Apologies for cross-posting.
We would like to announce the following event
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July 22nd, 2015, Prague, Czech Republic
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The workshop gathers leading experimentalists and theoreticians to discuss a pivotal element for our quantitative understanding of neuronal excitability: the
initiation of action potentials. Phenomenological, electrophysiological, and computational aspects of spike initiation will be discussed by addressing the following questions:
· What models can quantitatively account for experimental observations?
· How is spike initiation regulated at different time scales?
· What is the role of the various ionic channels expressed in the axonal initial segment?
· What is the significance of neuronal morphology and spatial distribution of channels?
· What are the functional consequences of spike initiation properties?
Organizers:
Romain Brette, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France,
Michele Giugliano, University of Antwerp (UA), Wilrijk, Belgium.
Speakers:
Romain Brette, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France,
Martina Michalikova, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Andreas Neef, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Goettingen, Germany.
Florence Cotel, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Michele Giugliano, University of Antwerp (UA), Wilrijk, Belgium.
Maarten Kole, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Christian Pozzorini, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Nadim Farzan, Federated Dept Biological Sciences, NJIT & Rutgers Univ, Newark, USA.
William Spain, Washington University, Seattle, Washington, USA.