| Saturday |
| 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Keynote 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 pm | Kerry Ressler (Emory University, USA)
"Models of Amygdala Disease: Bridging the Gap" |
| 4:25 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | To 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 pm | Shelley Warlow (University of Michigan, USA)
"Central Nucleus of Amygdala Magnifies Motivation and Controls Choice for Sucrose and Cocaine" |
| 7:55 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:25 pm | Philip 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 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:55 pm | Anna 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 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:25 pm | Vincent Costa (National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, USA)
"Amygdala and Dopamine Contributions to Bayesian Inference During Decision Making" |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| Sunday |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | When 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 am | Julieta 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 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:55 am | Robert Rozeske (INSERM, France)
"Prefrontal Circuits of Contextual Fear Discrimination and Generalization" |
| 9:55 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:25 am | Raul Andero Gali (McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA)
"Amygdala-Dependent Molecular Mechanisms of the Tac2 Pathway in Fear Learning" |
| 10:25 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:55 am | Marie-France Marin (Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School, USA)
"Functional Activation of the Fear Extinction Network Across Anxiety Disorders" |
| 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 | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Mentorship 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 pm | Panel 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)
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| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Seminar Concludes |
