Day – 2, Thursday, February 27, 2020
08:30–10:00 SENSATION & PERCEPTION – Chair: Anthony Holtmaat
- Circuit alterations behind atypical sensory processing in autism model mice – Carlos Portera-Cailliau
- How does seeing help listening? A role for vision in shaping scene analysis in auditory cortex – Jennifer Bizley
- Precision medicine in Psychiatry: Identification of markers for biological and environmental risk for psychiatric disorders – Gunther Schumann
10:00–10:30 COFFEE BREAK
10:30–12:30 SOCIAL INTERACTIONS AND PREDICTIVE CODING – Chair: Pierre Magistretti
- Circuit solution for flexible features of social vocal communication in the mouse – Lisa Stower
- It’s all about movement: social interactions in the face of threat – Marta Moita
- Neural circuits underlying social motivation – Camilla Bellone
- Sensory Mechanisms of Human Communication – Katharina von Kriegstein
12:30–14:30 POSTERS / LUNCH
14:30–16:30 MICROCIRCUIT DEVELOPMENT AND FUNCTION – Chair: Alexandre Dayer
- Genetic dissection of cortical circuits: from cell types to motor control – Josh Huang
- Molecular programs orchestrating the wiring of cortical inhibitory circuitries in health and disease – Beatriz Rico
- GABAergic contributions to neurodevelopmental disorders – Jessica Cardin
- Sleep as a lens onto thalamocortical circuit dysfunction in schizophrenia – Matt Jones
16:30–17:00 COFFEE BREAK
17:00–18:30 STRESS AND MOOD – Chair: Carmen Sandi
- Emotional states and actions – the contribution of insular cortical circuits – Nadine Gogolla
- Decoding the Locus Coeruleus Noradrenergic System in Stress and Anxiety – Michael Bruchas
- A thalamo-amygdalar circuit underlying the attenuation of remote fear memories – Johannes Graeff
18:30 CONFERENCE COCKTAIL FOR ALL ATTENDEES