International Meeting on Neuromodulation of Behaviour

This meeting will bring together a group of neuroscientists from India, Europe and the US with a common interest in studying how neuromodulatory inputs influence natural behaviors in a range of organisms, including zebra fish, rats, Drosophila, honey bees and moths. The meeting is open to graduate and postdoctoral fellows and faculty from India and abroad.

Invited Speakers

Rozi Andretic, University of Rijeka, Croatia
Serge Birman, ESPCI, Paris, France
Bjoern Brembs, Universität Regensburg, Germany
Axel Brockmann, NCBS, Bangalore
Jean-Francois Ferveur, Universite de Bourgogne, France
Aurnab Ghosh, IISER, Pune
Gaiti Hasan, NCBS, Bangalore
Sanjay Sane, NCBS, Bangalore
Vatsala Thirumalai, NCBS, Bangalore
Vidita Vaidya, TIFR, Mumbai
Sheeba Vasu, JNCASR, Bangalore.
Christian Wegener, Universitat Wuerzberg, Germany.

Program

Wednesday, October 29th

8.30-9.15am

Registration

Session 1 : Chair: Axel Brockman

9.30-10.15am

Jean-Francois Ferveur, Universite de Bourgogne, France

Plasticity of Chemosensory-driven Behavior in Insects

10.15-11.00am

Sanjay Sane, NCBS, Bangalore

Air flow sensing and antennal positioning in flying bees and hawk moths

11.00-11.15am

Gaurav Das, Oxford University, U.K.

Drosophila Learn Opposing Components of a Compound Food Stimulus

11.15-11.35am

Tea/coffee

11.35-12.20pm

Sheeba Vasu, JNCASR, Bangalore

Thermosensory TRPA1 modulates daily activity rhythms in Drosophila

12.20-12.35pm

Rudra Nayan Das, NCBS, Bangalore

Role of serotonin in processing of dynamic odor stimuli and its consequences in Drosophila larval chemotaxis

12.35-2.00pm

Lunch

2.00-3.30pm

Posters

3.30-4.00pm

Tea/coffee

Session 2: Chair: Sanjay Sane

4.00-4.15pm

Sheetal Potdar, JNCASR, Bangalore

Lessons from sleeping flies: Neural Circuitry and Importance of Sleep in Drosophila.

4.15-5.00pm

Axel Brockmann, NCBS, Bangalore

Neuromodulation of honeybee foraging behaviour and behavioural decision making

5.00pm

Bjoern Brembs, Universität Regensburg, Germany

From Pavlov's bell to bad habits: Multiple, interacting memory systems in fruit flies

7.30pm

Dinner with NCBS and InStem faculty

Thursday, October 30th

Session 3: Chair: Jean-Francois Ferveur

9.15-10.00am

Vatsala Thirumalai, NCBS, Bangalore

Dopaminergic neuromodulation in the cerebellum

10.00-10.45am

Serge Birman, ESPCI, Paris

Dopaminergic pathways underlying startle response and behavioral excitability in Drosophila

10.45-11.30am

Gaiti Hasan, NCBS, Bangalore

Neuromodulatory inputs for Drosophila flight – through development and adulthood

11.30-11.50am

Tea/Coffee

11.50-12.35pm

Rozi Andretic, Universityof Rijeka, Croatia

Genes for addicitive behavior in Drosophila

12.35-12.50pm

Tarjani Agrawal, NCBS, Bangalore

Maturation of central brain flight circuit in Drosophila requires Fz2/Ca2+ signaling

12.50-2.30pm

Lunch

Session 4: Chair: Vatsala Thirumalai

2.30-3.15pm

Christian Wegener, Universitat Wuerzberg, Germany

Pleiotropic modulatory functions of brain-gut peptidergic cells on Drosophila physiology and behavior

3.15-4.00pm

Aurnab Ghosh, IISER, Pune

Representing internal states: neuromodulating peripheral senses and extending behaviours

4.00-4.30pm

Tea/Coffee

4.30-5.15pm

Vidita Vaidya, TIFR, Mumbai

Early life experience and the shaping of adult behaviour

6.30pm

Dinner in town for invited speakers

 

Registration is open upto: September 10, 2014

Registration fee:

Rs. 1500/- for meeting plus meals
Rs. 2500/-meeting, meals and shared accommodation

If funds permit travel fellowships with registration waivers will be available for a few selected younger scientists from within India. Selections for travel fellowship will be based on their CVand research abstract.

Registration Process:

All participants interested in attending the meeting must apply with  a brief CV and a 200 word summary of their current research interests highlighting the proposed relevance of the meeting to their ongoing projects. Applications should be emailed to to nidhisri@ncbs.res.in before September 10, 2014. PhD students and Post Docs are required to submit a recommendation letter from their Lab Head/Thesis Supervisor.

Selected participants will be notified by email and will be required to submit registration fee by Bank Demand Draft/All City Cheque made in favour of ‘NCBS, Meetings and Workshop A/C’ and couriered to

Mrs. Nidhi Srivastava
‘Neuromodulation in Behaviour’
National Centre for Biological Sciences
GKVK, Bellary Road, Bangalore 560064
PH: 080-23666337
 
Note:

Registration fee is non refundable.
Please write your name, name of the meeting and affiliation on the reverse of the DD/Cheque.

Please register early, since the number of participants will be limited to 50.

Poster presentation

Selected participants will be expected to present a poster on their current research project. Poster specifications will be sent by email at a later date.

 


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