60 Years of Hodgkin and Huxley

Trinity College, Cambridge, UK, July 12 - 13, 2012

In celebration of the 60th anniversary of the publication of the Hodgkin-Huxley model of the action potential.

Principal organizers:
  James M. Bower (University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio)
  Idan Segev (Hebrew University)
  Michael Häusser (University College London)
  Simon O'Connor (Local Organizer)

This congress is being organized to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the original publication of the Hodgkin and Huxley model of the generation of the action potential by the squid giant axon. This publication and the mathematical model it describes is at the core of our modern understanding of how the action potential is generated, and has had profound effects on many fields of biological science and in particular on computational studies of neuronal function. The congress will be held at Trinity College, Cambridge which is the home academic institution for the original research.

Agenda topics:
The agenda for the meeting will be organized around several specific topics including but not necessarily limited to the following:

    Historical Overview and Context
    Experimental Evidence Today
        The Action Potential Today and Energetics
        Molecular Dynamics of Ion Channels
        Variations in K and Na Channels
        Ion Channel Classifications
    Evolutionary Considerations
        The Squid Axon in Context
        Ion Channel Evolution
    Computational Applications of the Hodgkin Huxley Model
        Synaptic Transmission
        Dendrites
        Non-Neural Tissues
        Implementations in Modern Simulators
    Variations in the HH formulation
        HH dynamics
        Parameter Fitting
        Adaptations to Other Ion Channels
        Reduced Forms
        Implications for Multi-scale Modeling
        The Limitations of HH

More info and speakers

If you would like to be considered as a speaker for one of the subject areas listed, please send details of your proposed topic talk to Simon O Connor.

If you would like to be notified of further details including registration details please send your email address to Simon O Connor for inclusion on the mailing list.

Support

Supported by OCNS, The Physiological Society

Travel grants will be available to OCNS members.