Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Time Event  
09:00 - 09:30 Coffee & Croissants  
09:30 - 09:40 Introduction to the workshop - Alain Destexhe and Idan Segev  
09:40 - 10:40 Inhibitory motifs in cortical circuits: do transcriptomic interneuron types follow rules of connectivity? - Huib Mansvelder, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam  
10:40 - 11:10 Coffee break  
11:10 - 12:10 Strong and reliable synaptic communication between pyramidal neurons in adult human temporal neocortex - Christiaan PJ de Kock, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam  
12:10 - 13:10 From Microcircuit Constraints to Network Structure - Rodrigo Perin, EPFL, Lausanne  
13:10 - 14:20 Lunch at the venue  
14:20 - 15:20 Topological insights into cortical microcircuits - Kathryn Hess, EPFL, Lausanne  
15:20 - 16:00 Coffee break  
16:00 - 17:00 Multi patch clamp analysis of human neocortex layer II/III – a pilot study - Jorg Geiger, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin  
17:00 - 17:30 Discussion, wrap-up of the day  

Thursday, December 5, 2019

Time Event  
09:00 - 09:30 Coffee & Croissants  
09:30 - 10:30 Brain connectomics - Javier Defelipe, Cajal Institute, Madrid  
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break  
11:00 - 12:00 The origin of innate topology in cortical microcircuits - Idan Segev, The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel  
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch at the venue  
13:00 - 14:00 Functional connectivity, computation and dynamics in local cortical networks - John Beggs, Indiana University Bloomington  
14:00 - 15:00 A fine structural analysis of cell types and connectivity in mouse visual corte - Nuno da Costa, Allen Institute for Brain Sciences, Seattle  
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee break  
15:30 - 16:30 General discussion and next steps