Neurotechnologies in model systems

27 May 2016, SwissTech Convention Center, Lausanne, Switzerland

Website: thebrainforum.org

This session addresses questions on how to link circuit activity behaviour. Latest generation tools to observe neural function with cellular resolution as well as approaches to control activity are discussed. With a range of model system from Drosophila to rodents, the panellists cover the pros and cons of optogenetic, chemogenetic manipulations as well as genetically encoded calcium indicators.

Panellists:
Prof. Gero Miesenböck, Professor of Physiology and Founding Director, Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, University of Oxford
Prof. Mark Schnitzer, Associate Professor in Biological Sciences and Applied Physics, Stanford University
Prof. Michael Häusser, Professor of Neuroscience, University College London
Prof. György Buzsáki, Professor of Neuroscience, New York University

Chair
Prof. Christian Lüscher, Professor of Neuroscience, University of Geneva

About The Brain Forum
Researchers, engineers, healthcare professionals, entrepreneurs, industrialists, investors, funding agencies and policy makers meet at The Brain Forum 2016, to advance our understanding of how the brain works and to accelerate the application of this knowledge in society and the economy.