Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Non-Neuronal Cells in Brain Development and Function
Discussion Leaders: Chara (Charalampia) Koutsioumpa (Harvard Medical School, United States) and Mohamed El Amri (National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland)
3:45 pm - 3:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
3:50 pm - 4:05 pm
Christina Como (University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, United States)
"Identifying Meningeal-Derived Ligands Required for the Developing Brain"
4:05 pm - 4:10 pm
Discussion
4:10 pm - 4:25 pm
Ashis Sinha (Syracuse University, United States)
"Mecp2 -/y Astrocytes Drive Precocious Perineuronal Net Formation in Cortical Neurons"
4:25 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Generation of Neuronal Identity and Diversity / Keynote: Mechanisms of Neuron-Glial Interactions
Discussion Leader: Stephanie Redmond (University of California, San Francisco, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Saul Bello Rojas (Washington University in St. Louis, United States)
"Clonally Related Spinal Neurons Integrate Into Distinct Circuits Despite Similar Morphology"
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm
Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:05 pm
Giselle Cheung (Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Austria)
"Multipotent Progenitors Instruct Ontogeny of the Superior Colliculus"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Kimberly Siletti (Karolinska Institutet, Sweden)
"Molecular Architecture of the Developing Mouse Brain"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:20 pm
Kelly Monk (Oregon Health & Science University, United States)
"Keynote: Mechanisms of Neuron-Glial Interactions"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Molecular Mechanisms in Neural Development and Disease / Development of Sensory Circuits
Discussion Leaders: Melissa Stouffer (Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Austria), Dhananjay Huilgol (Duke University, United States), Anjana Krishnamurthy (Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences; Sloan Kettering Institute, United States) and Maria Ahmed (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Daniel Doyle (University of Michigan, United States)
"Chromatin Remodeler Arid1a Regulates Subplate Neuron Identity and Wiring of Cortical Connectivity"
9:15 am - 9:20 am
Discussion
9:20 am - 9:35 am
Mohamed El Amri (National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland)
"Role of MARCKS and MARCKSL1 During Spinal Cord Development and Regeneration in Xenopus Laevis"
9:35 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Alena Salasova (Aarhus University, Denmark)
"Identifying Novel Signaling Modalities in Developing Brain and Beyond"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Maria Bustillo (NYU School of Medicine, United States)
"Plexin A in Tangential Neurons Mediates Medulla Lamination in the Developing Drosophila Optic Lobe"
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:35 am
Dena Goldblatt (New York University, United States)
"Neuronal Birthdate Organizes a Functional Sensorimotor Circuit for Gaze Stabilization"
10:35 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 10:55 am
Chara (Charalampia) Koutsioumpa (Harvard Medical School, United States)
"Developmental Specification of Glabrous and Hairy Skin Innervating Mechanosensory Neurons and its Skin Dependence"
10:55 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
Building the Cortex
Discussion Leaders: Tulsi Patel (Columbia University, United States) and Brooke D'Arcy (Duke University, United States)
1:30 pm - 1:45 pm
Jessica Du (The Scripps Research Institute, United States)
"Uncovering Principles of miRNA Regulation in Controlling Cortical Interneuron Development"
1:45 pm - 1:50 pm
Discussion
1:50 pm - 2:05 pm
Sara Zeppilli (Brown University, United States)
"Evolving Molecular Fingerprints of Principal Neurons in Paleo and Neocortical Circuits"
2:05 pm - 2:10 pm
Discussion
2:10 pm - 2:25 pm
Tanzila Mukhtar (UCSF, United States)
"Tropism of SARS-CoV-2 for Human Cortical Astrocytes"
2:25 pm - 2:30 pm
Discussion
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes
