Meeting Reports: 9th Neuronal Circuits Meeting, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Summary

The 9th Neuronal Circuits meeting was held in person at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on March 16-19, 2022. A whole crew of alert, enthusiastic, primed scientists descended into the space, ready to connect and finally share years’ worth of data.

Songs across organisms, in different contexts

All of us, first in-person,-post-pandemic attendees, filed into the auditorium to hear the kick-off sessions focused on ‘singing across species.’ The talks didn’t disappoint as we learned about the array of species that sing to communicate, from fish to flies to mice. Benjamin Judkewitz from the Einstein Center for Neurosciences Berlin spoke about his Lab's work in Danionella, a fish that makes vocalizations that sound like mini-motors with a little mix of bass. These fish are promising models because of their tiny size and see-through brains, allowing us to basically see all the active neurons in fish performing these complex social vocalizations.

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