From Synapses to Behavior: Using the Optogenetic Toolbox to Study Neural Circuits

July 14 - 15, 2018

Chairs Laura M. McGarry and Sage R. Aronson

Grand Summit Hotel at Sunday River

97 Summit Road

Newry, ME, US

Venue and Travel Information

Conference Description

The Gordon Research Seminar on Optogenetic Approaches to Understanding Neural Circuits and Behavior 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 GRS will highlight the contribution of young scientists who work to elucidate the function of diverse neural circuits using a variety of optogenetic techniques. With the exclusive attendance of peers beginning their scientific careers, this GRS will focus on networking, developing presentation skills, and mentoring in collaborative environment.

Related Meeting

This GRS will be held in conjunction with the "Optogenetic Approaches to Understanding Neural Circuits and Behavior" Gordon Research Seminar (GRS). 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
2:00 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	Keynote Session: Optogenetics to Evoke and Reverse Addictive Behavior in Mice Discussion Leader: Laura McGarry (New York University, USA)
3:45 pm - 4:25 pm	Christian Luscher (University of Geneva, Switzerland) "Optogenetics to Evoke and Reverse Addictive Behavior in Mice"
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	Tools and Techniques Discussion Leader: Wardiya Afshar Saber (University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm	David Nedrud (University of Minnesota, USA) "High-Throughput Methods to Engineer Optogenetic Modulators"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm	Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm	Pui Ying Lam (University of Utah, USA) "Discovery of Novel Chemo-Optogenetic Actuators Using a Zebrafish Behavior-Based Small Molecule Screen"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm	Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm	Shuo Chen (RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan) "Near-Infrared Upconversion Optogenetics"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm	Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm	Ian Oldenburg (University of California, Berkeley, USA) "Precise Multiphoton Holographic Silencing of Neural Populations in Behaving Animals"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm	Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am	Cells to Circuits Discussion Leader: Stefanos Stagkourakis (Karolinska Institutet, Sweden)
9:00 am - 9:20 am	Victoria Gonzalez Sabater Budilov (King's College London, United Kingdom) "Voltage Imaging in Axonal Boutons"
9:20 am - 9:30 am	Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am	Linlin Fan (Harvard University, USA) "All-Optical Electrophysiology of Neural Circuits"
9:50 am - 10:00 am	Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am	Mohsin Ahmed (Columbia University, USA) "Hippocampal Circuit Dynamics Supporting Temporal Association Memory"
10:20 am - 10:30 am	Discussion
10:30 am - 10:50 am	Kevin Monk (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA) "A Circuit Dissection of Reward Timing in Primary 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	Circuits and Disease Discussion Leader: Sarah Stern (The Rockefeller University, USA)
1:30 pm - 1:50 pm	Victoria Corbit (University of Pittsburgh, USA) "Aberrant M2 Control over Central Striatum in an OCD Model"
1:50 pm - 2:00 pm	Discussion
2:00 pm - 2:20 pm	Meghan Flanigan (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA) "Orexin Inputs to GABAergic Lateral Habenula Neurons Control the Valence of Aggression"
2:20 pm - 2:30 pm	Discussion
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm	Evaluation Period Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pm	Seminar Concludes