Preliminary Program

Oct 7

• 14:35-15:00 A Short Retrospection on 2026 and What the Central Project Still Can Do for You
  Britta Korkowsky (U Göttingen, CIDBN)
• 15:00-15:30 Enhancing Neural Coding Bandwidth through Pathway Splitting
  Kolja Klett (Lindner group, HU Berlin) and Alexander Wendt (Benda group, U Tübingen)
• 15:30-16:00 SBI Modelling of Individual Ampullary Cells (Passive Electroreceptive Cells) across Species
  Jan Grewe (U Tübingen)

coffee break

session II

• 16:30-16:55 Convergent Information Processing in Divergent Architectures? Timescales and Predictability in Mice and Pigeons
  Marcel Raabe (Wibral group and Priesemann group, U Göttingen, CIDBN and MPI-DS)
• 16:55-17:20 Bridging Neural Dynamics and Behavior via a Hybrid V1–V4 Model of Attention-driven Visual Perception
  Anton Chizhov (Ernst group, U Bremen)
• 17:20-17:45 One Worm, Two Minds: Exploring the Intersection of Behaviour, Neuroanatomy and Neuronal Activity in a Polyphenic Nematode
  Lewis Cockram (Lightfoot group, MPI for Neurobiology of Behaviour, Bonn)

Oct 8

• 09:15-09:40 Evolution of the sensorimotor transformations underlying context-dependent singing in Drosophila
  Dawn J Tan (Clemens group, U Oldenburg)
• 09:40-10:05 How logarithmic compression shapes acoustic communication signals
  Jona Hartling (Benda group, U Tübingen)
• 10:05-10:45 How a Receptor Nonlinearity Shapes the Sensory World of Wave-type Electric Fish and Humans
  Jan Benda (U Tübingen)

coffee break

session IV

• 11:15-12:15 Summing up: Core Findings of the SPP
  Fred Wolf (U Göttingen, CIDBN, MPI-DS)
• 12:15-12:40 Planning 2027
  plenary discussion

lunch break (Zentralmensa)

session V

• 14:00-14:30 Defining the Behavioural Repertoire Instructed by the Fly’s “Cockpit”
  Ece Sonmez (Jösch group, ISTA)
• 14:30-15:00 A Molecular Syntax to Assemble Visuomotor Circuits in Drosophila
  Tomas Masson (Jösch group, ISTA)
• 15:00-15:30 Efficient coding strategies for dynamic natural stimuli in the visual system of the fly (Drosophila melanogaster)
  Pradeepkumar Trimbake (Silies group, U Mainz)

coffee break

session VI

• 16:00-16:30 Evolutionary Genomics of Odorant Receptors in Ants
  Frederico Lopez Orario (Martelli group, U Mainz)
• 16:30-17:00 Homeostatic Navigation in Drosophila Melanogaster
  Meenakshi Meenakshi (Grunwald-Kadow group, U Bonn)
• 17:00-17:30 Saccadic Surpression: From Zebrafish to Primates
  Ziad Hafed (U Tübingen)

approximately 19:30 dinner; location t.b.a.

Oct 9

• 09:15-09:45 Evolutionary Specialization of Neuronal Core Circuits in Arthropod Olfactory Systems: Structure and Function of Convergence/Divergence in Crustaceans versus Insects I
  Martin Nawrot, Sarah Neuhoff (U Köln)
  
• 09:45-10:15Evolutionary Specialization of Neuronal Core Circuits in Arthropod Olfactory Systems: Structure and Function of Convergence/Divergence in Crustaceans versus Insects II
  Steffen Harzsch, Frederice Hilgendorf (U Greifswald)
• 10:15-10:45 Spatially Anisotropic and Isotropic Lateral Inhibition: Convergent Circuit Designs in the Insect Antennal Lobe and Vertebrate Olfactory Bulb
  Veronica Egger, Esteban Pino (U Regensburg)

coffee break

session VIII

• 11:15-11:45 From Branch to Branch: Unravelling Primate Vision in Arboreal Leaping and Navigation
  t.b.a. (Wolf group, U Göttingen, CIDBN)
• 11:45-12:15 Deploying High-Resolution Tracking to Study Lunar Effects on Grey Mouse Lemur Movement Ecology in Madagascar
  Claudia Fichtel (DPZ)
• 12:15-12:35 Planning 2027, part II
  plenary discussion
  
  
  good bye or for those who are not in a hurry: joint lunch break