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
Inputs to the Basal Ganglia
Discussion Leader: Arif Hamid (Brown University, USA)
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm
Sakurako Watanabe (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Japan)
"Effect of Multiple Cortical Inputs on the Striatal Spike Timing-Dependent Plasticity"
4:00 pm - 4:05 pm
Discussion
4:05 pm - 4:20 pm
Maxime Assous (Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University, USA)
"Pedunculopontine Glutamatergic Neurons Innervate the Striatum and Selectively Target Interneurons"
4:20 pm - 4:25 pm
Discussion
4:25 pm - 4:30 pm
General Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
BG Microcircuits and Dopamine Neurotransmission
Discussion Leader: Allison Girasole (University of California, San Francisco, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Manuel Pinto (University of Basel, Switzerland)
"Basal Ganglia-Brainstem Interactions for the Control of Locomotion"
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm
Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:05 pm
Samantha Scudder (New York University, USA)
"Local Inhibitory Circuitry in the Nucleus Accumbens"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Bernard Bloem (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
"Two-Photon Imaging of the Mouse Striatum Demonstrates Distinct Functions for Striosomes and Matrix in Reinforcement Learning"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
Kaue Costa (Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany)
"Alternative Splicing of KCNIP4 in Dopamine VTA Neurons Controls the Dynamics of Learning from Reward Omission"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm
Lei Xiao (Northwestern University, USA)
"Oxytocinergic Regulation of Midbrain Dopamine Systems"
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Rebekah Evans (National Institutes of Health, USA)
"Dendrite-Specific Inhibition of SNc Dopamine Neurons"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Basal Ganglia Disorders
Discussion Leader: Asha Lahiri (Northwestern University, USA)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Ashley Anderson (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA)
"Foxp1 Regulates Distinct Features of Striatal Development and ASD-Relevant Behaviors Through Cell-Type Specific Molecular Pathways"
9:15 am - 9:20 am
Discussion
9:20 am - 9:35 am
Megan Fox (University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA)
"RhoA Mediates Negative Outcomes to Stress in Ventral Striatal Neuron Subtypes"
9:35 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Polina Kosillo (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
"mTORC1 Critically Controls Dopamine Neuron Physiology and Function"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Ryan Kovaleski (Northwestern University, USA)
"Optogenetic Interrogation of Abnormal Subthalamic Nucleus-External Globus Pallidus Network Activity Following the Loss of Dopamine"
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:35 am
Naila Kuhlmann (Montreal Neurological Institute / University of British Columbia, Canada)
"The Role of LRRK2 at Cortico- and Thalamo-Striatal Synapses"
10:35 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 10:55 am
Michael Ryan (University of California, San Francisco, USA)
"Aberrant Striatal Activity in Parkinsonism and Levodopa-Induced Dyskinesia"
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 - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Career Development Panel
Discussion Leader: Nick Hollon (Salk Institute for Biological Studies, USA)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Career Development
Yevgenia Kozorovitskiy (Northwestern University, USA)
Ignacio Munoz-Sanjuan (CHDI Management, USA)
Margaret Rice (New York University School of Medicine, USA)
Mark Bevan (Northwestern University, USA)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes
