Young Swiss Society for Neuroscience
Meeting Overview
The 2019 Early-Career Researchers Symposium took place on January 29th, 2019 at the Geneva Campus Biotech. Thank you to all our participants for making this event a success.
This year's meeting focused on the latest developments on how neural populations and circuits solve the different computational tasks underlying cognition, such as perception, memory, and action. The event brought together empirical, computational and theoretical scientists to discuss the latest scientific challenges in our field. The ERS meeting program opened with two keynote lectures by Dr. Valerio Mante from the University of Zurich's Institute of Neuroinformatics, followed by Dr. Johannes Letzkus from the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research in Frankfurt. These talks were followed by plenary lectures showcasing cutting-edge neuroscience research conducted by trainees at universities across Switzerland. In between sessions, a social reception was held to facilitate further scientific discussion and networking.
The meeting concluded with a lively panel discussion moderated by Dr. Kelly Tan of the Friedrich Meischer Institute for Biomedical Research in Basel on integrating the diverse viewpoints between neuroscience disciplines.
Morning Lectures
Dr. Leena Williams
10:35–10:50
University of Geneva
“Higher-order thalamocortical inputs gate synaptic long-term potentiation via disinhibition”
Dr. Gregorio Galiñanes
10:50–11:05
University of Geneva
“Two-photon imaging of cortical neurons during a multi- directional reaching task in mice”
Ms. Ece Boran
11:05–11:20
University Hospital Zurich / Zurich Neuroscience Center
“Persistent hippocampal neural firing and hippocampal-cortical coupling predict working memory load”
Mr. Benjamin Ehret
11:20–11:35
ETH Zurich
“Stimulus–response mappings in mouse prefrontal cortex population activity”
Mr. Max Nolte
11:35–11:50
Blue Brain Project / EPFL, Lausanne
“Cortical reliability amid noise and chaos”
Dr. Marios Abatis
11:50–12:05
Centre de Neurosciences Psychiatriques 1er, Hopital de Cery, Prilly
“Local excitatory networks in the lateral amygdala support emotional memory learning”
12:05–13:05
Lunch break
Keynote Lectures
Prof. Valerio Mante
08:55–09:15
Institute of Neuroinformatics, Zurich
Dr. Johannes Letzkus
09:20–10:20
Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt
Coffee break
10:20–10:35
Afternoon Lectures
Mr. Lukas Oesch
14:25–14:40
University of Bern
“Activation of hypothalamic inhibitory neurons during REM sleep stabilizes appetite”
Ms. Daniela Zöller
14:40–14:55
EPFL, Lausanne / University of Geneva
“Brain network dynamics provide functional signatures of anxiety in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome”
Dr. Maria Sol Fustiñana Gueler
14:55–15:10
Friedrich Miescher Institute, Basel
“Neuronal correlates of social interactions in amygdala circuits”
Dr. Christoph Pokorny
15:10–15:25
University of Geneva
“Reconstructed activity of cortical sources during attempted movements in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis”
Ms. Andréa Galvez
15:25–15:40
University of Geneva
“Inferring walking movements from EEG for clinical applications”
Dr. Yaroslav Sych
15:40–15:55
University of Zurich
“Emerging functional connectivity in a mesoscale brain network during sensorimotor task learning”
15:55–16:10
Coffee break
Meeting Program
Registration; Coffee and croissants
08:00–08:50
08:50–08:55
Welcome and opening remarks
Flash Talks
Dr. Andreas Keller
13:05–13:12
UCSF, USA
“Feedback receptive fields in neurons of visual cortex”
Mr. Antoine Philippides
13:13–13:20
University of Geneva
“The role of afferent input in neuroprosthetic learning”
Mr. Rodrigo Triana-Del Río
13:21–13:28
University of Lausanne / CHUV, Lausanne
“Oxytocin mediates the switch from passive to active defensive reactions in the central amygdala”
Mr. Timothée Proix
13:29–13:36
University of Geneva
“Decoding of attempted motor movements for locked-in patients using source reconstructed cortical potentials”
Ms. Maria Chernysheva
13:36–13:43
Brain Research Institute, Zurich
“The prefrontal-striatal pathway supports working memory maintenance”
Ms. Cristina Colangelo
13:44–13:51
Blue Brain Project / EPFL, Lausanne
“A framework for multi-scale cholinergic neuromodulation of the neocortex: bridging synapses, dendrites, neurons, and network states”
Ms. Raphaela Seeger
13:52–13:59
University of Bern
“Time-resolved synaptic cytomatrix and exocytosis architecture”
Dr. Baptiste Jaeger
14:00–14:07
Brain Research Institute, Zurich
“Understanding the transcriptional changes at the basis of memory formation in the hippocampus”
14:07–14:25
Coffee break
Closing Session
Panel Discussion
16:10–16:40
(moderated by Prof. Kelly Tan, University of Basel)
16:40–16:50
Best presentation award and concluding remarks
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Neural Population Coding and Emergent Properties of Cell Assemblies
Geneva Campus Biotech
Tuesday, January 29th 2019
1st Annual Early-Career Researchers Symposium 2019