Satellite event · OHBM 2026
TANGO Symposium
Thalamic Nuclei Neuroimaging Group
Bordeaux, France · June 14, 2026
Program
8:30
Welcome
Welcome coffee & registration
9:00
Opening
General presentation — TANGO network
Thomas Tourdias · Coordinator
University of Bordeaux & CHU de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
9:30
Keynote
Keynote lecture title TBC
Michael Halassa · Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
10:15
Invited talk
Thalamic contributions to brain-wide dynamics
Eli Muller · University of Sydney, Australia
11:15
Invited talk
Hierarchical development of thalamocortical structural connectivity
Valérie Sydnor · University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
11:45
Short talks
Power pitches — abstract selected × 5
Early-career researchers · 5 min each
12:30
Break
Lunch & poster session
14:00
Invited talk
Thalamic mechanisms of sleep and epilepsy — EEG-fMRI & 7T MRI
Andrew Bagshaw · University of Birmingham, England
14:30
Invited talk
Cerebello-thalamo-cortical pathways and psychiatric risk
Sheeba Anteraper · UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA
15:00
Discussion
General discussion — TANGO collaboration roadmap
All TANGO members
16:00
Departure
OHBM 2026 Opening lecture
Speakers
MH
Michael Halassa
Tufts University School of Medicine
Boston, USA
Thalamic circuit mechanisms of cognition and cortical control
EM
Eli Muller
University of Sydney
Australia
Computational neuroscience · thalamic contributions to brain-wide dynamics
VS
Valérie Sydnor
University of Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania, USA
Hierarchical & coordinated development of cortex and thalamocortical connectivity
AB
Andrew Bagshaw
University of Birmingham
England
Thalamus in sleep and epilepsy · EEG-fMRI & 7T structural MRI
SA
Sheeba Anteraper
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, USA
Cerebello-thalamo-cortical connectivity · psychiatric high-risk populations
TANGO Symposium · Satellite event of OHBM 2026
Bordeaux, France · June 14, 2026
