Sunday
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Endocannabinoid Signaling and the Synaptic Nanoarchitecture
7:40 pm - 7:55 pm
Opening Remarks
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
"Trans-Synaptic Organization of the Presynaptic Active Zone: Endocannabinoid Signaling Implications"
9:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
New Endocannabinoid Enzymes and Old Enzymes with New Functions
9:00 am - 9:45 am
"Endocannabinoid Metabolic Pathways: From Discovery to Clinical Opportunity"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
"Chemical Tools to Modulate Endocannabinoid Levels in the CNS"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
"Calcium-Dependent and Calcium-Independent N-Acyltransferases in the CNS"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am
"Arachidonic Acid-Derived Lipids Including Prostaglandins and Anandamide Are Elevated Throughout ABHD12 Knockout Brains: Novel Insights into the Neurodegenerative Phenotype"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
"DAGLα Activity Gates Stress Activation of an Anxiogenic Amygdala-Cortical Circuit"
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cannabinoid Receptors as Atypical GPCRs
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
"Structural Biology Study of Human Cannabinoid Receptors"
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:50 pm
"Searching for New CB1R-Interacting Proteins"
6:50 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:20 pm
"Novel CB1 Receptor Negative Allosteric Modulators with Potential for the Treatment of Psychosis"
7:20 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Mitochondria-Associated CB1 Receptors in Astrocytes Provide a Bioenergetic Link Between Cannabinoids and Social Behavior"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Non-Canonical Forms of Cannabinoid Functions in the CNS
9:00 am - 9:45 am
"Endocannabinoid Signaling via the Gut-Brain Axis: Relevance to Addictive Behaviors"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
"How the Gut Dialogue with the Brain: Insight from the Intestinal Epithelial Endocannabinoid System and Gut Microbes"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
"Impact of the Peripheral Endocannabinoid System in Cognitive Performance"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am
"Activity-Dependent Long-Term Potentiation Mediated by Endocannabinoids in the Striatum"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
"Interactions Between Endocannabinoids and Neuroinflammation in a Rat Model of Colitis"
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Endocannabinoids and Synaptic Plasticity in Homeostasis
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
"Trans-Synaptic Signaling Mechanisms in Homeostatic Synaptic Plasticity"
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:50 pm
"FABP5 as a Trans-Synaptic Carrier for Endocannabinoids"
6:50 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:20 pm
"Endocannabinoid Modulation of the Mesocorticolimbic Circuit in Energy Replete and Depleted States"
7:20 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Neuronal and Non-Neuronal Roles of CB1 Receptors in the Regulation of Energy Balance"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Metaplasticity of Endocannabinoid Signaling in Activity-Dependent Circuit Functions
9:00 am - 9:45 am
"Inhibitory Circuit Control of Critical Period Brain Plasticity"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
"The Role of Glial Versus Neuronal Cannabinoid Receptors in Critical Period Plasticity"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
"Neuron-Astrocyte Communication Mediated by Endocannabinoids in Health and Disease"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am
"Inhibitory Plasticity in Hippocampal Area CA2 and Role in Social Memory"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
"Lifetime Consequences of Perinatal Cannabinoid Exposure"
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Medical Marijuana and Epilepsy
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
"Cannabidiol and Endogenous Regulation of Excitation and Inhibition"
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:50 pm
"Cannabidiol and ABHD6 Inhibitors Control Seizures in Preclinical Mouse Model of Epilepsy"
6:50 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:20 pm
"Refractory Pediatric Epilepsy: What Is the Role of Cannabidiol?"
7:20 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Searching for the Molecular Intersection of Phytocannabinoid Action and Endocannabinoid Dysregulation in Childhood Epilepsy"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Adaptive and Maladaptive Endocannabinoid Signaling in Behavior
9:00 am - 9:45 am
"Endogenous Cannabinoids and the Pursuit of Reward"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
"Endocannabinoid-Mediated Control of Experience-Dependent Plasticity in the Locus Coeruleus"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
"Anandamide Signaling in Stress Coping: For Good or Bad?"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am
"The Role of the Endocannabinoid System in the Cortico-Amygdala Neurocircuit Mediating Fear Extinction"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
"Chronic THC on Sleep and Monoamine"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Beneficial and Adverse Behavioral Effects of Cannabis
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
"THC Restores Cognitive Function in Aging Mice by Epigenetic Mechanisms"
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 7:15 pm
"The Yin and Yang of Cannabis Bliss"
7:15 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
General Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Closing Remarks
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure