Confirmed
(Current as of
June 15, 2010
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Allman, John M. - Frank P. Hixon Professor of Neurobiology, Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena CA
Topic: Von Economo and Fork Neurons in Fronto-insular cortex of apes and humans
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Bock, Nicholas A. – Assistant Professor, Medical Physics and Applied Radiation Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Topic: Non- Invasive Visualization of Cortical Regions Based on Myelination
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Bonini, Luca – Assistant Professor, Dept. of Neuroscience, Università di Parma, Parma, Italy
Topic: Comparing mirror systems in human and non-human primates in relation to higher cognitive function
Bower, James M. - Professor of Neurocomputation, Dept of Biology, Univ. of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, San Antonio TX
Topic: Neurobehavioral specializations in Brain Stem and Cerebellum: The Welker Legacy
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Burgess, Harold A. - Head, Unit on Behavioral Neurogenetics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD
Topic: Orienting in zebrafish larvae: a brain-breaking screen for circuits mediating navigation
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Butti, Camilla – Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Neuroscience, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
Topic: The neocortex in marine mammals: cytoarchitecture and comparison with terrestrial species
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Catania, Kenneth C. - Associate Professor of Biological Sciences,
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN MacArthur Fellow
Topic: Scared to death – the senses and behavior of tentacled snakes
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Carlson, Mary - Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard University, Cambridge MA
Topic: Ludic behavior systems and the Legacy of Wally Welker
Collin, Shaun – Deputy Head of School, Affiliate Professor, Queensland Brain Institute, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD, Australia
Topic: Specimen, Image, and Data Resources at Institutions in Australia
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Craig, A. D. (Bud) - James R. Atkinson Pain Research Scientist, Divisions of Neurosurgery and Neurobiology, Barrow Neurological Inst., Phoenix AZ
Topic: The evolutionary significance of the insula for human awareness of feelings from the body
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Crair, Michael - Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Neurobiology, Yale University, New Haven CT
Topic: How do ‘barrels’ in somatosensory cortex form?
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DeVoogd, Timothy J. – Professor, Department of Psychology, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
Topic: Evolution of Nuclei from Functional Circuits in Oscine Birds
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Earls, Felton - Professor of Human Behavior and Development
Department of Society, Human Development, and Health; Professor of Child Psychiatry, Harvard University, Cambridge MA
Topics: Ludic behavior systems and the Legacy of Wally Welker
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Ferrari, Pier Francesco – Assistant Professor, Dept. of Evolutionary and Functional Biology and Dept. of Neuroscience, Università di Parma, Parma, Italy
Topics: Comparing mirror systems in human and non-human primates in relation to higher cognitive functions
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Fobbs, Archibald J. Fobbs Jr. - Neuroanatomical Collections Manager, National Museum of Health and Medicine, AFIP, Washington DC
Topic: Specimen, Image, and Data Resources at the National Museum of Health and Medicine
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Hartmann, Mitra - Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston IL
Topic: Patterns of input across the rat vibrissal array during natural exploratory behaviors
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Herculano-Houzel, Suzana - Associate Professor, Laboratory of Comparative Neuroanatomy, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil.
Topic: Building a bigger brain: New views on brain scaling in development and evolution
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Hodos, William - Distinguished University Professor Emeritus in Integrative Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park MD
Topic: Intelligence and the Brain: Persistent Problems
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Hof, Patrick R. - Regenstreif Professor of Neuroscience; Vice-Chair, Dept. of Neuroscience; Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York NY
Topic: The neocortex in marine mammals: cytoarchitecture and comparison with terrestrial species
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Iwaniuk, Andrew – Principal Investigator, Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience, Univ. of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
Topic: Specimen, Image, and Data Resources at Institutions in North America and Australia
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Jacobs, Bob – Associate Professor, Director of Neuroscience, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
Topic: African elephant (Loxodonta africana) cerebral cortex: Neuronal morphology
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Jacquin, Mark - Professor, Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis MO
Topic: The transcription factor, Lmx1b, is necessary for development of the principal trigeminal nucleus-based lemniscal pathway
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Jerison, Harry J. – Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences. School of Medicine, Health Sciences Center, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Topic: Evolution of Neocorticalization
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Johnson, John I. - Professor, Dept. of Radiology – Division of Anatomy, and Neuroscience Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Topic: Evolution of the Insulation of the claustrocortex
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Jones, Edward G. - Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Center for Neuroscience, University of California, Davis
Topic: Interactive zoomable image database at brainmaps.org of Davis, CA : A Hubble Telescope for the Brain
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Kaas, Jon H. - Distinguished Centennial Professor of Psychology, Associate Professor of Cell Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Topic: The evolution of diversity in mammalian brains
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Karten, Harvey - Professor of Neurosciences, Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Topic: Interactive zoomable image database at brainmaps.org of Davis, CA : A Hubble Telescope for the Brain
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Keller, Asaf – Professor, Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Topic: Whisking: The Case for Multiple Pattern Generators
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Krienen, Fenna M. - Ph. D. candidate, Psychology, Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Topic: Human fronto-cerebellar loops revealed by intrinsic functional connectivity
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Krubitzer, Leah L. - Professor, Center for Neuroscience, and Psychology Department, University of California, Davis, CA MacArthur Fellow
Topic: The state of study of Neurobehavioral Evolution
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Manger, Paul R. - Associate Professor, Anatomical Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Topic:African mammal brains, what's here, what's available, and why are they interesting? Or, How to Perfuse an Elephant
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Merzenich, Michael - Professor Emeritus, Co-Director, Coleman Memorial Laboratory, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA
Topic: The cochlear nucleus of mammals
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Moore, Christopher I. - Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, and McGovern Institute for Brain Research, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Topic: Reconciling natural sensing with neocortical oscillations: Vibrissal biomechanics meet gamma oscillations
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Morris, John A. - Data Analyst, Allen Institute for Brain Science, Seattle WA
Topic: Genomic image database at brain-maps.org of the Allen Institute
Norberg, Rachael N. - Ph. D. candidate, Department of Biology, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Topic: Proportionality of cerebellar granule and Purkinje cells and the emergence of the basket-like connection in the vertebrate cerebellum
Petacchi, Augusto – Postdoctoral fellow, Research Imaging Institute, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX
Topic: The auditory cerebellum: from evolution to function
Preuss, Todd M. - Associate Research Professor, Division of Neuroscience and Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, Yerkes National Primate Research Center; Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta GA
Topic: Discovering Human Brain Specializations: Genomics, Neuroimaging, and Histology
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Reep, Roger L. - Professor, Neurobiology, Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville FL
Topic: The manatee lateral line
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Rubel, Edwin W - Virginia Merrill Bloedel Professor, Hearing Science; Professor, Physiology & Biophysics, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery; Adjunct Professor, Psychology; Univ. of Washington, Seattle WA
Topic: Developmental studies of Neurobehavioral Evolution, the Welker Legacy
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Sakai, Sharleen T. - Professor, Psychology Department and Neuroscience Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Topic: Validation of the CT based Virtual Endocast: Morphological and volumetric comparisons in the spotted hyena
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Sanes, Dan H. - Professor, Neural Science and Biology, Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York NY
Topic: Exploiting development to evaluate sensory encoding and decoding mechanisms
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Sarko, Diana K. - Postdoctoral Fellow, Biological Sciences,
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Topic: Somatosensory specializations of the rock hyrax (Procavia capensis)
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Sarro, Emma C. - Ph. D. Candidate, Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, NY
Topic: The effect of juvenile auditory training on adult perception
Sherwood, Chet C. - Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology. Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology, GW Mind-Brain Institute, The George Washington University, Washington DC
Topic: Neuronal morphology and chemoarchitecture of the neocortex in Afrotheria and Xenarthra
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Silva, Afonso C. – Head, Cerebral Microcirculation Unit/ Laboratory of Functional and Molecular Imaging/ National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke/ National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
Topic: Non- Invasive Visualization of Cortical Regions Based on Myelination
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Smaers, Jeroen B. - PostDoctoral Research Associate,
University College London
Institute of Archaeology,
AHRC Centre for the Evolution of Cultural Diversity
Topic: Modeling the evolution of brain connectivity: Mosaic evolution of distinct cortico-cerebellar neural circuits
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**Ulinski, Philip S. - Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, Committee on Neurobiology, Committee on Computational Neuroscience, University of Chicago, Chicago IL
Topic: Making Waves: The Functional Organization of Turtle Visual Cortex
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Wallace, Mark T. - Director, Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Professor of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Psychology and Psychiatry; Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Topic: Development and plasticity within multisensory systems: a multidisciplinary approach
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Wild, Martin, Ph. D. – Professor and Head of Department, Anatomy, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Univ. of Auckland, New Zealand
Topic: Magnetoreception and long distance navigation in birds: Is the trigeminal system involved?
Woolley, Sarah M. N. - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York NY
Topic: Effects of species identity and developmental experience on vocal communication
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Woolsey, Thomas A. - George H. and Ethel R. Bishop Scholar in Neuroscience, Neurosurgery; Professor, Anatomy and Neurobiology, Cell Biol. and Physiol., Biomed. Engineering, Washington Univ. in St. Louis MO
Topic: Studies of orofacial somatic sensorimotor Neurobehavioral evolution. The Welker Legacy
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Zeigler, H. Philip - CUNY Distinguished Professor (Psychology), Hunter College, City University of New York, New York NY
Topic: Studies of sensory evolutionary specializations of somatic sensorimotor Neurobehavioral systems, the Welker legacy
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(**Philip Ulinski, to our immense loss, passed away May 25, 2010. He will remain on our program, in his memory, and in our thoughts. A website is available here, where you can join us in expressing condolences and read those of others. More information will be available at the Conference.)
The conference will be part of a tribute to the late Wally Welker, pioneer in the study of evolution of brains and behaviors.