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Chen Institute Symposium 2025

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January 2025

Saturday, January 25, 2025, 8:30AM - 5:30PM PST
Chen 100

The 2025 Chen Institute Symposium will take place on Saturday, January 25, 2025. The keynote address will be from Dr. Huda Zoghbi, professor in the Departments of Pediatrics, Molecular and Human Genetics, Neurology and Neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine, investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and director of the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI) at Texas Children's Hospital.

The keynote address will be followed by eight 30-minute talks. The speakers are among the top neuroscientists in their fields and will cover an array of topics.

Lunch will be provided.

Symposium Speakers: Nicholas Bellono, Steven Flavell, Jaimie Henderson, Michael Platt, Amita Sehgal, Doris Tsao, Christopher Walsh, Ilana Witten and Huda Zoghbi.

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Saturday, 25 January, 2025 - Chen 100

SESSION I: GENES, BRAINS AND BEHAVIOR
Time Speaker Topic
8:30 to 8:45am David Anderson Welcome and opening remarks
8:45 to 9:45am Huda Zoghbi Keynote: Genetic and Neurobiological Studies in Rett Syndrome and MECP2 Disorders
9:45 to 10:20am Chris Walsh You contain multitudes: somatic mutation in human brain
10:20 to 10:55am Amita Sehgal Trimming brain fat with sleep
10:55 to 11:25am COFFEE BREAK
SESSION II: SENSORY PROCESSING IN INVERTEBRATES
Time Speaker Topic
11:30 to 12:05pm Steven Flavell Neural sequences that drive sensory-guided reorientations in C. elegans
12:05 to 12:40pm Nicholas Bellono Taste by touch in octopus
12:45 to 2:15pm LUNCH BREAK
SESSION III: NEURAL CIRCUITS AND CODES UNDERLYING COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS
Time Speaker Topic
2:20 to 2:55pm Ilana Witten The direct and indirect pathways oppositely control cortical activity along the decision axis
2:55 to 3:30pm Doris Tsao Representing the visual world
3:35 to 4:15pm COFFEE BREAK
SESSION IV: CRACKING AND CONTROLLING NEURAL CODES IN HUMANS
Time Speaker Topic
4:20 to 4:55pm Michael Platt The Neural Code Supporting Multidimensional Social Relationships
4:55 to 5:30pm Jaimie Henderson Recent Advances in Intracortical Brain-Computer Interfaces
5:30 to 5:40pm David Anderson Closing Remarks