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TALKS

  1. SK channel modulation promotes adaptive optimized coding of natural stimuli, 110th Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society (DZG), Bielefeld, Germany, September 13th 2017. – invited talk –

  2. Emergence and refinement of phase invariant coding in the electrosensory system, Electric Fish Satellite Meeting, 12th International Congress for Neuroethology. Montevideo, Uruguay, March 29th 2016.

  3. Emergence and refinement of phase invariant coding in the electrosensory system, CAMBAM Seminar. Centre for Applied Mathematics in Bioscience and Medicine , McGill University, Montreal, Canada, February 18th 2016. – invited talk –

  4. The Role of neural correlations in information coding. BIRS Connecting Network Architecture and Network Computation. Banff International Research Station for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery, Banff, Canada, December 8th 2015. – invited talk – LINK

  5. Feature invariant coding and perception of chirp stimuli in brown ghost knifefish, Electric Fish Symposium. McGill Gault Nature Reserve, Mont St. Hilaire, Canada, April 26th 2015.

  6. Changes in stimulus amplitude reveal two classes of peripheral electrosensory neurons, Electric Fish Symposium. McGill Gault Nature Reserve, Mont St. Hilaire, Canada, April 28th 2014.

  7. Envelope processing in the weakly electric fish, Apteronotus leptorhynchus, Gordon Research Seminar on Neuroethology: Behavior, Evolution & Neurobiology. Mount Snow Resort, West Dover, VT, USA, August 17th 2013. – invited talk –

  8. Behavioural responses to envelopes in weakly electric fish, Electric Fish Symposium. McGill Gault Nature Reserve, Mont St. Hilaire, Canada, April 28th 2013.

  9. Coding higher order stimulus attributes by correlated neural activity, Electric Fish Symposium. McGill Gault Nature Reserve, Mont St. Hilaire, Canada, April 28th 2013.

  10. Envelope tracking in an active sensory system, Satellite Meeting (International Society for Neroethology): Electric fishes: neural systems, behavior and evolution. University of Maryland in College Park, MD, USA, August 4th 2012.

  11. Spatial coding in the ELL of the weakly electric fish, Gnathonemus petersii, McGill University, Dept. of Physiology, Montréal, QC, Canada, December 7th 2011.

  12. Objektanalyse mittels aktiver Elektroortung, University of Bielefeld, AG Active Sensing, Bielefeld, Germany, November 9th 2011.

  13. Active Electrolocation as a Method for Detecting Plaques. Autumn school of the Graduate School Bionics (DFG GK 1572), Friedewald, Germany, September 26th 2010.

  14. Responses of sensory neurons to the existence of real objects reveal a mixed coding strategy in the brain of a weakly electric fish, Gnathonemus petersii. 103rd Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society (DZG), Hamburg, Germany, September 18th 2010.

  15. Spatial coding in the ELL of the weakly electric fish, Gnathonemus petersii – responses to complex objects and artificial stimuli. University of Missouri, St. Louis, USA, August 29th 2008.

  16. Spatial coding in the ELL of the weakly electric fish, Gnathonemus petersii – responses to complex objects and artificial stimuli. Ruhr-University Bochum, Dept. of Biopsychology, Bochum, Germany, May 21st 2008.

  17. Rezeptive Felder von Elektrosensitiven Neuronen im Elektrosensorischen Seitenlinien Lobus des schwach-elektrischen Fisches Gnathonemus petersii: Räumliche Ausdehnung und Verteilung. Workshop Neurobiologie: Bonn-Köln-Aachen, Bonn, Germany, January 5th 2007.

  18. How electrosensitive neurons of the ELL encode information about shape and material of nearby objects. 17th Neurobiological Ph.D. Workshop, Berlin, May 20th 2006.

  19. Weakly electric fish: an overview of our research activities. 2nd NeuroForum, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, April 4th 2005.

  20. Spatial Dimensions of receptive fields of electrosensory neurons in the ELL of Gnathonemus petersii (Teleostei). 1st NeuroForum, University of Bonn, Germany, October 16th 2004.

Michael G Metzen, PhD

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