[Heiligenberg Lecturer]
Harold Zakon (University of Texas)
Electric fish in the age of genomics
[Huber Lecturer]
Alan Roberts (University of Bristol)
The formation and function of the first networks controlling behaviour in a very small vertebrate
[Plenary Speakers]
Barbara Finlay (Cornell University)
Integrating brain diversity with conserved developmental mechanisms: the case of the isocortex.
Martin Giurfa (CNRS - Université Paul Sabatier)
From simple to higher-order learning in an insect brain: Lessons from honey bees
Ryohei Kanzaki (University of Tokyo)
Analysis and synthesis of odor-source localization in insects: From genes, neural networks, and behavior to robots
Malcolm MacIver (Northwestern University)
Convergent evolution of mechanically optimal locomotion and its implications for information acquisition
Lidia Szczupak (University of Buenos Aires)
Recurrent inhibition in motor systems, a functional analysis in the leech nervous system.
Sarah Woolley (Columbia University)
Neural mechanisms of auditory-vocal communication: Mapping receiver auditory tuning to sender behavior
Motojiro Yoshihara
(National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Kobe,
Japan)
The Drosophila feeding circuit to connect synaptic plasticity to memory
Jochen Zeil (Australian National University)
Visual homing in insects
