Program

Monday, May 22, 2017

Time Event  
08:30 - 09:00 Arrival/Registration - Registration of the attendees  
09:00 - 09:10 Introduction/Announcements - Short description of the meeting and planning  
09:10 - 09:50 An endless and confusing story: neurogenesis in the song system - Constance Scharff  
09:50 - 10:30 What do birds learn from artificial grammar stimuli? Problems and solutions - Gabriel J.L. Beckers  
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break  
11:00 - 11:40 Why do titmice hoard food? - Tom Smulders  
11:40 - 12:20 Singing in the nest: acoustic communication between partners in monogamous birds - Clémentine Vignal  
12:20 - 13:50 Lunch  
13:50 - 14:30 Female song, male song: molecular correlates - Manfred Gahr  
14:30 - 15:10 What can we learn from studying dynamic patterns of gene expression in the songbird brain? - David Clayton  
15:10 - 16:40 Coffee break and Posters  
16:40 - 16:55 Tracing structural neuroplasticity in the developing zebra finch brain during the critical period for vocal learning by in vivo Magnetic Resonance Imaging - Julie Hamaide  
16:55 - 17:10 Vocal cues and flock decisions in orange-fronted conures - Heidi Maria Thomsen  
17:10 - 17:25 Investigating the Role of FoxP1 on Auditory Perception - Fabian Heim  
17:25 - 17:40 Cerebellar circuits and function in song learning and production: a new player ? - Ludivine Pidoux  
17:40 - 17:55 Songbirds can fill discrete rhythm templates with variable note content - Tina Roeske  
17:55 - 18:10 Neuronal mechanisms of vocal imitation: a theoretical model for a role of sleep replay in shaping mirror neurons - Nicolas Giret  
18:10 - 18:50 Neural and behavioral correlates of vocal communication in macaque and marmoset monkeys - Steffen Hage  
18:50 - 20:00 Discussions/Posters/Apero (Wine tasting)  
20:00 - 23:00 Dinner at the Bar du boucher  

Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Time Event  
09:00 - 09:40 Neuronal patterning of acoustic communication signals - Boris Chagnaud  
09:40 - 10:20 How to reconcile pitch learning from templates, reinforcement, and auditory feedback - Richard H.R. Hahnloser  
10:20 - 10:50 Coffee break  
10:50 - 11:05 Recovery after brain damage is related to temporary changes in singing in the songbirds - Kristina Lukacova  
11:05 - 11:20 Savings of vocal motor skills - Michiel Vellema  
11:20 - 11:35 Seasonal female processing of social/sexual vocal signals is state dependent - Hugo Cousillas  
11:35 - 11:50 The machine learning revolution in connectomics - Joergen Kornfeld  
11:50 - 12:05 Neural representations of variation in song performance and of its behavioral relevance in the zebra finch forebrain - Lisbeth Van Ruijssevelt  
12:05 - 12:20 DNA methylation dynamics during zebra finch vocal development - Jolien Diddens  
12:20 - 13:40 Lunch  
13:40 - 14:45 Posters  
14:45 - 15:00 Acoustic competition and bird song evolution: an island/mainland comparaison - Aloïs Robert  
15:00 - 15:15 3D Simulation of Avian Vocalization - Jeppe Rasmussen  
15:15 - 15:30 A minimal neural network for the generation of behavioral variability - Arthur Leblois  
15:30 - 16:10 Evolution, function, and development in the song learning behaviour of chaffinches (Fringilla coelebs) - Robert Lachlan  
16:10 - 16:50 Artificial song dialects in the Zebra Finch - Sébastien Derégnaucourt  
16:50 - 18:00 Final discussions - - Organization of the next meeting (place, scientific committee, gender balance) - Funding: building a EU network (COST program), student exchanges, funding of annual meeting  
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