Physics of Neural Systems I

Presentations

• Imaging the brain at high spatiotemporal resolution

  Invited-In-person · 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-In-person

  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

  • Claire Wyart

  • Thierry Mora

    • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)

  • Aleksandra Walczak

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

  Oral-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Tosif Ahamed

    • Janelia Research Campus

  Authors

  • Tosif Ahamed

    • Janelia Research Campus

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• Brain-wide representations of olfactory navigational behavior in C. elegans

  Invited-In-person · Invited · Withdrawn

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

  Presenters

  • Aravinthan Samuel

    • Harvard University

  Authors

  • Aravinthan Samuel

    • Harvard University

  • Helena Casademunt

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

  Oral-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Lina Alhalhooly

    • Mayo Clinic

  Authors

  • Lina Alhalhooly

    • Mayo Clinic

  • Steven Sine

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

  Oral-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Pearl Thijssen

    • Princeton University

  Authors

  • Pearl Thijssen

    • Princeton University

  • Jan Watteyne

  • Lan Geng

  • Anuj Sharma

  • Emily Osborne

    • Princeton University

  • François Bourassa

    • Princeton University

  • Gautam Reddy

    • Princeton University

  • Yulong Li

  • Isabel Beets

  • Andrew Leifer

    • Princeton University

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

  Oral-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Albert Lin

    • Princeton University

  Authors

  • Albert Lin

    • Princeton University

  • Wayan Gauthey

  • Minseung Choi

  • Faeven Mussie

  • Maxwell Turner

  • Yoon Park

  • Stephan Thiberge

  • Thomas Clandinin

  • Mala Murthy

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• Quantifying Mechanosensory Responses with Optogenetics in the Drosophila Larva.

  Oral-In-person

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

  Presenters

  • Amugoda Vidanelage Goonawardhana

    • Syracuse University

  Authors

  • Amugoda Vidanelage Goonawardhana

    • Syracuse University

  • Mirna Skanata

    • Syracuse University

  • Gil Raites

  • Suved Ganduri

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• Peripheral Encoding of Vibrotactile Coordinated Reset Stimulation

  Oral-In-person

  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 Neiman

    • Ohio University

  • Peter Tass

    • Stanford University

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• Fluctuation-driven attractors

  Oral-In-person

  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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