Towards a Common Framework to Study the Function of the Insect Central Complex
April 15-18, 2012

Over the past few years, an increasing number of laboratories have targeted the central complex and nearby regions of the insect brain for anatomical, physiological and behavioral studies. This meeting will bring together a cross-section of such researchers, and others studying related topics in higher sensory processing and sensorimotor integration. The meeting format (short theme-focused talks, chaired panels to end each themed session) is intended to enable focused and specific discussions about the issues of each session, details of which will follow in the weeks to come. We will request that participants whose research touches the central complex try to present their data and ideas in the context of specific, testable hypotheses about the region’s function and attempt to relate their findings to those of others in the field. We believe that this effort, in contrast to the more typical approach of providing a narrative of the lab’s findings, will lead to more productive discussions and help achieve the goal of the meeting, as reflected in its title.

• ORGANIZERS:

  Eugenia Chiappe, Janelia Farm/HHMI
  
  Stanley Heinze, University of Massachusetts Medical School
  
  Vivek Jayaraman, Janelia Farm/HHMI

• INVITED PARTICIPANTS:

  George Boyan Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Ann-Shyn Chiang National Tsing Hua University Benjamin de Bivort Rowland Institute at Harvard Berthold Hedwig University of Cambridge Ralf Heinrich Johann-Friedrich-Blumenbach-Institut für Zoologie und Anthropologie Uwe Homberg Philipps-Universität Marburg Arnim Jenett Janelia Farm Research Campus/HHMI Ryohei Kanzaki University of Tokyo Thomas Labhart University of Zurich

  Rudolf Loesel Institut für Biologie II Fidel Ramon Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) Michael Reiser Janelia Farm Research Campus/HHMI Roy Ritzmann Case Western Reserve University Mandyam Srinivasan University of Queensland Nicholas Strausfeld University of Arizona Roland Strauss Johannes Gutenberg-Universitaet Mainz Barbara Webb University of Edinburgh Asa Winther Karolinska Institutet Allan Wong California Institute of Technology

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