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Dendrites: Molecules, Structure & Function
May 17-22, 2009
Il Ciocco Hotel and Resort
Lucca (Barga), Italy
Chairs:
Greg J. Stuart & Anirvan Ghosh

Vice Chairs:
Erin M. Schuman & Dan Johnston
Related Meeting Information
The Dendrites: Molecules, Structure & Function Gordon Research Conference was held in conjunction with the Dendrites: Molecules, Structure & Function Gordon Research Seminar. Please refer to the Dendrites: Molecules, Structure & Function GRS web page for more information.

Dendrites are in many ways the workhorse of the brain. They receive and integrate thousands of synaptic inputs from other nerve cells. Although dendrites were discovered over a century ago, there has been a dramatic resurgence of interest in these remarkable and highly complex structures. This has led to exciting new discoveries on many aspects of dendrites, spurred by recent technical developments - including advances in imaging, electrophysiology, and molecular biology. As a consequence, dendrites are now viewed as a field of study in and of themselves, and promise to unite and shed new light on disparate fields such as membrane trafficking, synaptic and intrinsic plasticity, and neuronal excitability. This Gordon Conference will crystallize the latest developments in dendritic research, from their morphology and development, through to their electrical and computational properties. The conference should be of interest to all researchers and students in neuroscience, as well as anyone who is interested in how the brain works.

Note, a two day Gordon Research Seminar on Dendrites will take place before this meeting and is open to all interested graduate students and early postdoctoral fellows.

Contributors
SUNDAY
4:00 pm - 9:00 pmArrival and Check-in (Check-in Desk Closed 6:00 pm - 7:45 pm)
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pmWelcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff
7:40 pm - 9:30 pmSPECIAL LECTURES
Discussion Leaders: Greg Stuart (Australian National University) & Anirvan Ghosh (University of California San Diego)
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm Gilles Laurent (California Institute of Technology)
"Adaptive regulation of spike timing and probability in an olfactory network"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm Atsushi Miyawaki (Brain Science Institute RIKEN)
"New imaging probes and new perspectives in bioscience"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
MONDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmDENDRITIC DEVELOPMENT AND SIGNALING
Discussion Leader: Liqun Luo (Stanford University)
9:00 am - 9:30 am Rachel Wong (University of Washington)
"Imaging synapse development in the vertebrate retina"
9:30 am - 9:40 am Discussion
9:40 am - 10:10 am Wes Grueber (Columbia University Medical Center)
"Control of dendritic morphogenesis in Drosophila"
10:10 am - 10:20 am Discussion
10:20 am - 10:50 am Coffee Break / Group Photo
10:50 am - 11:20 am Erin Schuman (California Institute of Technology)
"Are cadherins trans-junctional calcium sensors?"
11:20 am - 11:30 am Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am Short Talk: TBA
11:50 am - 12:00 pm Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm Short Talk: TBA
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 5:30 pmPoster Session
5:30 pm - 7:30 pmDENDRITIC NETWORKS
Discussion Leader: Michael Häusser (University College London)
5:30 pm - 6:00 pm Silvia Arber (University of Basel)
"Assembling motor circuits for function"
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm Discussion
6:10 pm - 6:40 pm Massimo Scanziani (University of California, San Diego)
"Somatic and Dendritic Inhibition Differentially Control the Dynamic Range of Pyramidal Cells"
6:40 pm - 6:50 pm Discussion
6:50 pm - 7:20 pm Gyorgy Buzsaki (Rutgers University)
"Large-scale interactions of neurons in vivo"
7:20 pm - 7:30 pm Discussion
8:00 pmDinner
TUESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmDENDRITIC SYNAPSES
Discussion Leader: Massimo Scanziani (University of California, San Diego)
9:00 am - 9:30 am Yuki Goda (University College London)
"Mechanism of synaptic strength regulation by integrins"
9:30 am - 9:40 am Discussion
9:40 am - 10:10 am Liqun Luo (Stanford University)
"Cell autonomous function of NMDA receptor 2B in dendrite patterning"
10:10 am - 10:20 am Discussion
10:20 am - 10:50 am Coffee Break
10:50 am - 11:20 am Sonia Gasparini (Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center)
"Dendritic integration in layer V neurons of the entorhinal cortex"
11:20 am - 11:30 am Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am Short Talk: TBA
11:50 am - 12:00 pm Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm Short Talk: TBA
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 5:30 pmPoster Session
5:30 pm - 7:30 pmSPINE DEVELOPMENT AND FUNCTION
Discussion Leader: Rachel Wong (University of Washington)
5:30 pm - 6:00 pm Bernardo Sabatini (Harvard Medical School)
"Structure/function relationships in dendritic spines"
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm Discussion
6:10 pm - 6:40 pm Elena Pasquale (Burnham Institute of Medical Research)
"Neuron-glia communication through EphA4 and ephrin-A3"
6:40 pm - 6:50 pm Discussion
6:50 pm - 7:20 pm Ian Macara (University of Virginia)
"Making Dendritic Spines - Roles for Polarity Proteins and the Rho GEFs and GAPs"
7:20 pm - 7:30 pm Discussion
8:00 pmDinner
WEDNESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmDENDRITIC FUNCTION AND PLASTICITY 1
Discussion Leader: David Linden (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine)
9:00 am - 9:30 am Steve Siegelbaum (Columbia University)
"Gating information flow in the hippocampus through dendritic integration"
9:30 am - 9:40 am Discussion
9:40 am - 10:10 am Thomas Nevian (University of Bern)
"Signal integration in fine dendrites"
10:10 am - 10:20 am Discussion
10:20 am - 10:50 am Coffee Break
10:50 am - 11:20 am David Linden (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine)
"Transcriptional events underlying a late phase of cerebellar long-term synaptic depression"
11:20 am - 11:30 am Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am Short Talk: TBA
11:50 am - 12:00 pm Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm Short Talk: TBA
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 5:30 pmPoster Session
5:30 pm - 7:30 pmMODELLING DENDRITIC FUNCTION
Discussion Leader: Nelson Spruston (Northwestern University)
5:30 pm - 6:00 pm Arnd Roth (University College London)
"Conditions for dendritic spike initiation"
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm Discussion
6:10 pm - 6:40 pm Idan Segev (Hebrew University)
"Hebbian spike-timing-dependent-plasticity at multiple dendritic sites"
6:40 pm - 6:50 pm Discussion
6:50 pm - 7:20 pm Haim Sompolinsky (Hebrew University)
"Learning with Dendrites"
7:20 pm - 7:30 pm Discussion
8:00 pmDinner
THURSDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 amBusiness Meeting
(Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair)
9:00 am - 12:30 pmCHANNEL LOCALIZATION IN DENDRITES
Discussion Leader: Erin Schuman (California Institute of Technology)
9:00 am - 9:30 am Zoltan Nusser (Hungarian Academy Science)
"Cell type-dependent subcellular distributions of voltage-gated ion channels on the surface of nerve cells"
9:30 am - 9:40 am Discussion
9:40 am - 10:10 am Dax Hoffman (National Institutes of Health)
"Synaptic remodeling by A-type K+ channels in CA1 pyramidal neuron dendrites"
10:10 am - 10:20 am Discussion
10:20 am - 10:50 am Coffee Break
10:50 am - 11:20 am Antoine Triller (Ecole Normale Supérieure)
"Regulation and adaptation of synaptic inhibition by lateral diffusion"
11:20 am - 11:30 am Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am Short Talk: TBA
11:50 am - 12:00 pm Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm Short Talk: TBA
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm Discussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pmFree Time
4:00 pm - 5:30 pmPoster Session
5:30 pm - 7:30 pmDENDRITIC STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
Discussion Leader: Steve Siegelbaum (Columbia University)
5:30 pm - 6:00 pm Steve Smith (Stanford University School Medical)
"Molecular Classification of Synapses and Dendrites in Mouse Somatosensory Cortex"
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm Discussion
6:10 pm - 6:40 pm Nelson Spruston (Northwestern University)
"Representation of synapses on multiple dendritic domains in CA1 pyramidal neurons"
6:40 pm - 6:50 pm Discussion
6:50 pm - 7:20 pm Michael Häusser (University College London)
"Direction selectivity in cortical pyramidal cell dendrites"
7:20 pm - 7:30 pm Discussion
8:00 pmDinner
FRIDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 amDepart
Funding for this conference was made possible by R13 MH079632 from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD), National Institute on Aging (NIA), National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention by trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
 
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