Program

Mini-Symposium-

Proprioception: from molecular biology to sensory-motor coupling

Venue: 1F Auditorium (B106), Interdisciplinary Research Building (IST)

Date: September 8th, 2023 (Friday)

09:00               Registration & morning tea

10:00-10:15   Opening Remark

                        Chih-Cheng Chen, Academia Sinica, Taiwan   

Session I      Chair: Y. Henry Sun, Academia Sinica, Taiwan           

10:15-10:40   Guy Bewick, University of Aberdeen, UK

                        Modulation and multiple channels: towards a unified model of mechanosensory terminal function

10:45-11:10 Chih-Cheng Chen, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

Roles of acid-sensing ion channels in proprioception                        

11:15-11:40 Yu-Wei Wu, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

                        Shared and private spaces of neural dynamics in the sensorimotor cortices

11:45- 12:00    Group Photo/ Free Discussion

12:00-13:30    Lunch

Session II                                                                          Chair: Cheng-Ting Chien, Academia Sinica, Taiwan 

13:30-13:55 Elazar Zelzer, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

Deciphering the Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Development of Muscle Spindle

14:00-14:25     Jun-An Chen, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

Deciphering the Intricate Communication Pathways from Proprioception to Motor Mastery via MicroRNAs

14:30-14:55     Ming-Kai Pan, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

                        Quantitative neuronal codes for motor rhythm control

15:00-15:30     Coffee Break

Session III                                                                                     Chair: Jun-An Chen, Academia Sinica, Taiwan          

15:30-15:55   Ching-Lung Hsu, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

Possible roles of self-referenced mechanosensory integration in high-precision spatial navigation

16:00-16:25     Aya Takeoka, NERF, Leaven, Belgium  (online talk)

Circuit basis of proprioceptive information processing for motor adaptation

16:30-17:00     Discussion

17:00-17:10     Closing Remark