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Brain Connectivity Workshop
June 7-8, 2012, Chengdu, China
Program
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June 7, Thursday
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8:30-9:30 Keynote Speech
Chair: Tianzi Jiang, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Keynote Speaker: Marcus Raichle, Washington University in St. Louis, USA
Title: Two Views of Brain Function
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Session 1: Brain Connectivity: From Micro to Macro
Chair: Alard Roebroeck, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
9:30-9:45 Session Introduction
9:45-10:30 Qingming Luo, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Title: Challenges for Visualizing the Mouse Brain-wide Neuroanatomical Connectivity at Neurite Level
10:30-10:45 Coffee Break
10:45-11:30 Yasser Iturria-Medina, Cuban Neuroscience Center, Havana, Cuba
Title: From the study of Structural Brain Networks to the Discrimination of Brain Pathological States: perspectives and limitations
11:30-12:15 Katrin Amunts, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Juelich Research Center, Germany Title: Cortical Architecture, Segregation and Connectivity
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12:15 Lunch
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Session 2: Foundations of Brain Connectivity Methods
Chair: Michael Breakspear, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Australia
14:00-14:15 Session Introduction
14:15-15:00 Claudio Mirasso, Instituto de Física Interdisciplinar y Sistemas Complejos (CSIC-UIB), Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Title: Synchronization in Motifs and Complex Networks of Delay-coupled Neurons
15:00-15:45 Olaf Sporns, Indiana University, USA
Title: Hubs, Cores and Rich Clubs – Centrality and Influence in the Human Brain
15:45-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-16:45 Jason Smith, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, NIH, USA
Title: On the Role of Noise in Connectivity Analysis: Comparisons of Deterministic and Stochastic State Space Models
16:45-17:30 Rosalyn Moran, University College London, UK
Title: Neuromodulatory Effects on Brain Connectivity through Dynamic Causal Modeling
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18:00 Dinner
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June 8, Friday
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8:30-9:30 Keynote Speech
Chair: Li-Hai Tan, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Keynote Speaker: Robert Desimone, McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, USA
Title: Research on Neural Circuits: New Frontiers and Challenges
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Session 3: Brainnetome Meets Genome
Chair: Alan Evans, Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, Canada
9:30-9:45 Session Introduction
9:45-10:30 Linda J. Richards, University of Queensland, Australia
Title: Imaging Brain Wiring during Development and in Brain Disorders
10:30-10:45 Coffee Break
10:45-11:30 Lynn W Enquist, Princeton University, USA
Title: Trans-neuronal Spread of Alpha Herpesvirus Infection; Using PRV to Trace Neural Circuits
11:30-12:15 Bing Liu, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Title: Brain Networks are Modulated by Risk Genes of Schizophrenia
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12:15 Lunch
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Session 4: Clinical Applications of Brain Connectivity
Chair: Dezhong Yao, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
14:00-14:15 Session Introduction
14:15-15:00 Ed Bullmore, University of Cambridge, UK
Title: The Economics of Brain Network Organization
15:00-15:45 Fabio Babiloni, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Title: On the Use of Cortical Connectivity Estimates in Clinical Applications
15:45-16:00 Coffee Break
16:00-16:45 Keith Kendrick, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Title: Establishing the Key Functional Brain Networks Altered in Depression and Schizophrenia
16:45-17:30 Yong Fan, Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Title: Statistical Classification of Functional Brain Connectivity Patterns and Its Application to Differential Diagnosis of Neuropsychiatric Disorders
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18:00 Dinner
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