SEUNGPOSIUM · Symposium in honor of

Prof. Sebastian Seung

Celebrating our friend, colleague, and mentor

June 5-6, 2026 • Princeton

Biophysics and Brains

LTL 003 (Lewis Thomas Laboratory)

1:00 pm Welcome
1:30 pm Talks Axel Borst Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence · Michale Fee MIT · Partha Mitra Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory · Drazen Prelec MIT
3:00 pm Coffee Break
3:30 pm Talks David Nelson Harvard University · Rafael Yuste Columbia University · Mala Murthy Princeton University · David Tank Princeton University

Private event, by invitation only

Genomes, Connectomes, and Neural Nets

Icahn 101 · Reception & Banquet: Icahn Atrium 100 (Genomics)

8:30 am Breakfast Buffet
9:00 am Welcome & Introduction Ila Fiete · Viren Jain · Srini Turaga
9:10 am Talks Neville Sanjana NYU & NY Genome Center · Xiaohui Xie UC Irvine · Uygar Sumbul Allen Institute · Jinseop Kim Sungkyunkwan University
10:30 am Coffee Break
11:00 am Talks Richard Hahnloser Uni. Zurich & ETH Zurich · Dezhe Jin Penn State University · Ignacio Arganda-Carreras University of the Basque Country · Alyssa Wilson Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
12:30 pm Lunch Break
1:30 pm Talks Viren Jain Google Research · Sven Dorkenwald MIT · Kisuk Lee Zetta AI · Bobby Kasthuri UChicago & Argonne
3:00 pm Coffee Break
3:30 pm Talks Mark Goldman UC Davis · Ila Fiete MIT · Srini Turaga HHMI Janelia · Nick Turner Anthropic
5:00 pm Break & Reception
6:00 pm Dinner & Toasts