Dear MarMamers We would like to inform you about the updated program (see below) of the workshop “The Diving Brain – Adaptations for Extreme Environments” at the World Marine Mammal Conference on Saturday, December 7th 2019 in Barcelona (Spain). Further information on the conference and workshops can be found on the WMMC website. We are looking forward to seeing you in Barcelona, Stefan Huggenberger and Bruno Cozzi (workshop organizers) WMMC Workshop: The Diving Brain – Adaptations for Extreme Environments Organizers: Stefan Huggenberger (Witten/Herdecke University) & Bruno Cozzi (University of Padua) Preliminary workshop program, Saturday 7. December 2019: 08:30 Luciano Fadiga (University of Ferrara, Italy) – Of men and whales: diving physiology. 09:00 Sam H. Ridgway (San Diego, U.S.A.) – Cortex and Cerebellum - long and short divers. 09:30 Hannsjörg Schröder (University of Cologne, Germany) – Comparing big brains: a brainstem view. 10:00 Coffee break 10:30 Short presentations - Frederike Hanke (University of Rostock, Germany) – Pinniped neuroanatomy - past and future - Alexandra Wright (University of St. Andrews, U.K.) – Toward comprehensive anatomical and functional cortical maps in marine mammals - Peter Tyack (University of St. Andrews, U.K.) – What does lateralization of sound production in odontocetes imply for auditory processing? 11:20 Bruno Cozzi & Stefan Huggenberger – Uncharted territories in the brains of marine mammals 11:30 Round table: Future directions and discussion for summarizing main scientific problems (“hot topics”) to encourage joint future activities (Chair: Joy Reidenberg) 12:00 Conclusion and future venues 12:30 Lunch 14:00 - 16:00 Two to three parallel afternoon sessions with practical work using modern teaching equipment such as virtual microscopy and open source tools for tomography data (participants can move from one session to the other and back). Participants are invited to bring own data (brain scans, photos of histological slides and dissections, etc.) for discussions 1. Navigating through the brain: macro slide series and MRI scans 2. Neuro-histology and routine histological slides from other organs 3. Intended: Video of the Morgane cetacean brain collection -- Dr. Stefan Huggenberger (visiting scientist) Department II of Anatomy University of Cologne 50924 Cologne, Germany www.anatomie.uni-koeln.de