Workshop on Multilevel Neuronal Modelling and Simulation.
Netherlands Institute for Brain Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
October 11-12, 2001
Supported by:
- EU-Thematic Network on Neuroinformatics (www.neuroinf.org)
- Netherlands Institute for Brain Research
Objectives:
This workshop will discuss recent advances in neuroinformatics tools for three-dimensional reconstruction of neuronal arborizations, quantification and analysis of neuronal shapes, modeling neuronal morphological complexity, and experimental approaches to resolving neural circuits. Emphasis will be given to new developments in digital image analysis procedures, user interfaces, and neuro-informatics data-bases. The workshop aims at bringing together neuroscientists (both experimental and computational), information technologists and any other researcher interested in Quantitative Neuroanatomy. The workshop contributes to the primary objective of the EU-Thematic Network to promote the field of Computational Neuroscience and Neuroinformatics and to start building an European Neuroinformatics Infrastructure.
Organization:
- Jaap van Pelt (NIBR, Amsterdam)
- Jan G. Bjaalie (Neural Systems and Graphic Computing Laboratory, Oslo)
- Harry B.M. Uylings (NIBR, Amsterdam)
Format:
The meeting will be organized in a workshop style with emphasis on presentations from invited speakers and open discussions on emerging topics.
WORKSHOP PROGRAM
Three-dimensional neuronal reconstruction
- Jan Bjaalie (Oslo, Norway)
Neuron reconstruction systems (serial reconstruction of brain regions, cell populations, and neuronal arborisations) - Paul Gogan, Suzanne Tyc-Dumont (Marseille, France)
Morphological noise in the reconstruction of 3D dendritic arborisations
Digital image acquisition, processing and 3D reconstruction
- Hans van der Voort (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
User interfaces - deconvolution - visualisation of branching threadlike objects in 3D - Chris Pool (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Segmentation and reconstruction of cultured neurons in 2D images - Geert Streekstra (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
New developments in image analysis - automatic tracing of branching thread-like objects in 3D - Michael Scholz (Berlin, Germany)
Automatic 3D reconstruction of neurons from confocal data
Quantification and diversity in neuronal branching patterns
- Harry B.M. Uylings (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Measures to quantify dendritic arborizations - Robert Cannon (Marseille, France)
On-line archiving reconstructed neurons and cell type quantification
Modeling neuronal morphology
- Robert Burke (Bethesda, USA)
Model-directed data analysis: A test case - Georgio Ascoli (Fairfax, USA)
L-neuron, modeling dendritic morphology - Jaap van Pelt (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Growth models for dendritic arborizations - Arjen van Ooyen (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Modeling intracellular mechanisms in neurite outgrowth and neuromorphogenesis
Tools for revealing anatomical networks
- Floris Wouterlood, Henk Groenewegen (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Tracing tools to resolve neural circuits - Ger Ramakers (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Anatomy and electrophysiology of developing neuronal networks in vitro - multiple markers and multielectrode arrays
REGISTRATION
If you are interested please fill out the electronic registration form. Please explain briefly (one A4 page maximum) your background and interest in this workshop. Additionally, registrants are invited to suggest topics for the open discussion session.
The venue sets an upper limit to the number of participants.
Late registrations may therefore run the risk of not being honoured.
Before you can access the pre-registration form, you need a user name and password on the neuroinf.org server. Click on `Logon' below and then use the `Register' button. Please log on the site after your registration, and then follow the link for the Amsterdam workshop. All information provided at registration will be automatically transferred to the application form.
We will contact you via Email within 7 days from submission of this pre-registration.
TRAVEL AND ACCOMODATION
Travel and local map:
Venue: Netherlands Institute for Brain Research (NIBR)
Meibergdreef 33, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tel. +31 20 5665500; Fax. +31 20 6961006
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