InFormers: Computational and Organizational Insights from the Insect Nervous System

Organizer(s)

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  Theodore Pavlic, Ph.D. (he/him/his)

  Associate Professor
  School of Life Sciences / School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence
  Arizona State University
  Tempe, Arizona
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  Hong Lei

  Research professor
  School of Life Sciences
  Arizona State University
  Tempe, Arizona
• MB

  Maksim Bazhenov

  University of California
  La Jolla, California

There is growing interest in the insect brain as a model computational system that functions effectively in small spaces with little energy. This symposium brings together researchers studying information processing in the insect brain who normally present to non-entomological communities to highlight insightful, generalizable organizational principles from the insect brain.

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:35 PM MST

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Theodore P. Pavlic, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – Arizona State University
• 1:35 PM – 1:55 PM MST

  What do insect connectomes tell us about neural computation?
  

  Presenting Author: Dmitri Chklovskii – Flatiron Institute

  Co-author: Kazunori Shinomiya – Flatiron Institute

  Co-author: Shanshan Qin – Flatiron Institute

  Co-author: Joshua Pughe-Sanford – Flatiron Institute
• 1:55 PM – 2:15 PM MST

  Cracking circuits with connectomes: A reverse neuroethology perspective
  

  Presenting Author: Gwyneth Card – Columbia University
• 2:15 PM – 2:35 PM MST

  Beyond the connectome: Divisive normalization processors in the Drosophila early olfactory and vision systems
  

  Presenting Author: Aurel A. Lazar – Columbia University
• 2:35 PM – 2:45 PM MST

  Panel discussion
• 2:45 PM – 2:55 PM MST

  Break
• 2:55 PM – 3:15 PM MST

  Fine-grained descending control of steering in walking Drosophila
  

  Presenting Author: Helen Yang – Harvard University

  Co-Author: Bella Brezovec – Stanford University

  Co-Author: Laia Capdevila – Aelysia LTD

  Co-Author: Quinn Vanderbeck – Harvard University

  Co-Author: Atsuko Adachi – Columbia University

  Co-Author: Richard Mann – Columbia University

  Co-Author: Rachel Wilson – Harvard University
• 3:15 PM – 3:35 PM MST

  How does visual input guide motor behavior at brain-wide scale?
  

  Presenting Author: Thomas R. Clandinin – Stanford University
• 3:35 PM – 3:55 PM MST

  Elucidating the neural circuitry underlying aggression in Drosophila
  

  Presenting Author: Catherine Schretter – Howard Hughes Medical Institute Inc

  Co-Author: Hui Chiu – California Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Alice Robie – Howard Hughes Medical Institute Inc

  Co-Author: Kristin Branson – Howard Hughes Medical Institute Inc

  Co-Author: Tanvi Vippa – Howard Hughes Medical Institute Inc

  Co-Author: Samantha Epstein – Howard Hughes Medical Institute Inc

  Co-Author: David Anderson – California Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Gerry Rubin – Howard Hughes Medical Institute Inc
• 3:55 PM – 4:05 PM MST

  Panel discussion
• 4:05 PM – 4:15 PM MST

  Break
• 4:15 PM – 4:35 PM MST

  Deconstructing odor representation in the Drosophila mushroom body
  

  Presenting Author: Sophie Caron – University of Utah

  Co-Author: Alexander Mackenzie – University of Utah

  Co-Author: Jilian Ulibarri – University of Utah

  Co-Author: Dua Azhar – University of Utah

  Co-Author: Andrew Butts – University of Utah
• 5:15 PM – 5:25 PM MST

  Panel discussion
• 5:25 PM – 5:30 PM MST

  Closing remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Theodore P. Pavlic, Ph.D. (he/him/his) – Arizona State University