ELSC Seminar Series

ELSC hosts leading neuroscientists.

ELSC Weekly Seminar Series 2022-2023 is coming soon!

For registering to the seminar series, please subscribe to ELSC seminar mailing list

Previous years’ seminars can be viewed online on the ELSC YouTube channel

Prof. Hava Siegelmann

University of Massachusetts

Lifelong Learning, Abstraction, and Temporal Awareness

October 27th, 2022

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Dr. Sharon Gilaie-Dotan

Bar Ilan

Physical stimulus dimensions, memory and memorability during naturalistic encoding

November 3rd, 2022

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Tamar Flash

Weizmann Institute

From Brains to behavior: computational and neural control principles of motion generation and perception

November 10th, 2022

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Shimon Marom

Technion

On the Sensitivity of Hodgkin-Huxley Model to Parametric Variation

November 17th, 2022

14:00 (IST)

In-person event
(no live stream)

Dr. Omer Revah

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Using stem cells to build a model of the human cortex in vivo

November 24th, 2022

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Dr. Benjamin Scholl

University of Pennsylvania

Functional and structural properties of synaptic inputs onto visual cortical neurons

December 8th, 2022

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Michael Yartsev

University of California, Berkeley

Studying the Neural basis of Complex Spatial, Social and Acoustic Behaviors – in Freely Behaving and Flying Bats

December 27th, 2022

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Ido Kanter

Bar Ilan University

From theoretical Physics to experimental Neuroscience: The new neuron and new type of learning

January 5th, 2023

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Dr. Talya Sadeh

Ben Gurion University

How do we evaluate others’ memories? A behavioural and natural language processing study

January 12th, 2023

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. David Kleinfeld

University of California San Diego

The dynamics of brain arterioles and what they tell about neural activity

January 17th, 2023

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Dr. Johnatan (Yonatan) Aljadeff

University of California San Diego

Shallow networks run deep: How peripheral preprocessing facilitates odor classification

January 19th, 2023

14:30 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Firas Mawase

Technion

Differential cortical organization during dexterous finger flexion and extension movements in humans

January 26th, 2023

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Dr. Ariel Gilad

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Brain-wide dynamics underlying different cognitive functions

March 16th, 2023

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Robert Malenka

Stanford University

Serotonin and Sociability

March 23rd, 2023

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Peyman Golshani

UCLA

Lifelong Learning, Abstraction, and Temporal Awareness

March 30th, 2023

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Magdalena Gotz

Helmholtz Munich

TBA

April 20th, 2023

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Dr. Ben Engelhard

Israel Institute of Technology

TBA

April 27th, 2023

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Alessandro Treves

Cognitive Neuroscience

Establishing shared memories from the experience of mixed populations

May 4th, 2023

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Daphna Joel

Tel Aviv University

Are the brains of women and men the same or different? Or is it the wrong question?

May 11th, 2023

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Prof. Jackie Schiller

Technion

TBA

May 18th, 2023

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

Dr. Oren Forkosh

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Mapping animal behavior, emotions, and personality across species

June 1st, 2023

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

TBA

June 8th, 2023

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

TBA

June 15th, 2023

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

TBA

June 22nd, 2023

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

TBA

June 29th, 2023

14:00 (IST)

In-person event (no live stream)

For registering to the seminar series, please subscribe to ELSC seminar mailing list

Previous years’ seminars can be viewed online on the ELSC YouTube channel

Prof. Viola Priesemann

Max Planck institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization

Spreading dynamics: from neural networks to COVID-19

October 14th, 2021

14:40 (IST)

Virtual event

Dr Mark J Wagner

National Institutes of Health

Learning in neocortex-cerebellum circuits

October 21st, 2021

14:30 (IST)

Virtual event

Prof. Omri Barak

The Technion

Charting the space of solutions for recurrent neural networks

October 28th, 2021

14:30 (IST)

In-person event
(no live stream)

Prof. Avihu Klar

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Wiring the spinal cord - Evolution and function of spinal neuronal circuits

November 4th, 2021

14:30 (IST)

In-person event
(no live stream)

Prof. Tamar Makin

University College London (UCL)

Neurocognitive considerations for the future body

November 11th, 2021

14:30 (IST)

In-person event
(no live stream)

Prof. Jaan Aru

University of Tartu

Cellular mechanisms of conscious processing

November 18th, 2021

14:30 (IST)

Virtual event

Dr. Ken Norman

Princeton University

Computational Principles of Event Memory

December 2nd, 2021

14:30 (IST)

Virtual event

Dr. Michal Rivlin

Weizmann Institute of Science

Top-down modulation of the retinal code via histaminergic neurons in the hypothalamus

December 9th, 2021

14:30 (IST)

In-person event
(no live stream)

Prof. Tara Keck

University College London (UCL)

Spatial scales of homeostatic plasticity in mouse visual cortex

December 16th, 2021

14:30 (IST)

Virtual event

Dr. Shira Knafo

Ben-Gurion University

AMPA receptors: from fundamental insights to cognitive enhancement

December 23rd, 2021

14:30 (IST)

In-person event
(no live stream)

Prof. Yaniv Ziv

Weizmann Institute of Science

Representational drift in hippocampus and cortex

December 30th, 2021

14:30 (IST)

In-person event
(no live stream)

Dr. Ahmed El-Hady

Princeton University

Functional ultrasound imaging during behavior

January 6th, 2022

14:30 (IST)

Virtual event

Prof. Nachum Ulanovsky

Weizmann Institute of Science

Neural Codes for Natural Behaviors in Flying Bats

January 13th, 2022

14:30 (IST)

In-person event
(no live stream)

Prof. Arnon Levy

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

What, and how, does optimality explain?

March 10th, 2022

14:00 (IST)

In-person event
(no live stream)

Prof. Ayelet Landau

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

What is interval timing made of?

March 24th, 2022

14:00 (IST)

In-person event
(no live stream)

Prof. Oded Rechavi

Tel Aviv University

Short, long and even transgenerational memories in C. elegans nematodes

March 31st, 2022

14:00 (IST)

In-person event
(no live stream)

Prof. Oliver Hobert

Columbia University

Homeobox genes encode neuronal diversity

April 7th, 2022

14:00 (IST)

In-person event
(no live stream)

Dr. Ivo Spiegel

Weizmann Institute of Science

How the genome regulates information processing and plasticity in neural circuits

April 28th, 2022

14:00 (IST)

In-person event
(no live stream)

Prof. Nir Gov

Weizmann Institute of Science

Spin models for decision-making in real and abstract space

May 12th, 2022

14:00 (IST)

In-person event
(no live stream)

Prof. Galit Ophir

Bar-Ilan University

Studying mechanisms that shape the interplay between social interaction and motivation

May 19th, 2022

14:00 (IST)

In-person event
(no live stream)

Dr. Inbal Ben-Ami Bartal

Tel-Aviv University

Neural activity underlying prosocial behavior in rats

June 2nd, 2022

14:00 (IST)

In-person event
(no live stream)

Prof. Nitzan Censor

Tel Aviv University

Rapid learning (and unlearning) in the human brain

June 9th, 2022

14:00 (IST)

In-person event
(no live stream)

Dr. Yaara Erez

Bar-Ilan University

Cross-modality neuroimaging of the executive control network in the human brain

June 16th, 2022

14:00 (IST)

In-person event
(no live stream)

The ELSC weekly seminar’s are broadcasted via Zoom.

For registering to the seminar series, please subscribe to ELSC seminar mailing list.

Previous years’ seminars can be viewed online on the ELSC YouTube channel.

Prof. Hamutal Slovin

Bar Ilan University

Encoding local stimulus attributes and higher visual functions in V1 of behaving monkeys

June 17th, 2021

14:00 (IST)

Prof. Josh Goldberg

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The pathophysiology of prodromal Parkinson’s disease

June 10th, 2021

14:00 (IST)

Prof. Inna Slutsky

Tel Aviv University

Firing Rate Homeostasis in Neural Circuits: From basic principles to malfunctions

June 3rd, 2021

14:00 (IST)

Prof. Ofer Yizhar

Weizmann Institute

Optogenetic silencing of synaptic transmission with a mosquito rhodopsin

May 27th, 2021

14:00 (IST)

Prof. Dori Derdikman

Technion

On places and borders in the brain

May 20th, 2021

14:00 (IST)

Prof. Yossi Yovel

Tel Aviv University

On cognitive maps and reinforcement learning in large-scale animal behaviour

May 13th, 2021

14:00 (IST)

Prof. Sabine Kastner

Princeton University

Neural dynamics of the primate attention network

May 6th, 2021

15:00 (IST)

Canceled

Dr. Eran Stark

Tel Aviv University

Error correction and reliability timescale in converging cortical networks

April 29th, 2021

14:00 (IST)

Dr. Assaf Tal

Weizmann Institute

From function to cognition: New spectroscopic tools for studying brain neurochemistry in-vivo

April 22nd, 2021

14:00 (IST)

Dr. Takashi Kawashima

Weizmann Institute

Neural control of motor actions: from whole-brain landscape to millisecond dynamics

April 8th, 2021

14:00 (IST)

Prof. Galit Yovel

Tel Aviv University

How do humans recognize faces? Insights from biological and artificial face recognition systems

March 18th, 2021

14:00 (IST)

Prof. John Krakauer

Johns Hopkins University

Two views of the Cognitive Brain

January 21st, 2021

14:00 (IST)

Prof. Jeffrey Magee

Baylor College of Medicine

A directed form of plasticity shapes hippocampal representations

January 14th, 2021

14:00 (IST)

Prof. Yang Dan

University of California, Berkeley

A motor theory of sleep control

January 7th, 2021

13:00 (IST)

Prof. David Hansel

National Scientific Research Centre (CNRS)

Theory of feature selectivity in rodent primary visual cortex

December 31st, 2020

14:00 (IST)

Prof. Rafael Yuste

Columbia University

Can you see a thought? Neuronal ensembles as emergent units of cortical function

December 17th, 2020

14:00 (IST)

Prof. Jan Born

University of Tübingen

Systems consolidation of memory during sleep

December 10th, 2020

14:00 (IST)

Prof. Thomas Mrsic-Flogel

University College London (UCL)

Neural correlates of belief updates in the mouse secondary motor cortex

December 3rd, 2020

14:00 (IST)

Dr. Ziv Williams

Harvard Medical School

Studying social cognition in mice, primates and humans

November 26th, 2020

14:00 (IST)

Prof. Timothy Behrens

University of Oxford

Abstraction and inference in the prefrontal hippocampal circuitry

November 19th, 2020

14:00 (IST)

Prof. Ilana Witten

Princeton University

Specialized and spatially organized dopamine signals

November 12th, 2020

14:00 (IST)

Prof. Christian Doeller

Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences

Structuring experience in cognitive spaces

November 5th, 2020

14:00 (IST)

Prof. Robert C. Froemke

New York University

Social transmission of maternal behavior via oxytocin and synaptic plasticity

October 29th, 2020

14:00 (IST)

Prof. Jennifer Groh

Duke University

Follow the model: computations for representing space within and across the senses

October 22nd, 2020

14:00 (IST)