The Karger Workshop is a one-day symposium on a specific topic in comparative or evolutionary neurobiology, organized by one or more members of the J. B. Johnston Club and sponsored by S. Karger AG.
The 30th Karger Workshop in Evolutionary Neuroscience will be "The Role of Species Diversity in Neuroscience", organized by Georg Striedter and Todd Preuss. It will be held at the Horton Grand Hotel in San Diego CA, on Thursday, November 1st, 2018. The Karger Workshop will precede the regular annual meeting of the JBJC, which will be held on Friday, November 2nd.
Description:
"The study of nonhuman species has played a central role in the neurosciences, even when the goal is to understand humans. What’s more, whereas early neuroscience was very broadly comparative, research has become increasingly concentrated in a small number of “model” species. Given that we cannot study all species, how many species, and which species in particular, should we study? This workshop will explore this and related topics, including how particular species came to be favored as models, the rationale for choosing target species for research, and insights into brain function that can be derived from evolutionarily informed, comparative research strategies."
Participants:
Special Invited Guest: Pasko Rakic - Yale School of Medicine
Jessica Bolker - University of New Hampshire
Barbara Finlay - Cornell University
Melina Hale - University of Chicago
Scott Juntti - University of Maryland, College Park
Cheryl Logan - University of North Carolina Greensboro
Shreesh Mysore - Johns Hopkins University
Todd Preuss - Emory University
Georg Striedter - University of California, Irvine
The 30th Karger Workshop in Evolutionary Neuroscience will be "The Role of Species Diversity in Neuroscience", organized by Georg Striedter and Todd Preuss. It will be held at the Horton Grand Hotel in San Diego CA, on Thursday, November 1st, 2018. The Karger Workshop will precede the regular annual meeting of the JBJC, which will be held on Friday, November 2nd.
Description:
"The study of nonhuman species has played a central role in the neurosciences, even when the goal is to understand humans. What’s more, whereas early neuroscience was very broadly comparative, research has become increasingly concentrated in a small number of “model” species. Given that we cannot study all species, how many species, and which species in particular, should we study? This workshop will explore this and related topics, including how particular species came to be favored as models, the rationale for choosing target species for research, and insights into brain function that can be derived from evolutionarily informed, comparative research strategies."
Participants:
Special Invited Guest: Pasko Rakic - Yale School of Medicine
Jessica Bolker - University of New Hampshire
Barbara Finlay - Cornell University
Melina Hale - University of Chicago
Scott Juntti - University of Maryland, College Park
Cheryl Logan - University of North Carolina Greensboro
Shreesh Mysore - Johns Hopkins University
Todd Preuss - Emory University
Georg Striedter - University of California, Irvine