Sunday, December 4^th, 2016

19:00

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21:00

Welcome reception and registration
Kooperatur, Münsterplatz

Monday, December 5^th, 2016

8:30

Registration

9:00

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9:15

Patrick Ruther

Wolfram Burgard

Introduction and Welcome

BrainLinks-BrainTools

Session 1

Chair: Georg Nagel / University of Würzburg

09:15

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09:55

Peter Hegemann

Invited talk
Biophysics of inhibitory optogenetic actuators

09:55

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10:10

Marcela Garita-Hernandez

Optogenetically controlled photoreceptors derived from hiPSC respond to light and restore light mediated behavior in transplanted rd10 mice

10:10

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10:25

Ilka Diester

A functional gradient in the rodent prefrontal cortex supports behavioral inhibition

10:25

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10:40

Luis Hoffman

Silicon nitride photonics for optogenetic devices

10:40

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11:10

Coffee break

Session 2

Chair: Ulrike Wallrabe / University of Freiburg

11:10

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11:50

Sonja Kleinlogel

Invited talk
Opto-GPCR, an optogenetic designer prosthetic to recover vision

11:50

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12:05

Omar Mamad

Dopaminergic activation determines the direction of place field plasticity in rats

12:05

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12:20

Franziska Schneider

Optogenetic silencing of cardiac activity

12:20

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12:35

Christian Gossler

Optical probes with integrated thin-film µLEDs on flexible and rigid substrates

12:35

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14:00

Lunch

Session 3

Chair: Patrick Ruther / University of Freiburg

14:00

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14:40

Alexander Gottschalk

Invited talk
Optogenetic tool development and application in Caenorhabditis elegans

14:40

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14:55

Philipp Sasse

The enlightened heart: Novel optogenetic methods to investigate and treat cardiac arrhythmia

14:55

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15:35

All poster presenters

Pitch presentation

15:35

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17:00

Coffee break and poster session

Session 4

Chair: Ferruccio Pisanello / IIT

17:00

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17:40

Dimitrii Tanese

Invited talk
Optical and molecular focusing for single-cell optogenetic control

17:40

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17:55

Callum Johnston

Cell population influences on cardiac optical pacing

19:00

Conference Dinner, Kleiner Meyerhof, Rathausgasse 27

Tuesday, December 6^th, 2016

Session 5

Chair: Oliver Paul / University of Freiburg

09:00

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09:40

Tobias Moser

Invited talk
Hearing the light: Optogenetic stimulation of the auditory nerve

09:40

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09:55

Robert Scharf

Next-generation high-density µLED probes for depth-specific stimulation

09:55

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10:10

Jens Duebel

Transplantation of optogenetically transformed photoreceptor precursors restores visual function in blind mice

10:10

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10:25

Pau Gorostiza

Optical control of endogenous receptors and cellular excitability using targeted covalent photoswitches

10:25

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10:55

Coffee break + poster

Session 6

Chair: Keith Mathieson/University of Strathclyde

10:55

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11:35

Cyril Dejean

Invited talk
Controlling neuronal circuits of fear behaviour

11:35

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11:50

Ki Yong Kwon

Head-mounted LED with a magnetic optical rotary connector

11:50

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12:05

Shiqiang Gao

The Cyclop (Cyclase opsin) as a new optogenetic tool for light gated cyclic nucleotide production

12:05

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12:20

Marta Brocka

99mTc-HMPAO SPECT imaging of brain-wide functional networks underlying optogenetic self- and passive stimulation in mice

12:20

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13:50

Lunch + poster

Session 7

Chair: Massimo di Vittorio/IIT

13:50

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14:30

Ferruccio Pisanello

Invited talk
Micro and nanotechnologies for multipoint control of neural activity in deep brain regions

14:30

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14:45

Olivia Masseck

Opsin variants as new optogenetic tools to control intracellular signaling pathways

14:45

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15:00

Steve Blair

Utah optrode array

15:00

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16:00

Coffee break + poster

Session 8

Chair: Dimitrii Tanese/CNRS and Paris Descartes University

16:00

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16:15

Angelina Müller

Bessel beams for depth-controlled quasi-noninvasive optogenetic stimulation

16:15

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16:30

Gregory Gauvain

Optogenetic therapy for vision restoration using ChrimsonR

16:30

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16:45

Alexander Dieter

Avoidance behavior triggered by optogenetic stimulation of spiral ganglion neurons

16:45

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17:00

Roiy Raz

Polymer-based thin-film packaging of an optical cochlear implant

17:00

Closing remarks

17:30

Lab tour at IMTEK (optional; please register during the workshop)