Mini conference FENS Forum of Neuroscience Glasgow 2020

“Behavioural neuroscience for the next decade: Why behaviour matters to brain science" Saturday 11th July 2020 (08:30-15:00)

The European Brain and Behaviour Society (EBBS), European Behavioural Pharmacology Society (EBPS), European Molecular and Cellular Cognition Society (EMCCS) and International Behavioural and Neural Society (IBANGS) invite you to our jointly organised mini conference. A variety of topics will be covered, focussing on the role of behaviour in Neuroscience and the translatability of animal models to human traits and psychiatric disorders. There will be four themed sessions with talks from rising stars in our field, followed by a round table discussion. Our mini-conference is a rare event bringing together our four societies, established leaders and early career researchers from the behavioural neuroscience community for a day of amazing science and networking opportunities. Supported by the FENS Forum, our mini-conference will take place directly before the opening of the biannual meeting in Glasgow so that participants can use this event as a taster for the FENS FORUM meeting and continue to discuss this important topic during the meeting.

Programme Overview:

09:00-09:15 Welcome/introduction to the mini-symposium 09:15-10:00 Progress in complex behavioural analysis 10:00-10:45 How pharmacology and neuroscience help us to understand behaviour 10:45-11:15 Coffee/tea break 11:15-12:00 Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Learning and Memory 12:00-13:00 Lunch 13:00-13:45 Connecting Genes to Behaviour 13:45-14:45 Round table discussion “The value of behaviour: the balance between basic science and translational research” (Panel Chair: Wim Crusio) 14:45-15:00 Concluding statements

EBBS: https://ebbs-science.org/ EBPS: http://www.ebps.org/ EMCCS: http://www.emccs.org/index.php/events/future-activities/15-details-soon IBANGS: https://www.ibangs.org/2020-ibangs-fens-satellite-glasgow

Speakers/Round Table Panel members:

Angel Barco (University Miguel Hernández, Spain) Caroline Brennan (Queen Mary University of London, U.K.) Wim Crusio (CNRS, University of , ) Shelly Flagel (University of Michigan, U.S.A.) Iiris Hovatta (University of Helsinki, Finland) Stoyo Karamihalev (Max Planck Institute of , Germany) Haneen Kayyal (University of Haifa, Israel) Ewelina Knapska (Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland) Isabelle Mansuy (University of Zürich, Switzerland) Alexander Mathis (Harvard University, U.S.A.) Amy Milton (University of Cambridge, U.K.) Susanna Pietropaolo (CNRS, University of Bordeaux, France) Annette Schenck (Radboud University, The ) Marco Venniro (National Institute on Drug Abuse [NIDA], U.S.A.)

Location: Room Carron 1 SEC Centre, Exhibition Way, Glasgow G3 8YW, UK www.sec.co.uk

Registration: https://ibangs.memberclicks.net//index.php? option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=form_264409

Registration fee £25 (includes coffee break and lunch)