JBJC Spring Virtual Symposium 2022

Welcome to the 2022 Spring Virtual Symposium of the J.B. Johnston Club for Evolutionary Neuroscience

We are excited to have you join this virtual symposium entitled: Evolving intersecting neural circuits: sensory modalities, postures, movements, expressions, emotions. We look forward to bringing you an interesting and inspiring day of science. This virtual symposium is organized by Darcy. B. Kelley and will be held on the 12th May 2022.

The field of Neuroscience emerged from many disciplines including Neurology, Physiology, Psychology, Ethology and Evolution.  Today Neuroscience is partitioned into even more numerous systems (developmental, sensory, motor, cognitive, social, respiratory) and sub-systems (e.g. decision making in cognitive and mating in social).  However, nervous systems do not evolve in parts but as wholes, and under selection for survival and reproduction. The goal of this meeting is to consider neural circuits through this wider lens, focusing on the integration of the many sub-systems that support behaviors across species.

J.B. Johnston Club for Evolutionary Neuroscience Spring Virtual Symposium

 Thursday, May 12, 2022 

Schedule  (Times are EDT)

Session 1: 

10:00 – 10:10am       Introduction & Welcome, Darcy B. Kelley (Columbia University) & Muhammad A. Spocter (Des Moines University)

10:10-11:00am        The pallial cortex over 500 million years of vertebrate evolution,  Shreyas Suryanarayana (Duke University).  

11:10-12:00am       Singing underwater: How vocal circuits evolve, Charlotte Barkan (Reed College) 

12:10-1:10pm Lunch Break                     (JBJC Student/postdoc virtual meeting - Zoom)____________________________________________

1:10 – 2:00pm        Pain and soft touch in rodents , Ishmail Abdus-Saboor (Columbia University)

2:10-3:00pm                A vibrassa pathway that activates the limbic system, Amalia Callado-Perez  (Université Laval, University of California, San Diego)

3:10-3:30pm Coffee Break___________________________________________________________________

Session 3:

3:30-4:20pm          Evolving intersecting neural circuits that support reproduction,  Darcy B. Kelley (Columbia University)

4:30-5:00pm          Panel Discussion, Q & A 

5:00-6:00pm          Open Social