Program

SDNCB2022 Program

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Sunday, April 3

Time Session/Lecture info
08:30-09:00
Gathrting and Coffee
 
09:00-10:35
Session 1
Chair Galit Shohat-Ophir  
09:00-09:15
Opening remarks
09:15-09:55
Andres Bendesky, Columbia University
Genetic, endocrine, and neuronal bases of biparental care evolution in monogamous mice
09:55-10:35
Anne von Phillipsborn, University of Fribourg
Dimorphic circuits for male courtship song and female copulation song in Drosophila
10:35-11:10
Coffee Break
 
11:10-12:30
Session 2
Chair Meital Oren-Suissa 
11:10-11:50
Oliver Hobert, Columbia University
Shaping the sexually dimorphic nervous system of C. elegans
11:50-12:30
Shlomo Wagner, Haifa University
I know exactly how you feel ? sexual dimorphism and prefrontal regulation of emotion recognition in mice
12:30-13:30
Lunch
 
13:30-15:30
Session 3
Chair Sarah Certel 
13:30-14:10
Kenta Asahina, Salk Institute
Sex-specific influence of social interactions on Drosophila lifespan
14:10-14:50
Arantza Barrios, University College
Switching odour preferences and information flow through sex-specific neuromodulation
14:50-15:30
Tali Kimchi, Weizmann Institute of Science
Sexually dimorphic social behavior- insights from wild mice
15:30-16:00
Coffee Break
 
16:00-17:45
Short talks selected from abstracts
 
16:00-16:15
Dana Galili, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge
The circuit basis of olfactory mate recognition and localisation
16:15-16:30
Ashley Marquardt, University of Maryland
Sex differences in the transcriptional networks underlying playfulness suggest a distinct function for play in males compared to females
16:30-16:45
Ariel Yael, Bar-Ilan University
Sex and intrauterine position effects on the HPG axis in fetal nutria (Myocastor coypus) brains
16:45-17:00
Elana Brivio, Weizmann Institute of Science
Sex shapes cell-type-specific transcriptional signatures of stress exposure in the mouse hypothalamus
17:00-17:15
Lian Hollander Cohen, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Aromatase- a crucial enzyme promoting males' sexual behavior
17:15-17:30
Sonu Peedikayil Kurien, Weizmann Institute of Science
Integration of neuronal activity and synaptic plasticity drives sexually dimorphic learning of pathogenic avoidance
17:30-17:45
Saikat Ray, Weizmann Institute of Science
Neural codes for natural social behaviours in a bat colony

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Abstract submission deadline

March 17th 2022

Registration deadline

March 20th 2022

Organizing committee

  • Meital Oren Suissa,
  • Weizmann Institute of Science
  • Tali Kimchi,
    Weizmann Institute of Science
  • Galit Shohat-Ophir,
  • Bar Ilan University

Sponsors

The Chorafas Institute for Scientific Exchange

Janet and David Polak Crossroads of Science Fund

Nella and Leon Benoziyo Center for Neurological Diseases

The Women's Health Research Center

 

Coordinator & Accessibility Issues

Talia Suissa
talia.suissa@weizmann.ac.il