Chair & co-chair
Chair: Prof. Matthieu Louis, Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, ES
Co-chair: Prof. Barbara Webb, University of Edinburgh, UK
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Speakers & talks
Invited speakers and talks will include:
- Richard Benton, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
- Albert Cardona, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, USA
- Netta Cohen, University of Leeds, UK
- Benjamin de Bivort, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
- Michael Dickinson, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
- Bertram Gerber, Leibniz-Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany
- Miriam Goodman, Stanford School of Medicine, USA
- Ilona Grunwald Kadow, Max-Planck Institute for Neurobiology, Martinsried, Germany
- Vivek Jayaraman, HHMI-Janelia Farm Research Campus, Ashburn, USA
- Cecilia Laschi, The Biorobotics Institute, Pisa, Italy
- Aurel Lazar, Columbia University, New York, USA
- Anthony Leonardo, HHMI-Janelia Farm Research Campus, Ashburn, USA
- Shih Chii Liu, University of Zurich, Switzerland
- Alex Mauss, Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Germany
- Christen Mirth, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia, Oeiras, Portugal
- Michael Nitabach, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA
- Akinao Nose, University of Tokio, Japan
- Carlos Ribeiro, Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
- Silke Sachse, Max-Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany
- William Schafer, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK
- Greg Stephens, University of Amsterdam, Netherland
- Adam Stokes, University of Edinburgh, UK
- David Stern, HHMI-Janelia Farm Research Campus, Ashburn, USA
- Glenn Turner, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, USA
- Robert Wood, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
- Manuel Zimmer, Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Austria
Richard Benton
Albert Cardona
Lecture title: Inhibitory feedback circuits in sensory systems
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, USA
Netta Cohen
Lecture title: TBA
University of Leeds, UK
Benjamin de Bivort
Lecture title: A compendium of behavioral motifs in flies, and its shaping by proprioception
Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
Michael Dickinson
Lecture title: Multimodal Integration in the Flight Behavior of Drosophila
University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Bertram Gerber
Lecture title: Mechanisms of maggot memory
Leibniz-Institut fur Neurobiologie, Magdeburg, Germany
Miriam Goodman
Lecture title:
Talk 1: Filtering of thermal and mechanical inputs by identified sensory neurons in C. elegans
Talk 2: Linking sensation to the thermal dependence of behavioral performance
Stanford School of Medicine, USA
Vivek Jayaraman
Lecture title: Sensorimotor integration in the Drosophila central complex
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, USA
Ilona Grunwald Kadow
Cecilia Laschi
Lecture title: Soft Robotics: bioinspired bodyware shaping behaviour
The Biorobotics Institute, Pisa, Italy
Aurel Lazar
Lecture title: Neurokernel: building an in silico fruit fly brain
Columbia University, New York, USA
Anthony Leonardo
Lecture title: Predictive control and internal models in dragonfly interception steering
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, USA
Shih Chii Liu
Lecture title: Artificial insect-inspired visual motion systems
University of Zurich, Switzerland
Alex Mauss
Lecture title: The neural basis of motion opponency in the fly
Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology, Germany
Christen Mirth
Lecture title: The ecology and the evolution of nutrient-dependent choice in Drosophila
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia,Oeiras, Portugal
Michael Nitabach
Lecture title: Neuromodulation of multisensory decision making
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA
Akinao Nose
Lecture title:Functional dissection of the central circuits that regulate Drosophila larval locomotion
University of Tokyo, Japan
Carlos Ribeiro
Lecture title: The gourmet fly - the behavioral, nutritional, and neuronal basis of nutrient homeostasis
Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
Silke Sachse
Lecture title: Drosophila Olfaction – Odor coding strategies in a sensory network
Max-Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany
Bill Schafer
Lecture title: Sensory circuits and mechanisms in C. elegans
Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK
Adam Stokes
Lecture Title: Maggots and integrated soft robotic systems
University of Edinburgh, UK
Greg Stephens
Lecture title: Sampling the movement phenospace: Towards a biophysics of behavior in the wiggling of C. elegans.
University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
David Stern
Lecture title:The genetic causes of courtship evolution in Drosophila
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Asburn, USA
Glenn Turner
Lecture title: Olfactory Signaling in Mushroom Body Output Neurons - Neural coding as a Circuit Converges
Cold Spring Harbor, New York, USA
Barbara Webb
Lecture title:Modelling at multiple levels
University of Edinburgh, UK
Rob Wood
Lecture title: Sensing, actuation, and control considerations for robotic insects
Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
Manuel Zimmer
Lecture title: Brain wide neuronal dynamics interact with stimulus evoked activity to determine locomotor state in C. elegans
Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna