Signaling at the Synapse: Mechanisms of Modulation and Plasticity

May 27 - 28, 2017

Chairs Paul R. Evans and Andrea K. Globa

Les Diablerets Conference Center

Eurotel Victoria

Les Diablerets, CH

Venue and Travel Information

Conference Description

The Gordon Research Seminar on Excitatory Synapses and Brain Function is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas.

This meeting will highlight recent advances on mechanisms of excitatory synaptic plasticity and modulation of excitatory synaptic function, with a focus on key signaling events underlying these processes. The meeting will empower young bench scientists to showcase their work in a welcoming environment of peers, while also providing a venue for professional development through a career development and mentoring panel composed of leaders from different research sectors including academia, government, and industry.

Related Meeting

This GRS will be held in conjunction with the "Excitatory Synapses and Brain Function" Gordon Research Conference (GRC). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRC in addition to an application for the GRS. Refer to the associated GRC program page for more information.

Conference Program

Saturday
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm	Arrival and Check-in
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm	Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm	Keynote Session: Experiential Plasticity and Behavior Discussion Leader: Paul Evans (Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience, USA)
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm	Manuel Mameli (The University of Lausanne, Switzerland) "Plasticity in Habenular Circuits for Aversive and Depressive States"
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm	Discussion
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm	Poster Session
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm	Mechanisms of Excitatory Synaptic Plasticity Discussion Leaders: Brittney Cox (University of California, Irvine, USA) and Michael Loureiro (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
5:30 pm - 5:50 pm	Ashley Bourke (University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, USA) "Dynamic Regulation of Recycling Endosome Cargo Trafficking by Local Synaptic Activity"
5:50 pm - 6:00 pm	Discussion
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm	Maria Japel (Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie, FMP Berlin, Germany) "Intersectin1 Facilitates Presynaptic Release Site Clearance of SNARE Complexes"
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm	Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:50 pm	Alicia Purkey (University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, USA) "Requirement of AKAP79/150 Palmitoylation in Synaptic Plasticity"
6:50 pm - 7:00 pm	Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:20 pm	Brooke Sinnen (University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, USA) "Determining the Mechanism of β-Amyloid Induced NMDA Receptor Dysfunction"
7:20 pm - 7:30 pm	Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Dinner
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am	Development and Modulation of Excitatory Synapses Discussion Leaders: Sivakumar Sambandan (Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Germany) and Santiago Rompani (Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Switzerland)
9:00 am - 9:20 am	Haider Altimimi (McGill University, Canada) "Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Governs the Synaptic and Behavioral Response to Stress"
9:20 am - 9:30 am	Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am	Giordano Lippi (University of California, San Diego, USA) "MicroRNAs Instruct the Development of the Excitatory Input to Balance Adult Networks"
9:50 am - 10:00 am	Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am	Tiago Campelo (Interdisciplinary Institute for NeuroScience, CNRS / University of Bordeaux, France) "In Vivo Dynamics of AMPARs During Experience-Dependent Cortical Plasticity"
10:20 am - 10:30 am	Discussion
10:30 am - 10:50 am	Adil Khan (Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland) "Learning Changes the Selectivity and Interactions of Excitatory and Inhibitory Cell Classes in Visual Cortex"
10:50 am - 11:00 am	Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm	Poster Session Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm	Mentorship Component: Career Panel Discussion Discussion Leader: Andrea Globa (University of British Columbia, Canada)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm	Panel Discussion Successful Career Strategies for Junior Scientists Claudia Bagni (University of Lausanne, Switzerland) Stephan Lammel (University of California, Berkeley, USA) Karen Zito (University of California, Davis, USA)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm	Evaluation Period Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pm	Seminar Concludes