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Chronobiology (GRS)

Gordon-Kenan Research Seminar

Circadian Rhythms: From Molecule to Man

July 13 - 14, 2013
Chairs Jerome S. Menet and Jennifer Mohawk
Salve Regina University
100 Ochre Point Avenue
Newport, Rhode Island, United States
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Conference Description

The Gordon Research Seminar on Chronobiology is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas.

The meeting will target major developments in understanding the molecular underpinnings of circadian clocks, how they contribute to physiological and behavioral rhythms and why their disruption leads to the development of pathological disorders. The breadth of topics is similar to Chronobiology GRC, but the intimacy of the setting provides an unparalleled opportunity for more junior scientists to present and discuss important questions within the field of Chronobiology.

Related Meeting

This GRS will be held in conjunction with the "Chronobiology" Gordon Research Seminar (GRS). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRC in addition to an application for the GRS. Refer to the associated GRC program page for more information.

Conference Program

SATURDAY
1:00 pm - 5:00 pmArrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pmIntroductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pmKeynote Session
3:45 pm - 4:15 pmKeynote speaker: Jay C. Dunlap (Dartmouth University)
"Some Things I Learned While Studying Clocks"
4:15 pm - 4:30 pmDiscussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session I
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmMolecular Clocks
Discussion Leader: John B. Hogenesch (University of Pennsylvania)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pmNgoc-Hien Du (University of Lausanne)
"MicroRNAs shape circadian gene expression on a transcriptome-wide scale"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pmDiscussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pmJennifer Hurley (Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth)
"Conserved RNA helicase FRH acts as Nanny to Neurospora clock protein FRQ"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pmDiscussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pmJin Young Kim (Harvard University)
"A functional NuRD transcriptional repressor complex reconstituted by the interaction of PER-CRY complex with BMAL1/CLOCK"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pmDiscussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pmYong Zhang (UMass Medical School)
"A role for Drosophila ATAXIN-2 in the activation of PERIOD translation and circadian behavior"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
SUNDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 amClocks and Physiology
Discussion Leader: Erik Herzog (Washington University in St Louis)
9:00 am - 9:20 amMarco Brancaccio (Medical Research Council)
"A Gq - Ca2+ axis controls circuit-level encoding of circadian time in the suprachiasmatic nucleus by recruiting VIPergic intrinsic connectivity"
9:20 am - 9:30 amDiscussion
9:30 am - 9:50 amJennifer Evans (Morehouse School of Medicine)
"Dynamic interactions mediated by non-redundant signaling mechanisms couple circadian clock neurons"
9:50 am - 10:00 amDiscussion
10:00 am - 10:20 amMatthieu Flourakis (Northwestern University)
"A conserved bicycle model for circadian clock control of membrane excitability"
10:20 am - 10:30 amDiscussion
10:30 am - 10:50 amJihwan Myung (Riken Brain Science Institute)
"A Negative Force of Interaction within Society of Clocks"
10:50 am - 11:00 amDiscussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pmPoster Session II
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pmClocks and Behavior
Discussion Leader: Amita Sehgal (University of Pennsylvania)
1:30 pm - 1:50 pmFrancesco La Spada (University of Lausanne)
"Impaired sleep homeostasis in Period 2 knock-out mice"
1:50 pm - 2:00 pmDiscussion
2:00 pm - 2:20 pmMi Shi (University of Pennsylvania)
"redeye (rye) is a novel gene regulating sleep in Drosophila"
2:20 pm - 2:30 pmDiscussion
2:30 pm - 3:00 pmEvaluation Period
Fill out GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pmGordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm.

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