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Synaptic Transmission

Gordon Research Conference

Synapse Organization and Function Across Scales

July 14 - 19, 2024

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Chairs Daniel Choquet and Graeme W. Davis

Vice Chairs Inna Slutsky and Samuel M. Young

Contact Chairs

Renaissance Tuscany Il Ciocco

Via Giovanni Pascoli

Lucca (Barga), Lucca, Italy

Venue and Travel Information

Application Information

Applications for this meeting must be submitted by June 16, 2024. Please apply early, as some meetings become oversubscribed (full) before this deadline. If the meeting is oversubscribed, it will be stated here. Note: Applications for oversubscribed meetings will only be considered by the conference chair if more seats become available due to cancellations.

Conference Description

ATTENTION: The GRC bus picks up and drops off at the Florence Airport (FLR) only. GRC no longer has bus service to / from the Pisa Airport.

The Synaptic Transmission GRC is a premier, international scientific conference focused on advancing the frontiers of science through the presentation of cutting-edge and unpublished research, prioritizing time for discussion after each talk and fostering informal interactions among scientists of all career stages. The conference program includes a diverse range of speakers and discussion leaders from institutions and organizations worldwide, concentrating on the latest developments in the field. The conference is five days long and held in a remote location to increase the sense of camaraderie and create scientific communities, with lasting collaborations and friendships. In addition to premier talks, the conference has designated time for poster sessions from individuals of all career stages, and afternoon free time and communal meals allow for informal networking opportunities with leaders in the field.

The 2024 Synaptic Transmission Gordon Research Conference will bring together international leaders and rising stars in the fields of synapse development and structure/function, learning-related activity dependent and homeostatic synaptic plasticity, and the synaptic origins of disease. This conference will create a diverse and dynamic forum to communicate, contemplate and advance our understanding of the most pressing and fascinating current topics in synapse biology. Among these topics: How is synapse diversity established and sustained? How does synapse nanoscale organization relate to synapse type-specific function? How do we reconcile learning-related and homeostatic plasticity mechanisms? What is the synaptic pathophysiology associated with neurological and psychiatric disease, and how might these pathophysiologies be corrected?

Related Meeting

This GRC will be held in conjunction with the "Synaptic Transmission" Gordon Research Seminar (GRS). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRS in addition to an application for the GRC. Refer to the associated GRS program page for more information.

Conference Program

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 Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm	Keynote Session: Activity, Transcription, Translation, and Synapse Modification Discussion Leader: Matthijs Verhage (Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, The Netherlands)
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm	Cagla Eroglu (Duke University Medical Center, United States) "How Do Astrocytes Sculpt Synaptic Circuits in Health and Disease?"
8:00 pm - 8:05 pm	Discussion
8:05 pm - 8:25 pm	André Fenton (New York University, United States) "How Information Is Persistently Stored in a Hippocampus-Dependent Long-Term Memory"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm	Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm	Erin Schuman (Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Germany) "Protein Supply and Demand at Synapses"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm	Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Cell Biology of Synapse Function and Plasticity Discussion Leader: Noa Lipstein (Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie, Berlin, Germany)
9:00 am - 9:20 am	Shigeki Watanabe (Johns Hopkins University, United States) "Spatial and Temporal Control of Synaptic Transmission"
9:20 am - 9:30 am	Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am	Ana Luisa Carvalho (University of Coimbra, Portugal) "MicroRNA-Mediated Control of Synaptic Transmission and Neuronal Network Activity in Chronic Stress"
9:50 am - 10:00 am	Discussion
10:00 am - 10:10 am	Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:10 am - 10:15 am	Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am	Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:25 am - 10:30 am	Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am	Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:10 am	Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:10 am - 11:15 am	Discussion
11:15 am - 11:25 am	Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:25 am - 11:30 am	Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am	Katrin Willig (University of Augsburg, Germany) "In-Vivo Plasticity of Synaptic Nano-Architecture as Revealed by STED Microscopy"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm	Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm	Eric Hosy (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France) "MLAModification of Synaptic Nanoscale Organization Alter the LTD-Pruning Sequence in Neurodevelopmental Diseases"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm	Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 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. Organizers: Tingting Wang (Georgetown University, United States) and Nathalie Rouach (Collège de France, France)
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm	Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm	Synapse Evolution and Function Across Systems Discussion Leader: Laurent Groc (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, University of Bordeaux, France)
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm	Martin Mueller (University of Zurich, Switzerland) "Post-Tetanic Stabilization of Synaptic Transmission"
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm	Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:50 pm	Michisuke Yuzaki (Keio University School of Medicine, Japan) "LAMolecular Basis of Fast Neurotransmitter-Independent Synaptic Signaling in the Mammalian CNS"
6:50 pm - 7:00 pm	Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:45 pm	Pawel Burkhardt (University of Bergen, Norway) "The Deep Evolutionary Origins of Synapses and Neurons"
7:45 pm - 8:00 pm	Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Dinner
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am	Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Synapse and Networks Discussion Leader: Cagla Eroglu (Duke University Medical Center, United States)
9:00 am - 9:20 am	Elly Nedivi (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States) "Synaptic Heterogeneity Across Individual Neurons"
9:20 am - 9:30 am	Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am	Katharine Smith (University of Colorado, Denver, United States) "The Nanoscale Organization of Inhibitory Synapses in Plasticity and Disease"
9:50 am - 10:00 am	Discussion
10:00 am - 10:10 am	Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:10 am - 10:15 am	Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am	Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:25 am - 10:30 am	Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am	Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:10 am	Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:10 am - 11:15 am	Discussion
11:15 am - 11:25 am	Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:25 am - 11:30 am	Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am	Isabel Perez-Otaño (Institute of Neurosciences , Spain) "Postsynaptic Machinery for Local Control of mRNA Translation and Memory Storage"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm	Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm	Nathalie Rouach (Collège de France, France) "A Neuroglial Circuit for Maternal Behavior"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm	Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm	Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm	Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm	Synapses in Health and Disease Discussion Leader: Pablo Castillo (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, United States)
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm	Julijana Gjorgjieva (Technical University of Munich, Germany) "Shaping Connectivity Motifs and Network Computations through Plasticity"
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm	Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:40 pm	Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
6:40 pm - 6:45 pm	Discussion
6:45 pm - 6:55 pm	Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
6:55 pm - 7:00 pm	Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:45 pm	Richard Huganir (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, United States) "Regulation of AMPA Receptors during Synaptic Plasticity in Health and Disease"
7:45 pm - 8:00 pm	Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Dinner
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Synaptic Basis of Network Function Discussion Leader: David DiGregorio (University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, United States)
9:00 am - 9:20 am	Alison Barth (Carnegie Mellon University, United States) "Fine-Scale Rewiring of the Cortical Circuit During Learning"
9:20 am - 9:30 am	Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am	Zayd Khaliq (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, United States) "LACortical Input to Substantia Nigra Pars Lateralis Dopaminergic Neurons Modulates Auditory Fear Learning"
9:50 am - 10:00 am	Discussion
10:00 am - 10:10 am	Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:10 am - 10:15 am	Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am	Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:25 am - 10:30 am	Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am	Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:10 am	Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:10 am - 11:15 am	Discussion
11:15 am - 11:25 am	Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:25 am - 11:30 am	Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am	Marta Zlatic (The Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, United Kingdom) "Functional, Structural and Molecular Memory Traces in Drosophila Larval MB"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm	Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm	K. Ulrich Bayer (University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, United States) "CaMKII and the Making of Memories"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm	Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm	Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm	Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm	Molecular Mechanisms of Synapse Plasticity Discussion Leader: Elly Nedivi (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm	Tingting Wang (Georgetown University, United States) "Glia-Neuron Interaction in Presynaptic Homeostatic Plasticity"
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm	Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:40 pm	Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
6:40 pm - 6:45 pm	Discussion
6:45 pm - 7:05 pm	David DiGregorio (University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus, United States) "Short-Term Synaptic Plasticity Increases the Temporal Sparsity of Neural Activity in the Cerebellum"
7:05 pm - 7:15 pm	Discussion
7:15 pm - 7:25 pm	Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
7:25 pm - 7:30 pm	Discussion
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm	Thomas Oertner (University of Hamburg, Germany) "Early and Persistent Changes in Connectivity after Optogenetic STDP"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm	Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Dinner
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am	Business Meeting Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Dates and Venue; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm	Synapses Architecture and Regulation Across Scales Discussion Leader: Katharine Smith (University of Colorado, Denver, United States)
9:00 am - 9:20 am	Yasunori Hayashi (Kyoto University, Japan) "Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation and Synaptic Plasticity"
9:20 am - 9:30 am	Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am	Peri Kurshan (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, United States) "Protein-Lipid Interactions Drive Presynaptic Assembly Upstream of Cell Adhesion Molecules"
9:50 am - 10:00 am	Discussion
10:00 am - 10:10 am	Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:10 am - 10:15 am	Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am	Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:25 am - 10:30 am	Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am	Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:10 am	Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:10 am - 11:15 am	Discussion
11:15 am - 11:25 am	Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:25 am - 11:30 am	Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am	Shu-Hsien Sheu (Chan Zuckerberg Imaging Institute, United States) "A Serotonergic Axon-Cilium Synapse"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm	Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm	Pierre Paoletti (Ecole Normale Superieure / CNRS, INSERM, France) "Novel iGluR Signaling in the Brain"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm	Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm	Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm	Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm	Emerging Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Discussion Leader: Thomas Oertner (University of Hamburg, Germany)
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm	Seth Grant (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom) "Synaptome Architecture in the Mouse and Human Brain"
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm	Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:50 pm	Yvette Fisher (University of California, Berkeley, United States) "Plasticity of Visual Input to the Drosophila Head Direction Network"
6:50 pm - 7:00 pm	Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:20 pm	Pablo Castillo (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, United States) "BDNF Induces its Own Release to Mediate Presynaptic Plasticity"
7:20 pm - 7:30 pm	Discussion
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm	Mark Dell'Acqua (University of Colorado School of Medicine, United States) "Kinase and Phosphatase Signaling Complexes Controlling Postsynaptic Structure and Function"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm	Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm	Dinner
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am	Departure

Contributors

Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R13NS137523. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.

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Conferee Single Room:

$1,600.00

Conferee Shared Room:

$1,325.00

Conferee Off-Site:

$915.00

Guest Single Room:

$1,410.00

Guest Shared Room:

$1,135.00

Guest Off-Site:

$725.00

Child 4-12 yrs Shared Room:

$568.00

Child 4-12 yrs Off-Site:

$363.00

Child Under 4 yrs Shared Room:

Free

Child Under 4 yrs Off-Site:

Free

Bus Arriving:

$58.00

Bus Departing:

$58.00

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