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| title: 'SFN 2025: BBQS at Neuroscience' | ||||||
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| ## Join BBQS at SFN 2025 | ||||||
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| **November 15-19, 2025 | Chicago, IL** | ||||||
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| The Brain Behavior Quantification and Synchronization (BBQS) Initiative will have a major presence at the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting in Chicago. Connect with our researchers, explore cutting-edge tools, and learn about the latest developments in brain-behavior research. | ||||||
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| ## Schedule at a Glance | ||||||
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| | Sunday, Nov 16 | 2:00-4:30 PM | Minisymposium | | ||||||
| | Monday, Nov 17 | 8:00-12:00 PM | Poster Session | | ||||||
| | Monday, Nov 17 | 12:00-2:00 PM | BBQS Networking | | ||||||
| | Tuesday, Nov 18 | 8:00-12:00 PM | Poster/Nano Sessions | | ||||||
| | Tuesday, Nov 18 | 1:00-5:00 PM | Poster Session | | ||||||
| | Wednesday, Nov 19 | 8:00-12:00 PM | Poster/Nano Sessions | | ||||||
| | Wednesday, Nov 19 | 1:00-5:00 PM | Poster Session | | ||||||
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| ## Key Information | ||||||
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| - **Dates:** November 15-19, 2025 | ||||||
| - **Location:** McCormick Place, Chicago, IL | ||||||
| - **Networking Event:** Monday, November 17, 12-2 PM (near Convention Center) | ||||||
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| ## Visit Our Booths | ||||||
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| **EMBER & BossDB - Booth #3830** | ||||||
| Learn about the Ecosystem for Multi-modal Brain-behavior Experimentation and Research and the Block Object Storage Service Database. | ||||||
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| **DANDI & NWB - Booth #3831** | ||||||
| Explore the Distributed Archives for Neurophysiology Data Integration and Neurodata Without Borders standards. BBQS-specific meet & greet times available at booth. | ||||||
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| ## Featured Events | ||||||
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| ### Minisymposium | ||||||
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| **Emerging Experimental Approaches to Probe Conserved Neurobehavioral Mechanisms Underlying Affiliative and Antagonistic Social Behaviors** | ||||||
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| - Date: Sunday, November 16, 2025 | ||||||
| - Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM | ||||||
| - Organizer: Farah Bader | ||||||
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| ## BBQS Presentations | ||||||
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| ### Sunday, November 16 | ||||||
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| **Minisymposium (2:00 PM - 4:30 PM)** | ||||||
| - Emerging Experimental Approaches to Probe Conserved Neurobehavioral Mechanisms - Multiple speakers exploring social behavior mechanisms | ||||||
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| ### Monday, November 17 | ||||||
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| **Morning Session (8:00 AM - 12:00 PM)** | ||||||
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| **PSTR198** - Ten years of NWB: past, present, and future of standardization in neurophysiology | ||||||
| *Ryan Ly, Oliver Ruebel* (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab) | ||||||
| Keywords: NWB, Neurophysiology, DANDI, Data standards, Electrophysiology, Behavior | ||||||
| Grant: U24 BARD.CC (Ghosh, Cabrera, Kennedy) | ||||||
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| ### Tuesday, November 18 | ||||||
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| **Morning Session (8:00 AM - 12:00 PM)** | ||||||
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| **NANO035** - Neural dynamics of social evidence accumulation in cooperative interactions of freely moving marmosets | ||||||
| *Weikang Shi* (Yale University) | ||||||
| Keywords: Dorsomedial prefrontal cortex, Naturalistic, Strategic interaction | ||||||
| Grant: U01 (Chang, Jadi, Nandy, Saxena) | ||||||
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| **PSTR301.11** - Understanding social cooperation in rats with multi-agent reinforcement learning | ||||||
| *Amelia Johnson* (Yale University) | ||||||
| Keywords: Cooperation, Computational modeling | ||||||
| Grant: U01 (Chang, Jadi, Nandy, Saxena) | ||||||
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| **Afternoon Session (1:00 PM - 5:00 PM)** | ||||||
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| **PP9** - Physiological states and mPFC circuit dynamics track social valence, familiarity, and rank in mice | ||||||
| *Sequoia Smith* (University of Florida) | ||||||
| Keywords: Systems neuroscience, Medial prefrontal cortex | ||||||
| Grant: R34 (Padilla Coreano, Saxena, Wesson) | ||||||
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| ### Wednesday, November 19 | ||||||
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| **Morning Session (8:00 AM - 12:00 PM)** | ||||||
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| **PSTR090** - Topological data analysis reveals stable relative postural states during social interaction between freely moving animals | ||||||
| *Jared Reiling, Mengsen Zhang* (Michigan State University) | ||||||
| Keywords: Computation, Social Behavior, Dynamics | ||||||
| Grant: R34 (Frohlich, Zhang) | ||||||
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| **NANO011.10** - This is the way: Neural dynamics during real-world wayfinding in humans | ||||||
| *Cory Inman* (University of Utah) | ||||||
| Time: 10:15 AM | ||||||
| Keywords: Electrophysiology, Wearable Recordings, Memory, Emotion, Navigation | ||||||
| Grant: R61 (Inman) | ||||||
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| **Afternoon Session (1:00 PM - 5:00 PM)** | ||||||
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| **PSTR477.18** - Ecosystem for multi-modal brain-behavior experimentation and research (EMBER): Towards a living resource for neurophysiological and behavioral data storage, harmonization, dissemination, and analysis | ||||||
| *Nicole Tregoning, Brock Wester* (JHU Applied Physics Laboratory) | ||||||
| Keywords: Computational, Social behavior, Data archive | ||||||
| Grant: R24 EMBER (Wester) | ||||||
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| **The Ecosystem of Standards in Neuroscience: Which Ones Are For You?** | ||||||
| *Oliver Ruebel, Brock Wester* | ||||||
| Keywords: Data, Standards, Ecosystem, Community | ||||||
| Grants: U24 BARD.CC, R24 EMBER | ||||||
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| **Multimodal analysis of intracranial neural data from DBS patients with psychiatric disorders** | ||||||
| *Brock Wester and team* (JHU Applied Physics Laboratory) | ||||||
| Keywords: Data, Analysis, DBS, Behavior | ||||||
| Grants: U24 BARD.CC, R24 EMBER | ||||||
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| **Integration and development of AI/ML and analytical tools for the Data Ecosystem** | ||||||
| *Rahul Hingorani, Talmo Pereira, Brock Wester* | ||||||
| Keywords: Data, Analysis, Tool Integration, AI, Behavior | ||||||
| Grants: U24 BARD.CC, R24 EMBER | ||||||
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| ## Presentations by Theme | ||||||
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| ### Data & AI Tool Developments | ||||||
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| **Standards & Infrastructure:** | ||||||
| - Ten years of NWB (Mon 8-12 PM, PSTR198) - Ryan Ly, Oliver Ruebel | ||||||
| - The Ecosystem of Standards in Neuroscience (Wed 1-5 PM) - Oliver Ruebel, Brock Wester | ||||||
| - EMBER Living Resource (Wed 1-5 PM, PSTR477.18) - Nicole Tregoning, Brock Wester | ||||||
| - AI/ML Tool Integration (Wed 1-5 PM) - Rahul Hingorani, Talmo Pereira | ||||||
| - Psych-DS: FAIR data standard - Melissa Kline Struhl (MIT) | ||||||
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| **Computational Methods:** | ||||||
| - Topological data analysis in social interaction (Wed 8-12 PM, PSTR090) - Jared Reiling, Mengsen Zhang | ||||||
| - Multi-agent reinforcement learning (Tue 8-12 PM, PSTR301.11) - Amelia Johnson | ||||||
| - Multimodal DBS data analysis (Wed 1-5 PM) - Brock Wester | ||||||
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| ### Animal Behavioral Studies | ||||||
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| **Social Behavior:** | ||||||
| - Neural dynamics in cooperating marmosets (Tue 8-12 AM, NANO035) - Weikang Shi | ||||||
| - Social cooperation in rats (Tue 8-12 AM, PSTR301.11) - Amelia Johnson | ||||||
| - mPFC dynamics in social contexts (Tue 1-5 PM, PP9) - Sequoia Smith | ||||||
| - Postural states during social interaction (Wed 8-12 PM, PSTR090) - Jared Reiling | ||||||
| - Neural population dynamics - Eric Yttri (CMU) | ||||||
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| ### Human Behavioral Studies | ||||||
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| **Clinical & Cognitive Neuroscience:** | ||||||
| - Real-world wayfinding and navigation (Wed 10:15 AM, NANO011.10) - Cory Inman | ||||||
| - Metabolic cost monitoring in ACC - Tyler Albarran (Georgia Tech) | ||||||
| - DBS treatment response tracking - Elif Ceren Fitoz (Georgia Tech) | ||||||
| - CAMERA: Ecological research - Josh Jacobs, Brett Youngerman (Columbia) | ||||||
| - Effort-based decision making - Vivek Anand (Georgia Tech) | ||||||
| - Muscle fatigue perception - Camilla May (Georgia Tech) | ||||||
| - Visual attention during navigation - Alireza Kazemi (Utah) | ||||||
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| ## Participating BBQS Projects | ||||||
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| ### U24: BARD.CC - AI Resource and Data Coordinating Center | ||||||
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| PIs: Satrajit Ghosh, Laura Cabrera, David N. Kennedy | ||||||
| Presentations: NWB standardization, Standards ecosystem | ||||||
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| ### R24: EMBER - Ecosystem for Multi-modal Brain-behavior Experimentation | ||||||
| PI: Brock A. Wester | ||||||
| Booth: #3830 (shared with BossDB) | ||||||
| Presentations: Data ecosystem, AI/ML tools, Standards | ||||||
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| ### U01: Naturalistic Cooperation and Competition in Primates | ||||||
| MPIs: Chang, Jadi, Nandy, Saxena | ||||||
| Presentations: Marmoset cooperation, Rat cooperation modeling | ||||||
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| ### R34: Dynamic Transitions Across Neural, Behavioral, and Social Scales | ||||||
| PIs: Flavio Frohlich, Mengsen Zhang | ||||||
| Presentations: Topological data analysis | ||||||
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| ### R34: Biological Rhythms for Resilient Social Motif Generator | ||||||
| PIs: Nancy Padilla Coreano, Shreya Saxena, Daniel W. Wesson | ||||||
| Presentations: mPFC circuit dynamics in social contexts | ||||||
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| ### R61: Neural Oscillations and Privacy-Preserving Sensing | ||||||
| PIs: Ertin, Grammer, Agatha Lenartowicz | ||||||
| Activities: Networking (Demo at NeurIPS Dec 6) | ||||||
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| ### R61: Capturing Autobiographical Memory Formation | ||||||
| PI: Cory Shields Inman | ||||||
| Presentations: Real-world wayfinding and navigation | ||||||
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| ### R61: Subcallosal Cingulate DBS Research | ||||||
| PI: Christopher Rozell | ||||||
| Presentations: Multiple clinical studies on effort, decision-making, and treatment response | ||||||
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| ## BBQS Linking Groups | ||||||
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| Connect with other BBQS researchers through SfN's Special Linking Groups: | ||||||
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| - Animal Studies: ShamrockPlum | ||||||
| - Human Studies: BrassMango | ||||||
| - Data & AI Tools: RedDenim | ||||||
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| Use the Special Linking Group Report in the abstract submission site to find related research groups. | ||||||
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| ## Contact & Connect | ||||||
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| **Questions?** Contact admin@brain-bbqs.org | ||||||
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| **Learn More:** | ||||||
| - [SfN Meeting Website](https://www.sfn.org/meetings/neuroscience-2025) | ||||||
| - [BBQS Projects](/projects/) | ||||||
| - [BBQS Resources](/resources/) | ||||||
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| **Connect with BBQS:** | ||||||
| - Visit our booths (#3830, #3831) | ||||||
| - Join the Monday networking event | ||||||
| - Connect through SfN linking groups | ||||||
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| ## Additional Information | ||||||
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| **For NeurIPS Attendees:** Agatha Lenartowicz's team will be presenting a demo at the NeurIPS meeting on December 6, 2025. Details available from the R61 team. | ||||||
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| **Presentation Materials:** Most presenters have agreed to share their talks and posters on the BBQS website. Check back after the conference for links to presentation materials. | ||||||
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| *Last updated: November 2025* | ||||||
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This announcement contains several placeholder values that need to be updated. The link for 'More details' is a placeholder, and since a new events page is being created in this PR, it should point to
/events/. The booth number and symposium date/time are also placeholders.[Booth #XXX][Date/Time][More details](link-to-details)