PLENARY LECTURERS

ANA AMADOR

University of Buenos Aires, Argentina

“An integrative view of birdsong production: biomechanics and neural dynamics”

EUGENIA CHIAPPE

Champalimaud, Portugal

“Motor context orchestrates visual control of locomotion in Drosophila”

ELENA GRACHEVA

Yale, USA

“Molecular adaptations to the unique life style in mammalian hibernators”

ELISSA HALLEM

UCLA, USA

“Neurobiology of parasitic nematodes. Host-seeking behaviors of skin-penetrating nematodes”

MICHIYO KINOSHITA

SOKENDAI, Japan

“Visual world of flower foraging swallowtail butterflies”

NATHAN MOREHOUSE

University of Cincinnati, USA

“Male Courtship, Female Visual Attention, and the Evolution of Display Complexity in Jumping Spiders”

JENNY READ

Newcastle, UK

“Stereoscopic vision in the praying mantis”

CARLOS RIBEIRO

Champalimaud, Portugal

“The gourmet fly: how needs turn into wants”

HIDEAKI TAKEUCHI

Tohoku University, Japan

“Exploring the neural geography of the social brain using medaka fish”