Alberini, Cristina (NYU) Molecular mechanisms of Long-term memory

Batista-Brito, Renata (Yale) Interneuron development

Blackwell, Kim (George Mason University) Signaling pathways involved in long term memory

Borgland, Stephanie (Univ. of Calgary) Synaptic plasticity in circuits underlying motivated behaviour

Boulanger, Lisa (Princeton University) Immune proteins in the formation and function of neuronal connectivity

Bradshaw, Heather (Indiana University) Cannabinoid-related lipid signaling in the CNS

Brennand, Kristen (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai) Stem cell models of Psychiatric disorders

Butler, Samantha (UCLA) Development and regeneration of spinal cord Neural Circuitry

Clopath, Claudia (Imperial College) Computational approaches to learning and memory

Creed, Meaghan (University of Maryland) Synaptic transmission and plasticity in the reward system

DeNardo, Lara (Stanford) Role of prefrontal cortex in remote fear memory retrieval; circuit mapping tools

Dona, Erika (MRC LMB, Cambridge) Developmental genetic basis and behavioural significance of sexually dimorphic circuits

Dudek, Serena (NIH) Synaptic plasticity and development

Dus, Monica (University of Michigan) Neuroepigenetics of feeding circuits in Drosophila

Ehrlich, Ingrid (University of Tuebingen) Cellular and synaptic basis of fear conditioning and extinction.

Fitzgerald, Melinda (University of Western Australia) Mechanisms and treatment of neurotrauma

Gall, Christine (UC Irvine) Neuroplasticity and neuronal survival

Galliano, Elisa (King’s College London/ Harvard University) Development, plasticity and learning in olfactory circuits

Garrison, Jennifer (Buck Institute for Research on Aging) Cellular and circuit mechanisms of neuromodulation in behavior

Goodman, Miriam (Stanford) Sensory mechanotransduction and thermotransduction in C.elegans

Goshen, Inbal (The Hebrew University) Hippocampal neurons and glia in recent and remote memory

Grissom, Nicola (University of Minnesota) Molecular mechanisms underlying decision making

Heckscher, Ellie (University of Chicago) Development and Function of Neural Circuits in the Sensorimotor System

Houart, Corinne (King’s College London) Comparative studies of CNS development

Kaun, Karla  (Brown University) Mechanisms of memory, reward and addiction in the fruit fly

Keck, Tara (UCL) Imaging plasticity and adaptation of circuits in vivo

Lim, Lynette (King’s College London) Interneuron cell-type specification and development

Meredith, Andrea (U. Maryland Medical School) Ion channels, circadian rhythms in neuronal activity and circuits

Pedarzani, Paola (UCL) Ion channels and the regulation of membrane excitability and firing properties of neurones

Regev, Aviv (MIT & Broad Institute) Biological circuits, gene regulation, and evolution

Riabinina, Olena (Univ. of Manchester) Insect sensory neuroscience and genetics

Rico, Beatriz (King’s College London) Neural circuit assembly and brain disorders

Sanchez-Vives, Mavi (University of Barcelona) Spontaneous rhythmic neural activity

Sivilotti, Lucia (UCL) Single-molecule function of ion channels in the nicotinic superfamily

Skinner, Frances (Krembil Research Institute and Univ Toronto) Modeling cellular-based hippocampal activities

Stern, Sarah (Rockefeller University) IGF-II and memory

Sylwestrak, Emily (Stanford) High-throughput molecular phenotyping of brain tissue

Takehara-Nishiuchi, Kaori (University of Toronto) Physiological mechanisms underlying memory

Tong, Michelle (Earlham College) Molecular mechanisms of olfactory memory

Tronson, Natalie (Univ. of Michigan)  Molecular mechanisms underlying learning and memory

Venton, Jill (University of Virginia) Neurotransmitter dynamics in rodents and Drosophila

Wefelmeyer, Winnie (King’s College London) Homeostatic plasticity; Axon Initial Segment regulation