Program
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Day 1: Sunday April 16, 2023
Dinner is served after welcome remarks. Shuttles provided to hotels.
17:00 - 18:00
18:00 - 18:30
18:30 - 19:30
Registration & Happy Hour
Welcome Remarks
Dinner & Networking (outside)
Day 2: Monday April 17, 2023
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are served. Morning/Evening shuttles provided to hotels.
9:00 - 12:00
Session 1: Tools & Techniques
Michael Arcaro : Preliminary report on a population template atlas of the tree shrew brain
Hirofumi Nishizono : Trial of genetically modified tree shrew generation in Japan: Setting up a new tree shrew laboratory
Wei Li: Cell type atlas and development of the tree shrew retina
Sangeetha Kandoi: Development of tree shrew iPSC-derived 3D-retinal organoid as a novel model system for studying inherited cone dystrophies and histological comparison to in vivo retina
Joseph Wekselblatt: Functional ultrasound imaging and non-invasive acoustically targeted viral delivery in tree shrew
14:00 - 17:00
Session 2: Anatomy & Physiology I
Madineh Sarvestani: TBD
Rafael Grytz: Tree shrew–An ideal model to study interactions between myopia and glaucoma
Marta Grannonico: In vivo imaging of tree shrew (Tupaia belangeri) retina by visible-light optical coherence tomography fibergraphy
Alev Erisir: Of mice and tree shrews: Tastant sensitivity and central synaptic circuitry
JC Cang: Mapping visual functions onto molecular cell types in the superior colliculus
19:00 - 20:00
Keynote: David Fitzpatrick
Day 3: Tuesday April 18, 2023
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are served. Morning/Evening shuttles provided to hotels.
9:00 - 12:00
Session 3: Anatomy & Physiology II
Steve Van Hooser: Mixed representations of color and form in primary visual cortex
Francesco Lanfranchi: A functional hierarchy across tree shrew visual cortex.
Alexandra Gribizis: The rapid emergence of functional modular networks in developing tree shrew visual cortex
Seiji Tanabe: Strong tuning for stereoscopic depth indicates orientation-specific recurrent circuitry in tree shrew V1
Jad Barchini: Diversity and functional organization of responses to stimulus size in tree shrew V1
13:00 - 14:30
The poster boards are 46" tall by 71" wide. Your poster must fit within these dimensions.
14:30 - 17:00
Session 4: Behavior
Gregor Rainer: The LGN as a target for visual prosthesis in the tree shrew
Chuiwen Li: Tree shrews as a novel animal model for studying perceptual decision-making reveal a critical role of response timing in guiding behavior
Gabriela Rodriguez: Dynamic cortical inhibition in tree shrew primary visual cortex (V1) during learning of a visual discrimination task
Michael Halassa: Thalamic regulation of frontal interactions in hierarchical reasoning
19:00 - 20:00
Closing remarks & roundtable discussions
Day 4: Wednesday April 19, 2023
Breakfast is served.
9:00 - 12:00
Hands-on techniques training slots have been filled. We have the following people signed up: Sangeetha Kandoi, Lu Yang, Emily Meyer, Felicia Boynton, Elizabeth Artis, Amy Stahl, and Ari Coester. Please submit your paperwork if you haven't already done so.