To provide an overview of applications of neuroimaging techniques by a set of accessible talks to audience even with fresh background in neuroscience;
To forge networking and collaboration among participants from a wide range of neuroscience subdisciplines;
To promote the mission of Gerald Choa Neuroscience Institute (GCNI) to become a world-class environment for ground-breaking basic research on the nervous system.
Registration (Free of charge, deadline: 30 Oct 2024):
Prof. Benjamin Becker The University of Hong Kong Advanced neural decoding and modulation of human emotion and motivation
10:15 - 11:00
Prof. Nick Rawlins The Chinese University of Hong Kong Pain, Fear, and Phantoms
11:00 - 11:20
Tea Break
11:20 - 12:05
Prof. Patrick Wong The Chinese University of Hong Kong Forecasting Language Development from Neural Data: From Hypothesis Testing to Model Generalization
12:05 - 12:40
Panel Discussion
12:40 - 14:00
Lunch
Day 1 (Nov 4): SESSION 2
14:00 - 14:45
Prof. Michael Hausser The University of Hong Kong Illuminating causal links between neural circuit activity and behaviour
14:45 - 15:30
Prof. Julie Semmelhack The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Imaging visuomotor transformations in the zebrafish brain
15:30 - 16:00
Tea Break
16:00 - 16:45
Prof. Chun Xu Chinese Academy of Sciences Hippocampal longitudinal circuit for contextual memory
16:45 - 17:20
Panel Discussion
Day 2 (Nov 5): SESSION 1
09:30 - 10:15
Prof. Geoffrey Lau City University of Hong Kong Imaging limbic structures in awake animals to study learning and brain disorders
10:15 - 11:00
Prof. Yulong Li Peking University Spying on Neuromodulator Dynamics In Vivo by Constructing Multi-Color Genetically-Encoded Sensors
11:00 - 11:20
Tea Break
11:20 - 12:05
Prof. Thomas Knopfel Hong Kong Baptist University Voltage imaging using genetically encoded voltage indicators. From the past to the future
12:05 - 12:40
Panel Discussion
12:40 - 14:00
Lunch
Day 2 (Nov 5): SESSION 2
14:00 - 14:45
Prof. Helmut Kettenmann Chinese Academy of Sciences The Role of Microglia in Health and Disease
14:45 - 15:30
Prof. Jacque Ip The Chinese University of Hong Kong Identification and functional dissection of an understudied corticohippocampal circuit in spatial learning and memory
15:30 - 16:00
Tea Break
16:00 - 16:45
Prof. Ho Ko The Chinese University of Hong Kong Chemosensory modulation of larval zebrafish eye-body coordination
16:45 - 17:20
Panel Discussion
Day 3 (Nov 6): SESSION 1
09:30 - 10:15
Prof. Cora Lai The University of Hong Kong Selective modulation of fear memory in non-rapid eye movement sleep
10:15 - 11:00
Prof. Israel Nelken Hebrew University Imaging stimulus-specific adaptation in auditory cortex
11:00 - 11:20
Tea Break
11:20 - 12:05
Prof. Kerry Walker University of Oxford Hearing in an acoustically varied world
12:05 - 12:40
Panel Discussion
12:40 - 14:00
Lunch
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Registration (Free of charge, deadline: 30 Oct 2024):
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Schedule
Advanced neural decoding and modulation of human emotion and motivation
Pain, Fear, and Phantoms
Forecasting Language Development from Neural Data: From Hypothesis Testing to Model Generalization
Illuminating causal links between neural circuit activity and behaviour
Imaging visuomotor transformations in the zebrafish brain
Hippocampal longitudinal circuit for contextual memory
Imaging limbic structures in awake animals to study learning and brain disorders
Spying on Neuromodulator Dynamics In Vivo by Constructing Multi-Color Genetically-Encoded Sensors
Voltage imaging using genetically encoded voltage indicators. From the past to the future
The Role of Microglia in Health and Disease
Identification and functional dissection of an understudied corticohippocampal circuit in spatial learning and memory
Chemosensory modulation of larval zebrafish eye-body coordination
Selective modulation of fear memory in non-rapid eye movement sleep
Imaging stimulus-specific adaptation in auditory cortex
Hearing in an acoustically varied world
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