Sunday
2:00 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: Mechanisms of Neurological Disease
Discussion Leader: Katja Brose (Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, USA)
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm
Carla Shatz (Stanford University, USA)
"Synapses Lost and Found: Developmental Critical Periods and Alzheimer's Disease"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
Li-Huei Tsai (Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
"Network Level Approaches to Studying Alzheimer's Disease"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
Hailan Hu (Zhejiang University, China)
"From Pecking Order to Ketamine: Neural Mechanism of Social and Emotional Behavior"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Development of the Nervous System
Discussion Leader: Kang Shen (Stanford University, USA)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Daniel Colón-Ramos (Yale University School of Medicine, USA)
"Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Synapse Assembly and Function: Lessons from C. elegans "
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
Melissa Rolls (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
"Neuronal Microtubule Dynamics in Healthy and Injured Neurons"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
Hongyan Wang (Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore)
"Waking up 'Sleeping' Neural Stem Cells"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
Gordon Fishell (Harvard Medical School, USA)
"The Role of Interneurons in the Developmental Shift from Bottom-up to Recurrent Cortical Function"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Xuecai Ge (University of California, Merced, USA)
"Identifying New Cilium Proteins in the Developing Brain with Proximity Labeling"
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Shen-Ju Chou (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
"Regional Patterning of the Cerebral Cortex"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Carina Hanashima (Waseda University, Japan)
"Neuronal Subtype Transitions and Integration in the Cerebral Cortex"
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Yukiko Gotoh (University of Tokyo, Japan)
"Regulation of Neural Progenitor Cells During Development"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hour™
The GRC Power Hour™ is designed to address challenges women face in science and issues of diversity and inclusion. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizers: Shernaz Bamji (University of British Columbia, Canada) and Aaron Gitler (Stanford University, USA)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Synapses and Synaptic Function
Discussion Leader: Xiang Yu (Peking University, China)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Thomas Sudhof (Stanford University, USA)
"Dissecting Synapse Formation and Specification, One Molecule at a Time"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
Camin Dean (European Neuroscience Institute Göttingen, Germany)
"Synaptic Mechanisms of Remembering and Forgetting"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
Lu Chen (Stanford University, USA)
"Trans-Synaptic Signaling in Homeostatic Synaptic Plasticity"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
Peter Scheiffele (Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland)
"RNA Splice Codes for Synapse Specification"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Neural Circuits and Behavior
Discussion Leader: Shernaz Bamji (University of British Columbia, Canada)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Yang Dan (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
"A Motor Theory of Sleep Control"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
Nirao Shah (Stanford University, USA)
"Molecular and Neural Control of Sexually Dimorphic Behaviors"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:10 am
Anna Beyeler (Neurocentre Magendie, INSERM UMR1215, France)
"Role of Insula Projection Neurons in Valence and Anxiety-Related Behaviors"
10:10 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:05 am
Yi Zuo (University of California, Santa Cruz, USA)
"Sensory Processing Defects in the Stressed Brain"
11:05 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:25 am
Steven Flavell (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
"Serotonergic Circuits that Control Persistent Behavioral States"
11:25 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Juan Song (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)
"Neuropeptides Signal Through Astrocytes to Regulate Hippocampal Circuit Activity and Memory Function"
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Ishmail Abdus-Saboor (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
"Scratching an Itch Is Regulated by Pain Inducing Neuropeptides"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Shan Meltzer (Harvard University, USA)
"Molecular Mechanisms of the Assembly of Mammalian Touch Sensory Neurons"
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Ai Nakashima (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
"Cell-Type-Specific Patterned Activities Specify Gene Expression Patterns for Olfactory Circuit Formation"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Poster Session
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Brain Imaging and Connectomics
Discussion Leader: Yimin Zou (University of California, San Diego, USA)
4:00 pm - 4:20 pm
Tianyi Mao (Vollum Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, USA)
"Dissecting Brain Circuits Using Mesoscopic Connectomics and Novel Imaging Modalities"
4:20 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 4:50 pm
Na Ji (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
"Imaging the Brain at High Spatiotemporal Resolution"
4:50 pm - 5:00 pm
Discussion
5:00 pm - 5:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
5:10 pm - 5:15 pm
Discussion
5:15 pm - 5:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
5:25 pm - 5:30 pm
Discussion
5:30 pm - 5:40 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
5:40 pm - 5:45 pm
Discussion
5:45 pm - 5:55 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
5:55 pm - 6:00 pm
Discussion
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Genetics and Epigenetics of the Nervous System
Discussion Leader: Louis Reichardt (Simons Foundation, USA)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Daniel Geschwind (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)
"Gene Networks for Drug Discovery in Neurodegenerative Disease"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
Nancy Bonini (University of Pennsylvania / Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA)
"Mechanistic Insight into Brain Degeneration From Flies and Stress"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 10:50 am
Jie Shen (Harvard Medical School, USA)
"Presenilin and APP in Alzheimer's Disease"
10:50 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
11:00 am - 11:20 am
Coleen Murphy (Princeton University, USA)
"Memory Decline with Age and How We Can Slow It"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am
Nancy Ip (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR China)
"Innate Immunity in Alzheimer's Disease"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
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
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Sensory Systems
Discussion Leader: John Ngai (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Amita Sehgal (University of Pennsylvania / Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA)
"How Circadian Rhythms and Sleep Shape Physiology"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
Sandeep Robert Datta (Harvard Medical School, USA)
"Shadow Tuning Defines a Novel Critical Period for Olfaction"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
Craig Montell (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)
"Receptors, Channels and Insect Behavior"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Alexander Chesler (National Institutes of Health, USA)
"Molecules and Cells for Touch and Pain"
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Fengwei Yu (Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, Singapore)
"Mechanisms of Dendrite Pruning of Nociceptive Sensory Neurons in Drosophila "
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration and Regeneration
Discussion Leader: Leonard Petrucelli (Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, USA)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Don Cleveland (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, USA)
"Determinants of TDP-43 Phase Separation and Aggregation"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
James Shorter (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
"Combating Deleterious Phases"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:10 am
Michael Ward (National Institutes of Health, USA)
"Molecular Convergences in Neurodegenerative Diseases"
10:10 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Eric Huang (University of California, San Francisco, USA)
"Glial Toxicity and TDP-43 Proteinopathy: Where Is the Connection?"
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:10 am
Jun Ding (Stanford University, USA)
"Endogenous Synaptic Function of Alpha-Synuclein"
11:10 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:35 am
Zhigang He (Harvard Medical School, USA)
"Regulatory Mechanisms of Axon Regeneration"
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:05 pm
Frank Bradke (German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Germany)
"Mechanisms of Axon Growth and Regeneration"
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Claire Le Pichon (National Institutes of Health, USA)
"The Neuronal Injury Response in Development and Disease"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Keynote Session: Advanced Technologies for Neuroscience Research
Discussion Leader: Yi Sun (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)
4:00 pm - 4:40 pm
Feng Zhang (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
"Harnessing Microbial Diversity for Genome Editing and Beyond"
4:40 pm - 4:50 pm
Discussion
4:50 pm - 5:10 pm
Alice Ting (Stanford University, USA)
"Optogenetic and Chemogenetic Technologies for Probing Molecular and Cellular Interactions"
5:10 pm - 5:20 pm
Discussion
5:20 pm - 5:40 pm
Ryohei Yasuda (Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience, USA)
"Intracellular Signal Transduction Underlying Synaptic, Circuit and Behavioral Plasticity"
5:40 pm - 5:50 pm
Discussion
5:50 pm - 6:00 pm
Closing Remarks
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure