
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4:30 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Ballistic Behaviors: Catching Your Own Dinner or Avoiding Being Lunch
Discussion Leader: William Heitler (University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom)
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6:00 pm - 6:10 pm |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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6:10 pm - 6:50 pm |
Stefan Schuster (University of Bayreuth, Germany)
"Combining Speed and Complexity: Prey Catching in Archerfish"
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6:50 pm - 7:00 pm |
Discussion
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7:00 pm - 7:40 pm |
Gregory Sutton (University of Bristol, United Kingdom)
"How Insects Use Muscles and Springs to Jump as Quickly as Possible"
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7:40 pm - 7:50 pm |
Discussion
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7:50 pm - 8:00 pm |
General Discussion
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8:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Dinner
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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 |
"Survival of the Fittest": Evolution of Behaviors
Discussion Leader: Kim Hoke (Colorado State University, USA)
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9:00 am - 9:10 am |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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9:10 am - 9:50 am |
Christophe Dupre (Columbia University, USA)
"Temporal Structure in Two Behaviors of the Jellyfish Hydra vulgaris"
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9:50 am - 10:00 am |
Discussion
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10:00 am - 10:35 am |
Coffee Break
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10:35 am - 11:15 am |
Jason Gallant (Michigan State University, USA)
"The Evolutionary Genomics of Electric Organs and Electric Signals"
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11:15 am - 11:25 am |
Discussion
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11:25 am - 12:05 pm |
Daphne Soares (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA)
"Cavefish Strategies for Success in Complete Darkness"
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12:05 pm - 12:15 pm |
Discussion
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12:15 pm - 12:30 pm |
General Discussion
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:30 pm |
Free Time
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4:30 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Vision: Seeing Your Predator or Prey
Discussion Leader: Catherine Carr (University of Maryland, USA)
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6:00 pm - 6:10 pm |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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6:10 pm - 6:50 pm |
Paloma Gonzalez Bellido (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
"The Visual Adaptations and Behavioural Strategies that Allow Miniature Flies to Detect and Catch Fleeting Prey"
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6:50 pm - 7:00 pm |
Discussion
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7:00 pm - 7:40 pm |
William Mowrey (Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA)
"Neural Models of Motion Extrapolation in Amphibian Prey Capture"
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7:40 pm - 7:50 pm |
Discussion
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7:50 pm - 8:00 pm |
General Discussion
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8:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Dinner
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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 |
Social
Behaviors
Discussion Leader: Emma Coddington (Willamette University, USA)
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9:00 am - 9:10 am |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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9:10 am - 9:50 am |
Ivan Rodriguez (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
"The Sick Sense Is in the Nose"
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9:50 am - 10:00 am |
Discussion
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10:00 am - 10:35 am |
Coffee Break
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10:35 am - 11:15 am |
Mala Murthy (Princeton University, USA)
"Neural Mechanisms for Dynamic Acoustic Communication in Drosophila"
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11:15 am - 11:25 am |
Discussion
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11:25 am - 12:05 pm |
Eric Fortune (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA)
"When Brains Cooperate"
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12:05 pm - 12:15 pm |
Discussion
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12:15 pm - 12:30 pm |
General Discussion
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:30 pm |
Free Time
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4:30 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Neural
Circuit Flexibility Underlying Behavioral Adaptation
Discussion Leader: Felix Schweizer (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)
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6:00 pm - 6:10 pm |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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6:10 pm - 6:50 pm |
Nathalie Rochefort (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
"Behavioural State Modulation of Inhibition in Mouse Primary Visual Cortex"
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6:50 pm - 7:00 pm |
Discussion
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7:00 pm - 7:40 pm |
John Simmers (University of Bordeaux, France)
"Adaptive Flexibility of Spinal Efference Copy and Gaze Control in Metamorphosing Frog"
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7:40 pm - 7:50 pm |
Discussion
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7:50 pm - 8:00 pm |
General Discussion
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8:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Dinner
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Thursday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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8:30 am - 9:00 am |
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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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Neural Circuits Underlying Behaviors
Discussion Leader: Keith Sillar (University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom)
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9:00 am - 9:10 am |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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9:10 am - 9:50 am |
Denis Combes (University of Bordeaux, France)
"Developmental Plasticity of Locomotor and Respiratory Networks and Their Interaction During Frog Metamorphosis"
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9:50 am - 10:00 am |
Discussion
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10:00 am - 10:35 am |
Coffee Break
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10:35 am - 11:15 am |
Abdel El Manira (Karolinska Institute, Sweden)
"Modular Microcircuits Underlying Gear Changes During Locomotion"
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11:15 am - 11:25 am |
Discussion
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11:25 am - 12:05 pm |
Claire Wyart (Brain and Spinal Cord Institute (ICM), France)
"Light on an Ancestral Sensory Interface Linking Cerebrospinal Fluid to Motor Circuits in Vertebrates"
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12:05 pm - 12:15 pm |
Discussion
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12:15 pm - 12:30 pm |
General Discussion
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:30 pm |
Free Time
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4:30 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Migration and Navigation
Discussion Leader: Eric Warrant (Lund University, Sweden)
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6:00 pm - 6:10 pm |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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6:10 pm - 6:50 pm |
Steven Reppert (University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA)
"Neurobiology of Monarch Butterfly Migration"
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6:50 pm - 7:00 pm |
Discussion
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7:00 pm - 7:40 pm |
Marie Dacke (Lund University, Sweden)
"Compass Orientation in Insects: Behavioural Responses and Underlying Neural Mechanisms"
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7:40 pm - 7:50 pm |
Discussion
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7:50 pm - 8:00 pm |
General Discussion
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8:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Dinner
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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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