Structure and Function of the Insect Mushroom Body
The insect mushroom body (MB) has been shown to be involved in a variety of behaviors, such as olfactory learning and memory, sleep and decision-making. This meeting will brought together leading investigators to address the anatomy, behavioral roles, physiology and evolution of MBs in various insect species. Presentations and discussions covered current approaches for studying MBs in the areas of anatomy, biochemistry, electrophysiology and functional imaging in an effort to reveal MB function in a circuit model of the insect brain.
Organizers
Sarah Farris, West Virginia University
Gerry Rubin, HHMI/Janelia Research Campus
Glenn Turner, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Invited Participants
Yoshi Aso, Janelia Research Campus/HHMI
Richard Axel, HHMI/Columbia University
Ann-Shyn Chiang, National Tsing Hua University
Ron Davis, Scripps Research Institute, Florida
Andre Fiala, University of Göttingen
Bertram Gerber, Leibniz Institute of Neurobiology
Leslie Griffith, Brandeis University
Ilona Grunwald-Kadow, Max-Planck Institute of Neurobiology
Aike Guo, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Daisuke Hattori, Columbia University Medical Center
Ulrike Heberlein, Janelia Research Campus/HHMI
Toshihide Hige, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Kei Ito, University of Tokyo
Gregory Jefferis, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Karla Kaun, Brown University
Krystyna Keleman, Janelia Research Campus/HHMI
Pavel Masek, University of Nevada, Reno
Liria Masuda-Nakagawa, University of Cambridge
Ian Meinertzhagen, Dalhousie University
Randolf Menzel, Freie Universität Berlin
Michael Nitabach, Yale School of Medicine
Thomas Preat, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Gene Robinson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Brian Smith, Arizona State University
Mark Stopfer, National Institute of Health
Nicholas Strausfeld, University of Arizona
Hiromu Tanimoto, Max-Planck Institute of Neurobiology
Andreas Thum, University of Konstanz
Scott Waddell, University of Oxford
Yi Zhong, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
