Organism-based models in neurobiology: Conceptual and philosophical perspectives on using animal models to ‘think with’

Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2019, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location: The University of Adelaide
Contact: Laura Ruggles a1137578@adelaide.edu.au
Benjamin Lancer PhD Student, Visual Physiology & Neurobotics Laboratory, University of Adelaide
Pamela Lyon Visiting Research Fellow, Southgate Institute for Health, Society and Equity, Flinders University
Mark Hutchincon Professor and Director, Centre for Nanoscale BioPhotonics, and Neuroimmunopharmacology Lab Leader, Adelaide Medical School
Rachel A. Ankeny Lead Investigator, Organisms and Us, University of Adelaide
Dook Shepherd PhD Student, Philosophy, University of Adelaide
Laura Ruggles PhD Student, Philosophy, University of Adelaide
Jason Robert Associate Professor, Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics and School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University
Rob Farquharson Masters student, Philosophy, University of Adelaide
Ernst Wolvetang Professor and Stem Cell Engineering Group Leader, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, University of Queensland

The Australian Research Council Discovery Project “Organisms and Us: How Living Things Help Us to Understand Our World” is pleased to invite you to an intensive workshop focused on use of animal models in neurobiology, with perspectives from scientists as well as philosophers of biology. All talks will be 20 minutes followed by 10 minutes for questions and discussion.

All welcome. Please RSVP to Laura Ruggles (a1137578@adelaide.edu.au) no later than Friday 9 August including dietary preferences.

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
9-9.15 am	Rachel A. Ankeny	Welcome and introduction
9.15-9:45 am	Benjamin Lancer PhD Student Visual Physiology & Neurobotics Laboratory, University of Adelaide	Dragonflies as a neurobiological model of selective attention
9.45-10.15 am	Pamela Lyon Visiting Research Fellow Southgate Institute for Health, Society and Equity, Flinders University	Hydra: A new model for studying neuronal activity
10.15-10.45 am	Mark Hutchinson Professor and Director Centre for Nanoscale BioPhotonics, and Neuroimmunopharmacology Lab Leader, Adelaide Medical School	What can we learn about pain from using humans as animal models of animals?
11-11.15 am	Coffee/tea break
11.15-11.45 am	Rachel A. Ankeny Lead Investigator Organisms and Us, University of Adelaide	Thinking like a worm? Revisiting prospects and limitations for using nematodes as neurobiological models via considerations of representation
11.45-12.15 pm	Dook Shepherd PhD Student Philosophy, University of Adelaide	Honeybees in the Cognition Wars
12.15-12.45 pm	Laura Ruggles PhD Student Philosophy, University of Adelaide	Vole models of the neurobiology of love and attachment: Critical perspectives
12.45-1.15 pm	Lunch break (provided)
1.15-1.45 pm	Jason Robert Associate Professor Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics and School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University	When model system matters: Anatomical non-equivalence of functionally equivalent cholinergic circuit motifs (paper co-authored with Anita Disney, Neurobiology, Duke University)
1.45-2.15 pm	Rob Farquharson Masters Student Philosophy, University of Adelaide	Lessons Learned from Desert Ants
2.15-2.45 pm	Ernst Wolvetang Professor and Stem Cell Engineering Group Leader Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, University of Queensland	Human-Animal Chimeras in the Age of Stem Cells and CRISPR
2.45-3 pm	Afternoon coffee/tea break
3-4 pm	Roundtable discussion and wrap-up

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