This program is subject to modification.
Co-chairs:
Johannes Seelig (Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology of behavior, Bonn, Germany)
Nikolaos Konstantinides (Institut Jacques Monod, Paris, France)
16h15 – SEELIG Johannes (Max Planck Institute, Bonn, Germany)
Methods for investigating the dynamics of sleep and memory circuits
16h30 – BOURGEAT Samuel (EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland)
High-throughput Drosophila brain morphometrics based on micro-computed tomography of a fly head.
16h45 – NG Kristal (King’s College London, United Kingdom)
Investigating cargo transport and the cytoplasmic biophysical properties of neurons during ageing in vivo.
17h00 – KONSTANTINIDES Nikolaos (CNRS, Institut Jacques Monod, Paris, France)
Development and evolution of neuronal diversity in the insect visual system.
17h15 – CATTENOZ Pierre (IGBMC, Strasbourg, France)
Characterisation of the transcriptomic and epigenetic signatures of glia and neurons across development.
17h30 – MCLACHLAN Alex (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Virtual Fly Brain – A hub for Drosophila melanogaster neural anatomy, imaging data & connectomics.
Daniel Kronauer (Rockefeller University, USA)
Differentiation, Communication, and Collective Behavior in Ant Societies
Thomas Préat (ESPCI, Paris, France)
The dual role of glia-neuron interactions for long-term memory: energy supply and regulation of redox homeostasis
Chairwoman: Anissa Kempf (University of Basel, Switzerland)
09h45 – SCHOLZ Henrike (University of Cologne, Germany)
The internal energy supply influences stability of food related memories
10h00 – RAUN Nicholas (Dalhousie University, Canada)
Mushroom body specific epigenetic programming by trithorax supports the metabolic demand of long-term memory
10h15 – PAVLOWSKY Alice (ESPCI Paris, France)
Motile mitochondria are required for associative long-term memory formation
Chairwoman: Anissa Kempf (University of Basel, Switzerland)
11h00 – DURA Jean-Maurice (Institut de Génétique Humaine, Montpellier, France)
Neuron-glia crosstalk in neuronal remodeling: role of the chemokine-like Orion in glial cell phagocytic transformation
11h15 – MARIANO Vittoria (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
CYFIP drives brain metabolic changes to control night sleep
11h30 – KEMPF Anissa (University of Basel, Switzerland)
Metabolic control of the sleep homeostat
Chairwoman : Marta Moita (Champalimaud Centre, Lisbon, Portugal)
11h45 – CAVEY Matthieu (IBDM, Aix-Marseille University, France)
Evolutionary divergence in sugar valuation shifts Drosophila suzukii oviposition choice towards ripe fruit
12h00 – SPROSTON Connor J (King’s College London, United Kingdom)
Sculpting neuronal hemilineages with combinatorial pro-apoptotic RHG gene expression and the evolution of network motifs in flightless flies
12h15 – B. LEITãO Alexandre (Champalimaud Centre, Lisbon, Portugal)
One neuron, many brains: testing the effect of genetic background on the action of single neurons.
Chairwoman : Marta Moita (Champalimaud Centre, Lisbon, Portugal)
14h00 – SHAHANDEH Michael (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
Genetic and neuronal mechanisms of circadian plasticity loss in the equatorial endemic Drosophila sechellia
14h15 – CHATTERJEE Abhishek (INRAE, Versailles, France)
Unexpectedly rich coding capacity of the pheromone-sensitive ORNs
14h30 – JOYCE Michaela (Imperial College London, United Kingdom)
Do all Drosophilids count sheep? A cross species investigation of Drosophila sleep
Alicia Hidalgo (University of Birmingham, U.K.)
Brain switch: degeneration, plasticity, regeneration
Chairwoman: Margaret Su-chun Ho (Shanghai Tech University, China)
16h00 – SALECKER Iris (Ecole Normale Superieur, Paris, France)
A dialog with neurons helps visual system astrocytes to find their shape in Drosophila
16h15 – LAPRAZ François (Université Côte d’Azur, Nice, France)
The NetrinB Pathway Controls Laterality of the Drosophila Brain
16h30 – SENAPATI Tarosi (University of Queensland, Australia)
PI3K links cellular defects in the Dscam2 mutant with memory formation
16h45 – SOBRIDO-CAMEAN Daniel (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Transient experiences in late embryogenesis specify trajectories of neuronal development altering network properies
17h00 – AGI Egemen (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany)
Visual map formation without target-dependent guidance in Drosophila.
17h15 – Marzano Marco (University of Münster, Germany)
Metabolic regulation of dendrite pruning
Robin Hiesinger (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany)
Visual Map Formation in Drosophila
Chairman: Suewei Lin (Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan)
09h45 – DAS Gaurav (SP Pune University Campus, Pune, India)
Neurotransmitters involved in toxin-induced emesis are conserved between flies and mammals
10h00 – JOVANIC Tihana (University Paris-Saclay/CNRS, France)
Neural circuit mechanisms of state-dependent modulation of sensorimotor decisions
10h15 – WALTER Alexander (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
Neurotransmitter release sites adapt on millisecond and minute timescales for presynaptic plasticity
10h30 – DE QUEIROZ Bruna (Université Côte d’Azur, Nice, France)
The role of local RNA regulation in long-term memory formation
Chairman: Suewei Lin (Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan)
11h15 – MOHYLYAK Iryna (ICM, Paris, France)
CG7101/dTZAP encodes conservative transcriptional regulator of mitochondrial biology required for axonal outgrowth, circuit connectivity and behavior.
11h30 – LIN Suewei (Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan)
Functional feedback circuits in the adult Drosophila mushroom body
11h45 – CROSET Vincent (Durham University, United Kingdom)
Gliotransmission of D-serine promotes thirst-directed behaviors in Drosophila
12h00 – PARNAS Moshe (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
A paradigm shift in GPCR recruitment and activity: GPCR Voltage Dependence Controls Neuronal Plasticity and Behavior
Annette Schenck (Radboud Univ, Nijmegen, Netherlands)
Translational studies into Autism and Intellectual Disability disorders – of mechanisms and treatment strategies
Chaired by Juan Navarro (INCLIVA Health Research Institute, Valencia, Spain)
14h45 – ZIEGLER Anna (University of Münster, Germany –
Ceramide Synthase at the Knot of Neurodegeneration
15h00 – NAGOSHI Emi (University of Geneva, Switzerland –
Role of circadian clocks in dopaminergic neurodegeneration
15h15 – HODGE James (9717 – (University of Bristol, United Kingdom).
DYRK1A (minibrain – kinase inhibitor mediated rescue of Drosophila models of Alzheimer’s disease-Down Syndrome phenotypes.
15h30 – DOURLEN Pierre (University of Lille, France)
The Alzheimer susceptibility gene BIN1 induces isoform-dependent synaptotoxicity and neurodegeneration through early endosome defects.
Chaired by Juan Navarro (INCLIVA Health Research Institute, Valencia, Spain)
16h15 – LOWE Simon (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, United Kingdom)
Pathological enhancement of BK potassium channel function during a narrow neurodevelopmental window disrupts motor control
16h30 – PETRAUSKAS Arnas (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland –
Structured and disordered regions of Ataxin-2 contribute differently to the specificity and efficiency of mRNP granule formation
16h45 – LLOBET ROSELL Arnau (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
The NAD+ precursor NMN activates dSarm to trigger axon degeneration in Drosophila.
17h00 – PALGI Mari (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia –
Daughterless in health and disease
Silke Sachse (Max Planck Institute, Jena, Germany)
From brain to behavior: Dissecting olfactory circuits in Drosophila
Chaired by Marion Silies (Mainz University, Germany)
09h45 – BONTONOU Gwénaelle (University of Lausanne, Suisse)
Origin of a novel olfactory sensory neuron population
10h00 – WADDELL Scott (Oxford University, United Kingdom)
Multisensory learning binds modality-specific neurons into a cross-modal memory engram
10h15 – GUR Burak (JGU Mainz, Mainz University, Germany)
Implementation of stable contrast computation in the visual circuits
10h30 – WERNET Mathias (Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany)
Parallel processing of visual cues from the optic lobes towards the central complex
Chaired by Marion Silies (Mainz University, Germany)
11h15 – MUNRO Anna (University of Manchester, United Kingdom –
Essential elements of radical pair magnetosensitivity in Drosophila
11h30 – MANGIONE Fredérica (The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom)
Co-option of epidermal cells for touch sensing
11h45 – SEEDS Andrew (Campus University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico)
Somatotopic organization among parallel sensory pathways that promote a grooming sequence in Drosophila
12h00 – Benjamin Kottler (BFK-Lab, United-Kingdom)
12h05 – Yawen Chen (WellGenetics, Taiwan)
12h10 – Bill Budenberg (Zantiks, United-Kingdom)
12h15 – To be confirmed (Drobot, Taiwan)
12h20 – Diego Galagovsky (Sci-flies)
Christian Klambt (University of Münster, Germany)
Glia affects speed and precision of neuronal conductance by control of axonal diameter, position of voltage-gated ion channels and myelin formation
Chairwoman : Carolina Rezaval (Birmingham University, United Kingdom)
10h15 – SAVAS Doruk (Brown University, USA)
Circuit Epistasis Analysis Reveals a Neural Pathway for Light Avoidance in Drosophila Larvae
10h30 – SUNILKUMAR Ajay (University Paris-Saclay/CNRS, France)
CRY’s ‘spooky action at a distance’ is sufficient for the daily profile of bimodal activity
10h45 – RIBEIRO Inês M.A. (Max Planck Inst. for Biological Intelligence, Munich, Germany)
A multi-input optic glomerulus guides diverse visual behaviors
11h00 – PERISSE Emmanuel (University of Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM, France)
Differential coding of absolute and relative aversive value in the Drosophila brain
Chairwoman : Carolina Rezaval (Birmingham University, United Kingdom)
11h45 – ZARIN Aref (Texas A&M University, USA)
The Kinematic and Neuromuscular Basis of Drosophila larval escape revealed by EM connectome and high-speed volumetric imaging
12h00 – KIM Seong-Jin (GIST, Gwangju, Korea)
The seminal galactoside activates nutrient-sensing neurons in the brain and promotes fertility in Drosophila melanogaster females
12h15 – CAZALE-DEBAT Laurie (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom)
A neural mechanism underlying action-selection under sensory conflict
12h30 – BENGOCHEA Mercedes (ICM, Paris, France)
Numerical discrimination in Drosophila melanogaster