Conference Agenda

Overview and details of the sessions of this conference. Please select a date or location to show only sessions at that day or location. Please select a single session for detailed view (with abstracts and downloads if available). Poster Size: Posters need to be portrait and no more than A0 size (841mm (w) x 1189 mm (h) or 33.1 inches (w) x 46.8 inches (h)). Campus Map: https://ibangs.memberclicks.net/assets/documents/Campus%20Map-Purple%20Circles%20%281%29.pdf

 
 
Program Overview
Date: Monday, 03/June/2024
9:00amMeeting Registration
Location: Art & Humanities Building hallway near 1R40
10:00amEducational Workshop: Open Behaviour: Using Microcontrollers for Neuroscience Research
Location: Art & Humanities Building hallway near 1R40
Session Chair: Jibran Khokhar
Session Chair: Jude Frie
12:00pmLunch
Location: Atrium of Thames Hall
1:00pmTours of Core Facilities

TBD: Tours of behaviour cores

Anne Simon: Tours of Biotron: microscopy, insects suite

Parallel Sessions

1:00pmTrainee Workshop
Location: AHB 1R40
Session Chair: Kristin Scaplen
3:00pmAfternoon Break
Location: Art & Humanities Building hallway near 1R40
3:30pmResume Trainee Workshop
Location: AHB 1R40
Session Chair: Kristin Scaplen
5:00pmWelcome and Opening
Location: AHB 1R40
5:15pmPresidential Address: Professor Sheena Josselyn
Location: AHB 1R40
Session Chair: Karla Kaun
7:00pmWelcome Barbecue
Location: Grad Club

Entertainment: Acute Arrythmia

Date: Tuesday, 04/June/2024
8:30amMeeting Registration
Location: Art & Humanities Building hallway near 1R40
9:00amSymposium 1: Gene Expression and Behavioral Regulation: A Cross-Species Exploration
Location: AHB 1R40
Session Chair: Ina Anreiter
11:00amMorning Break
Location: Art & Humanities Building hallway near 1R40
11:30amSelected Talks I
Location: AHB 1R40
1:00pmLunch
Location: Atrium of Thames Hall
2:00pmSymposium 2: CNTNAP2 and its role in autism spectrum disorders - from mice to men
Location: AHB 1R40
4:00pmAfternoon Break
Location: Art & Humanities Building hallway near 1R40
4:30pmEarly Career Achievement Award: Dr. Francesca Telese
Location: AHB 1R40
5:30pmPoster Session I
Location: Atrium of Thames Hall
9:00pmNight at the Observatory
Location: Cronyn Observatory
Session Chair: Anne Simon
Date: Wednesday, 05/June/2024
8:30amMeeting Registration
Location: Art & Humanities Building hallway near 1R40
9:00amSymposium 3: Cell-type specific molecular signatures of alcohol-induced neuroadaptations
Location: AHB 1R40
11:00amGames Organized
Location: Lawn of University College
Session Chair: Jibran Khokhar
12:00pmLunch
Location: Between Art & Humanities and University College buildings

Food Truck: The Angry Goose

2:00pmSymposium 4: C. elegans neurogenetics: Behavior, Learning, Stress and Disease
Location: AHB 1R40
4:00pmAfternoon Break
Location: Art & Humanities Building hallway near 1R40
4:30pmKeynote Address: Dr. Amita Sehgal
Location: AHB 1R40
5:30pmPoster Session 2
Location: Atrium of Thames Hall
7:00pmSocial: Touchscreen Translational Cognival
Location: 6th floor Western Interdisciplinary Research Building (WIRB)

Information: https://mouse-trap.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Cognival-Poster.pdf

Date: Thursday, 06/June/2024
8:30amMeeting Registration
Location: Art & Humanities Building hallway near 1R40
9:00amSymposium 5: Translational Insights into Neurodegenerative Disease: From Mice to Marmosets to Humans
Location: AHB 1R40
11:00amMorning Break
Location: Art & Humanities Building hallway near 1R40
11:30amSelected Talks 2
Location: AHB 1R40
1:00pmLunch
Location: Atrium of Thames Hall
1:45pmBusiness Meeting
Location: AHB 1R40
2:45pmOutstanding Travel Awardees
Location: AHB 1R40
4:15pmAfternoon Break
Location: Art & Humanities Building hallway near 1R40
4:45pmDistinguished Investigator Award: Andrew Holmes
Location: AHB 1R40
7:30pmBanquet
Location: Great Hall, Sommerville House

Entertainment: BAM