9:30 a.m.: Welcome Reception

10:00 a.m.: Opening Remarks - Daphna Shohamy, Ph.D., Kavli Professor of Brain Science; director and CEO, Zuckerman Institute, Columbia University

10:05 a.m.: Sarah Woolley, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology; Principal Investigator, Zuckerman Institute, Columbia University, Contributions of Vocal Learning to Auditory Cortical Organization

10:30 a.m.: Leah Houri-Zeevi, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Vosshall Laboratory, The Rockefeller University, Female Choice Through a Lock-and-Key Mechanism in Mosquito Mating

10:50 a.m.: Andrés Bendesky, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology; Principal Investigator, Zuckerman Institute, Columbia University, The Evolution of Hormonal Influences on Social Behavior

11:40 a.m.: Lucas Tian, Ph.D., Research Associate, Freiwald Laboratory, The Rockefeller University, Neural Representation of Action Symbols in Primate Frontal Cortex

12:00 p.m.: Daniel Kronauer, Ph.D., Stanley S. and Sydney R. Shuman Professor and Head, Laboratory of Social Evolution and Behavior, The Rockefeller University; investigator, HHMI, First Insights from a Clonal Raider Ant Brain “Connectome”

12:25 p.m.: Pegah Kassraian, Ph.D., Associate Research Scientist, Seigelbaum Laboratory, Zuckerman Institute, Columbia University, Hippocampal Circuits for Social Episodic Memory

1:50 p.m.: Erich Jarvis, Ph.D., Professor and Head, Laboratory of Neurogenetics of Language, The Rockefeller University; investigator, HHMI, Genetic Enhancement of Brain Pathways for Vocal Communication

2:15 p.m.; Sasha Fulton, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Abdus-Saboor Laboratory, Zuckerman Institute, Columbia University

2:35 p.m.: Nate Sawtell, Ph.D., Professor of Neuroscience; Principal Investigator, Zuckerman Institute, Columbia University

3:25 p.m.: Leslie Sibener, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Associate, Rajasethupathy Laboratory, The Rockefeller University, Investigating Selection Mechanisms for Long Term Memory

3:45 p.m.: Jonathan Kasdin, Graduate Research Assistant, Gadagkar Laboratory, Zuckerman Institute, Columbia University, Natural Behavior is Learned Through Dopamine-Mediated Reinforcement

4:05 p.m.: Vanessa Ruta, Ph.D., Gabrielle H. Reem and Herbert J. Kayden Professor and Head, Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Behavior, The Rockefeller University; investigator, HHMI, Courtship in Context: The Dynamics of Mate Choice in Drosophila

4:25 p.m.: Closing Remarks - Vanessa Ruta, Ph.D.