A Short Course by the Canadian Neurophotonics Platform
Date: May 13th 2018 8:30 AM to 4PM
Venue: Sheraton Wall Centre Vancouver
Satellite theme: Image Analysis
One of the greatest challenges of modern science is to decipher the functional connectome of nature’s most complex organ, the human brain. A key to success in this effort is to develop and exploit technologies that allow us to probe and manipulate brain microcircuits from the level of single synapses – and even nanoscale substructures within synapses – to entire circuits in the intact brain in behaving animals. Light-based tools represent the enabling technology in this endeavour.
Organizer: Tim Murphy, University of British Columbia
Description:
An all-day short course to articulate new methods and applications of light microscopic imaging and optogenetic manipulation of nervous system tissues. Optogenetics topics include: optogenetic probe development, optogenetic activation and inhibition, with emphasis on region selective expression, light, and probe delivery. Imaging topics include: in vivo approaches (2-photon fast scanning, wide-field), super-resolution imaging, and methodologies for assessing the structure and function of large brain networks. Data analysis topics include visualization of activity in large networks, and image processing strategies to improve light microscopic images.
Program:
Download the program as a PDF document
8:30 REGISTRATION | Lobby
9:00 WELCOME: Yves De Koninck | CERVO Brain Research Center, Université Laval
9:10 SESSION 1: Big Data in Neurophotonics
Chair: Ed Ruthazer | McGill University
9:10 Andrea Giovannucci | Simons foundation
CaImAn: Calcium Imaging data Analysis for the 99%
9:40 Majid Mohajerani | Lethbridge University
Whole cortex data analysis
10:10 Jonathan Epp | Univ. of Calgary,
High-throughput and open source approaches to histology and analysis
10:40 Anna Xiao Luo | UBC
Machine Learning as Applied to Neuroscience
11:10 COFFEE BREAK – Lobby
11:30 SESSION 2: Imaging the behaving brain
Chair : Tim Murphy
11:30 Jaideep Bains | University of Calgary
Anticipating and acting on threats – insights using fibre photometry
12:00 Sylvain Williams | McGill University,
Miniscopes and hippocampus
12:30 Lunch (included with registration – Earl’s Test Kitchen, 905 Hornby St)
14:00 SESSION 3- Optical approaches for studying circuits
Chair: Kurt Haas
14:00 Yves De Koninck | CERVO Brain Research Center, Université Laval
Uncovering sensory coding strategies from population analysis.
14:30 COFFEE BREAK – Lobby
14:50 Robert Campbell | University of Alberta
Optogenetic tools for neurophotonics
15:20 Jack Waters | Allen Institute for Brain Science
3-photon microscopy and adaptive optics
15:50 CLOSING REMARKS: Yves De Koninck
17:00 Opening of the 12th Annual Canadian Neuroscience Meeting
Registration:
Registration through the CAN registration webpage.
Registration fees are $60 if combined with CAN registration or $80 for the satellite only
Please note that this satellite meeting is limited to the first 150 people who register.
Register for the meeting and satellite here:
https://www.confmanager.com/main.cfm?cid=2601&tid=32
Register for the satellite only here:
https://www.confmanager.com/main.cfm?cid=2845&tid=32
Contact:
Mario Methot (Mario.Methot@neurosciences.ulaval.ca) for further information.
Sponsor:
The Canadian Neurophotonics Platform funded by Brain Canada
