2015 Neurosciences Institute Symposium Program

Thursday, October 1

8:00 - 9:00 am

Continental Breakfast and Check-In

Berg Hall, Li Ka Shing Center for Learning and Knowledge

9:00 - 9:15 am

Opening remarks

William Newsome

Professor of Neurobiology
Director, Stanford Neurosciences Institute
Stanford University

9:15 - 10:00 am

Can genomics rescue psychiatric therapeutics?

Steven Hyman

Director of the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Harvard University

10:00 - 10:45 pm

Regulation of aging

Anne Brunet

Professor of Genetics and Co-Director of the Paul F. Glenn Laboratories for the Biology of Aging
Stanford University

10:45 - 11:15 am

Morning Break

11:15 - 12:00 pm

Neural circuit dynamics during virtual navigation and decision-making

David Tank

Professor of Molecular Biology and Princeton Neuroscience Institute
Princeton University

12:00 - 1:15 pm

Lunch

1:15 - 1:30 pm

Sammy Kuo Award Presentation

Corinna Darian-Smith

Associate Professor of Comparative Medicine
Stanford University

1:30 - 2:15 pm

Deep neural networks: a new framework for modeling brain information processing

Nikolaus Kriegeskorte

Programme Leader, Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
University of Cambridge

2:15 - 3:00 pm

Sensory processing in a small brain

Rachel Wilson

Professor of Neurobiology
Harvard Medical School

3:00 - 3:30 pm

Afternoon Break

3:30 - 4:15 pm

Toward clinically viable brain-machine interefaces

Krishna Shenoy

Professor of Electrical Engineerig
Stanford University

4:15 - 4:30 pm

Closing Remarks

Ann Arvin

Vice Provost and Dean of Research
Stanford University

4:30 - 6:00 pm

Poster Presentation and Reception

Lawn Area in front of LKSC