Sunday June
13
Evening Session |
Adaptive
and Evolutionary Aspects of Circadian Rhythms |
| 19:30 |
Opening |
| 19:35 |
Serge Daan (University of Groningen, Netherlands): Discussion Leader |
| 19:50 |
Carl Johnson (Vanderbilt University, USA): Adaptive significance
of circadian rhythms in photosynthetic organisms |
| 20:30 |
Gerhard Heldmaier (University of Marburg, Germany): Circadian rhythms
in daily torpor and hibernation |
| 21:10 |
Nicholas Mrosovsky (University of Toronto, Canada): Masking: understanding
rather than excluding it |
Monday June
14
Morning Session |
Human Circadian Pathologies and
their Treatment |
| 09:00 |
Anna Wirz-Justice (University of Basel, Switzerland): Discussion Leader |
| 09:15 |
Eus van Someren (Netherlands Institute of Brain Research): Circadian
rhythms in dementia |
| 09:55 |
Tom Wehr (NIMH, USA): Rhythms and blues: Role of circadian and seasonal
rhythms in pathogenesis and treatment of mood disorder |
| 10:35 - 10:55 |
Break & Group Photo |
| 10:55 |
Makoto Uchiyama (National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Japan):
Human circadian rhythm disorders: pathology in circadian and homeostatic
sleep regulation |
| 11:35 |
Michael Menaker (University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA)
Jürgen Aschoff Memorial Lecture: Toward a complete understanding of circadian organization |
| 16:00 - 17:30 |
Poster Session I |
Monday June
14
Evening Session |
Molecular
Mechanisms I |
| 17:30 |
Jay Dunlap (Dartmouth College, USA): Discussion Leader |
| 17:45 |
Steven Reppert (Harvard, USA): Comparative Analysis of Clock Genes |
| 18:25 |
Stacey Harmer (Scripps, USA) :Transcriptional control and circadian
timekeeping |
| 19:05 |
Till Roenneberg (University of Munich, Germany): Light and temperature
effects on the circadian system of Neurospora with and without FRQ |
Tuesday June
15
Morning Session
|
Molecular
Mechanisms II |
| 09:00 |
Amita Sehgal (University of Pennsylvania): Discussion Leader |
| 09:15 |
Hajime Tei (University of Tokyo, Japan): Molecular mechanisms for
circadian expression of the mammalian Per1 gene |
| 09:55 |
Nicholas Gekakis (Harvard, USA): Molecular analysis of the mammalian
circadian clock |
| 10:35 - 10:55 |
Break |
| 10:55 |
Elaine Tobin (UCLA, USA): The CCA1 protein and its involvement in
circadian rhythms of Arabidopsis |
| 11:35 |
Hot topic: Susan Golden (Texas A&M, USA): New loci that affect circadian
rhythms of gene expression in cyanobacteria |
| 11:50 |
Hot topic: Deborah Bell-Peddersen (Texas A&M, USA): Molecular analysis of
circadian output pathways in Neurospora crassa |
| 12:05 |
Hot topic: Liz Maywood (Cambridge University, UK): Molecular basis to the non-photic resetting of the hamster circadian clock |
Tuesday June
15
Evening Session |
Pineal
and Retinal Rhythms |
| 17:30 |
Russell Foster (Imperial College, UK): Discussion Leader |
| 17:45 |
Roland Brandstaetter (Research Center for Ornithology, Germany):
Distinct patterns of circadian rhythm expression in the avian pineal gland |
| 18:25 |
Greg Cahill (University of Houston,USA): Pineal, retinal and behavioral
rhythms in Zebrafish |
| 19:05 |
Hot topic: Carla Green (University of Virginia): Xenopus transgenics shed light
on the retinal circadian clock |
| 19:20 |
Hot topic: Gianluca Tosini (Morehouse School of Medicine, USA): Melatonin
circadian rhythm in the retina of rodents and primates |
Wednesday June
16
Morning Session |
Circadian
Photoreception and Photoentrainment |
| 09:00 |
Howard Cooper (INSERM, France): Discussion Leader |
| 09:15 |
Domien Beersma (University of Groningen, Netherlands): Phase and
frequency responses to light and their role in stabilizing entrainment |
| 09:55 |
Robert J. Lucas (Imperial College, UK): Novel photoreceptors mediate
the effects of light on the mammalian circadian system |
| 10:35 - 10:55 |
Break |
| 10:55 |
Ralf Stanewsky (University of Regensburg): Circadian photoreception in
Drosophila |
| 11:35 |
Hot topic: Paul Devlin (Scripps, USA): Genetic analysis of circadian photoreception
in Arabidopsis |
| 11:50 |
Hot topic: Bert van der Horst (Erasmus University, Netherlands): Mammalian blue-light receptor homologs CRY1 and CRY2 are essential A for maintenance of circadian rhythms |
| 16:00 - 17:30 |
Poster Session II |
Wednesday June
16
Evening Session |
The
SCN as a Pacemaker |
| 17:30 |
Rae Silver (Barnard College, USA): Discussion Leader |
| 17:45 |
Erik Herzog (University of Virginia, USA): The role of clock and
tissue organization in period determination of SCN neurons |
| 18:25 |
J. Patrick Card (University of Pittsburg, USA): Functional dissection
of the retino-hypothalamic tract with neurotropic viruses |
| 19:05 |
Hot topic: Helena Illnerova (Academy of the Sciences, Czech Republic): Regulation of the spontaneous
SCN rhythmicity |
| 19:20 |
Hot topic: Larry Morin (SUNY, USA): Midbrain contributions to circadian timing |
Thursday June
17
Morning Session |
Multiple
Oscillators, Multiple Pacemakers |
| 09:00 |
Gene Block (University of Virginia, USA): Discussion Leader |
| 09:15 |
Ueli Schibler (University of Geneva, Switzerland): Control of circadian
gene expression in peripheral organs and tissue culture cells |
| 09:55 |
Andrew J. Milllar (University of Warrick, UK): Multiple autonomous
circadian clocks in higher plants |
| 10:35 - 10:55 |
Break |
| 10:55 |
Charlotte Helfrich-Foerster (University of Tuebingen, Germany):
Multiple pacemaker neurons control locomotor activity in Drosophila:
evidence for a hierarchical organization |
| 11:35 |
Chen Liu (Harvard, USA): GABA as an internal synchronizer of SCN
neurons |
| 12:15 |
Hot topic: Sato Honma (Sapporo, Japan): Coupling mechanism of multiple oscillators
in the master clock, SCN |
Thursday June
17
Evening Session
|
Sleep |
| 17:30 |
Irene Tobler (University of Zürich, Switzerland): Discussion
Leader |
| 17:45 |
Paul Franken (University of Geneva, Switzerland): Searching for genes related to sleep regulation |
| 18:25 |
Eve van Cauter (University of Chicago, USA): What is sleep good
for? |
| 19:05 |
David F. Dinges (University of Philadelphia, USA): Neurobehavioral
effects of sleep loss: homeostatic and circadian dynamics |
| 20:00 |
Banquet |
