GCNI Symposium 4-6 Nov 2024

Objectives of the symposium:

1. To provide an overview of applications of neuroimaging techniques by a set of accessible talks to audience even with fresh background in neuroscience;

2. To forge networking and collaboration among participants from a wide range of neuroscience subdisciplines;

3. 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):

Registration link

Schedule

Registration & Opening
8:40 - 9:15	Registration
9:15 - 9:30	Opening by Prof. Mai-har Sham and Prof. Bruce Ransom and Group Photos
Day 1 (Nov 4): SESSION 1
09:30 - 10:15	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 KongForecasting 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 TechnologyImaging visuomotor transformations in the zebrafish brain
15:30 - 16:00	Tea Break
16:00 - 16:45	Prof. Chun Xu Chinese Academy of SciencesHippocampal 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 KongImaging 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 UniversityVoltage 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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