Dear colleagues,

Please find below the announcement of the EBRAINS Workshop "Anatomy and function of the prefrontal cortex across species" taking place 14-16 March 2023 in Paris, France. Registration is currently open with an early bird pricing.

Kind regards,

Zélie Tournoud
EITN Communication manager

European Institute for Theoretical Neuroscience (EITN)
UMR 9197 – NeuroPSI (Institut des Neurosciences Paris-Saclay)
CNRS – Université Paris-Saclay
Centre CEA Paris-Saclay
Bâtiment 151
91400 Saclay
https://www.eitn.org

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EBRAINS Workshop

Anatomy and function of the prefrontal cortex across species

14 – 16 March 2023 | Paris, France

Program, information and registration: https://www.humanbrainproject.eu/en/education-training-career/workshops/pfc/

Early Bird Registration Deadline: 21 November 2022

Late Registration Deadline: 28 February 2023

About

Understanding the human brain relies for a large part on work in animal models, which necessitates a careful cross-species comparison. The prefrontal cortex (PFC) is particularly relevant in this regard as its function is poorly understood and potential cross-species differences remain highly debated. This workshop brings together experimental and computational scientists whose work allows a comparison of the anatomy and function of the PFC between species (in particular between humans, monkeys and mice).

EBRAINS is uniquely suited to provide a platform to compare anatomy, physiology and behaviour between species, due to its atlases, numerous datasets, as well as the whole brain models from different species. The interactive format of the workshop will allow speakers as well as participants from largely separated fields to interact and discuss, which is expected to create novel insights as well as lead to more coherence and clarity in the relevant terminology, formats and important research directions in the field.

Confirmed speakers

Day 1

Anatomy:

Javier DeFelipe | Cajal Institute, Madrid, Spain
Huib Mansvelder | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Chet Sherwood | GW Mind-Brain Institute, Washington, USA
Suzana Herculano-Houzel | Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA
Henry Kennedy | Stem Cell and Brain Research Institute, Lyon, France
Marie Carlén | Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

Physiology:

Wim Vanduffel | KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Mark Laubach | American University, Washington, USA
Stefan Everling | Western University, London, Canada
Hendrikje Nienborg | National Eye Institute, Bethesda, USA
Martha Havenith | Ernst Strüngmann Institute for Neuroscience, Frankfurt, Germany
Yang Dan | University of California, Berkeley, USA

Day 2

Behavior & physiology:

Pieter Roelfsema | Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Andreas Nieder | University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
Sandra Reinert | Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence, Martinsried, Germany 
Ann Duan | Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, London, UK
Stanislas Dehaene | NeuroSpin, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Jessica Cantlon | Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA

Computational modelling:

Idan Segev | Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences, Jerusalem, Israel
Rodrigo Cofre | NeuroPSI, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Rubén Moreno Bote | University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
Jorge Mejias | Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Adrienne Fairhall | University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Xiao-Jing Wang | New York University, New York, USA

Scientific Chairs & Local hosts

Timo van Kerkoerle | CEA Saclay, France
Alain Destexhe |  CNRS, France
Ruth Benavides-Piccione | Spanish National Research Council & Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain