Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 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: Principles of Neurogenesis
Discussion Leader: Rosalind Segal (Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, United States)
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
Fiona Doetsch (University of Basel, Switzerland)
"Diversity of Quiescent Stem Cells in the Adult Brain"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
Catarina Homem (NOVA Medical School, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal)
"Temporal Regulation of Drosophila Neural Stem Cells During Development"
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:20 pm
Magdalena Goetz (Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Germany)
"New Mechanisms in Neurogenesis – From Centrosome to Liquid Phase Transition"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Neural Cell Fate Specification
Discussion Leader: Fiona Doetsch (University of Basel, Switzerland)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Alessandra Pierani (INSERM, France)
"Transient Moving Organizers: Life and Death in Cortical Development and Evolution"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
Laure Bally-Cuif (Institut Pasteur and CNRS UMR3538, France)
"Mechanisms Driving the Construction and Maintenance of Adult Neural Stem Cell Ensembles"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
Shubha Tole (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India)
"Wnts up at the Telencephalic Midline"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
Yukiko Gotoh (University of Tokyo, Japan)
"Chromatin Regulation of Neuronal Differentiation"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am
Bassem Hassan (Paris Brain Institute, France)
"Temporal Control of Neurogenesis"
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
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hour™
The GRC Power Hour™ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizer: Shubha Tole (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
The Generation of Neural Diversity
Discussion Leader: Yukiko Gotoh (University of Tokyo, Japan)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Discussion
7:45 pm - 7:55 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
Josh Huang (Duke University, United States)
"Tracking the Developmental Trajectory of Cortical Projection Neurons from Lineage to Connectivity"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
Stavros Lomvardas (Columbia University, United States)
"Determining Stochasticity: Homeotic Regulation of Zonal Olfactory Receptor Gene Expression"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
Song-Hai Shi (Tsinghua University, China)
"Temporal Control of Neocortical Progenitor Lineage Progression and Lifespan"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Neural Lineages: From Genomics to Imaging
Discussion Leader: Laure Bally-Cuif (Institut Pasteur and CNRS UMR3538, France)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Christian Mayer (Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Germany)
"Single-Cell Delineation of Lineage and Genetic Identity in the Mouse Forebrain"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
Chris Doe (HHMI/ Univ Oregon, United States)
"The Role of Temporal Identity in Establishing Neural Circuits"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
Zhirong Bao (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, United States)
"Collective Cell Behaviors in Shaping the Worm’s Nervous System"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
Simon Hippenmeyer (Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Austria)
"Principles of Neural Stem Cell Lineage Progression"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am
Rick Livesey (University College London, United Kingdom)
"Human Cerebral Cortex Development in Health and 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
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Evolution of Brain Development
Discussion Leader: Zhirong Bao (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Alejandro Sanchez Alvarado (Stowers Institute for Medical Research and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, United States)
"Wnt and TGF-ß Coordinate Growth and Patterning to Regulate Size-Dependent Behavior"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
Detlev Arendt (EMBL, Germany)
"The Conserved Developmental Core of the Bilateral Brain"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
Maria Tosches (Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Germany)
"The Evolutionary Origins of Cortical Cell Types"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
Victor Borrell (Institute for Neuroscience, CSIC, Spain)
"Evolution of Cortical Progenitor Cell Diversity"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Axon Generation and Degeneration
Discussion Leader: Maria Tosches (Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Germany)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Jessica Treisman (NYU Langone Health, United States)
"Patterning the Visual System with a Sidekick"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
Samantha Butler (University of California, Los Angeles, United States)
"The Role of the BMPs Specifying Dorsal Spinal Neural Cell Fate"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
Stephanie Gupton (UNC, United States)
"Coordinating Membrane Delivery and Cytoskeletal Dynamics During Neuronal Morphogenesis"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
Dietmar Schmucker (VIB Vesalius Research Center, KU Leuven, Belgium)
"Contingency Signaling in Axonal Wiring, Maintenance, and Synapse Formation"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am
Rosalind Segal (Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, United States)
"Transporting RNAs to Promote Axon Survival"
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
Function of Glia in Development
Discussion Leader: Samantha Butler (University of California, Los Angeles, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Vilaiwan Fernandes (University College London, United Kingdom)
"Glia Relay Signals to Promote Neuronal Development in the Visual System of Flies"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
Dong Yan (Duke University, United States)
"Regulation of Gap Junction Formation and Maintenance in C. elegans"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
Maxwell Heiman (Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital, United States)
"Development and Specificity of Neuron-Glia Attachments"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
Cody Smith (University of Notre Dame, United States)
"Glial and Neuronal Interactions that Build the Nervous System"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Development of Neural Circuitry
Discussion Leader: Cody Smith (University of Notre Dame, United States)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Yishi Jin (University of California San Diego, United States)
"Molecular Genetic Mechanisms of Axon and Synapse Maintenance"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
Richard Mann (Columbia University, United States)
"The Development of the Adult Neuromuscular System of Drosophila"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
Claire Wyart (Brain and Spine Institute (ICM), France)
"Discovery of a Sensory System in the Spinal Cord: Roles During Development and Bacterial Infection"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
Niels Ringstad (NYU Langone Health, United States)
"Developmental Mechanisms that Endow Specialized Neurons with Unique Physiology"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am
Genevieve Konopka (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, United States)
"Cell-Type Specific Transcriptional Networks Related to Autism"
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
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Human Development and Disease
Discussion Leader: Genevieve Konopka (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Flora Vaccarino (Yale University, United States)
"Transcriptomic and Epitranscriptomic Investigations of Human Cortical Development"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
Giorgia Quadrato (University of Southern California, United States)
"Upgrading the Physiological Relevance of Human Brain Organoids"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm
Arturo Alvarez-Buylla (University of California, San Francisco, United States)
"Neural Stem Cells and Adult Neurogenesis: From Birds and Mice to Humans"
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Closing Remarks
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure