Invertebrate models have allowed multiple breakthroughs from the very beginning of Neurosciences. The 21st annual meeting of the French Club for Invertebrate Neurobiology takes place every year in a different location. This meeting is an opportunity to spread new technological and conceptual developments, and to initiate national and international collaborations. The research work presented is typically highly diverse and addresses all aspects of neurosciences, from behavior to cellular, genetic and molecular aspects, involving experimental models such as flies, worms, bees, aphids, butterflies, grasshoppers, and crustaceans. Research areas include neuro-development, normal and pathological nervous system functioning, as well as ecology.

Program: the conference will be held in videoconference on the afternoons of June 14-15-16 from 1:30 to 5:15 pm. In addition to the invited lectures, each session will include:

-short presentations: 15 min

-datablitz presentations: 5 min

Programme pre-final

Abstracts

There is no registration fee. Researchers with a permanent position are encouraged to renew their membership by sending a check for 19€ to the order of "Club de Neurobiologie des Invertébrés". This check should be mailed to the following address: Jean-Maurice Dura, Institut de Génétique Humaine, 141, rue de la Cardonille, 34396 Montpellier Cedex 5.

Invited speakers:

-Florence Besse, Institut de biologie Valrose, Laboratory Post-transcriptional control of neuronal plasticity, Nice, France.

-Anna Ziegler, Laboratory Dynamics of neuronal circuits, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Bonn, Germany.

-Manuel Zimmer, Laboratory of Neural Network Dynamics and Behaviour, Research Institute for molecular Pathology, Vienna Biocenter, Autria.