Program

neurotech2023 Program

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Wednesday, April 19

Time Session/Lecture info
08:30-09:00
Gathering & Coffee
 
09:00-09:15
Opening words
 
09:15-11:45
Session 1 -Optical techniques
Chair: Yaniv Ziv, Weizmann Institute of Science 
09:15-09:45
Misha Ahrens, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Inc
Brain-wide neuron-glia circuit computation supporting flexible behavior
09:45-10:15
Weijian Zong, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
An all-optical approach to characterizing grid cell circuits in medial entorhinal cortex
10:15-10:45
Cofee break
10:45-11:15
Benjamin Judkewitz, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Imaging the smallest vertebrate brain
11:15-11:45
Takashi Kawashima, Weizmann Institute of Science
Imaging millisecond-timescale modulation of behavior and neural activity
11:45-12:30
Poster Blitz
 
12:30-14:00
Lunch break + poster session
 
14:00-15:30
Session 2 - Remote neuromodulation
Chair: Elisha Moses, Weizmann Institute of Science 
14:00-14:30
Emilie Macé , Max Planck Institute
Imaging whole-brain activity with functional ultrasound imaging to understand behavior
14:30-15:00
Raag Airan , Stanford University
Ultrasonic drug uncaging for noninvasive neuromodulation and targeted neuropsychopharmacology
15:00-15:30
Dekel Rosenfeld , Tel Aviv University
Controlling cell signaling using magnetic nanomaterials
15:30-16:00
Coffee Break
 
16:00-17:30
Session 3 - Keynote session: Gene Delivery techniques
Chair: Amnon Bar-Shir, Weizmann Institute of Science 
16:00-17:00
Keynote 1: Viviana Gradinaru, Caltech (Remote)
17:00-17:30
Lief Fenno, The University of Texas at Austin  
Engineered platforms for complex AAV cargo expression
17:30-18:00
Coffee Break
 
18:00-19:30
Session 4: All-optical techniques: multiplexed readout and manipulation
Chair: Yoav Livneh, Weizmann Institute of Science 
18:00-18:30
Valentina Emiliani, Institut de la Vision (France)
Two-photon scan-less reading-out  and writing-in of neuronal signals.
18:30-19:00
Yoav Adam , Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel)
All-optical dissection of hippocampal circuits using voltage imaging
19:00-19:30
Jonas Wietek, Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel)
Bistable Light-Activated Silencing of Synaptic Transmission

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Abstract submission deadline: 

March 12th 2023

Registration deadline: 

April 1st 2023

Organizers

  • Takashi Kawashima
    Ofer Yizhar

    Weizmann Institute of Science
     

Sponsors

The Chorafas Institute for
Scientific Exchange
The Conference Fund in Memory of Prof.
Haim Garty, established by Manfred D. Moross and the
Weizmann Institute of Science

Conference Coordinator & Accessibility Issues

Inbal.Azoulay
inbal.azoulay@weizmann.ac.il

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