| SATURDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Dendritic Networks |
| 3:45 pm - 3:50 pm | Overview and Goals of the GRS |
| 3:50 pm - 4:05 pm | Yevgenia Kozorovitskiy (Harvard)
"Developmental role of GABA release in basal ganglia wiring" |
| 4:05 pm - 4:10 pm | Discussion |
| 4:10 pm - 4:25 pm | Wei Wei (UC Berkeley)
"Development of the direction selective circuit in the retina" |
| 4:25 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Synapse Formation and Plasticity |
| Discussion Leaders: Denise Cook (McGill) and Neil Schwartz (Stanford) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Takeshi Yoshimatsu (University of Washington)
"Role of afferent composition in regulating synapse number and wiring specificity" |
| 7:45 pm - 7:50 pm | Discussion |
| 7:50 pm - 8:05 pm | Jun Ding (Harvard)
"Semaphorin3E/Plexin-D1 signaling controls pathway specific thalamostriatal synapse formation" |
| 8:05 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
| 8:10 pm - 8:25 pm | Edward Han (Salk Institute)
"Direct entorhinal cortical inputs control hippocampal synapses and plasticity" |
| 8:25 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:45 pm | Xindao Hu (University of Wisconsin)
"Microtubule invasion into dendritic spines directly regulates BDNF-induced increase in PSD-95" |
| 8:45 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
| 8:50 pm - 9:05 pm | Tristan Will (Max Planck Institute for Brain Research)
"The local transcriptome in the hippocampal synaptic neuropil" |
| 9:05 pm - 9:10 pm | Discussion |
| 9:10 pm - 9:25 pm | Denise Cook (McGill University)
"Fragile X Related Protein 1 controls spine size by regulating local protein synthesis in dendrites and at spines" |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| SUNDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Dendrite Function |
| Discussion Leaders: Meron Gurkiewicz (Children's Hospital Boston) and Jun Ding (Harvard) |
| 9:00 am - 9:15 am | Catherine Weisz (Johns Hopkins)
"Synaptic integration by Type II cochlear afferents" |
| 9:15 am - 9:20 am | Discussion |
| 9:20 am - 9:35 am | Fredrick (Trace) Henry (University of Michigan)
"Homeostatic regulation of presynaptic function by dendritic mTORC1" |
| 9:35 am - 9:40 am | Discussion |
| 9:40 am - 9:55 am | Gen Ohtsuki (University of Chicago)
"Activity-dependent control of signaling gains in neuronal dendrites" |
| 9:55 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:15 am | Ninglong Xu (Janelia Farm)
"Distal dendritic activity of layer 5 pyramidal neurons in awake mice performing a whisker-based object localization task" |
| 10:15 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
| 10:20 am - 10:35 am | Austin Graves (Northwestern University)
"Differential regulation of intrinsic excitability in distinct types of pyramidal neurons of hippocampus" |
| 10:35 am - 10:40 am | Discussion |
| 10:40 am - 10:55 am | Sachin Vaidya (University of Texas)
"The distribution of HCN channels synchronizes the phase of oscillatory inputs in the theta frequency range across the apical dendrite in CA1 pyramidal neurons" |
| 10:55 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session II |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Dendrite Development |
| Discussion Leader: Megan M. Corty (Columbia) |
| 1:30 pm - 1:45 pm | Simon Chen (University of British Columbia)
"The role of neuroligin-neurexin interactions in dendritic arborization in vivo" |
| 1:45 pm - 1:50 pm | Discussion |
| 1:50 pm - 2:05 pm | Cody J. Smith (Vanderbilt)
"UNC-6/Netrin mediates dendritic self-avoidance in a somatosensory neuron" |
| 2:05 pm - 2:10 pm | Discussion |
| 2:10 pm - 2:25 pm | Megan M. Corty (Columbia)
"A transcriptional program underlying dendrite morphological diversity in the Drosophila PNS" |
| 2:25 pm - 2:30 pm | Discussion |
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill out GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Gordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm. |
