Tübingen
SNS2024

Systems
Neuroscience
Symposium

26–27 September 2024

Welcome to the 2024 Tübingen Systems Neuroscience Symposium

The 2024 Tübingen Systems Neuroscience Symposium (SNS 2024) brings together leading international researchers in systems neuroscience. The symposium features plenary talks, poster sessions, lab visit and a conference dinner. Join us in Tübingen to learn about the latest advances.

September 26–27, 2024

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Speakers

  • Wael Asaad
  • Pascal Belin
  • Eduardo Blanco-Hernandez
  • Assaf Breska
  • Sebastian Bruijns
  • Sahiti Chebolu
  • Valentin Dragoi
  • Antonino Greco
  • Tobias Hauser
  • Laurence Hunt
  • Janneke Jehee
  • Zhaoping Li
  • Romy Lorenz
  • Viola Priesemann
  • Daniela Vallentin
  • Michael Wibral
  • Tong Zhang

Scientific Program

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Thursday (26 September 2024)
8:30 - 9:15 Registration & Coffee
9:15 - 9:30 Welcome address
9:30 - 10:00 Neural mechanisms of vocal learning and production in songbirds
Daniela Vallentin, München
10:00 - 10:30 On cerebral processing of voice information in primates
Pascal Belin, Marseille
10:30 - 10:50 Break
10:50 - 11:20 Predictive learning shapes the representational geometry of the human brain
Antonino Greco, Tübingen
11:20 - 11:50 Deciding when to decide: neural mechanisms underlying biased information gathering in mental health
Tobias Hauser, Tübingen
11:50 - 14:40 Lunch & Posters
14:40 - 15:10 Neurophysiology and neuromodulation of memory & attention
Wael Asaad, Providence
15:10 - 15:40 Layer-specific processing in the prefrontal cortex during working memory
Romy Lorenz, Tübingen
15:40 - 16:00 Break
16:00 - 16:30 Computations and mechanisms in neural reinforcement learning
Sahiti Chebolu & Sebastian Bruijns, Tübingen
16:30 - 17:00 Uncertainty in perceptual decision making
Janneke Jehee, Nijmegen
19:30 Dinner at Japengo
Friday (27 September 2024)
9:30 - 10:00 Neurocomputational mechanisms of dynamic predictions: cortical oscillations and cerebellar control
Assaf Breska, Tübingen
10:00 - 10:30 Learning in living networks with dendritic predictive coding
Viola Priesemann, Göttingen
10:30 - 10:50 Break
10:50 - 11:20 Information theory for the age of neural networks
Michael Wibral, Göttingen
11:20 - 11:50 Decision-making in dynamic, continuously evolving environments
Laurence Hunt, Oxford
11:50 - 14:40 Lunch & Posters
14:40 - 15:10 Sensory and brain state modulation of head direction cells
Eduardo Blanco-Hernandez, Tübingen
15:10 - 15:40 The VBC framework for how vision works in primate brain
Zhaoping Li, Tübingen
15:40 - 16:00 Break
16:00 - 16:30 From the fovea to the periphery and back: mechanisms of trans-saccadic visual information transfer in the superior colliculus
Tong Zhang, Tübingen
16:30 - 17:00 Cortical circuits for information processing and decision making
Valentin Dragoi, Houston

Symposium Venue

The symposium takes place at the University Hospital Tübingen. The lectures will be held in Lecture Hall R210, CRONA, Level 4, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 3

Symposium Dinner

The symposium dinner takes place at Japengo, Schaffhausenstraße 113, 72072 Tübingen

Talks

Neurophysiology and Neuromodulation of Memory & Attention

Wael Asaad, Brown University, USA

On Cerebral Processing of Voice Information in Primates

Pascal Belin, Aix-Marseille University, France

Neurocomputational mechanisms of dynamic predictions: cortical oscillations and cerebellar control

Assaf Breska, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Germany

Sensory and brain state modulation of head direction cells

Eduardo Blanco-Hernandez, University of Tübingen, Germany

Computations and mechanisms in neural reinforcement learning

Sebastian Bruijns and Sahiti Chebolu, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Germany

Cortical Circuits for Information Processing and Decision Making

Valentin Dragoi, Rice University, USA

Predictive learning shapes the representational geometry of the human brain

Antonino Greco, University of Tübingen, Germany

Deciding when to decide: neural mechanisms underlying biased information gathering in mental health

Tobias Hauser, University of Tübingen, Germany

Decision-making in dynamic, continuously evolving environments

Laurence Hunt, University of Oxford, UK

Uncertainty in Perceptual Decision Making

Janneke Jehee, Donders Institute, the Netherlands

The VBC framework for how vision works in primate brain

Zhaoping Li, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Germany

Layer-specific processing in the prefrontal cortex during working memory

Romy Lorenz, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Germany

Learning in Living Networks with Dendritic Predictive Coding

Viola Priesemann, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Germany

Neural mechanisms of vocal learning and production in songbirds

Daniela Vallentin, Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence, Germany

Information theory for the age of neural networks

Michael Wibral, University of Göttingen, Germany

From the fovea to the periphery and back: mechanisms of trans-saccadic visual information transfer in the superior colliculus

Tong Zhang, University of Tübingen, Germany

Registration

Please register until August 31, 2024

Please use the contact form to contact the organizers

Registration fees:

  • Regular: €200
  • Student: €150
  • Members of the “Neurowissenschaftliche Gesellschaft” receive a discount of € 25
  • For students of the Graduate Training Center Tübingen (PhD and MSc), the registration fee is fully covered by the Graduate School (no transfer required).
  • Members/employees of the Max Planck Institutes in Tübingen will have their registration paid directly by the MPI. In this case, please do not transfer the registration fee yourself.

The registration fee includes lunch on both conference days and the conference dinner.

Bank Account

Please transfer the registration fee to:

Recipient: Universitätsklinikum Tübingen
IBAN: DE41 6005 0101 7477 5037 93
BIC: SOLADEST600
Bank: Baden-Wuerttembergische Bank Stuttgart

Payment reference (Verwendungszweck): D.33.07956 - Neuroscience Symposium 24 YOUR NAME

Tübingen

Tübingen is a city at the heart of Baden-Württemberg in the South of Germany. It lies at the banks of the Neckar river, 30 km South of Stuttgart, and pleases the eyes of its visitors with its beautiful old town, the castle Hohentübingen and the famous Neckarfront with the tower of poet Hölderin. Tübingen is home to one of Germany’s best universities, the Eberhard Karls University which was founded in 1477. With around 30,000 students at only 85,000 inhabitants, life in Tübingen is dominated by students and academics.

Neuroscience in Tübingen

Neuroscience is a major research focus in Tübingen. Neuroscience research is conducted not only at the university and the university hospital (the ‘UKT’), which is home of the Tübingen MEG center, but also in several other research institutions such as the Werner Reichardt Center for Integrative Neuroscience (CIN), the Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research (HIH), the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Tübingen (BCCN), the German Center for Neurodegenertive Diseaeses (DZNE), the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) and the Max Planck Institutes for Intelligent Systems and for Biological Cybernetics.

Young scientists are an important part of the academic workforce in the Tübingen neuroscience community. Their support, advancement and education is fostered by the Graduate Training Center of Neuroscience, with over 300 enrolled master and PhD students.

Restaurants

Fun facts

Did you know that Tübingen …

  • … is the youngest city in Germany? The mean age was 39.0 years on December 31, 2011.
  • … contains the geographic center of Baden-Württemberg? It is marked by a stone, not far from the campus of the university hospital.

Travel & Accomodation

How to get to Tübingen?

The university town of Tübingen, geographically the center of Baden-Württemberg at 48°31’17” northern latitude and 9°3’16” eastern longitude, is situated within the beautiful area between the Alb foothills and Schönbuch in the Neckar valley.

The „town of short distances“ offers numerous possibilities for parking at the border of the Old Town. Shops and sights, municipal offices and institutions are mostly located in centre; further destinations are easy to access with public transportation. Shared taxis and night buses make a nightlife without car possible. A well-developed network of bike paths makes it easy to get around in town. At specific bus stops it is possible to take bikes along in the bus.

Railway

Tübingen serves as a railway junction with connections to Stuttgart, Black Forest, the Swabian Alb and the region of Lake Constance. From Stuttgart central station it takes just 55 minutes to the centre of Tübingen.

Plane

From Stuttgart airport by car via B27 in 25 minutes to the centre of Tübingen, or by airport shuttle, „Airport Sprinter“ No. 828, in 50 minutes to Tübingen’s bus terminal. The bus runs hourly from the central bus stop in front of Terminal 1 of the arrival section.

Car

From the autobahn A8 (München-Stuttgart) via B27 in 30 minutes; from autobahn A81 (Singen-Heilbronn) via B28 in 25 minutes. Tübingen contains a Green Zone, where environmental badges are obligatory for every vehicle. This measure was taken to cut down the load of particulate matter.

Local transport association (German Website)
www.naldo.de

Busses and cabs in Tübingen  (German Website)
www.svtue.de

Stuttgart Airport
www.flughafen-stuttgart.de

Intercity busses

Germany has a lot of interesting cities that are connected with the university town of Tübingen via daily intercity busses. Just follow the links to see schedules or buy tickets online.

Destination Provider
Augsburg www.muenchenlinie.de
Bayreuth www.flixbus.de
Berlin www.flixbus.de
www.meinfernbus.de
Europa-Park Rust www.meinfernbus.de
Frankfurt am Main www.deinbus.de
Freiburg www.deinbus.de
www.meinfernbus.de
München www.deinbus.de
www.muenchenlinie.de
Nürnberg www.flixbus.de
www.meinfernbus.de
Heidelberg www.deinbus.de
Heilbronn www.flixbus.de
www.deinbus.de
Karlsruhe www.meinfernbus.de
Konstanz www.deinbus.de
Lörrach www.meinfernbus.de
Singen www.deinbus.de
Stuttgart www.meinfernbus.de
Villingen-Schwenningen www.deinbus.de
Where is Tübingen?

Where is Tübingen?

Source: http://www.tuebingen.de

Where to stay?

Hotels and private rooms in Tübingen (click here)

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