Day 1
10:00 - 11:00 am Registration Open
11:00 - 11:50 am Lunch is Served
11:50 - 12:00 pm Introduction
12:00 - 1:15 pm Human brain microstimulation: successes, gaps, and questions
(Chair: Robert Gaunt)
Speakers:
Robert Gaunt / Nathan Copeland, University of Pittsburgh
"10 years of intracortical microstimulation to restore the sense of touch: progress, challenges, and experiences"
Richard Andersen, California Institute of Technology
"Preserved cortical somatotopic and motor representations in tetraplegic humans"
Emily Graczyk, Case Western Reserve University
"Perception of intracortical microstimulation and integration with peripheral inputs"
1:15 - 1:35 pm Panel Discussion
1:35 - 2:00 pm Break and Networking
2:00 - 3:15 pm Mechanisms of ICMS and Metabolic Limits
(Chair: Alberto Luis Vazquez)
Speakers:
BRIDGE STIM, Consortium
"Precision research in experimental & computational integration for stimulation engineering"
Phil O'Herron, Augusta University
"Optogenetic stimulation of blood vessels
Adam Bauer, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
“Mapping ethologically-relevant motor programs in awake mice”
3:15 - 3:35 pm Panel Discussion
3:35 - 4:00 pm Break and Networking
4:00 - 5:15 pm ICMS in Systems Neuroscience
(Chair: Omar El Gharbawie)
Speakers:
John Maunsell, University of Chicago
“Unaddressed challenges in driving perception through cortical stimulation"
Marc Schieber, University of Rochester Medical Center
"Injecting information with ICMS in the cortical reach-to-grasp network”
Azadeh Yazdan-Shahmorad, University of Washington
“Engineering neuroprotection and neuroplasticity in primate cortex”
5:15 - 5:35 pm Panel Discussion
5:35 - 6:00 pm Break and Networking
6:00 - 7:00 pm Dinner (Bar Open)
7:00 - 9:00 pm Posters and Reception
9:00 pm Day 1 complete
Day 2
7:00 - 7:30 am Venue open & Registration
8:00 - 9:00 am Breakfast
9:00 - 10:15 am ICMS in Cortical Circuits
(Chair: Bryan "Mac" Hooks)
Speakers:
Mark Histed, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
"Recurrent processing of cortical inputs: from circuits to computation using two-photon holographic stimulation"
Maria Dadarlat, Purdue University
Integration of electrical stimulation into neural circuits and behavior"
Caroline Runyan, University of Pittsburgh
"Generalization and specialization in local circuits across cortex”
10:15 - 10:35 am Panel Discussion
10:35 - 11:00 am Pictures, Awards, Break, and Networking
11:00 - 12:15 pm Neurocomputation
(Chair: Chengcheng Huang)
Speakers:
Maxim Bazhenov, University of California San Diego
"Precision neuromodulation of brain circuit dynamics"
Ken Miller, Columbia University
"From responses to optogenetic perturbations to circuits and vice versa"
Christopher Rozell, Georgia Tech University
"Decoding depression recovery with deep brain stimulation using explainable AI"
12:15 - 12:35 pm Panel Discussion
12:35 - 1:00 pm Grab Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 pm Closing panel with lunch
2:00 pm Meeting Adjourn