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 The 15th Annual Indiana University Animal Behavior Conference
Hosted by: The Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior
Friday, April 25
IMU Frangipani Room / 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Guest Speaker: Irving Zucker, UC Berkeley
We encourage all undergraduates, graduate students, post-doctoral
associates and faculty to present!
For registration and information please visit http://www.indiana.edu/~animal/symposium/index.html e-mail: cisab@indiana.edu
AMAM08: Adaptive Motion in Animals and Machines
Call for Abstracts and Participation
1–6 June 2008, Cleveland, OH, USA
http://amam.case.edu
AMAM08 is the fourth international symposium dedicated to the neuromechanics, sensory perception, and intelligence behind adaptive movement in animals, and the modeling, analysis, and technical development of adaptive movement in animals and machines. Previous symposia were held in Montreal, Canada (2000); Kyoto, Japan (2003); and Ilmenau, Germany (2005).
The symposium will include a single track of keynote (evening), plenary, and invited seminar speakers, plus poster sessions. We will also continue the tradition of a "Robot Zoo," where researchers may demonstrate their latest machines.
Poster abstracts are invited in all areas pertaining to adaptive motion in animals and machines. We especially encourage
submission in the three main focus areas for AMAM08:
- Robotics
- Neurobiology of Movement Behavior
- Functional Electrical Stimulation
Confirmed keynote and plenary speakers include:
- Hunter Peckham
- Hirosi Kimura
- Ansgar Büschges
- Paolo Dario
- Mike Dickinson
- Kiisa Nishikawa
- Kier Pearson
- Marc Raibert
- Barry Trimmer
- Barbara Webb
A distinguished list of seminar speakers is also being invited.
Poster abstracts (350 words) and Robot Zoo submissions are due by January 21, 2008. Notification of final acceptance will occur by March 17, 2008.
Detailed submission instructions will be available at the meeting website, http://amam.case.edu
[Posted 15 November 2007]
Marine Biological Laboratory
Neural Systems and Behavior
June 14–August 10, 2008
This is an intensive eight-week laboratory and lecture course focusing on the neural basis of behavior. The course is intended for graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and independent investigators. Limited to 20 participants.
This course provides broad training in modern approaches to the study of behavior. Through a combination of lectures, exercises, and projects, students investigate behavior at the molecular, systems, and organismal levels using state-of-the art techniques.
Online Application Form, (PDF) Deadline: February 1, 2008. Click on link for further details: http://www.mbl.edu/education/courses/summer/course_neural_sys.html
[Posted 1 November 2007]
Neuroethology 2050 Seminar
9–10 August 2008
We are currently inviting applications for the Gordon-Kenan Graduate Research Seminar Neuroethology 2050, which will be held at Oxford University on the 9–10 August 2008 during the weekend prior to the Gordon Research Conference Neuroethology: Behaviour, Evolution, and Neurobiology (10–15 August 2008). The aim of this two day seminar is to provide young researchers with the rare opportunity to come together to discuss what the field of Neuroethology will be like in the year 2050 when these promising students will be the leaders in the field. This seminar is a chance for the next generation of scientists to imagine what the field will look like in the year 2050.
The theme “Neuroethology 2050” seeks to generate discussion amongst students and postdoctoral researchers, not only of their current research, but also on methodological and conceptual developments that will be required to advance our understanding of the neural basis of natural behavior. Participants will have the chance to build informal networks with their peers that may lead to a lifetime of collaboration and scientific achievement. Discussions will include, but by no means be limited to, the application of new techniques for monitoring animal behavior under natural conditions, the role of functional brain imaging in neuroethology, the relationship of gene expression to neural circuits, and new developments in modeling, including robotics. Contributions will be in the form of short talks or posters.
The seminar is held in Oxford on 9–10 August 2008, the weekend prior to the Gordon Research Conference “Neuroethology: Behavior, Evolution, and Neurobiology” (10–15 August 2008). Students and post-docs who are accepted to “Neuroethology 2050” will be accepted into the GRC provided that they apply to both.
Application deadline: Applications for this meeting must be submitted by 19 July 2008. Website: http://grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2008&program=grad_neuro
[Posted 1 April 2008]
Gordon Conference on Neuroethology
Magdalen College, Oxford, UK
10–15 August 2008
Conference Chairs: Paul Katz (pkatz@gsu.edu, Catherine Carr (cecarr@umd.edu)
Conference website with registration information: http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2008&program=neuroetho
This conference will focus on the evolution of neural circuits underlying species-specific behavior. In the spirit of the Gordon Conferences, the meeting is meant to foster intense discussion with the intent to push the frontiers of the field.
Students and postdoctoral fellows are especially invited to register also for the two-day Graduate Research Seminar “Neuroethology 2050” (http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2008&program=grad_neuro). This unique venue, which will be held in Oxford on 9-10 August 2008, the weekend prior to the main Neuroethology Gordon Research Conference, provides an opportunity for the next generation of scientists to imagine what the field will look like in the year 2050. Students and post-docs who are accepted to “Neuroethology 2050” will be accepted into the main Gordon Conference provided that they apply to both.
Please register soon as space at the conferences is limited.
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