SATURDAY |
1:00 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 Lecture |
| Discussion Leaders: Valerio Chiurchiu (IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation) and Ana Clara Pascual (INIBIBB-UNS-Conicet) |
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Cecilia J. Hillard (Medical College of Wisconsin,USA)
"Endocannabinoid signaling and Homeostasis"
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4:15 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Endocannabinoid modulation of neural function |
| Discussion Leaders: Brady Atwood (NIAAA) and Keri Hildick (University of Bristol) |
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | JingJing Wu (The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine)
"Cannabinoid signaling in the mammalian inner ear"
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7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | David Kupferschmidt (NIAAA)
"Divergent roles for presynaptic calcium in plasticity of cortical inputs to the dorsolateral striatum"
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8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Huikun Wang (NIDA)
"Cocaine depresses GABA(B) receptor-mediated transmission in dopamine neurons via endocannabinoid- and serotonin-dependent mechanisms"
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8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Geoffrey Vargish (NICHD)
"Persistent inhibitory circuit defects following chronic in utero exposure to exogenous cannabinoids" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
SUNDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 10:00 am | Mentorship Session |
| Discussion Leaders: Jacqueline Flores-Otero (Institute of Neurology, UPR) and Massimo Trusel (Istituto Italiano Di Technologi) |
9:00 am - 9:20 am | Traci Czyzyk-Morgan (Mayo Clinic Arizona)
"Taking the road less traveled to an academic faculty position"
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9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
9:30 am - 9:50 am | Heather B. Bradshaw (Indiana University)
"Encouraging autonomy through structure: frameworks and fun"
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9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 11:00 am | Neuropathological disorders induced disruption of the endocannabinoid system |
| Discussion Leaders: Ku-Lung Hsu (Scripps Research Institute) and Alipi Naydenov (University of Washington) |
10:00 am - 10:20 am | Daniel Morgan (Penn State College of Medicine)
"Characterization of a novel JNK-mediated mechanism of cannabinoid tolerance"
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10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am - 10:50 am | Verginia Cuzon-Carlson (NIAAA)
"Gestational ethanol exposure decreases GABAergic inhibition in the dorsal striatum through interactions with the cannabinoid system"
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10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session II |
| 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 | Ensuing effects of endocannabinoid modulation on disruption of behavioral processes |
| Discussion Leaders: Erik Oleson (Maryland University) and Raissa Lerner (Insitute for Physiological Chemistry) |
1:30 pm - 1:50 pm | Ozge Gunduz-Cinar (NIH/NIAAA)
"Anandamide modulates fear extinction via activation of calcineurin in amygdala"
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1:50 pm - 2:00 pm | Discussion |
2:00 pm - 2:20 pm | Natalia Murataeva (Indiana University)
"CB2 cannabinoid receptor deletion does not affect cocaine-induced reward and sensitization in mice"
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2:20 pm - 2:30 pm | Discussion |
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill out GRS Evaluation Forms |
3:00 pm | Gordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm. |