2008 KARGER WORKSHOP
Thursday November 13, 2008; 8:00am-5:00pm
Courtyard  Marriott Capitol Hill/Navy Yard
140 L Street SE
Washington, DC
 
Forebrain Evolution in Fishes

Organized by: 
R. Glenn Northcutt and Mario Wullimann
University of California, San Diago USA and Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

This satellite event is held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience
(November 15-19, 2008, in Washington, DC).

This year’s Karger Workshop, made possible by the continuing support of S. Karger AG, was organized by R. Glenn Northcutt and Mario Wullimann in belated honor of Rudolf Nieuwenhuys’ 80th birthday, and in recognition of his tremendous contributions to the field of comparative neurobiology.  The Workshop, ‘Forebrain Evolution in Fishes’, will take place on Thursday and features six speakers who will review various aspects of forebrain organization in different groups of fishes. Additional information and the final schedule of talks will be emailed to JBJC members (and to anyone else on request) before the meeting.  Please contact Blinda McClelland (mcclelland@mail.utexas.edu) to be placed on the mailing list.

The speakers and the titles of their talks at the 2008 Karger Workshop are listed below.  The final Workshop schedule will be sent to the membership prior to the meeting and will be available at the registration desk during the Workshop.

Karger Workshop speakers and titles:

Segmental Organization of the Forebrain in Lampreys
Manuel Pombal, University of Vigo (Spain)

New Perspectives on the Organization of the Telencephalon in Elasmobranchs:  A Developmental Approach
Isabel Rodríguez-Moldes, University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

An Immunohistochemical Approach to Lungfish Forebrain Organization
Agustín González, University of Madrid (Spain) and R. Glenn Northcutt, University of California, San Diego (USA)

Evolutionary Interpretation of Teleostean Forebrain Molecular Anatomy
Thomas Mueller, University of California, San Francisco (USA) and Mario F. Wullimann, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich (Germany)

Stalking the Everted Telencephalon:  Comparisons of Forebrain Organization in the Basal Ray-Finned Fishes and the Teleosts
Mark Braford, Oberlin College (USA)

The Actinopterygian Forebrain Revisited
Rudolf Nieuwenhuys, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (The Netherlands)


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Previous Karger Workshops
October 28, 1989  Phoenix, Ariz. Editor: R. Glenn Northcutt (La Jolla, Calif.)
Comparative Neurobiology: Problems for a New Decade BBE 36/2-3/1990
October 27, 1990  St. Louis, Mo.  Editor: Harriet Baker (White Plains, N.Y.)
Homology as a Tool in Neuroscience   BBE 38/4-5/1991
November 9, 1991 New Orleans, La. Editor: Catherine Carr (College Park, Md.)
Effectors, Behavior and Evolution   BBE 40/2-3/1992
October 24, 1992 Anaheim, Calif. Editors: Linda E. Muske (Lancaster, Pa.); Leo S. Demski (Sarasota, Fla.)
The Neurobiology of Reproductive Behavior BBE 42/4-5/1993
November 6, 1993  Washington, D.C. Editors: Steven E. Brauth; William S. Hall (College Park, Md.)
Avian Auditory-Vocal Motor Interfaces BBE 44/4-5/1994
November 12, 1994 Miami, Fl.  Editor: Mark R. Braford, Jr. (Oberlin, Ohio)
Evolution of the Forebrain BBE 46/4-5/1995
November 10, 1995 San Diego, Calif. Editor: Carl M. Rovainen (St. Louis, Mo.)
Neurobiology of Jawless Fishes BBE 48/5/1996
November 5, 1996  Washington, D.C. Editors: Richard, R. Fay (Chicago, Ill.); Arthur N. Popper (College Park, Md.)
Evolution of Vertebrate Sensory Systems BBE 50/4/1997
October 24, 1997  New Orleans, La.  Editors: Timothy J. Neary; Bernd Fritzsch (Omaha, Nebr.)
Development and Evolution BBE 52/4-5/1998
November 6, 1998 Los Angeles, Calif.  Editor: Joseph J. Dulka (Omaha, Nebr.)
Steroid Action on Brain and Behavior BBE 54/1/1999
October 22, 1999 Miami Beach, Fla. Editor: Todd M. Preuss (New Iberia, La.)
The Diversity of Mammalian Cerebral Cortex BBE 55/6/2000
November 3, 2000 New Orleans, La. Editor: Matthew S. Grober (Phoenix, Ariz.)
Social Modulation of Brain and Behavior BBE 57/5/2001
November 9, 2001 San Diego, Calif.  Editors: Heather Eisthen and Kiisa Nishikawa
Evolutionary Convergence as a Tool in Neuroscience 
November 1, 2002 Orlando, Fla.  Editors: Alice Powers and Lainy Day
Evolutionary Perspectives in Cognition
November 6, 2003 New Orleans, La. Editor: R. Glenn Northcutt (La Jolla, Calif.)
The Development of Vertebrate Sensory Organs
October 21, 2004
 San Diego, CA
 Editors:  Michael Pritz and Eduardo Rosa-Molinar
Hindbrain Evolution, Development, and Organization Revisited
November 10, 2005
 Washington, DC
 Editor: Chris vonBartheld
Evolution of Neurotrophic Factors
October 12, 2006
 Atlanta, Georgia
 Editor: Øyvind Øverli
Plasticity and Diversity in Behavior and Brain Function: Important Raw Material for Natural Selection?
November 1, 2007
 San Diego, CA
 Editors: Hans Hoffman and Caroly Shumway
Neurobiological Lessons Learned from Comparative Studies: Evolutionary Forces Shaping Brain and Behavior
November 13, 2008
 Washington, DC
 Editors: R. Glenn Northcutt and Mario F. Wullimann
Forebrain Evolution in Fishes

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