Sunday |
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | Keynote Session: Synaptic Transmission: From Nanostructures to Microcircuits |
| Discussion Leader: Ege Kavalali (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA) |
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm | Opening Remarks |
7:50 pm - 8:30 pm | Alexander M. Cruickshank Lecture: Xiaowei Zhuang (Harvard University / Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA) "Illuminating Neurobiology with Super-Resolution Imaging, from Sub-Neuronal Structures to Neural Circuits" |
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Discussion |
8:40 pm - 9:20 pm | Cornelia Bargmann (Rockefeller University, USA) "Bridging Timescales with Synaptic Transmission" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Monday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Presynaptic Structure and Mechanisms |
| Discussion Leader: Erwin Neher (Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Germany) |
9:00 am - 9:05 am | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
9:05 am - 9:25 am | Katalin Toth (Laval University, Canada) "What Triggers the Detonator? Presynaptic Mechanisms of Synaptic Facilitation at Hippocampal Mossy Fibre Terminals" |
9:25 am - 9:35 am | Discussion |
9:35 am - 9:55 am | Vladan Lucic (Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Germany) "A Detailed Look at Synaptic Structure" |
9:55 am - 10:05 am | Discussion |
10:05 am - 10:25 am | Axel Brunger (Stanford University, USA) "How Do SNAREs, Synaptotagmin, and Complexin Cooperate in Calcium-Triggered Synaptic Vesicle Fusion?" |
10:25 am - 10:35 am | Discussion |
10:35 am - 11:15 am | Group Photo / Coffee Break |
11:15 am - 11:35 am | Lu-Yang Wang (SickKids Research Institute / University of Toronto, Canada) "The Underpinnings of Synaptic Heterogeneity at a Central Synapse" |
11:35 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 12:05 pm | David Zenisek (Yale University School of Medicine, USA) "Ribeye and Ribbon Synapses: Does Structure Predict Physiology?" |
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm | Discussion |
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm | Vitaly Klyachko (Washington University in St. Louis, USA) "Spatio-Temporal Regulation of Release Sites in Central Synapses" |
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Presynaptic Plasticity |
| Discussion Leader: Thomas Sudhof (Stanford University, USA) |
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
7:35 pm - 7:55 pm | Alain Marty (CNRS, France) "Studying Vesicular Release in Single Synapses" |
7:55 pm - 8:05 pm | Discussion |
8:05 pm - 8:25 pm | Yishi Jin (University of California, San Diego, USA) "New Insights into Synaptic Transmission in C. elegans" |
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 8:55 pm | David Sulzer (Columbia University Medical School, USA) "Synaptic Selection in Dopamine Axons" |
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm | Jianyuan Sun (Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China) "Neuronal Signaling at Single Active Zones" |
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm | Discussion |
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm | Richard Cho (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) "ADAR-Dependent RNA Editing of Complexin Regulates Activity-Dependent Miniature Neurotransmission and Structural Synaptic Plasticity" |
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Tuesday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Postsynaptic Structure and Mechanisms |
| Discussion Leader: Robert Malenka (Stanford University School of Medicine, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:05 am | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
9:05 am - 9:25 am | Thomas Blanpied (University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA) "Nanoscale Functional Organization of Single Synapses" |
9:25 am - 9:35 am | Discussion |
9:35 am - 9:55 am | Thomas Biederer (Tufts University, USA) "Topography and Dynamics of the Synaptic Cleft" |
9:55 am - 10:05 am | Discussion |
10:05 am - 10:15 am | Alison Barth (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) "State-Dependent Reconfiguration of Synaptic Circuits in the Neocortex" |
10:15 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
10:20 am - 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:20 am | Pablo Castillo (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA) "Presynaptic Protein Synthesis in Long-Term Plasticity" |
11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 11:50 am | Kimberly Huber (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA) "MEF2 Transcription Factors, Synapse Development and Plasticity" |
11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm | Kenneth Kosik (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA) "Matching Local Translation and Synapse Number" |
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Postsynaptic Plasticity |
| Discussion Leader: Julie Kauer (Brown University, USA) |
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
7:35 pm - 7:55 pm | Inna Slutsky (Tel Aviv University, Israel) "IGF-1 Receptor: From Synaptic Transmission to Alzheimer's Degeneration" |
7:55 pm - 8:05 pm | Discussion |
8:05 pm - 8:25 pm | Gina Turrigiano (Brandeis University, USA) "Pharmacological Rescue of Synaptic Scaling in 'Shankopathies'" |
8:25 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 8:55 pm | Marina Wolf (Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, USA) "Synaptic Mechanisms Underlying the Persistence of Drug Craving" |
8:55 pm - 9:05 pm | Discussion |
9:05 pm - 9:25 pm | Henrique Von Gersdorff (Vollum Institute, USA) "Postsynaptic Plasticity in the Retina Mediated by via Ca2-Permeable AMPA Receptors" |
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Wednesday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Synaptic Circuits |
| Discussion Leader: Kimberly Huber (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:05 am | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
9:05 am - 9:25 am | Haruhiko Bito (University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Japan) "lIluminating Activity-Dependent Signaling and Circuits" |
9:25 am - 9:35 am | Discussion |
9:35 am - 9:55 am | Lu Chen (Stanford University, USA) "Retinoic Acid Signaling and Synaptic Metaplasticity" |
9:55 am - 10:05 am | Discussion |
10:05 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 10:50 am | Richard Tsien (New York University School of Medicine, USA) "Synaptic Ca2+ Influx Pathways: Partners in Plasticity" |
10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
11:00 am - 11:20 am | Min Zhuo (University of Toronto, Canada) "Cortical Potentiation for Pain and Anxiety" |
11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 11:50 am | Li-Huei Tsai (Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) "Next Generation Whole Brain Imaging Reveals Synaptically Connected Subcortical Structures in the Vulnerability of Neurodegeneration" |
11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Ilya Bezprozvanny (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA) "Neuronal Store Operated Calcium Entry as Novel Therapeutic Target for Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease" |
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm | Discussion |
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm | Nicole Calakos (Duke University Medical Center, USA) "Striatal Circuit-Level Plasticity Mechanisms in Habit and Compulsion" |
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 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 | Synaptic Circuits and Plasticity |
| Discussion Leader: Kristen Harris (University of Texas at Austin, USA) |
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
7:35 pm - 7:55 pm | Indira Raman (Northwestern University, USA) "Inhibition and Excitation in the Mouse Cerebellar Nuclei" |
7:55 pm - 8:05 pm | Discussion |
8:05 pm - 8:45 pm | Thomas Sudhof (Stanford University, USA) "Towards a Molecular Logic of Neural Circuits" |
8:45 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Julie Kauer (Brown University, USA) "Potentiation of Glycinergic Synapses" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Thursday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Synapse Development |
| Discussion Leader: Erik Jorgensen (Howard Hughes Medical Institute / University of Utah, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:05 am | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
9:05 am - 9:25 am | Vivian Budnik (University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA) "Trans-Synaptic Signaling Through Exosomes" |
9:25 am - 9:35 am | Discussion |
9:35 am - 9:55 am | Chinfei Chen (Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA) "A Role for Cortical Feedback in Feedforward Refinement" |
9:55 am - 10:05 am | Discussion |
10:05 am - 10:15 am | Peri Kurshan (Stanford University, USA) "How Are New Synapses Added to Existing Circuits? Diverse Roles for Two Cell Adhesion Molecules" |
10:15 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
10:20 am - 10:50 am | Coffee Break |
10:50 am - 11:10 am | Cagla Eroglu (Duke University Medical Center, USA) "Control of Synaptic Connectivity by Glia" |
11:10 am - 11:20 am | Discussion |
11:20 am - 11:40 am | Karen Zito (University of California, Davis, USA) "Mechanisms of Spine Structural Plasticity During Excitatory Synapse Development" |
11:40 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Isabel Llano (CNRS, France) "Parallel Fiber Mediated Intracellular Calcium Rises in Cerebellar Molecular Layer Interneurons In Vivo" |
12:00 pm - 12:05 pm | Discussion |
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm | Larry Trussell (Oregon Hearing Research Center, Oregon Health and Science University / Vollum Institute, USA) "A Slow AMPAR-Mediated EPSC Mediated by 'Desensitized' Receptors" |
12:15 pm - 12:20 pm | Discussion |
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | General Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session |
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Synaptic Transmission: New Perspectives |
| Discussion Leader: Richard Tsien (New York University School of Medicine, USA) |
5:30 pm - 5:35 pm | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
5:35 pm - 5:55 pm | Leonid Moroz (University of Florida, USA) "How Many Time Synapses Evolved? Early Origins and Convergent Evolution of Synapses" |
5:55 pm - 6:05 pm | Discussion |
6:05 pm - 6:25 pm | Erik Jorgensen (Howard Hughes Medical Institute / University of Utah, USA) "Ultrafast Endocytosis: An Evolutionary Perspective" |
6:25 pm - 6:35 pm | Discussion |
6:35 pm - 6:45 pm | Stefan Hallermann (Leipzig University, Germany) "Fast, Temperature-Sensitive and Clathrin-Independent Endocytosis at Central Synapses" |
6:45 pm - 6:50 pm | Discussion |
6:50 pm - 7:00 pm | Jada Vaden (University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA) "Regulation of Multivesicular Release by cAMP-Dependent Signaling" |
7:00 pm - 7:05 pm | Discussion |
7:05 pm - 7:15 pm | Jason Shepherd (University of Utah, USA) "Arc - Building a Bridge from Viruses to Memory" |
7:15 pm - 7:20 pm | Discussion |
7:20 pm - 7:30 pm | Closing Remarks |
8:00 pm | Dinner |
Friday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |