Gene expression regulates the development and function of neural circuits, and these circuits then control behavior. Making connections across these different levels of description is one of the foremost challenges in understanding the brain. Recently neuroscientists have begun to make substantial progress on these difficult questions, such as determining how chromatin regulation contributes to depression, or how genetic variation between individuals influences susceptibility to psychiatric disorders.

Genes, Circuits and Behavior will highlight recent advances in interdisciplinary neuroscience. The meeting covers multiple fields, from sensory and motor function to emotions to learning. Special emphasis will be placed on studies that give mechanistic insight into the ways that changes in gene regulation can influence circuit function and behavior in health and disease.

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