Program

ABS2015 Program

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Wednesday, January 21

Time Session/Lecture info
09:00-11:15
Session I
Chair: Yadin Dudai, WIS 
09:00-09:15
Israel Bar-Joseph, WIS & Kristen Cardinal, RIKEN
Opening remarks
09:15-09:45
Thomas McHugh , RIKEN
Physiology and function of CA2
09:45-10:15
Yaniv Ziv , Weizmann Institute of Science
Long­term dynamics of hippocampal codes for spatial memory
10:15-10:45
Yasunori Hayashi , RIKEN
Roles of cytoskeleton in hippocampal synaptic plasticity
10:45-11:15
Coffee break
11:15-14:30
Session II
Chair: Thomas McHugh, RIKEN 
11:15-11:45
Toru Takumi , RIKEN
Copy number variation model of Autism
11:45-12:15
Tali Kimchi , WIS
Does sexual dimorphism in the brain explain sex differences in behaviors?
12:15-12:45
Alon Chen , WIS
The role of microRNAs in regulating stress­linked psychopathologies
13:00-14:30
Lunch
14:30-16:30
Session III
Chair: Amiram Grinvald, WIS 
14:30-15:00
Josh Johansen , RIKEN
A distributed circuit mechanism for controlling associative memory strength
15:30-16:00
Rony Paz , WIS
Generalization of aversive memories: from neural codes to abnormal behaviors
16:00-16:30
Ofer Yizhar , WIS
Optogenetic dissection of prefrontal circuits