Weizmann Neuroscience Symposium
Brain Health and Disease: Molecules and Mechanisms
Two-day Symposium
Neural Targets of Serotonin and Psychedelics
Takashi Kawashima, MD, PhD
Senior Scientist, Weizmann Institute of Science
States of Engagement During Perceptual Decision-Making
Anne Churchland, PhD
Professor, Neurobiology,
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (UCLA DGSOM)
Topographic Organization of Direction-and Orientation-Selective Responses in Mouse Visual Thalamus
Michal Rivlin, PhD
Scientist, Weizmann Institute of Science
Neural Basis of Pro-Social Behavior
Weizhe Hong, PhD
Professor, Biological Chemistry, UCLA DGSOM
New Approaches for Optogenetic Silencing of Synaptic Terminals
Ofer Yizhar, PhD
Professor, Weizmann Institute of Science
Molecular Mechanisms of Synaptic Specificity
Larry Zipursky, PhD
Professor, Biological Chemistry, UCLA DGSOM
Evolution of Cortical Plasticity
Joshua Trachtenberg, PhD
Professor, Neurobiology, UCLA DGSOM
Spatiotemporal Regulation of Neuronal Remodeling
Oren Schuldiner, PhD
Professor, Weizmann Institute of Science
How Do Microglia Shape Circuit Function Throughout the Lifespan?
Lindsay De Blase, PhD
Assistant Professor, Physiology, UCLA DGSOM
RNA Control of Neuronal Growth
Mike Fainzilber, PhD
Professor, Weizmann Institute of Science
Brain Growth Programs for Repair
S. Tom Carmichael, MD, PhD
Professor & Chair, Neurology, UCLA DGSOM
Cortical Adaptation and Gain Control
Dario Ringach, PhD
Professor, Neurobiology, UCLA DGSOM
Beyond Mapping of the Human Brain: Moving Forward
with Brain-Behavior Correlations
Michal Ramot, PhD
Principal Investigator, Weizmann Institute of Science
Developmental Dysconnectivity in a Genetic Risk Model
for Schizophrenia
Carrie Bearden, PhD
Professor, Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA DGSOM
Behavioral State-Dependent Modulation of Sensory Processing and Plasticity in the Cortex
Ivo Spiegel, PhD
Professor, Weizmann Institute of Science
Developmentally Distinct Architectures in Top-Down Circuits
Laura DeNardo, PhD
Assistant Professor, Physiology, UCLA DGSOM
Gating Nociception by Axonal Pruning
Avraham Yaron, PhD
Professor, Weizmann Institute of Science
Understanding Cell Type Specification in the Developing Human Brain
Aparna Bhaduri, PhD
Assistant Professor, Biological Chemistry, UCLA DGSOM
Representational Drift in the Hippocampus and Cortex
Yaniv Ziv, PhD
Principal Investigator, Weizmann Institute of Science
How to Build Brains with a Small Number of Design Principles
Elad Schneidman, PhD
Professor, Weizmann Institute of Science
Neuropeptide Modulation Underlies Experience-Dependent, Sexually Dimorphic Learning
Meital Oren-Suissa, PhD
Professor, Weizmann Institute of Science - and -
Modulation and Representation of Negative Value in the Primate Amygdala
Rony Paz, PhD
Professor, Weizmann Institute of Science
Registration Attendance Required
Contact – Laura Schreiber – lschreiber@mednet.ucla.edu
