Oxford Autumn School in Neuroscience

Monday 28th September

09.25 Welcome, Professor Masud Husain, Chair Oxford Autumn School in Neuroscience

The power of Drosophila research: Neural mechanisms at cellular resolution

Chair: Professor Scott Waddell, Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, Department of Physiology Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford

09.30 - 10.10 Dr Gregory Jefferis, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, University of Cambridge

Whole brain circuits for learned and innate behaviour

10.10 - 10.50 Dr Lucia Prieto-Godino, The Francis Crick Institute, London.

Evolution of olfactory circuits on the fly

10.50 - 11.00 Break

11.00 - 11.40 Dr Carlos Ribeiro, Champalimaud Center for the Unknown, Lisbon

Dissecting the neuronal basis of nutritional decisions

11.40 - 12.20 Professor Irene Miguel-Aliaga, London Institute of Medical Sciences, Imperial College, London.

The second brain of a simpler gut

12.20 - 13.00 Lunch break

Deep learning theories in neuroscience: Potential and pitfalls

Chair: Dr Andrew Saxe, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford

13.00 – 13.40 Dr Tim Kietzmann, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University

Deep neural networks as a framework for understanding the dynamic computations of the human visual system

13.40 - 14.20 Dr Rebecca Jackson, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge

Reverse-Engineering the Neural Architecture for Controlled Semantic Cognition

14.20 - 14.30 Break

14.30 - 15.10 Dr Andrew Saxe, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford

Dynamics of learning contextual, controlled, and abstract representations in deep neural networks and the brain

15.10 - 15.50 Professor Kalanit Grill-Spector, Stanford Vision and Perception Neuroscience Lab, Stanford University

Human visual cortex as a window into the developing brain

Tuesday 29th September

Neurobiology: Evolutionary Insights

Chair: Professor Robin Dunbar, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford

09.30 - 10.10 Dr Jerome Sallet, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford

Anatomo-functional properties of the social brain in human and non-human primates

10.10 - 10.50 Professor Sophie Scott, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London

The neurobiology of speech and laughter - an evolutionary perspective

10.50 – 11.00 Break

11.00 - 11.40 Dr Gillian Brown, School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St Andrews

Prenatal hormones and sex differences in human behaviour

11.40 - 12.20 Professor Robin Dunbar, Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford

The neurobiology of social bonding

12.20 - 13.00 Lunch Break

Crossing scales in neuroanatomy: Linking MRI to microscopy

Chair: Professor Karla Miller, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging, University of Oxford

13.00 - 13.40 Dr Konrad Wagstyl, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London

BigBrain atlas of cortical layers: Linking cortical microstructure to in vivo measures of cortical structure

13.40 - 14.20 Dr Manisha Aggarwal, Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University

From mesoscale imaging to micro-imaging and beyond: Probing length scales in the brain with diffusion MRI

14.20 - 14.30 Break

14.30 - 15.10 Dr Anastasia Yendiki, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Tracts you can trust: Integrating microscale optical imaging and mesoscale diffusion MRI

15.10 - 15.50 Prof Ellison F. Cardoso, Prof Maria da Graça Martin and Prof Helmut Heinsen, Department of Radiology, University of São Paulo Medical School

High-resolution MRI: experience from an imaging platform in the autopsy room

15.50 - 16.00 Closing remarks