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    We organise regular seminars and conferences on the latest neuroscience and cognitive science research. Videos are available here! (Warning: some videos are restricted to the members of the university Paris Descartes, as they display unpublished material)

    Description in chinese : 我们定期组织最新前沿神经科学与认知科学方面的研讨会和会议。 请见视频！ （警告：一些视频仅限于巴黎笛卡尔大学的成员，因为一些成果还尚未发表）

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    2021



    Context matters : vision and touch in action
    Asli AYAZ


    Phasic dopamine signaling in the homeostasis to action arc
    Mitchell ROITMAN


    Speak your mind : cortical predictions of speech sensory feedback
    Caroline NIZIOLEK


    Imaging brain neurodevelopment in health and disease
    Lucie HERTZ-PANNIER


    Three-photon head-mounted microscopes for imaging deep cortical layers in freely moving animals
    Jason KERR


    Ultrasound imaging in neuroscience
    Mikael TANTER

    2020



    How embodiment can solve the problem of phenomenal consciousness
    Kevin O'REGAN


    Sex hormones : who determine brain structure and function?
    Nicolas DE ROUX
    (Restricted to Paris Descartes)

    The oxytocin system in the embodied brain : social touch and communicative behaviors
    Valery GRINEVICH
    (Restricted to Paris Descartes)

    Viscerally conscious
    Catherine TALLON-BAUDRY
    (Restricted to Paris Descartes)

    What can the gut nervous system tell us about our brain?
    Michel NEUNLIST
    (Restricted to Paris Descartes)

    How talking stands on posture
    Bryan GICK


    Grounding experience of space and self on skin sensation
    Patrick HAGGARD


    Optogenetics for vision restoration: toward clinical trials
    Gregory GAUVAIN


    The neuroscience of why flies are people
    Bassem HASSAN


    Evaluation of the corticofugal hypothesis in ALS
    Caroline ROUAUX

    2019



    Deep phenotyping of social behavior in animal models
    Schlomo WAGNER
    (Restricted to Paris Descartes)

    Human-specific genes, neural stem cell amplification, and neocortex expansion in development and...
    Takashi NAMBA
    (Restricted to Paris Descartes)

    Investigating cerebral cortex development in the embryo and in 3D-organoids
    Simona LODATO
    (Restricted to Paris Descartes)

    Non-human primate models for the study of human brain functions and dysfunctions
    Sullian BEN HAMED
    (Restricted to Paris Descartes)

    Transparency and Communication on animal used for scientific purposes
    Serban MOROSAN


    Noradrenergic control of vulnerability to stress
    Bruno GIROS


    Fulfilling the Promice of Genetics: from Gene Discovery to Therapeutics
    Nicholas KATSANIS


    The search for human singularity
    Stanislas DEHEANE


    The validated Animal Models of Addiction based on a Validated Heuristic Framework for the...
    George KOOB


    Corvid Cognition
    Nicola CLAYTON

    Year 2019
    The Deep History of Counting Words
    Mark PAGEL

    Year 2019
    Making sense of time in the Human mind
    Virginie VAN WASSENHOVE

    2018



    Bio-hybrid collective behaviors in mixed groups of animals and robots
    José HALLOY


    How Memory Guides Value-Based Decisions
    Daphna SHOHAMY
    (Restricted to Paris Descartes)

    Insights into the dynamics of neuronal growth at the single and collective cell level
    Catherine VILLARD
    (Restricted to Paris Descartes)

    Collective plasticity dynamics in recurrent neural networks
    Yoram BURAK
    (Restricted to Paris Descartes)

    Assessing brain states and their impact on cortical computations
    Anna LEVINA


    Relationships between excitation and inhibition in piriform cortex
    Anne-Marie OSWALD


    Synaptic and network mechanisms underlying in vivo firing dynamics
    Alexander REYES


    débat et questions avec Sophie Pène, Gérald Bronner et Marion Petipré


    Des pédagogies novatrices à Paris Descartes
    Marion PETIPRÉ


    Sagesse ou irrationalité des foules ?
    Gérald BRONNER


    L’intelligence collective : notion pluridisciplinaire, aujourd’hui symbole de l’économie de...
    Sophie PÈNE


    Mechanism of synapse maintenance and axon regeneration
    Yishi JIN
    (Restricted to Paris Descartes)

    Plus intelligents ensemble? – conférence et débat grand public le 8 Octobre!


    Becoming human: How (and how early) do language and cognition come together in the infant mind?
    Sandra R. WAXMAN


    New Horizons in Research and Treatment of Diabetic Neuropathy
    Eva L. FELDMAN


    Using automated controlled rearing to explore the origins of the mind
    Justin N. WOOD
    (Restricted to Paris Descartes)

    Assembling neural circuits: cells and synapses
    Joshua SANES
    (Restricted to Paris Descartes)

    The short end and the long end of storing a motor skill
    Joseph CLASSEN
    (Restricted to Paris Descartes)

    Sex, brain and gender: From dimorphism to mosaic
    Daphna JOEL
    (Restricted to Paris Descartes)

    Neural encoding of complex space
    Kate JEFFERY


    In vivo 3-photon Imaging of the Mouse Brain
    Chris XU

    2017



    Qu’est-ce que l’épigénétique? (2/2)
    Barbara DEMENEIX


    Qu’est-ce que l’épigénétique? (1/2)
    Valérie MEZGER


    Keynote Lecture : Epigenetics in development and disease : Lessons from the X chromosome
    Edith HEARD


    A glance through epigenetic brain sex differences
    Claudine JUNIEN


    Challenges of translational epigenetics for the neurosciences
    Jonathan WEITZMAN


    Epigenetic considerations for behavioral addictions: Gene and environmental contributions to...
    Marc POTENZA


    Conceptual and epistemological issues in brain epigenetics and beyond
    Francesca MERLIN


    The 3D genome fingerprint of neuronal differentiation
    Giacomo CAVALLI


    Brain Evolution and Neurodevelopmental Disorders : From Genetics to Epigenetics
    Ernesto BURGIO


    Maternal stress and epigenetic programming of the developing brain
    Tracy BALE
    (Restricted to Paris Descartes)

    pigenome and transcriptome changes across tissues during mouse aging
    Bérénice BENAYOUN
    (Restricted to Paris Descartes)

    Epigenetic Mechanisms in Alzheimer’s Disease
    Johannes GRÄFF
    (Restricted to Paris Descartes)

    Transgenerational effects of early life trauma: Epigenetic mechanisms involving the germline
    Isabelle MANSUY
    (Restricted to Paris Descartes)

    CNS innate immune responses to flaviviruses impair learning and memory
    Robyn KLEIN


    Entorhinal grid cells and spatial navigation
    Francesca SARGOLINI


    Probing neural circuits with shaped light
    Na JI


    Functional study of monoaminergic transmission
    Bruno GIROS

    2016



    Mechanisms of developmental vocal learning in songbirds: from imitation to culture
    Ofer TCHERNICHOVSKI


    Neuromorphic Event-based time oriented vision: A framework to unify computational and biological...
    Ryad BENOSMAN


    Computational morphology and humanoid robot walking
    Christine CHEVALLEREAU


    How does Motor Activity Induce Psychological Change
    Ian ANDERSON


    Spinal control of dynamic posture in mammals
    Jean-rené CAZALETS


    The Role of the Cerebellum
    Paul DEAN
    (Restricted to Paris Descartes)

    Comment nous sommes devenus bipèdes
    Christine TARDIEU


    La longue marche des robots humanoïdes
    Christine CHEVALLEREAU


    Qu’est-ce qui fait marcher les nouveaux-nés ?
    Marianne BARBU-ROTH


    From exploration to fixation: how eye movements determine what we see
    Susana MARTINEZ-CONDE


    From exploration to fixation: how eye movements determine what we see
    Marion LEBOYER


    Recent progress toward high-performance neural prosthetics
    Andy SCHWARTZ


    Unraveling the role of C-fibers in responding to inflammatory and nutritional challenges
    Laurent GAUTRON
    (Restricted to Paris Descartes)

    Probing Visual Perception Outside of Conscious Awareness
    Randolph BLAKE


    Seeing and controlling information flow through GTPase networks
    Klaus HAHN


    From Vision to Decision and Navigation in Mouse Cortex
    Matteo CARANDINI


    Fetal stress and epigenetic regulations in the normal and diseased developing brain
    Valérie MEZGER


    Active vision: The inseparable link between perception and action
    Michele RUCCI


    Mouse models of Charcot-Marie-Toothperipheral Neuropathy: towards disease mechanisms and...
    Robert BURGESS


    Neuronal circuits for dynamic auditory processing and learning
    Maria GEFFEN
    (Restricted to Paris Descartes)

    Focusing light into biological tissues with wavefront shaping
    Changhuei YANG


    Ian S. Curthoys (University of Sydney)
    Ian S. CURTHOYS

    2015



    Transient migrating neurons: organizers of cortical circuits
    Alessandra PIERANI


    Critical Periods in Speech Perception and Development
    Janet WERKER


    In vivo imaging of axon dismantling and its subcellular correlates
    Thomas MISGELD


    VR to the rescue of Mental Health
    Serge TISSERON


    Presence: A VR perspective.
    Daniel MESTRE


    What biomimetic and telepresence robots can teach us about our selves
    Tony PRESCOTT
    (Restricted to Paris Descartes)

    Body ownership and agency illusions in immersive VR and their behavioural consequences
    Mel SLATER


    Are low resolution visual prostheses usable? The interest of embedded vision algorithms.
    Marc MACÉ


    How far can we trust VR for the Simulation of Real Human Activities?
    Alexis PALJIC


    Rabies virus as a source of new therapeutical biomolecules
    Monique LAFON


    Tools for analyzing an repairing complex biological systems
    Edward BOYDEN
    (Restricted to Paris Descartes)

    Neurobridges 2015 's Opening lecture
    Stanislas DEHAENE


    Investigating the pathophysiology of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis using human induced pluripotent...
    Gareth MILES


    Pain and the Brain: Fears and Phantoms
    Nick RAWLINS

    2014



    Genetic analysis of cholinergic regulation of cognitive function
    Marco PRADO


    Neurotransmitter Switching in the Adult Brain
    Nicholas SPITZER


    Common proteolytic pathways reveal interplay between cellular prion protein and Alzheimer's disease
    Frédéric CHECLER


    Generating and shaping novel action repertoires
    Rui COSTA


    Nanostructure of active zones at the calyx of Held: New avenues paved by STED, dSTORM and...
    Thomas KUNER


    Schizophrenia, a Cognitive Developmental Disorder ?
    Marie-Odile KREBS


    Priming of Neurodevelopmental Disorders by In-Utero Immune Challenge
    Urs MEYER


    From Receptors to Pain: The Molecular Dynamics of Pain
    Mike SALTER


    Nanostructure of active zones at the calyx of Held: New avenues paved by STED, dSTORM and...
    Thomas KUNER


    Birth and Neuro‐Archeology of Autism
    Yehezkel BEN ARI


    Schizophrenia, Brain Development and Neural Oscillations : Perspectives from Magnetoencephalography
    Peter UHLHAAS


    The Impact of Perinatal Neuroinflammation on Brain Development and Function
    Pierre RESSENS


    The Autism Gift? Increased Perceptual Capacity in Autism Spectrum Disorder
    Anna REMMINGTON


    Melatonin and Autism
    Sylvie TORDJMANN


    Sculpting the brain : activity-dependent mechanisms of neural circuit refinement
    Karen ZITO
    (Restricted to Paris Descartes)

    Cortical blood flow: From vascular networks to microstrokes and vasomotion
    David KLEINFELD


    Neural, behavioral, and biomechanical approaches to vocal motor control and sensorimotor learning
    Sam SOBER


    Regulating Mitochondrial Movement and Clearance, and Why a Neuroscientist Cares
    Thomas SCHWARZ
    (Restricted to Paris Descartes)

    2013



    Genes, synapses and autismS
    Thomas BOURGERON


    Dissecting Synaptic and Circuitry Mechanisms of Psychiatric Disorders
    Guoping FENG


    Photoacoustic Tomography: Beat Optical Diffusion and Diffraction
    Lihong WANG


    Exploring short term synaptic plasticity: does biophysics help to undertand synaptic function?
    Erwin NEYER


    Evanescence in fluorescence excitation and emission : Keynote lecture
    Daniel AXELROD


    Studying Large-Scale Brain Networks: Electrical Stimulation & Neural-Event-Triggered fMRI
    Nikos LOGOTHETIS


    Circuit mechanisms regulating adult neural stem cells and neurogenesis
    Hongjun SONG
    (Restricted to Paris Descartes)

    Synaptic and Circuit Mechanisms for Computation of Location
    Matt NOLAN