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Zlotowski Seminars Schedule 2021-2022

The lectures will take place on Building 51 Auditorium 15 In person or via Zoom, Monday, 12:00-13:00

Cognitive/Molecular/Robotics/Systems/Engineering/Theoretical/Special seminar

Fall Semester 2021/2022

No.	Date	Zoom/in-person	Speaker	Institute	M/C/S
1	October 18 Special time: 11:30 !	In person	Zlotowski Best Research Winners
2	October 25	In person	Shai Stern	Technion
3	November 1 Time: 16:00 !	Zoom	Johnatan (Yonatan) Aljadeff	UCSD
4	November 8	In person	Yoav Livneh	Weizmann	C
5	November 15 Time: 16:00 !	Zoom	Mel Goodale "Size constancy: how our brain creates a stable world from the ever-changing images on our eyes" Lecture recording	Western University
6	November 22	Zoom	Noam Shemesh	Champalimaud
7	November 29	Zoom	Gavin Buckingham "Grasping the virtual world" Lecture recording	University of Exeter
8	December 6	Zoom	Brice Bathellier	Pasteur Institute
9	December 13	Zoom	Meike Ramon	University of Fribourg
10	December 20	Zoom	Matteo Carandini	UCL
11	December 27	In person	Shachar Maidenbaum	BGU
12	January 3	Zoom	Marloes Henckens	Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour
13	January 10	In person	Yuval Hart	Hebrew University

Spring Semester 2022

No.	Date	Zoom/In-person	Speaker	Institute	M/C/S
1	March 21	PURIM BREAK
2	March 28	In person	Tal Laviv	Tel Aviv University
3	April 4	Zoom	Roy Solomon Being an I in the World: Cognitive and Neurobiological models of “Self” and “Reality” Lecture recording	Bar Ilan University
4	April 11	Zoom	Sylvia Schroeder "Behaviour affects the first stages of visual processing" Lecture recording	University of Sussex
5	April 25	In person	Leon Deouell "Seeing the big picture: a temporal hierarchy of predictions" Lecture recording	Hebrew University
6	May 2	In person	Yoram Gutfreund "The Search for Place Cells in Birds" Lecture recording	Technion
7	May 9	Zoom	Catherine Tallon-Baudry "Visceral signals, brain dynamics and cognition" Lecture recording	École Normale Supérieure
8	May 16	In person	Ariel Gilad	Hebrew University
9	May 23	Zoom	Jennifer Bizley "How does the brain construct auditory space?" Lecture recording	UCL
10	May 30	In person	Dominique Lamy	Tel Aviv University
11	June 6	In person	Hillel Aviezer	Hebrew University
12	June 13	In person	Michal Rivlin	Weizmann
13	June 20	In person	Bat Sheva Hadad	University of Haifa

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2020-2021

Fall Semester 2020

No.	Date	Speaker	Institute	M/C/S
1	October 19	Zlotowski Best Research Winners
2	October 26	The Inter-Faculty Brain Sciences School Council Meeting
3	November 2	Valentin Wyart, Ecole Normale Supérieure "Premature commitment to uncertain and distorted beliefs in a pharmacological model of early-stage psychosis" lecture recording		C
4	November 9	Gal Yadid, Bar Ilan University "Theranostic cell therapy for psychiatric disorder"		M/S
5	November 16	Jason Kerr, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Germany "Imaging brain and behavior in the freely moving animal: forming a stable world view"		S
6	November 23	Nico Schuck, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin Germany "Replay of task states in the human hippocampus, and how to find it" - lecture recording		C
7	November 30	Yoed Kenett, Technion Israel Institute of Technology "Investigating the complexity of creative thinking" lecture recording		C
8	December 7	Lilach Avitan , ELSC - Hebrew University of Jerusalem "Behavioral signatures of a developing neural code"		S
9	December 14	Ann-Sophie Barwich, Indiana University Bloomington USA " Minding the Nose: More than meets the AI ? " lecture recording		C
10	December 21	Pablo Blinder, Tel Aviv University "Optics (and other) tricks to study neurovascular coupling in vivo"		S/M
11	December 28	Elana Golumbic, Bar-Ilan University lab website golumbiclab.org "The Listening Challenges of Multi-Talker Environments: Mechanisms for Focusing and Distributing Attention" lecture recording		C
12	January 4	Takashi Kawashima, Weizmann "Neural control of motor actions: from whole-brain landscape to millisecond dynamics" lecture recording		S/M
13	January 11	ISFN Meeting Eilat

Spring Semester 2021

No.	Date	Speaker	Institute	M/C/S
1	March 1	Simone Shamay-Tsoory, Haifa University "The empathy feedback-loop: A two-brain approach for understanding empathy" lecture recording		C
2	March 8	Johannes J. Letzkus, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research "A thalamo-cortical top-down circuit for associative memory" lecture recording		S
3	March 15	Ella Striem-Amit, Georgetown University, Washington DC USA "Perception and action without hands" lecture recording		C
4	March 22	Ivo Spiegel, Weizmann Institute "State-dependent modulation of sensory processing and plasticity in cortical circuits" lecture recording		S/M
5	April 5	Yoav Adam, ELSC "Voltage imaging and optogenetics reveal behavior dependent changes in hippocampal dynamics"		S
6	April 12	Julijana Gjorgjieva, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research and Technical University of Munich, Germany "The emergence of organization and computation in neural circuits" lecture recording		S
7	April 19	Rani Moran, UCL London "Cognitive Maps Guide Credit Assignment in Reinforcement Learning" lecture recording		C
8	April 26	Herwig Baier, Max Planck Germany "A Changing View of Vision: From Molecules to Behavior in Zebrafish" lecture recording		S/M
9	May 3	Patricia Lockwood	University of Birmingham	C
10	May 10	Jennifer Linden	UCL	S/C
11	May 24	Leor Zmigrod	University of Cambridge	C
12	May 31	Claire Gillan, Trinity College Dublin "A Digital Revolution for Mental Health Science" lecture recording		C
13	June 7	Daniel Yon	Goldsmiths, University of London	C
14	June 14	Sonja Hofer	Sainsbury Wellcome Center	S

2019-2020

Spring Semester 2020

	Date	Speaker	Institute	Title (and recording)	M/C/S/ R/E/T
1	March 16	Elinor Tzvi-Minker	Leipzig University Cancelled		S
2	March 23	Simone Shamay-Tsoori	Haifa University Cancelled		E
3	March 30	Tammy Riklin Raviv	BGU	Deep Learning for Brain Imaging Analysis: Can We Get Better, Higher or Faster? (lecture recording)	C
4	April 20	Rafi Malach	Weizmann	A universal mechanism underlying free and creative behavior in the human brain (lecture recording)	S
5	April 27	Jonathan Downar	University of Toronto Cancelled		S
6	May 4	Tal Savoray	BGU Cancelled
7	May 11	Moshe Bar	Bar-Ilan University	Overarching States of Mind (lecture recording)	C
8	May 18	Inbal Ben-Ami Bartal	TAU	The Biological Basis of Empathy and Helping Behavior Abstract	S
9	May 25	Elisabeth Pacherie	CNRS	Beyond automaticity: The psychological complexity of skilled action (lecture recording)	C
10	June 1	Nahum Ulanovski	Weizmann	Neural Codes for Natural Behaviors in Flying Bats (lecture recording) Abstract	S
11	June 8	Yoni Pertzov	HUJI	Memory guided gaze behavior: theoretical andapplied implications (lecutre recording) Abstract	C
12	June 15	Yaara Yeshurun	TAU	Brain mechanisms underlying shared understanding (lecture recording) Abstract	C
13	June 22	Eran Hornstein	Weizmann	RNAmechanisms of neurodegeneration (lecture recording) Abstract	M

Fall Semester 2019/20

	Date	Speaker & Institue	Title and Abstract	M/C/S/R/E/T
1	Octobar 28	Zlotowski Best Research Winners
2	November 4	Yaniv Ziv, Weizmann	The internal structure and long-term dynamics of neuronal codes for space	M/S
3	November 11	Oren Shuldiner, Weizmann	Adhesion mediated neuron-neuron communication instructs circuit remodeling and axonal compartmentalization	M
4	November 18	Yonatan Lowenstein, HUJI	Why idiosyncratic choice bias is (almost) inevitable	C/S/T
5	November 25	Eran Perlson, TAU	Neuronal mechanisms of axon degeneration and retrograde death signals * Change of venue: Sarah Tadmor Auditorium #4, Bulding #18	M
6	December 2	Ami Citri, HUJI	Pay attention and learn from experience!	S
7	December 9	Brain School Members Meeting * (PIs Only)	* Venue: Building 35, Auditorium 001
8	December 16	Jonatan Downar, Toronto University		S
9	December 23	Nitzan Shahar, TAU	Credit assignment to state-independent tast representations	C
10	December 30	Yifat Prut, HUJI	Cerebellar Regulation of Motor Timing and Coordination	S
11	January 6	ISFN Meeting Eilat
12	January 13	Uri Hertz, Haifa University	Social motivations in advice giving – social influence vs conformism	C
13	January 20	Yaffa Yeshurun, Haifa University	The characteristics of the attentional window when measured with the pupillary response to light	C

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