|
| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +title: 'SFN 2025: BBQS at Neuroscience' |
| 3 | +weight: 1 |
| 4 | +--- |
| 5 | + |
| 6 | +## Join BBQS at SFN 2025 |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | +**November 15-19, 2025 | Chicago, IL** |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +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. |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +--- |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +## Schedule at a Glance |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +| Day | Time | Event Type | |
| 17 | +|-----|------|-----------| |
| 18 | +| Sunday, Nov 16 | 2:00-4:30 PM | Minisymposium | |
| 19 | +| Monday, Nov 17 | 8:00-12:00 PM | Poster Session | |
| 20 | +| Monday, Nov 17 | 12:00-2:00 PM | BBQS Networking | |
| 21 | +| Tuesday, Nov 18 | 8:00-12:00 PM | Poster/Nano Sessions | |
| 22 | +| Tuesday, Nov 18 | 1:00-5:00 PM | Poster Session | |
| 23 | +| Wednesday, Nov 19 | 8:00-12:00 PM | Poster/Nano Sessions | |
| 24 | +| Wednesday, Nov 19 | 1:00-5:00 PM | Poster Session | |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | +--- |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +--- |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +## Key Information |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +- **Dates:** November 15-19, 2025 |
| 33 | +- **Location:** McCormick Place, Chicago, IL |
| 34 | +- **Networking Event:** Monday, November 17, 12-2 PM (near Convention Center) |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +--- |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +## Visit Our Booths |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +**EMBER & BossDB - Booth #3830** |
| 41 | +Learn about the Ecosystem for Multi-modal Brain-behavior Experimentation and Research and the Block Object Storage Service Database. |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +**DANDI & NWB - Booth #3831** |
| 44 | +Explore the Distributed Archives for Neurophysiology Data Integration and Neurodata Without Borders standards. BBQS-specific meet & greet times available at booth. |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | +--- |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +## Featured Events |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | +### Minisymposium |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | +**Emerging Experimental Approaches to Probe Conserved Neurobehavioral Mechanisms Underlying Affiliative and Antagonistic Social Behaviors** |
| 53 | + |
| 54 | +- Date: Sunday, November 16, 2025 |
| 55 | +- Time: 2:00 PM - 4:30 PM |
| 56 | +- Organizer: Farah Bader |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +--- |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | +## BBQS Presentations |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | +### Sunday, November 16 |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | +**Minisymposium (2:00 PM - 4:30 PM)** |
| 65 | +- Emerging Experimental Approaches to Probe Conserved Neurobehavioral Mechanisms - Multiple speakers exploring social behavior mechanisms |
| 66 | + |
| 67 | +--- |
| 68 | + |
| 69 | +### Monday, November 17 |
| 70 | + |
| 71 | +**Morning Session (8:00 AM - 12:00 PM)** |
| 72 | + |
| 73 | +**PSTR198** - Ten years of NWB: past, present, and future of standardization in neurophysiology |
| 74 | +*Ryan Ly, Oliver Ruebel* (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab) |
| 75 | +Keywords: NWB, Neurophysiology, DANDI, Data standards, Electrophysiology, Behavior |
| 76 | +Grant: U24 BARD.CC (Ghosh, Cabrera, Kennedy) |
| 77 | + |
| 78 | +--- |
| 79 | + |
| 80 | +### Tuesday, November 18 |
| 81 | + |
| 82 | +**Morning Session (8:00 AM - 12:00 PM)** |
| 83 | + |
| 84 | +**NANO035** - Neural dynamics of social evidence accumulation in cooperative interactions of freely moving marmosets |
| 85 | +*Weikang Shi* (Yale University) |
| 86 | +Keywords: Dorsomedial prefrontal cortex, Naturalistic, Strategic interaction |
| 87 | +Grant: U01 (Chang, Jadi, Nandy, Saxena) |
| 88 | + |
| 89 | +**PSTR301.11** - Understanding social cooperation in rats with multi-agent reinforcement learning |
| 90 | +*Amelia Johnson* (Yale University) |
| 91 | +Keywords: Cooperation, Computational modeling |
| 92 | +Grant: U01 (Chang, Jadi, Nandy, Saxena) |
| 93 | + |
| 94 | +**Afternoon Session (1:00 PM - 5:00 PM)** |
| 95 | + |
| 96 | +**PP9** - Physiological states and mPFC circuit dynamics track social valence, familiarity, and rank in mice |
| 97 | +*Sequoia Smith* (University of Florida) |
| 98 | +Keywords: Systems neuroscience, Medial prefrontal cortex |
| 99 | +Grant: R34 (Padilla Coreano, Saxena, Wesson) |
| 100 | + |
| 101 | +--- |
| 102 | + |
| 103 | +### Wednesday, November 19 |
| 104 | + |
| 105 | +**Morning Session (8:00 AM - 12:00 PM)** |
| 106 | + |
| 107 | +**PSTR090** - Topological data analysis reveals stable relative postural states during social interaction between freely moving animals |
| 108 | +*Jared Reiling, Mengsen Zhang* (Michigan State University) |
| 109 | +Keywords: Computation, Social Behavior, Dynamics |
| 110 | +Grant: R34 (Frohlich, Zhang) |
| 111 | + |
| 112 | +**NANO011.10** - This is the way: Neural dynamics during real-world wayfinding in humans |
| 113 | +*Cory Inman* (University of Utah) |
| 114 | +Time: 10:15 AM |
| 115 | +Keywords: Electrophysiology, Wearable Recordings, Memory, Emotion, Navigation |
| 116 | +Grant: R61 (Inman) |
| 117 | + |
| 118 | +**Afternoon Session (1:00 PM - 5:00 PM)** |
| 119 | + |
| 120 | +**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 |
| 121 | +*Nicole Tregoning, Brock Wester* (JHU Applied Physics Laboratory) |
| 122 | +Keywords: Computational, Social behavior, Data archive |
| 123 | +Grant: R24 EMBER (Wester) |
| 124 | + |
| 125 | +**The Ecosystem of Standards in Neuroscience: Which Ones Are For You?** |
| 126 | +*Oliver Ruebel, Brock Wester* |
| 127 | +Keywords: Data, Standards, Ecosystem, Community |
| 128 | +Grants: U24 BARD.CC, R24 EMBER |
| 129 | + |
| 130 | +**Multimodal analysis of intracranial neural data from DBS patients with psychiatric disorders** |
| 131 | +*Brock Wester and team* (JHU Applied Physics Laboratory) |
| 132 | +Keywords: Data, Analysis, DBS, Behavior |
| 133 | +Grants: U24 BARD.CC, R24 EMBER |
| 134 | + |
| 135 | +**Integration and development of AI/ML and analytical tools for the Data Ecosystem** |
| 136 | +*Rahul Hingorani, Talmo Pereira, Brock Wester* |
| 137 | +Keywords: Data, Analysis, Tool Integration, AI, Behavior |
| 138 | +Grants: U24 BARD.CC, R24 EMBER |
| 139 | + |
| 140 | +--- |
| 141 | + |
| 142 | +## Presentations by Theme |
| 143 | + |
| 144 | +### Data & AI Tool Developments |
| 145 | + |
| 146 | +**Standards & Infrastructure:** |
| 147 | +- Ten years of NWB (Mon 8-12 PM, PSTR198) - Ryan Ly, Oliver Ruebel |
| 148 | +- The Ecosystem of Standards in Neuroscience (Wed 1-5 PM) - Oliver Ruebel, Brock Wester |
| 149 | +- EMBER Living Resource (Wed 1-5 PM, PSTR477.18) - Nicole Tregoning, Brock Wester |
| 150 | +- AI/ML Tool Integration (Wed 1-5 PM) - Rahul Hingorani, Talmo Pereira |
| 151 | +- Psych-DS: FAIR data standard - Melissa Kline Struhl (MIT) |
| 152 | + |
| 153 | +**Computational Methods:** |
| 154 | +- Topological data analysis in social interaction (Wed 8-12 PM, PSTR090) - Jared Reiling, Mengsen Zhang |
| 155 | +- Multi-agent reinforcement learning (Tue 8-12 PM, PSTR301.11) - Amelia Johnson |
| 156 | +- Multimodal DBS data analysis (Wed 1-5 PM) - Brock Wester |
| 157 | + |
| 158 | +### Animal Behavioral Studies |
| 159 | + |
| 160 | +**Social Behavior:** |
| 161 | +- Neural dynamics in cooperating marmosets (Tue 8-12 AM, NANO035) - Weikang Shi |
| 162 | +- Social cooperation in rats (Tue 8-12 AM, PSTR301.11) - Amelia Johnson |
| 163 | +- mPFC dynamics in social contexts (Tue 1-5 PM, PP9) - Sequoia Smith |
| 164 | +- Postural states during social interaction (Wed 8-12 PM, PSTR090) - Jared Reiling |
| 165 | +- Neural population dynamics - Eric Yttri (CMU) |
| 166 | + |
| 167 | +### Human Behavioral Studies |
| 168 | + |
| 169 | +**Clinical & Cognitive Neuroscience:** |
| 170 | +- Real-world wayfinding and navigation (Wed 10:15 AM, NANO011.10) - Cory Inman |
| 171 | +- Metabolic cost monitoring in ACC - Tyler Albarran (Georgia Tech) |
| 172 | +- DBS treatment response tracking - Elif Ceren Fitoz (Georgia Tech) |
| 173 | +- CAMERA: Ecological research - Josh Jacobs, Brett Youngerman (Columbia) |
| 174 | +- Effort-based decision making - Vivek Anand (Georgia Tech) |
| 175 | +- Muscle fatigue perception - Camilla May (Georgia Tech) |
| 176 | +- Visual attention during navigation - Alireza Kazemi (Utah) |
| 177 | + |
| 178 | +--- |
| 179 | + |
| 180 | +## Participating BBQS Projects |
| 181 | + |
| 182 | +### U24: BARD.CC - AI Resource and Data Coordinating Center |
| 183 | +PIs: Satrajit Ghosh, Laura Cabrera, David N. Kennedy |
| 184 | +Presentations: NWB standardization, Standards ecosystem |
| 185 | + |
| 186 | +### R24: EMBER - Ecosystem for Multi-modal Brain-behavior Experimentation |
| 187 | +PI: Brock A. Wester |
| 188 | +Booth: #3830 (shared with BossDB) |
| 189 | +Presentations: Data ecosystem, AI/ML tools, Standards |
| 190 | + |
| 191 | +### U01: Naturalistic Cooperation and Competition in Primates |
| 192 | +MPIs: Chang, Jadi, Nandy, Saxena |
| 193 | +Presentations: Marmoset cooperation, Rat cooperation modeling |
| 194 | + |
| 195 | +### R34: Dynamic Transitions Across Neural, Behavioral, and Social Scales |
| 196 | +PIs: Flavio Frohlich, Mengsen Zhang |
| 197 | +Presentations: Topological data analysis |
| 198 | + |
| 199 | +### R34: Biological Rhythms for Resilient Social Motif Generator |
| 200 | +PIs: Nancy Padilla Coreano, Shreya Saxena, Daniel W. Wesson |
| 201 | +Presentations: mPFC circuit dynamics in social contexts |
| 202 | + |
| 203 | +### R61: Neural Oscillations and Privacy-Preserving Sensing |
| 204 | +PIs: Ertin, Grammer, Agatha Lenartowicz |
| 205 | +Activities: Networking (Demo at NeurIPS Dec 6) |
| 206 | + |
| 207 | +### R61: Capturing Autobiographical Memory Formation |
| 208 | +PI: Cory Shields Inman |
| 209 | +Presentations: Real-world wayfinding and navigation |
| 210 | + |
| 211 | +### R61: Subcallosal Cingulate DBS Research |
| 212 | +PI: Christopher Rozell |
| 213 | +Presentations: Multiple clinical studies on effort, decision-making, and treatment response |
| 214 | + |
| 215 | +--- |
| 216 | + |
| 217 | +## BBQS Linking Groups |
| 218 | + |
| 219 | +Connect with other BBQS researchers through SfN's Special Linking Groups: |
| 220 | + |
| 221 | +- Animal Studies: ShamrockPlum |
| 222 | +- Human Studies: BrassMango |
| 223 | +- Data & AI Tools: RedDenim |
| 224 | + |
| 225 | +Use the Special Linking Group Report in the abstract submission site to find related research groups. |
| 226 | + |
| 227 | +--- |
| 228 | + |
| 229 | +## Contact & Connect |
| 230 | + |
| 231 | +**Questions?** Contact admin@brain-bbqs.org |
| 232 | + |
| 233 | +**Learn More:** |
| 234 | +- [SfN Meeting Website](https://www.sfn.org/meetings/neuroscience-2025) |
| 235 | +- [BBQS Projects](/projects/) |
| 236 | +- [BBQS Resources](/resources/) |
| 237 | + |
| 238 | +**Connect with BBQS:** |
| 239 | +- Visit our booths (#3830, #3831) |
| 240 | +- Join the Monday networking event |
| 241 | +- Connect through SfN linking groups |
| 242 | + |
| 243 | +--- |
| 244 | + |
| 245 | +## Additional Information |
| 246 | + |
| 247 | +**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. |
| 248 | + |
| 249 | +**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. |
| 250 | + |
| 251 | +--- |
| 252 | + |
| 253 | +*Last updated: November 2025* |
0 commit comments