Dr. You-Sheng Shu was invited to attend the 3rd International Workshop on Epileptic Seizure Prediction held in Freiburg, Germany, September 29th to October 2nd. During the session on “From Single Cells to Complex Networks II: Experimental Approaches, Single Cells and Small Networks in Slices”, Dr. Shu gave an invited talk entitled “Cortical Network Activity and Its Influence on Synaptic Communication”.