Featured Speakers
Paola Arlotta, PhD, Harvard University
Emery Brown, PhD, MD, Picower Institute at MIT
Kwanghun Chung, PhD, Picower Institute at MIT
Elizabeth Hillman, PhD, Columbia University
Na Ji, PhD, University of California (UC) at Berkeley
Arnold Kriegstein, MD, PhD, UC San Francisco
David Kleinfeld, PhD, UC San Diego
Boaz Levi, PhD, Allen Institute for Brain Science
Sergiu Pasca, MD, Stanford University
Orly Reiner, PhD, Weizmann Institute of Science
Agenda:
8:30 – 9:00 AM Breakfast
9:00 – 9:05 AM Opening Remarks
9:05 – 9:35 AM Sergiu Pasca, "Assembling threedimensional models of the human brain"
9:35 – 9:40 AM Q & A
9:40 – 10:10 AM Paola Arlotta, "Understanding human brain development and disease: from embryos to organoids"
10:10 – 10:15 AM Q & A
10:15 – 10:45 AM Orly Reiner, PhD, "On-chip human brain organoids to model brain development and disease"
10:45 – 10:50 AM Q&A
10:50 – 11:05 AM Break
11:05 – 11:35 AM Elizabeth Hillman, "Real-time imaging of whole-brain activity across scales"
11:35 – 11:40 AM Q&A
11:40 AM – 12:10 PM Na Ji, "High-speed and high-resolution imaging of brain activity"
12:10 – 12:15 PM Q&A
12:15 – 1:35 PM Lunch
1:35 – 2:05 PM Boaz Levi, "A viral reporter toolbox for prospective marking of human and mouse neocortical cell classes and type"
2:05 – 2:10 PM Q&A
2:10 – 2:40 PM Kwanghun Chung, "Holistic molecular imaging and rapid phenotyping of the brain"
2:40 – 2:45 PM Q & A
2:45 – 3:15 PM Arnold Kriegstein, "Molecular diversity of human cortical progenitor cells"
3:15 – 3:20 PM Q & A
3:20 – 3:35 PM Break
3:35 – 4:05 PM David Kleinfeld, "Advances in two-photon microscopy: Real-time control of neuromodulation & imaging infragranular axons and spines"
4:05 – 4:10 PM Q & A
4:10 – 4:40 PM Emery Brown, "Monitoring and controlling the anesthetized brain"
4:40 – 4:45 PM Q & A
4:45 – 4:55 PM General Q&A
4:55 – 5:00 PM Closing Remarks
5:00 – 6:00 PM Reception