| Sunday, June 18 |
| 2:00-11:00 PM |
Buses arrive, registration |
| 6:00 PM |
dinner |
| Evening: |
Vesicle transport and docking |
| 7:30-7:35 PM |
Richard Scheller, Chair |
| 7:40-8:15 PM |
Wolfhard Almers: Transport, capture and exocytosis of single
synaptic vesicles |
| 8:20-8:55 PM |
William Betz: Single and compound exocytic events in pituary lactotrophs |
| 9:00-9:35 PM |
Paul Bridgman: Controlling traffic in a presynaptic terminal |
| Monday, June 19 |
| Morning: |
Mechanisms of exocytosis |
| 9:00-9:05 AM |
Wolfhard Almers, Chair |
| 9:05-9:40AM |
Axel Brünger: Structural studies of proteins involved in
vesicle fusion |
| 9:40-10:15 AM |
Reinhard Jahn: Structure-function analysis of SNAREs |
| 10:15-10:50 AM |
Richard Scheller: Molecular mechanisms of membrane
trafficking and exocytosis |
| 10:50-11:20 AM |
Coffee break |
| 11:20-11:55 AM |
Phyllis Hanson: Role of chaperones in membrane trafficking |
| 11:55 AM-12:30 PM |
Erik Jorgensen: UNC-13 and UNC-18 proteins and priming |
| 5:00-6:00 PM |
Poster session I |
| Evening |
Organization of transporters and receptors |
| 7:30-7:35 PM |
Mary Kennedy, Chair |
| 7:40-8:15 PM |
Ann-Marie Craig: Synaptic targeting of glutamate receptors in hippocampal neurons |
| 8:20-8:55 PM |
Morgan Sheng: Postsynaptic AMPA receptor trafficking and synaptic plasticity |
| 9:00-9:10 PM |
Anthony Koleske: Role of Arg nonreceptor tyrosine kinase in regulating the synapse |
| 9:15-9:25 PM |
Ulli Bayer: CaM kinase II interactions with the NMDA receptor |
| Tuesday, June 20 |
| Morning |
Postsynaptic organization and signalling mechanisms |
| 9:00-9:05 AM |
Morgan Sheng, Chair |
| 9:05-9:40 AM |
Mary Kennedy: Complex signal transduction at the postsynaptic density |
| 9:40-10:15 AM |
Deanna Benson: Cadherin adhesion in synapse assembly and
plasticity |
| 10:15-10:50 AM |
Shelly Halpain: Molecular remodeling of the dendritic cytoskeleton |
| 10:50-11:20 AM |
Coffee Break |
| 11:20-11:55 AM |
Erin Schumann: mRNA trafficking and protein synthesis at the synapse |
| 11:55 AM-12:05 PM |
Mary Morrison: Cell-cell interactions during neuronal differentiation |
| 5:00-6:00 PM |
Afternoon: Poster session I |
| Evening |
Physiology of neurotransmitter release |
| 7:30-7:35 PM |
Tom Martin, Chair |
| 7:40-8:15 PM |
Erwin Neher: Short term facilitation and depression at a mammalian synapse under voltage clamp |
| 8:20-8:55 PM |
George Augustine: Proteins involved in synaptic vesicle
trafficking at the squid giant |
| 9:00-9:35 PM |
Ruth Heidelberger: The role of ATP in synaptic vesicle dynamics |
| 9:40-9:50 PM |
Milton Charlton: SNARE protein interactions in neurotransmitter release |
| Wednesday June 21 |
| Morning |
Endocytosis and membrane dynamics |
| 9:00-9:05 AM |
George Augustine, Chair |
| 9:05-9:40 AM |
Wieland Huttner: The role of lipids in synaptic vesicle biogenesis |
| 9:40-10:15 AM |
Pietro DeCamilli: Accessory factors of the clathrin coat in synaptic vesicle endocytosis |
| 10:15-10:50AM |
Lennart Brodin: Synaptic vesicle recycling in the lamprey giant synapse |
| 10:50-11:20 AM |
Coffee Break |
| 11:20-11:55 AM |
Craig Garner: Assembling presynaptic active zones |
| 11:55AM-12:05 PM |
Zu-Hang Sheng: Novel proteins that modulate SNARE complex assembly |
| 12:05-12:15 PM |
Thierry Galli: Role of tetanus toxin-insensitive VAMP in mediating neurite outgrowth |
| 12:15-12:25 PM |
Britta Qualman: Syndapins and their interaction partners, neuronal proteins at the functional interface of endocytosis and actin cytoskeleton |
| 5:00-6:00 PM |
Poster session II |
| Evening |
Signal processing |
| 7:30-7:35 PM |
Erik Jorgensen, Chair |
| 7:40-8:15 PM |
Cornelia Bargmann: The SAD-1 kinase organizes presynaptic vesicle clusters |
| 8:20-8:55 PM |
Eve Marder: Activity-dependent regulation of intrinsic and inhibitory synaptic properties in neurons and rhythmic circuits |
| 9:00-9:35PM |
Christine Li: Towards determining the function of a neuropeptide gene family in C. elegans |
| Thursday June 22 |
| Morning |
Synapse formation in the immature and mature brain |
| 9:00-9:05 AM |
Scott Thompson, chair |
| 9:05-9:40 AM |
Carol Mason: Cerebellar granule-Purkinje cell interactions: differentiation factors and
dynamics |
| 9:40-10:15 AM |
Catherine Woolley: Effects of estrogen on hippocampal circuitry |
| 10:15-10:50 AM |
Rosalind Segal: Signal transduction through axons- the
challenge of distance |
| 10:50-11:20 AM |
Coffee Break |
| 11:20-11:55 AM |
Mark Ellisman: Application of advanced 3D light and electron
microscopic techniques to the study of neuronal dendrites and synapses |
| 11:55 AM-12:30 PM |
Joseph Tsien: Behavioral enrichment promotes structural
plasticity and functional |
| 5:00-6:00 PM |
Poster session II |
| Evening |
Mechanisms of synapse maintenance and plasticity |
| 7:00-7:30 PM |
Business meeting: election of chairs for 2004 |
| 7:30-7:35 PM |
Catherine Woolley, Chair |
| 7:40-8:15 PM |
Scott Thompson: Glutamate and the maintenance of synaptic
structure |
| 8:20-8:55 PM |
Justin Fallon: Mechanisms of activity-dependent mRNA translation in dendrites |
| 9:00-midnight |
Social function |
| Friday, June 23 |
|
breakfast, buses to airport |
