Sunposium
At the forefront of Understanding Neural Circuits
MPFI's biennial Sunposium conference brings together leaders in basic neuroscience research from all over the world
MPFI's Biennial Conference
At the forefront of understanding neural circuits
One of the Sunposium 2017 plenary lectures will be given by the recipient of the Peter Gruss Young Investigator Award. Visit here for more details on the award.
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California Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology - Plenary
Stanford University School of Medicine
University of California San Francisco
Duke University School of Medicine
RIKEN Brain Science Institute
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
University of Zurich
Stanford University School of Medicine
Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology
New York University Langone Medical Center
New York University School of Medicine
University of Basel
Stanford University School of Medicine
Tel Aviv University
Stanford University School of Medicine - Plenary
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Plenary
Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience
Monday, March 30 [Agenda (.pdf)]
| 08:00 am | Registration / Continental Breakfast |
| 08:30 am | Opening Remarks |
| 08:45 am | Xiaowei Zhuang “Super-resolution imaging neuronal and circuit structures” |
| 09:15 am | Erik Jorgensen "Ultrafast endocytosis" |
| 09:45 am | Richard Tsien "Synaptic tagging and nuclear resource mobilization" |
| 10:15 am | Break |
| 10:45 am | Erin Schuman "Local processing in neurons" |
| 11:15 am | Richard Huganir “Regulation of neurotransmitter receptor function and synaptic plasticity in the brain” |
| 11:45 am | Break |
| 12:00 pm | Plenary: Eric Betzig "Imaging life at high spatiotemporal resolution” |
| 01:00 pm | Lunch |
| 02:00 pm | Tobias Bonhoeffer "How experience changes the circuitry of the brain" |
| 02:30 pm | Gina Turrigiano “Sleep and firing rate homeostasis” |
| 03:00 pm | Richard Mooney “Motor - auditory interactions for listening and learning" |
| 03:30 pm | Break |
| 04:00 pm | Rainer Friedrich “Neuronal circuits and computations in olfaction” |
| 04:30 pm | Florian Engert "A sensory motor circuit for binocular motion integration in larval zebrafish" |
| 05:00 pm | Break |
| 05:15 pm | Plenary: Catherine Dulac "Molecular and cellular architecture of the mouse social brain" |
| 06:15 pm | Remarks |
| 07:00 pm | Poster Session / Reception |
Tuesday, March 31 [Agenda (.pdf)]
| 08:00 am | Registration / Continental Breakfast |
| 08:30 am | Opening Remarks |
| 08:45 am | Loren Looger “Tools for the visualization of nervous system structure and function” |
| 09:15 am | Na Ji "From star to neuron – adaptive optical microscopy for deep brain imaging" |
| 09:45 am | Winfried Denk "On the way to the whole mouse-brain connectome” |
| 10:15 am | Break |
| 10:45 am | Yishi Jin “Mechanisms of synapse development and function in C. elegans” |
| 11:15 am | Songhai Shi “Lineage-dependent structural and functional assembly of the mammalian cortex” |
| 11:45 am | Break |
| 12:00 pm | Plenary: Botond Roska "The first steps in vision" |
| 01:00 pm | Lunch |
| 02:00 pm | Thomas Mrsic-Flogel “Circuits and sensory processing in mouse visual cortex” |
| 02:30 pm | Massimo Scanziani “Cortical circuits of vision" |
| 03:00 pm | Michael Häusser "Dendritic computation” |
| 03:30 pm | Break |
| 04:00 pm | Gilles Laurent “Exploration of dynamics and representation in a three-layered visual cortex” |
| 04:30 pm | Anthony Movshon "Cortical and perceptual processing of visual form" |
| 05:00 pm | Break |
| 05:15 pm | Plenary: Karl Deisseroth "High-resolution optical investigation of structure and function in the intact brain" |
| 06:15 pm | Remarks |
Sunposium 2015 was held at the PGA National Resort & Spa, located in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Attendees enjoyed talks from twenty-four of neuroscience’s most accomplished researchers. Download a complete agenda here.
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Sunposium 2013 was held at The Breakers, located in Palm Beach, Florida. Attendees enjoyed talks from seventeen top neuroscience researchers. Download a complete agenda here.
