14:00

Registration

15:00

Welcome

15:15

Plenary talk:

José-Alain Sahel

Early translational experience of optogenetics for vision restoration

16:05

Shy Shoham

Exciting insights into neural coding with sculpted light

16:45

Contributed talks:

Niall McAlinden: The Utah Optrode Array for multisite optogenetic excitation in the primate cortex
Petra Ondrackova: High-resolution structural and functional deep brain imaging using holographic endoscopy

17:10

Ileana Hanganu-Opatz

Dissecting the developing circuits of cognitive processing

17:50

Sponsor talks:

3i / Class5 photonics

18:05

Welcome cocktail

09:00

Massimo De Vittorio

Multifunctional tapered optical fibers for sensing and actuation in the deep brain

09:40

Patrick Ruther

Innovative fiber-based optrodes realized using MEMS technologies

10:20

Robrecht Raedt

Optogenetic and photopharmacological modulation of hippocampal excitability

11:00

Coffee Break – sponsored by 3i

11:20

Michael Hausser

Optical probing of causal relationships between neural circuit activity and behaviour

12:00

Sponsor talks:

Green Leaf Scientific / OptogeniX / Amplitude

12:20

14:15

Lunch + posters session S1

14:15

Claire Wyart

Optogenetic approaches to dissect motor circuits throughout the brainstem and spinal cord

14:55

Olivier Marre

Disentangling retinal circuits with holographic stimulation

15:35

Stefano De Renzis

Optogenetic-Guided Tissue Morphogenesis

16:15

Sponsor talks

CoolLed / NeuroNexus

16:30

Coffee Break – sponsored by OptogeniX

16:50

Daniel Huber

EthoLoop: Closed-loop behavioral control in freely roaming primates

17:30

Ehud Isacoff

Optical control of dopamine receptors

18:10

End

20:00

Gala Dinner

09:00

Johannes Vierock

Molecular tools for multicolour optogenetics

09:40

François St-Pierre

Deep, rapid, and prolonged two-photon recording of voltage dynamics with JEDI indicators

10:20

Deniz Dalkara

Cell-targeted optogenetics in the retina

11:00

Coffee Break

11:20

Tommaso Fellin

Aberration correction in GRIN microendoscopes through 3D printed polymer microlenses

12:00

contributed talks :

Ilenia Meloni : Spatial light patterns using smartphone optogenetics for behavioral control of Drosophila melanogaster larvae
Filip Janiak : Tailoring 2-photon Point Spread Function by non-telecentric microscopy

12:25

Sponsor talks

Spark lasers  / Femtonics / Opton Laser

12:45

14:40

Lunch + posters session S2

14:40

Camilla Bellone

Circuit and synaptic mechanisms of approach and avoidance social behavior

15:20

Nicolò Accanto

A flexible two-photon fiberscope for fast functional imaging and holographic photostimulation of neurons in freely moving mice

16:00

Emmanuel Beaurepaire

Color and large-scale multiphoton imaging of developing tissue

16:40

Coffee Break

17:00

Plenary talk :

Edvard Moser

Accessing neural population coding with 2-photon microscopy in freely moving mice

17:50

Poster awards and closing remarks