Connectionists: The Mechanistic Basis of Foraging 2025, Birmingham (UK), 3-5th November

[Mark Humphries]

Registration and abstract submission is open for "The Mechanistic Basis of Foraging 2025" at the Edgbaston Park Hotel, University of Birmingham, UK on 3-5th November 2025.

https://uobevents.eventsair.com/the-mechanistic-basis-of-foraging/

This meeting will bring together everyone fascinated by the brain's role in foraging - ecologists, neuroscientists, theorists, psychologists, clinicians and all.

Confirmed talks from Miriam Klein-Flügge<https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAACtE-3kBGfSLNtzwaO6Gg_61I2z7v1QL2cY> (Oxford), Susan Healy (St Andrews), Benjamin Hayden<https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAACqwHUBWuoA8vX4E9N3dC7uDIwKm0gvJqk> (Rice), Dean Mobbs<https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAADO7t_EBfMOStW_2EEXmENwS1evhIbwqXxM> (Caltech), Becket Ebitz<https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAACCpbA8BHCMs39mrznP4hOIHFZXsdQvjof0> (Montreal), David Barack (Pennsylvania), Jennifer Li<https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAABs3v9oB9QVZ7O9k-SSERjAk7Rg1TdBsCLg> (Max Planck), Elli Leadbeater (UCL), Aaron Bornstein<https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAABpLq0cBebU5WP08r2J0Psww0wcniLCYixI> (UC Irvine), Nicholas Furl<https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAU3bbUBQbDszqRAFEIbNuWQGfbXb_3rpUg> (Royal Holloway), Mark Humphries (University of Nottingham), and more to come.

We are grateful to University of Birmingham<https://www.linkedin.com/company/university-of-birmingham/>, BBSRC<https://www.linkedin.com/company/bbsrc/> and The Centre for Human Brain Health (CHBH)<https://www.linkedin.com/company/thechbh/> for supporting this meeting.

Abstracts due August 17th

Please share in your networks!

Organising Committee:
Prof. Matthew Apps, University of Birmingham
Prof. Mark Humphries, University of Nottingham
Prof. Mark Walton, University of Oxford
Dr. Laura Grima, HHMI’s Janelia Research Campus
Dr. Tiago Monteiro, University of Aveiro
Dr. Adithya Rajagopalan, NYU
Emma Scholey, University of Birmingham
Kubra Karatas, University of Birmingham



Professor Mark Humphries | Professor of Computational Neuroscience


Lab: humphries-lab.org<https://www.humphries-lab.org/>

Connect: Bluesky<https://bsky.app/profile/markdhumphries.bsky.social> / LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-humphries-65a460212/> / X<https://x.com/markdhumphries>

Essays on the brain and science: drmdhumphries.medium.com<https://drmdhumphries.medium.com/>

Book: "The Spike: An Epic Journey Through the Brain in 2.1 Seconds" (Princeton UP) in hardback<https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691195889/the-spike?_gl=1*heyvun*_up*MQ..*_ga*MjY1NzU3ODY5LjE3MzU4MzcxMTc.*_ga_N1W9JWKLY3*MTczNTgzNzExNi4xLjAuMTczNTgzNzExNi4wLjAuMTkyNTA2ODU0Ng..>, paperback<https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691241487/the-spike>, ebook<https://press.princeton.edu/books/ebook/9780691213514/the-spike-0?_gl=1*1uffb7w*_up*MQ..*_ga*MjY1NzU3ODY5LjE3MzU4MzcxMTc.*_ga_N1W9JWKLY3*MTczNTgzNzExNi4xLjEuMTczNTgzNzEzMy4wLjAuMTkyNTA2ODU0Ng..> & audiobook<https://press.princeton.edu/books/audio/9780691224091/the-spike?_gl=1*37xz7o*_up*MQ..*_ga*MjY1NzU3ODY5LjE3MzU4MzcxMTc.*_ga_N1W9JWKLY3*MTczNTgzNzExNi4xLjEuMTczNTgzNzExOC4wLjAuMTkyNTA2ODU0Ng..> <https://press.princeton.edu/books/audio/9780691224091/the-spike?_gl=1*37xz7o*_up*MQ..*_ga*MjY1NzU3ODY5LjE3MzU4MzcxMTc.*_ga_N1W9JWKLY3*MTczNTgzNzExNi4xLjEuMTczNTgzNzExOC4wLjAuMTkyNTA2ODU0Ng..> read by Anand Jagatia


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Subject: Registration closes July 1st for UK Neural Computation 2025

Register by July 1st to attend UK Neural Computation 2025<https://neuralcomputation.uk/> at Imperial College London, the national meeting for everyone interested in the computations of the brain, both experimentally and theoretically.

ECR day: 9th July. Events will include academic career pathways, industry careers panel, and grant writing workshop

Main meeting: 10-11th July
Speakers include: Jennifer Bizley / Rafal Bogacz / Claudia Clopath  / Jonathan Cornford / Paul Graham  / Flavia Mancini / Simon Schultz / Petra Vertes  / Petr Znamenskiy

Programme, registration and full conference information here: https://neuralcomputation.uk/

Sponsors:
ARIA Scalable Neural Interfaces program<https://www.aria.org.uk/opportunity-spaces/scalable-neural-interfaces>
Francis Crick Institute<https://www.crick.ac.uk/>


Organisers:
Danyal Akarca (Imperial)
Dan Goodman (Imperial)
Mark Humphries (Nottingham)



Professor Mark Humphries | Professor of Computational Neuroscience


Lab: humphries-lab.org<https://www.humphries-lab.org/>

Connect: Bluesky<https://bsky.app/profile/markdhumphries.bsky.social> / LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-humphries-65a460212/> / X<https://x.com/markdhumphries>

Essays on the brain and science: drmdhumphries.medium.com<https://drmdhumphries.medium.com/>

Book: "The Spike: An Epic Journey Through the Brain in 2.1 Seconds" (Princeton UP) in hardback<https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691195889/the-spike?_gl=1*heyvun*_up*MQ..*_ga*MjY1NzU3ODY5LjE3MzU4MzcxMTc.*_ga_N1W9JWKLY3*MTczNTgzNzExNi4xLjAuMTczNTgzNzExNi4wLjAuMTkyNTA2ODU0Ng..>, paperback<https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691241487/the-spike>, ebook<https://press.princeton.edu/books/ebook/9780691213514/the-spike-0?_gl=1*1uffb7w*_up*MQ..*_ga*MjY1NzU3ODY5LjE3MzU4MzcxMTc.*_ga_N1W9JWKLY3*MTczNTgzNzExNi4xLjEuMTczNTgzNzEzMy4wLjAuMTkyNTA2ODU0Ng..> & audiobook<https://press.princeton.edu/books/audio/9780691224091/the-spike?_gl=1*37xz7o*_up*MQ..*_ga*MjY1NzU3ODY5LjE3MzU4MzcxMTc.*_ga_N1W9JWKLY3*MTczNTgzNzExNi4xLjEuMTczNTgzNzExOC4wLjAuMTkyNTA2ODU0Ng..> <https://press.princeton.edu/books/audio/9780691224091/the-spike?_gl=1*37xz7o*_up*MQ..*_ga*MjY1NzU3ODY5LjE3MzU4MzcxMTc.*_ga_N1W9JWKLY3*MTczNTgzNzExNi4xLjEuMTczNTgzNzExOC4wLjAuMTkyNTA2ODU0Ng..> read by Anand Jagatia


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