New frontiers in cognitive testing using touchscreen technology
June 5 – 6
Western University
Western Interdisciplinary Research Building (WIRB), Rm 3000
8:30 – 9:15 am | Registration and refreshments |
9:15 – 9:30 am |
Opening remarks Tim Bussey and Marco Prado Western University, Canada |
9:30 – 10:10 am |
Touchscreen overview Tim Bussey Western University, Canada |
10:10 – 11:00 am |
Using touchscreens to evaluate animal models of neurodevelopmental disorders Jacqueline Crawley University of California Davis, USA |
Coffee break | |
11:15 – 11:30 am |
Thinking inside the box – Using the touchscreens to evaluate cognition in FTD/ALS mouse models Flavio Beraldo (Young Investigator) Western University, Canada |
11:30 – 12:20 pm |
Dissecting clinically relevant attentional abnormalities in a mouse model of Autism Spectrum Disorder Emma Burrows The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Australia |
Lunch break | |
2:00 – 2:50 pm |
Hippocampal encoding during high-level cognition revealed using miniscopes Mark Brandon The Douglas Hospital Research Centre, McGill University, Canada |
2:50 – 3:40 pm |
Evaluation of cognition in rodents and non-human primates Mark Baxter Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, USA |
Coffee break | |
4:00 – 4:50 pm |
Data repository for touchscreen evaluation of cognition in rodents: MouseBytes Marco Prado Western University, Canada |
4:50 – 5:40 pm |
Long-Term Memory and Synaptic Engram Bong-Kiun Kaang Seoul National University, South Korea |
Western Interdisciplinary Research Building (WIRB), Rm 3000
8:00 – 8:30 am | Refreshments |
8:30 – 9:20 am |
Using touchscreen tests to decipher pre-frontal cortex contributions to high-level cognition Andrew Holmes National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, USA |
9:20 – 10:10 am |
Dissecting cognition in mice and humans Jess Nithianantharajah The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Australia |
10:10 – 10:25 am |
Assessing nucleus accumbens dopamine dynamics during autoshape. Coupling touchscreens with fibre photometry Miguel Skirzewski Western University, Canada |
Coffee break | |
10:50 – 11:40 am |
Cholinergic regulation of high-level cognition in mice Vania Prado Western University, Canada |
11:40 – 12:30 pm |
Use of touch screen testing to evaluate cognition in mouse models of Huntington disease and cuprizone-induced demyelination Maksym Kopanitsa Imperial College London, UK |
12:30 – 1:20 pm |
Translational touchscreen technology Lisa Saksida Western University, Canada |
Lunch | |
2:30 – 4:30 pm |
Datablitz on touchscreen technology ISN scholars and local young investigators |
4:30 – 5:00 pm |
Closing remarks Tim Bussey Western University, Canada |
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5:15 pm onwards
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Social gathering at the Grad Club, snacks provided |
This program is subject to change