2017 Karger Workshop Line-Up Now Live





Hi all! Long time, no see!

I'm pleased to share with you the finalized speaker line-up for this year's Karger Workshop in Evolutionary Neuroscience (https://goo.gl/xi7PCa)! The 2017 Karger Workshop is entitled: “From fossils to function: integrative and taxonomically-inclusive approaches to vertebrate evolutionary neuroscience.”

The workshop will feature presentations and discussions that touch on three main subtopics:
  • Comparative studies of brains in a wide array of extant vertebrate taxa, with special focus on groundbreaking structural and functional neuroimaging techniques
  • Best practices for the inference, reconstruction, and comparative investigation of endocranial soft-tissue structures in extinct vertebrate taxa 
  • Moving towards research that embraces an integrative approach (i.e., incorporating evidence from extinct and extant taxa), with an emphasis on deliberate, incremental studies of nervous system form and function within and across Vertebrata
Workshop attendees get access to the full day of talks, as well as opportunities for in-depth group discussions.

If you're interested in joining us for this awesome event, please consider submitting an abstract (goo.gl/hlJavQ) to the JBJC regular meeting that directly follows the Karger Workshop. The abstract deadline is May 31, 2017. Hope to see you there!

The 29th Karger Workshop in Evolutionary Neuroscience

College Park Marriott in Hyattsville, MD
November 9th, 2017*

Workshop Organizer and Guest Editor:

Dr. Ashley Morhardt
Department of Neuroscience
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO, USA


Special Invited Guest Speaker:

Dr. David Van Essen
Alumni Endowed Professor of Neuroscience
Department of Neuroscience
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO, USA

Workshop Speakers (in alphabetical order):

Dr. Amy Balanoff
Center for Functional Anatomy and Evolution
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD, USA


Dr. Emiliano Bruner
Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana
Burgos, Spain


Dr. Paul Gignac
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences
Tulsa, OK, USA


Dr. Andrew Iwaniuk
Department of Neuroscience
Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience
University of Lethbridge
Lethbridge, AB, Canada


Dr. Haley O’Brien
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences
Tulsa, OK, USA


Dr. James Rilling
Departments of Anthropology, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Yerkes National Primate Research Center
Center for Translational Social Neuroscience
Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA.

*followed by the regular annual meeting of the JBJC,
which will be held on Friday, Nov. 10

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