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Amygdala in Health and Disease (GRS)

Gordon Research Seminar

New Frontiers in Amygdala Research: From Rodent to Man

August 1 - 2, 2015
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Stonehill College
320 Washington Street
Easton, Massachusetts, United States
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Conference Description

The Gordon Research Seminar on Amygdala in Health and Disease 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 research. Primary investigators do not attend in order to increase the interactions among peers at comparable training stages.

This meeting will focus on recent findings and innovative technologies associated with studying amygdala function (and dysfunction) in various behaviors. The goal of the GRS is to unite young investigators who are committed to and share an interest in understanding how the amygdala mediates complex behavioral processes. There will be a strong emphasis on the translational power of basic science and the progress that has been made in developing effective treatments for neuropsychiatric conditions. The seminar will complement the Gordon Research Conference by exposing participants to topics covered in the larger conference.

Related Meeting

This GRS will be held in conjunction with the "Amygdala in Health and Disease" Gordon Research Conference (GRC). 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 pmArrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pmIntroductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pmKeynote Session: Models of Amygdala Disease: Bridging the Gap
Discussion Leaders: Sheena Josselyn (Hospital for Sick Children / University of Toronto, Canada) and Olga Babaev (Max-Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine, Germany)
3:45 pm - 4:25 pmKerry Ressler (Emory University, USA)
"Models of Amygdala Disease: Bridging the Gap"
4:25 pm - 4:30 pmDiscussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmTo Be or Not to Be: Your Amygdala Will Decide
Discussion Leaders: Steve Chang (Yale University, USA) and Sung Han (University of Washington, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:55 pmShelley Warlow (University of Michigan, USA)
"Central Nucleus of Amygdala Magnifies Motivation and Controls Choice for Sucrose and Cocaine"
7:55 pm - 8:00 pmDiscussion
8:00 pm - 8:25 pmPhilip Putnam (University of Arizona, USA)
"Oxytocin Injections into the Nucleus Basalis Modulate Amygdala Neural Activity and Enhance Social Behavior in Macaques"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pmDiscussion
8:30 pm - 8:55 pmAnna Beyeler (Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, USA)
"In Vivo Neural Encoding of Learned Cues Are Opposing in BLA Neurons Projecting to the Nucleus Accumbens and the Central Amygdala"
8:55 pm - 9:00 pmDiscussion
9:00 pm - 9:25 pmVincent Costa (National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, USA)
"Amygdala and Dopamine Contributions to Bayesian Inference During Decision Making"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 amWhen Good Circuits Go Bad
Discussion Leaders: Kay Tye (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) and Farhana Yasmin (National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), India)
9:00 am - 9:25 amJulieta Lischinsky (Institute for Biomedical Sciences, The George Washington University, USA)
"Innate Behaviors Are Encoded by Distinct Neuronal Subpopulations in the Medial Amygdala Arising from the Same Developmental Origin"
9:25 am - 9:30 amDiscussion
9:30 am - 9:55 amRobert Rozeske (INSERM, France)
"Prefrontal Circuits of Contextual Fear Discrimination and Generalization"
9:55 am - 10:00 amDiscussion
10:00 am - 10:25 amRaul Andero Gali (McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA)
"Amygdala-Dependent Molecular Mechanisms of the Tac2 Pathway in Fear Learning"
10:25 am - 10:30 amDiscussion
10:30 am - 10:55 amMarie-France Marin (Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School, USA)
"Functional Activation of the Fear Extinction Network Across Anxiety Disorders"
10:55 am - 11:00 amDiscussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pmPoster Session

Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pmMentorship Component: Career Panel
Discussion Leaders: Caitlin Orsini (University of Florida, USA) and Jose Rodriguez-Romaguera (Laboratory of Fear Learning, USA)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pmPanel Discussion
"Successful Career Trajectories for Neuroscientists"
  • Steve Chang (Yale University, USA)
  • Karl Deisseroth (Stanford University, USA)
  • Andrew Holmes (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH, USA)
  • Kay Tye (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pmEvaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pmSeminar Concludes

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