Schedule > Detailed Schedule
Thursday, April 18 evening
5:00pm Welcome reception: Meigs Room, Swope Center
6:00pm Dinner, Swope Center Dining Room
7:00- 9:00 Opening Session
Conference Welcome Remarks
Clapp Auditorium, Lillie Laboratory
Paul Katz, Cris Niell
H1 History of Cephalopod Neuroscience Lecture:
Cliff Ragsdale
University of Chicago
Avoiding scientific amnesia. Cephalopod neuroscience research in the last century
K1 Keynote speaker:
Gilles Laurent
Max Planck Institute for Brain Research
Explorations of Camouflage Behavior in Cuttlefish
Evening mixer
Friday, April 19 morning
9:00-12:15 Talk Session 1
Moderator: Simon Sprecher
T1 Invited speaker: - Canceled
Kristen Koenig
University of Texas at Austin
Growth and differentiation in the cephalopod retina and the evolution of complexity
T4 Invited speaker:
Caroline Albertin
Marine Biological Laboratory
Insights into the development and design principles of complex nervous systems from cephalopods
T2 Giulia Bergamini
Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Life-long indeterminate growth and regeneration: identifying key molecular players in the common octopus
T3 Gabrielle Winters-Bostwick
Department of Biology, San Francisco State University
Three-Dimensional Molecular Atlas of Octopus Arm Neuroanatomy Highlights Spatial and Functional Complexity
Coffee break - sponsored by Iwaki America
T5 Gabrielle Coffing
University of Oregon
A chromosome-level genome assembly of Octopus bimaculoides reveals first evidence for genetic sex determination in cephalopods
T6 Eve Seuntjens
KU Leuven, Dept of Biology
Novel forms of neurotransmission in Octopus vulgaris visual circuits
T7 Gjenni Voss
Marine Biological Laboratory
Knockout of the A-to-I editing enzyme ADAR1 in the squid Euprymna berryi
T8 Gul Dolen
University of California, Berkeley
Genomic Insights from iteroparous Octopus chierchiae
Group Picture
12:15 Lunch
Friday, April 19 afternoon
1:30-3:00 Talk Session 2
Moderator: Robyn Crook
T9 Invited speaker:
Nicholas Bellono
Harvard University
Taste by touch in octopus
T10 Sylvia Medeiros
Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
Octopus insularis shows the same cyclic alternation between quiet and active sleep states in the wild as observed under controlled conditions
T11 Roger Hanlon
Marine Biological Laboratory
The “EthoNeurology” of ultrafast color patterning in cephalopods
T12 Bret Grasse
Marine Biological Laboratory
Introducing MBL’s Cephalopod Program
Coffee break - sponsored by Iwaki America
3:00pm Flash talks
Moderator: Paul Katz
4:00pm Activities
6:00pm Dinner
7:00pm Keynote speaker:
K2 Hongkui Zeng
Allen Institute for Brain Science
Cell type diversity and organization across the whole mouse brain
8:00pm Poster Session 1
Saturday, April 20 morning
9:00-12:15 Talk Session 3
Moderator: Mande Holford
T13 Invited speaker:
Wen-Sung Chung
Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
Heterogeneity and plasticity of cephalopod brains linked to ecological niches and life modes
T14 Judit Pungor
University of Oregon
Molecular and functional organization of the octopus visual system
T15 David Hain
Max Planck Institute for Brain Research
Diversity and Evolution of Neuronal Cell Types in Cephalopods
Coffee break - Sponsored by U.S. Mysids
T16 Invited speaker:
Tessa Montague
Columbia University
The neural basis of cuttlefish camouflage
T17 Cassady Olson
University of Chicago
Segmentation in the axial nerve cord of the octopus arm
T18 Diana Neacsu
San Francisco State University
A 3-Dimensional Connectome of the Sucker Ganglion of the Pygmy Octopus, Octopus bocki
T19 Simon Sprecher
University of Fribourg
Genetic and functional organization of the Loligo vulgaris brain
T20 Benny Hochner
Department of Neurobiology, Silberman Institute for Life Sciences, Hebrew University Jerusalem Israel
How the octopus vertical lobe mediates learning and memory: an update
12:15pm Lunch
Saturday, April 20 afternoon
1:30-5:00 Talk Session 4
Moderator: Carrie Albertin
T21 Invited speaker:
Trevor Wardill
University of Minnesota
Neural adaptations supporting cephalopod decision-making for visually guided
T22 Tomoyuki Mano
OIST
Revealing the hierarchical organization of the optic lobe
T23 Yan Wang
University of Washington
Neuroendocrinology of octopus death
T24 Angelique Allen
University of Oregon
Functional organization of visual responses to luminance and polarization stimuli in the octopus
Coffee break - Sponsored by U.S. Mysids
T25 Invited speaker:
Tamar Gutnick
University of Naples, Department of Biology
Recording electrical activity from the brain of behaving octopus
T26 Federica Pizzulli
Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Neural circuitry in the brain of Octopus vulgaris: contributing to JZ Young legacy
T27 José Ramón Pardos-Blas
HUNTER College CUNY
Into the beak of the beast. Neuronal control of toxin release in cephalopods
T28 Harshada Sant
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Glial cell types in the mollusc Berghia stephanieae determined by gene expression and 3D EM reconstruction.
T29 Wiliam Gilly
Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
Diverse excitability mechanisms in muscle fibers facilitate behavioral control in cephalopods.
5:00pm Free time
6:00pm Banquet
7:30pm Poster Session 2
Sunday, April 21 morning
9:00-12:30 Talk Session 5
Moderator: Paul Katz
T30 Invited speaker:
Bo Wang
Stanford University
Probabilistic usage of regulatory genome sequence motifs underlies cell type conservation
T31 Janina Röckner
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Center for Micro-BioRobotics & Center for Synaptic Neuroscience and Technology (NSYN), 16132 Genova, GE, Italy
Quantifying muscle activation and deformation in Octopus vulgaris stereotypical motion
T32 Jessica Stock
The Marine Biological Laboratory
Conservation of toolkit gene expression, but not function, in cephalopod neurodevelopment
Coffee break
T33 Helen Farrants
Janelia Research Campus, HHMI
Visualizing calcium transients in squid embryos using genetically encoded calcium indicators
T34 Julianna Richie
University of Michigan
Carbon Fiber Electrode Arrays Fabrication for Use in Cephalopods
T35 Letizia Zullo
IRCCS, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino
Decoding sensory representation in the octopus higher brain centers
T36 Joshua Rosenthal
The Marine Biological Laboratory
The development of approaches to knockout genes in squid using CRISPR-Cas9
T37 Jing Cai
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Neural Exploration of Squid Polarization Vision in a Caustics Environment Facilitating Signal Detection
Wrap up and general discussion
12:30pm Lunch and departures