Live (free!) virtual talks on olfaction, part of the SIAM-LS20 program.

Title: Uncovering Mechanisms of Olfactory Sensing and Olfactory-Driven Behaviors

On Wednesday June 30 from 3pm-5pm EDT: 
- The Construction of Odor Representations Via Olfactory Bulb Oscillogenesis abstract
Thomas A. Cleland, Ayon Borthakur, and Jack Cook, Cornell University, U.S.
- Selectivity of lateral inhibition in the olfactory bulb abstract
Daniel R. Zavitz, ; Isaac Youngstrom, University of Utah, U.S.; Alla Borisyuk, University of Utah, U.S.; Matt Wachowiak, University of Utah, U.S.
- Dissecting the Mechanisms of Retronasal Olfaction abstract
Andrea K. Barreiro, Southern Methodist University, U.S.; Cheng Ly, Virginia Commonwealth University, U.S.; Shree Gautam and Woodrow Shew, University of Arkansas, U.S.
- Hyperbolic Geometry in Olfaction abstract
Tatyana Sharpee, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, U.S.; Brian Smith, Arizona State University, U.S.

On Thursday July 1 from 3pm-5pm EDT:
- Dynamics of Sensory Integration of Chemical and Mechanical Stimuli Within the Response Patterns of Moth Antennal Lobe Neurons abstract
Mainak Patel and Harrison Tuckman, College of William & Mary, U.S.; Hong Lei, Arizona State University, U.S.; Adi Rangan, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, U.S.
- Cue-Dependent Reconfiguration of the Olfactory System for Navigation abstract
Andrew Sheriff and Leslie M. Kay, University of Chicago, U.S.
- The Dynamics of Bilateral Olfactory Search and Navigation abstract
Nour Riman, Carnegie Mellon University, U.S.; Jonathan D. Victor, Cornell University, U.S.; Sebastian Boie, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, U.S.; G. Bard Ermentrout, University of Pittsburgh, U.S.
- The performance of crab odor-capture organs abstract
Shilpa Khatri, University of California, Merced, U.S.; Yanyan He, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, U.S.; Laura A. Miller, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, U.S.; Lindsay Waldrop, Chapman University, U.S.

For more info. including how to log-on, see: https://meetings.siam.org/sess/dsp_programsess.cfm?SESSIONCODE=68450

Thanks,

Cheng Ly
Associate Professor
Department of Statistical Sciences and Operations Research
Virginia Commonwealth University
P.O. Box 843083
Richmond, Virginia 23284-3083