Connectionists: State of the Brain Symposium

[Terry Sejnowski]

State of the Brain - Keystone Symposium

Scientific Organizers: Terrence J. Sejnowski and Sten Grillner

May 22-26, 2016
Alpbach Congress Centrum, Alpbach, Austria

Recent years have seen rapid advances in our understanding of brain biology, driven in part by the development of novel technologies for studying neural networks. Consequently, major national research programs in the EU and US have been launched that will bring together teams of neuroscientists and engineers with the aim of achieving a major advance in understanding brain function and dysfunction. The challenge is to map the circuits of the brain, measure the fluctuating patterns of electrical and chemical activity flowing within those circuits and understand how they give rise to cognitive and behavioral capabilities. This Keystone Symposia conference brings together investigators from around the world to share their discoveries and to plan future projects in this exciting new era for brain research.

Conference Program 
http://www.keystonesymposia.org/index.cfm?e=Web.Meeting.Program&meetingid=1425&subTab=program

Registration
http://www.keystonesymposia.org/index.cfm?e=Web.Meeting.Registration&meetingid=1425&siteid=51&meetingyear=2016&subTab=reg

Early Registration discount deadline:  March 22, 2016

MONDAY, MAY 23

08:30
Welcome and Keynote Address
Cori Bargmann, Rockefeller University, USA
Understanding Brain Function and Dysfunction

09:30 International Brain Programs

Henry Markram, EPFL SV BMI LNMC, Switzerland
The EU Human Brain Project

Walter J. Koroshetz, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, USA
The US BRAIN Initiative

Mu-ming Poo, Institute of Neuroscience, CAS, China
China Brain Project and Non-human Primate Research

Christof Koch, Allen Institute for Brain Science, USA
Project MindScope - Big Science, Team Science, Open Science to Understand Mouse Cortex

15:30 Panel 1: Coordinating International Programs

Chair: Terrence J. Sejnowski, The Salk Institute, USA
Cornelia (Cori) Bargmann, Rockefeller University, USA
Henry Markram, EPFL SV BMI LNMC, Switzerland
Walter J. Koroshetz, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, USA
Mu-ming Poo, Institute of Neuroscience, CAS, China
Christof Koch, Allen Institute for Brain Science, USA
Thomas Skordas, European Commission, Belgium 

17:00 Discovering Diversity: Identifying Cell Types in the Brain

Botond Roska, Friedrich Miescher Institute, Switzerland
Cell Types and Circuits in the Visual System

Hongkui Zeng, Allen Institute for Brain Science, USA
Genetic Approaches to Brain Circuit Mapping and Cell Type Characterization

TUESDAY, MAY 24

08:30 The Brain in Action: Large-Scale Monitoring and Manipulating Neurons

Karl Deisseroth, Stanford University, USA
Optogenetic Approaches to Neural Circuits

David W. Tank, Princeton University, USA
Recording Activity from Internal Brain States

Mark J. Schnitzer, Stanford University, USA
Reading Neural Codes from a Thousand Neurons in Freely Behaving Mice

Susumu Tonegawa, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and RIKEN Brain Science Institute, USA
Monitoring and Engineering Memory Engram Cells and their Circuits

15:30 Panel 2: Bridging the Gap between Circuits and Behavior

Chair: David W. Tank, Princeton University, USA
Karl Deisseroth, Stanford University, USA
Mark J. Schnitzer, Stanford University, USA
Susumu Tonegawa, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and RIKEN Brain Science Institute, USA
Winfried Denk, Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Germany
R. Clay Reid, Allen Institute for Brain Science, USA 

17:00 Maps in the Brain: Generating Multi-Scale Neural Circuits

Winfried Denk, Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Germany
Revealing the Core Circuitry in Brains

R. Clay Reid, Allen Institute for Brain Science, USA
Integrating Circuits, Recordings and Behavior

Terrence J. Sejnowski, The Salk Institute, USA
Global Traveling Waves in Human Cortex

WEDNESDAY, MAY 25

08:30 Advancing Human Neuroscience: Understanding Brain Function and Dysfunction

John Donoghue, Wyss Center for Bio- and Neuro-Engineering, Switzerland
Brain Computer Interfaces

Helen S. Mayberg, Emory University, USA
Iterative Strategies to Refine and Optimize DBS for Depression

Patricia K. Kuhl, University of Washington, USA
What Can Babies' Brains Tell Us About What it Means to be Human?

15:30 Panel 3: What are the Prospects for Helping Humans with Brain Disorders?

Chair: John Donoghue, Wyss Center for Bio- and Neuro-Engineering, Switzerland
Helen S. Mayberg, Emory University, USA
Patricia K. Kuhl, University of Washington, USA
Emery N. Brown, MIT-Harvard Division of Health Sciences and Technology, USA
Botond Roska, Friedrich Miescher Institute, Switzerland 

17:00 Discovering Principles: Theory, Models, Computation and Statistics

Emery N. Brown, MIT-Harvard Division of Health Sciences and Technology, USA
Deciphering the Dynamics of the Unconscious Brain under General Anesthesia

Sten Grillner, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Multi-Scale Modeling of Neuronal Networks - From Ion Channels to Selection of Behavior

THURSDAY, MAY 26

08:30 Model Systems: Using Genetics to Deconstruct Neural Circuits

Gerald M. Rubin, Janelia Research Campus, USA
A Comprehensive Approach to Understanding the Fly Brain

Florian Engert, Harvard University, USA
>From Whole-Brain Data to Functional Circuit Models: The Zebrafish Optomotor Response

Hideyuki Okano, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan
Disease Modeling and Brain Mapping Using Transgenic Marmosets

15:30 Panel 4: Evolutionary Perspectives in Understanding the Brain

Chair: Sten Grillner, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Gerald M. Rubin, Janelia Research Campus, USA
Florian Engert, Harvard University, USA
Hideyuki Okano, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan
Hongkui Zeng, Allen Institute for Brain Science, USA 

17:00 Big Data: Analyzing High-Dimensional Brain Datasets

Joshua T. Vogelstein, Johns Hopkins University, USA
NeuroData: Enabling Petascale Neuroscience

Sean Hill, Ecole Polytechnique Fedrerale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Neuroinformatics: From Big Data to Knowledge Discovery

Kamil Ugurbil, University of Minnesota Medical School, USA
Human Connectomics

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