Physics of Neural Systems I

Presentations

• Imaging the brain at high spatiotemporal resolution

  ORAL · Invited

  March 17, 2026, 3:30 PM – March 17, 2026, 4:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Na Ji

    • University of California, Berkeley

  Authors

  • Na Ji

    • University of California, Berkeley

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• Quantification of the glial calcium wave leading to motor arrest via sustained activation of noradenergic neurons in larval zebrafish

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 4:06 PM – March 17, 2026, 4:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Mattia Greco

    • École Normale Supérieure – PSL

  Authors

  • Mattia Greco

    • École Normale Supérieure – PSL

  • Mahalakshmi Dhanasekar

    • Paris Brain Institute

  • Claire Wyart

    • Paris Brain Institute

  • Thierry Mora

    • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
    • Laboratoire de Physique de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure (LPENS)
    • École normale supérieure

  • Aleksandra Walczak

    • CNRS

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• Timescale-Aware Dimensionality Reduction of Neural Dynamics with Predictable Mode Decomposition

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 4:18 PM – March 17, 2026, 4:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Tosif Ahamed

    • HHMI Janelia Research Campus

  Authors

  • Tosif Ahamed

    • HHMI Janelia Research Campus

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• Abstract Withdrawn

  ORAL · Invited · Withdrawn

  March 17, 2026, 4:30 PM – March 17, 2026, 5:06 PM

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• Mechanisms of ion selectivity and ion-pore interactions in a Ligand-Gated Ion Channel

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 5:06 PM – March 17, 2026, 5:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Lina Alhalhooly

    • Mayo Clinic

  Authors

  • Lina Alhalhooly

    • Mayo Clinic

  • Steven M Sine

    • Mayo Clinic

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• Investigating spatiotemporal dynamics of neuropeptide diffusion in Caenorhabditis elegans with an orthogonal peptide-sensor system

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 5:18 PM – March 17, 2026, 5:30 PM

  Presenters

  • Pearl SL Thijssen

    • Princeton University

  Authors

  • Pearl SL Thijssen

    • Princeton University

  • Jan Watteyne

    • KU Leuven

  • Lan Geng

    • Peking University

  • Anuj K Sharma

    • Princeton University

  • Emily N Osborne

    • Princeton University

  • François X Bourassa

    • Princeton University

  • Gautam Reddy

    • Princeton University

  • Yulong Li

    • Peking University

  • Isabel Beets

    • KU Leuven

  • Andrew M Leifer

    • Princeton University

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• Using brain-wide imaging to investigate multisensory integration in behaving Drosophila

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 5:30 PM – March 17, 2026, 5:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Albert Lin

    • Princeton University

  Authors

  • Albert Lin

    • Princeton University

  • Wayan Gauthey

    • Princeton University

  • Minseung Choi

    • Stanford University

  • Faeven Mussie

    • University of Chicago

  • Maxwell Turner

    • University of Albany

  • Yoon Park

    • Princeton University

  • Stephan S Thiberge

    • Princeton University

  • Thomas Clandinin

    • Stanford University

  • Mala Murthy

    • Princeton University

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• Quantifying Mechanosensory Responses with Optogenetics in the Drosophila Larva.

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 5:42 PM – March 17, 2026, 5:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Amugoda Vidanelage N Goonawardhana

    • Syracuse University

  Authors

  • Amugoda Vidanelage N Goonawardhana

    • Syracuse University

  • Mirna M Skanata

    • Syracuse University

  • Gil J Raites

    • Syracuse University

  • Suved Ganduri

    • Syracuse University

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• Peripheral Encoding of Vibrotactile Coordinated Reset Stimulation

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 5:54 PM – March 17, 2026, 6:06 PM

  Publication: [1] P. Tass, Cureus 9(8), e1535 (2017); K. J. Pfeifer et al., Front. Physiol. 12, 624317 (2021).
  ​​​​​​​[2] H. P. Saal et al., PNAS 114(28) (2017).

  Presenters

  • Kyle Jacobs

    • Ohio University

  Authors

  • Kyle Jacobs

    • Ohio University

  • Alexander B Neiman

    • Ohio University

  • Peter A Tass

    • Stanford University

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• Fluctuation-driven attractors

  ORAL

  March 17, 2026, 6:06 PM – March 17, 2026, 6:18 PM

  Publication: Pang, Rich. "Balanced state of networks of winner-take-all units." PLOS Computational Biology 21.6 (2025): e1013081.

  Presenters

  • Rich Pang

    • Neurotaxis

  Authors

  • Rich Pang

    • Neurotaxis

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