Program
optogenetics2013 Program
Print Full program| Time | Session/Lecture info |
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| 08:15-08:40 | Registration & coffee
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| 08:40-09:00 | Opening remarks
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| 08:40-08:50 |
Prof. Michal Neeman, Dean, Faculty of Biology
Greetings
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| 08:50-09:00 |
Dr. Ofer Yizhar, Weizmann Institute of Science
Opening Remarks
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| 09:00-10:30 | Keynote lecture
Chair: Ofer Yizhar |
| 09:00-10:00 |
Prof. Peter Hegemann, Humboldt University, Germany
Novel concepts for optogenetic stimulation of neuronal cells
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| 10:00-10:30 |
Coffee break
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| 10:30-14:15 | Session I: From cells to circuits
Chair: Inbal Goshen |
| 10:30-11:05 |
Shy Shoham, Technion IIT, Israel
Patterned stimulation of neuronal networks
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| 11:05-11:40 |
Dan Oron, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Two-photon optogenetics
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| 11:40-12:15 |
Prof. Fred Wolf, Max Planck Institute, Gottingen
Continuous dynamic photostimulation with channelrhodopsins
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| 12:15-12:30 |
Yonatan Katz, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Optopatcher: An electrode holder for simultaneous intracellular patch-clamp recording and optical manipulation
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| 12:30-12:45 |
Yuval Nir, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Using pharmacogenetics and optogenetics to dissociate local activity from global states
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| 12:45-14:15 |
Lunch break and poster session
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| 14:15-17:00 | Session II: From circuits to behavior
Chair: Itamar Kahn |
| 14:15-14:50 |
Ilka Diester, Ernst Strugmann Institute for Neuroscience in Cooperation with Max Planck Society, Germany
Behavioral impact and spatial patterns of optogenetic and electrical neocortical stimulation in rat and non-human-primate motor cortex
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| 14:50-15:25 |
Gilad Silberberg, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Promiscuity and discrimination in the striatal microcircuitry
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| 15:25-16:00 |
Johannes Letzkus, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Germany
Circuit mechanisms of associative fear learning in auditory cortex
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| 16:00-16:35 |
Rafi Haddad, Bar Ilan University, Israel
New tools to approach old questions: optogenetics in the olfactory system
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| 16:35-17:00 |
Coffee break
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| 17:00-18:00 | Keynote lecture
Chair: Alon Chen |
| 17:00-18:00 |
Prof. Karl Deisseroth, Stanford University, USA
Lecture
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| 18:00-18:30 | Discussion and closing remarks
Chair: Ofer Yizhar |