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Our new Research Renaissance Podcast interview with the Karen Toffler Charitable Trust is online:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG3LrU2EJ0I

also here:
Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/research-renaissance-exploring-the-future-of-brain-science/id1735997150
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6aVpn1SYQlzmcm28Jj5RSl
Amazon Music - https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/2fdca7e7-6104-4f69-a018-8458edc4c241

How the Brain Balances Flexibility and Robustness with Dr. Wolfgang Stein Join Deborah Westphal on Research Renaissance as she talks with Dr....

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CAS Dean’s Research Challenge Symposium returns October 12 The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) will host the Dean’s Research Challenge Symposium on Monday, October 12.

Our first fly paper on Spreading Depolarization is out!
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004226017645

Spreading depolarization (SD) is a propagating wave of neural depression associated with migraine, stroke, and brain injury. We develop high-throughput, whole-brain fluorescence imaging assays in Drosophila melanogaster ideal for observing and mechanistically understanding SD. We reveal key characteristics of SD, including that it originates at multiple, variable sites across and within individuals, and that it spreads throughout the nervous systems of adults and larvae.
This reveals that SD is a fundamental phenomenon not restricted to specific brain regions, neuronal populations, or developmental stages. Furthermore, we demonstrate that single SD events cause a depolarization-independent transient refractory period with elevated SD threshold, suggesting an alteration of homeostatic processes following SD.
This work and others, combined with Drosophila’s extensive genetic toolkit, establishes the fly as a high-throughput model for understanding conserved cellular and circuit-level mechanisms relevant to human neurological disorders involving SD.

Join us for a satellite meeting of the 2026 International Congress for Neuroethology in Vancouver, entitled “Neuroethology in a Changing World.”, organized by Stefan Pulver, Wolfgang Stein, and Martin Tresguerres.

Our satellite meeting will bring together neuroethologists, neurobiologists, ecologists, and environmental scientists to explore how rapid environmental change is reshaping the neural systems of animals, their behavior, and the ecosystems that sustain life.

The meeting will take place on Saturday, July 25, 2026, from 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM at the UBC Campus in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (Earth Sciences Building 1012).
Our program will feature talks organized around four themes, with the following confirmed speakers:

Monitoring the Environment Across Scales
• Martin Tresguerres, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD & ADC-NiCE
• Alison Bell, UIUC
• Rebecca Senior, Durham University

Genetic Adaptations underlying Neural Control of Behaviour
• Andrew Whitehead, UC Davis
• Joshua Rosenthal, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole
• Rose Tatarsky, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD & ADC-NiCE

Molecular and physiological mechanisms of neural responses to environmental changes
• Dario Campagner, Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, UCL
• Sanjay Sane, National Centre for Biological Sciences, India
• Wolfgang Stein, Illinois State University

Advocacy and Change making
• Stefan Pulver, University of St Andrews
• Andrea Adden, Crick Institute
• Shannon Olsson Echo Network

In between sessions, there will be 5-minute Data Blitz talks (anyone can apply for a slot – see below).

We aim to create a meeting of strong interest to core ISN members while also attracting researchers and advocates who may not typically attend ICN meetings. The satellite meeting is designed to highlight both fundamental research and real-world impact, and also addresses how scientists can engage with society in meaningful ways.

In addition, we have a free workshop on Sunday morning (July 26th, 9am - 12pm) that we co-organize with the Kavli Foundation Science and Society Branch, with free breakfast and discussions about Neuroethology in a Changing World. We hope that most people who participate in our Satellite Symposium on Saturday would also come to the Sunday morning event, but the event is open to everyone.
Our sponsors are The Kavli Foundation, The Grass Foundation, and Thorlabs.

We hope you will join us in Vancouver for this timely and interdisciplinary event.

To register for our Satellite meeting, please go the ICN 2026 website and look for the “Neuroethology in a Changing World.” Symposium. The price is $70 CAN but it includes breakfast, lunch, and a reception. https://icn2026vancouver.com/satellite-symposia/

If you or your lab members or colleagues want to present a data blitz 5 min talk, please let them know to fill out this form:
https://forms.office.com/r/FPG7Sscbge
- Deadline May 30, 2026

To register for the workshop on Sunday morning (July 26th) that we co-organize with the Kavli Foundation Science and Society Branch, please sign up here. It is free: https://forms.office.com/r/MqjCNTE0RH
Deadline May 30

We are looking forward to seeing you in Vancouver,
Wolfgang, Stefan, Martin.

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Science on Tap next Monday at 6pm at the Keg Grove Brewing Company - come and listen to two of our Biology faculty members - Scott Clem and Andrés Gabriel Vidal Gadea.

https://www.thetransmitter.org/neurotransmitters/remembering-gaba-pioneer-edward-kravitz/

Remembering GABA pioneer Edward Kravitz The biochemist, who died last month at age 92, was part of the first neurobiology department in the world and showed that gamma-aminobutyric acid is inhibitory.

Tomorrow!!!

Tomorrow!!

Join us for the free SFN & Kavli Foundation webinar "Neural Adaptation in Changing Ecosystems". Jan 29, 2025, 11AM - 12PM CT (5-6pm UTC).
https://tinyurl.com/ynajpw4y

Our 3 speakers Amanda Lauer, Cosima Porteus, and Joseph Santin will cover topics from auditory processing, to olfaction and neuromuscular system. Registration is required, but it is free to attend.
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