Comparative Brain Meeting

The Comparative Brain Meeting aims at stimulating exchanges on brain evolution and comparative analyses. It unites researchers from diverse backgrounds, exploring various species and employing a wide range of data modalities and scales, from cell counts to behavior. Our goal is to facilitate cross-lab collaborations, share methods for comparative neuroanatomy, and build a community. This hybrid event offers both in-person and virtual participation. Join us in advancing the frontiers of comparative brain research.

The meeting will take place September 19–22 at Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Dr Roux, 75015 Paris. It will combine 3 topics: Day 1 and 2 will have a special emphasis on the use of in-vivo and ex-vivo MRI methods, and day 3 will go beyond MRI into different imaging modalities and behaviour, and finally a Hackathon Day to discuss questions & challenges that will have emerged from the meeting and start collaborative projects.

The meeting also integrates poster sessions. The list of posters will be added here, soon.

Assimopoulos S, Warrington SA, Pszczolkowski S, Bryant KL, Mars RB, Sotiropoulos SN.
        Generalising XTRACT Tractography Protocols Across Common Macaque Brain Templates

Braunsdorf M, Toni I, Bekkering H, Kolling N, Mars RB
        Tracking other’s biases in medial wall and temporal cortex

Chauvel M, Pascucci M, Uszynski I, Mangin JF, Hopkins WD, Poupon C.
        Morphological comparison of superficial white matter bundles between human and chimpanzee brains

Chauvel M, Uszynski I, Herlin B, Pascucci M, Leprince Y, Mangin JF, Hopkins WD, Poupon C.
        Morphological comparison of deep white matter bundles between human and chimpanzee brains using a geometrical approach

Cordeau M, Bryant KL, Meunier D, Trapeau R, Combrisson E, Loh KK, Coulon O, Belin P.
        Structural connectivity of voice-selective areas in humans and macaques

Foubet O, Sun ZY, Hopkins WD, Mangin JF.
        Comparing the shape variability of cortical sulci in hominids

Hunt JE, Warrington S, Roumazeilles L, Molnár Z, Mars RB.
        A data-driven parcellation to investigate frontotemporal connections across primate species

Karadachka KV, Assem M, Mitchell DJ, Duncan J, Medendorp WP, Mars RB.
        Structural connectivity of the multiple demand network in humans and comparison to the macaque brain

Villalba de Alvarado M, Santos E, Heuer K, Herbin M, Santin M, Toro R, Arsuaga Ferreras JL, Filippo A, Gómez-Olivencia A, Balzeau A.
        Morphology of the brain and endocast in the family Ursidae

The onsite meeting room  🏢
We'll be in Amphitheatre Ullmann. Please present yourself at the Institut Pasteur reception, 25 rue du Dr Roux. Your participation has been registered in the system and you will receive your badge upon presentation of an ID card with name and photo to the reception team. Our local team will pick up small groups of participants on a rolling basis until 9 am. Your badge will be valid for the entire duration of the meeting and you will need it everytime you enter or exit the campus.

The online video room  🎥
We will be using Microsoft Teams. It will be monitored throughout the talk sessions so that online participants can post questions in the chat or raise their hand and join the discussion on camera. Our setup combines several devices to maintain good audio quality during the Q&A and discussion sessions. Everybody who would like to share their screen, please install the Microsoft teams app – joining just on the Web iterface has caused problems in the past.