• 22 June - 23 June 2020
  • The Royal College of Physicians, London, UK

Processing and Modulation of Sensory Signals: From the Periphery to the Cortex

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Organised by Jamie Johnston, University of Leeds, UK, Jennifer Linden, University College London, UK and Susan Deuchars, University of Leeds, UK

 

This meeting is designed to help foster new connections and cross-pollinate ideas between researchers studying sensory systems in different modalities and at different levels from peripheral transduction to cortical integration.

 

Registration opens on 1 February 2020.

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Monday 22 June 2020

Registration

Welcome and introduction

Session 1: Circuits for Locating Stimuli

09:30 Brainwide mapping of collicular circuits mediating defensive behaviours
Karl Farrow, Neuro-Electronics Research Flanders, Belgium
10:00 The space of actions - Neural circuits for transforming spatial representations into actions
Marco Tripodi, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK
10:30 How does auditory cortex construct auditory space?
Jennifer Bizley, University College London, UK
11:00 Olfactory search with VR
TBC

Refreshments

Speed dating of techniques

Small groups with an expert at each table to chat about their approaches and why they use them

Lunch and poster viewing

Session 2: Peripheral and Brainstem Processing

14:00 Peripheral gate of somatosensory system
Nikita Gamper, University of Leeds, UK
14:30 Differences in the neurotransmission of sensory signals between hair cell type in the mammalian vestibular system
Stuart Johnson, University of Sheffield, UK
15:00 Auditory brainstem processing
Conny Kopp-Scheinpflug, LMU-Munich, Germany
15:30 Modulation of visual processing in the retina
Michal Rivlin, Weizmann Institute, Israel

Flash poster session

3 minutes x 10 posters

Dedicated poster session

Conference dinner

Venue: TBC

Tuesday 23 June 2020

Session 3: Thalamic and Cortical Processing

09:00 A retinal code for motion along the gravitational and body axes
Shai Sabbah, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
09:30 Auditory thalamic and cortical processing
Jennifer Linden, University College London, UK
10:00 Prediction of choice during active tactile decision making
Rasmus Petersen, University of Manchester, UK

Refreshments

Keynote Lecture

Lunch and poster viewing

Session 4: Neural Correlates of Sensory Stimuli

13:00 What does a smell look like in the brain?
TBC
13:30 Learning a tactile sequence induces selectivity to multiple task variables in the mouse somatosensory cortex
Miguel Maravall, University of Sussex, UK
14:00 Feature selectivity in V1
Petr Znamenskiy, Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, UK
14:30 Encoding sound frequency and pitch
Kerry Walker, University of Oxford, UK

Refreshments

Session 5: Modulation of the Senses

15:15 Layer-specific integration of sensory and motor information in mouse barrel cortex
Asli Ayaz, Neuro-Electronics Research Flanders, Belgium
15:45 Modulation of olfaction by gustatory cortex
TBC
16:15 Modulation of retinal outputs by behavioural state
Sylvia Schroeder, University College London, UK
16:45 Satiety and olfaction
Jamie Johnston, University of Leeds, UK

Closing remarks

End of meeting

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PLEASE NOTE that meat will not be provided at lunchtime unless specially requested by contacting the events team. All food will be vegetarian in an effort to reduce the carbon footprint at our conferences.

Registration fees

Membership categoryEarly bird (before 1 May 2020)Late registration (after 1 May 2020)
Full Member£150£200
Affiliate and Undergraduate Members£90£140
Non-Members£250£300
Conference dinner£60£60

 

Please note, if you work at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre or are a member of the British Neuroscience Association you are eligible to register at the Member rate. To register at this rate, please contact the events team at events@physoc.org.

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Key information

 

Key dates

Registration opens1 February 2020
Abstract submission opens1 March 2020
Abstract submission closes31 March 2020
Abstract decisions released23 April 2020
Travel Grant deadline30 April 2020
Early bird registration deadline1 May 2020
Online registration deadline1 June 2020
Meeting dates22–23 June 2020

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Royal College of Physicians,
11 St Andrews Place,
Regent’s Park,
London NW1 4LE

Transport

Nearest mainline train stations:

  • Euston station (15 mins walk)
  • King’s Cross and St Pancras stations National and International rail services (5 minutes by taxi)
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  • Great Portland Street Station on the Circle, Metropolitan and Hammersmith and City lines (5 minutes walk)
  • Warren Street Station on the Victoria and Northern lines (10 minutes walk)
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