Saturday
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2:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
Arrival and Check-in
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3:30 pm - 3:45 pm |
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
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3:45 pm - 4:30 pm |
Keynote Session: Lysosome Function, Dysfunction and Neurodegenerative Disease
Discussion Leader: Andrea Stavoe (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
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3:45 pm - 4:15 pm |
Shawn Ferguson (Yale University School of Medicine, USA)
"Lysosome Function, Dysfunction and Neurodegenerative Disease"
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4:15 pm - 4:30 pm |
Discussion
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4:30 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm |
Building a Dynamic Neuron: Transport, Translation and Motility
Discussion Leader: Colleen Gillon (University of Toronto, Canada)
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7:30 pm - 7:50 pm |
Dominique Lessard (University of Vermont, USA)
"Novel Regulation of Kinesin-3 Motility During Axonal Transport by Tau"
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7:50 pm - 8:00 pm |
Discussion
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8:00 pm - 8:20 pm |
Lakshmi Sundararajan (Vanderbilt University, USA)
"Netrin/UNC-6 Triggers Actin Assembly and Non-Muscle Myosin II Activity to Drive Dendrite Retraction in a Self-Avoidance Response"
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8:20 pm - 8:30 pm |
Discussion
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8:30 pm - 8:50 pm |
Yu-Ting Mao (Thomas Jefferson University, USA)
"Filopodia Conduct Target Selection in Cortical Neurons Using Differences in Signal Kinetics of a Single Kinase"
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8:50 pm - 9:00 pm |
Discussion
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9:00 pm - 9:20 pm |
Nicol Birsa (UCL Institute of Neurology, University College London, United Kingdom)
"ALS-Associated FUS Mutant Impairs Protein Translation in Spinal Motor Neurons"
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9:20 pm - 9:30 pm |
Discussion
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Sunday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am - 11:00 am |
Minding the Gap: Exploring the Uniqueness of Synapses
Discussion Leader: Elizabeth Davenport (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
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9:00 am - 9:10 am |
Grant Kusick (The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA)
"Exocytosis Frozen in Time: Synchronous, Asynchronous and Multivesicular Release"
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9:10 am - 9:15 am |
Discussion
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9:15 am - 9:35 am |
Vincent Huson (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
"Overcoming the Barrier: Energetic Contributions of Synaptotagmin-1 to Synaptic Vesicle Fusion"
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9:35 am - 9:45 am |
Discussion
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9:45 am - 9:55 am |
Andrea Cuentas-Condori (Vanderbilt University, USA)
"Bulk Endocytosis Removes Presynaptic Terminals in Remodeling GABA Neurons"
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9:55 am - 10:00 am |
Discussion
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10:00 am - 10:20 am |
Paul Donlin-Asp (Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Germany)
"Localization and Dynamics of Translation at the Synapse"
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10:20 am - 10:30 am |
Discussion
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10:30 am - 10:50 am |
Mandi Schmidt (University of British Columbia, Canada)
"Death-Associated Protein Kinase 1 Promotes Extrasynaptic GluN2B Phosphorylation and Striatal Spine Loss in Huntington Disease"
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10:50 am - 11:00 am |
Discussion
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11:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 2:30 pm |
Mentorship Component: Insider Tips on Publishing in High Impact Journals
Discussion Leader: Erika Holzbaur (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
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1:30 pm - 2:00 pm |
Moran Furman (Trends in Neurosciences, Cell Press, USA)
"Q&A with an Editor from Trends in Neurosciences"
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2:00 pm - 2:30 pm |
Discussion
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2:30 pm - 3:00 pm |
Evaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
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3:00 pm |
Seminar Concludes
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