Berlin Brain Days 2010
1–3 November 2010
The Berlin Brain Days 2010 start with an opening lecture by Edvard I. Moser on the evening of 1 November.
Edvard I. Moser (homepage)
Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Lecture: Grid cells, place cells and the brain’s representation of space
2 and 3 November are dedicated to five keynote lectures and accompanying presentations by Ph.D. students. Throughout, Ph.D. students will have the opportunity to present their work in poster sessions.
The Keynote Lecturers
Lutz Birnbaumer (homepage)
Laboratory of Neurobiology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, USA
Lecture: Signal Transduction by G Proteins: Focus on molecular aspects of activation and deactivation of regulatory GTPases
Klaus-Armin Nave (for David R. Colman who had to cancel at short notice) (homepage)
Max-Planck-Institut für Experimentelle Medizin, Göttingen, Dept. of Neurogenetics
Lecture: Glial support of axon function – relevance to disease
Richard Miles (homepage)
Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Cortex & Epilepsy Group, Paris, France
Lecture: Hippocampal synchrony in disinhibited guinea-pig slices and human epileptic tissue
Eero P. Simoncelli (homepage)
Departments of Neural Science, Mathematics, and Psychology, New York University, USA
Lecture: Bayesian modeling of visual motion perception
Tor D. Wager (homepage)
Cognitive and Affective Control Laboratory, The University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
Lecture: The origins of pain in the central nervous system: Insights from manipulations of expectation and affective value
Program and Locations
For details, please view the Program and Locations page.
Organizers
The Berlin Brain Days 2010 are jointly organized by six Berlin-based neuroscience Ph.D. training programs. For details, see Organizers.
The program committee is chaired by Professor Helmut Kettenmann.
Contact
Lutz Steiner – International Graduate Program Medical Neurosciences
Phone: +49 30 2093–4582
E-mail: lutz.steiner (at) charite.de