Saturday |
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm | Keynote Session: The Science of Circadian Biology |
| Discussion Leader: Clark Rosensweig (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA) |
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm | Michael Menaker (University of Virginia, USA) "Chance Favors the Prepared Mind" |
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm | Discussion |
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session |
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Molecular Clocks |
| Discussion Leader: Carla Green (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA) |
5:30 pm - 5:50 pm | Marrit Putker (Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, United Kingdom) "Some Rhythm, No Cry - Characterisation of Circadian Timekeeping in Cry1/2-Deficient Mammalian Fibroblasts" |
5:50 pm - 6:00 pm | Discussion |
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm | Mathias Foo (Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics, South Korea) "Unraveling the Core Genetic Circuitry of the Plant Circadian System Through Computational Model" |
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm | Discussion |
6:30 pm - 6:50 pm | Johanna Krahmer (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom) "Rhythmic Protein Phoshorylation in Arabidopsis thaliana" |
6:50 pm - 7:00 pm | Discussion |
7:00 pm - 7:20 pm | Jonathan Lipton (Boston Children's Hospital / Harvard Medical School, USA) "Mechanisms of Circadian Translation" |
7:20 pm - 7:30 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm | Dinner |
Sunday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 11:00 am | Clocks and Physiology |
| Discussion Leader: Horacio De La Iglesia (University of Washington, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:20 am | Jovi Wong (University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, United Kingdom) "Role of Mammalian Cryptochromes in Retinal Responses to Light" |
9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
9:30 am - 9:50 am | Cristina Mazuski (Washington University in St. Louis, USA) "Low and High Frequency Firing of SCN VIP Neurons Differentially Shifts Circadian Rhythms and Activates Distinct Brain Areas" |
9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:20 am | Marie Pariollaud (University of Manchester, United Kingdom) "A Novel Mechanism Links Inflammation to the Clock Through REV-ERBa Protein Stability" |
10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am - 10:50 am | Ozgur Tataroglu (University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA) "A Conserved Mechanism for Circadian Thermal Responses in Flies and Mammals" |
10:50 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 | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Clocks and Behavior |
| Discussion Leader: Ravi Allada (Northwestern University, USA) |
1:30 pm - 1:50 pm | Diego Fernandez (Johns Hopkins University, USA) "Atypical Photoreceptors and Circuits in Light Modulation of Mood and Cognitive Functions" |
1:50 pm - 2:00 pm | Discussion |
2:00 pm - 2:20 pm | Angela Parody-Merino (Massey University / Cawthron Institute, New Zealand) "Towards Understanding Genetic Influences on Avian Migration Departure Timing" |
2:20 pm - 2:30 pm | Discussion |
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms |
3:00 pm | Seminar Concludes |