Workshop Title: Hippocampus: From synapses to behaviour

Summary:
We are pleased to announce the workshop titled ‘Hippocampus: From Synapses to Behaviour’ set to take place at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research in Pune, India, December 1-3rd 2013. This workshop has been organised under the auspices of the Indian National Node for Neuroinformatics in association with the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India.

Investigations into the hippocampal formation span different scales of organisation ranging from the mechanisms governing the functioning of single synapses to the dynamics of large scale neuronal networks and its effect on behavior. The hippocampus has served as an exemplary model system over the last several decades. Much of our understanding of the principles of brain function come from extensive studies of the hippocampus at various levels of detail. At the subcellular scale, many of the signalling pathways underlying short and long–term plasticity have been deciphered from studies of the CA3–CA1 synapse of the hippocampus. The interplay between excitatory and inhibitory neurons in the hippocampal formation generate a rich repertoire of spatiotemporal patterns. These patterns, in turn, play a functional role in encoding and recalling environmental inputs. Neurological disorders associated with hippocampal dysfunction has provided us with key insights into its role in behaviour. At each scale of organization a synergy between quantitative modelling and experimental studies of the hippocampus has made significant contributions to our understanding of brain function in health and in disease. The goal of this workshop is to bring together computational and experimental neurobiologists to address exciting questions that will advance our present understanding, spur future collaborations and lead to new directions of investigation.

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Confirmed list of speakers (more to be added)
Mayank Mehta
Collins Assisi
Suhita Nadkarni
Matt Nolan
Trygve Solstad
Thomas Bartol
Kechen Zhang
Yoganarasimha Doreswamy
Upi Bhalla

Agenda
The scientific sessions will last for two days (December 1st and 2nd) and include both talks and poster sessions on both days. This will be
followed by a panel discussion and the INNNI meeting on the 3rd day (December 3rd) of the workshop. For scientific sessions each speaker will present for 45 minutes. The poster sessions will occupy approximately two hours following the talks on each day.

Support
Funding to attend the meeting is available for selected students and post-doc participants.