Saturday
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm
Keynote Session: Circadian Rhythms, from Molecular Structures to the Nobel Prize and Beyond
Discussion Leader: Virginie Mengin (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Germany)
3:15 pm - 3:50 pm
Michael Rosbash (Brandeis University / Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA)
"Leadership and the Importance of Basic Science"
3:50 pm - 4:00 pm
Discussion
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Poster Session
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
The Core Timekeepers
Discussion Leaders: Catia Reis (CENC - Sleep Medicine Center / ISAMB, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal) and Aiste Steponenaite (University of Kent, United Kingdom)
5:30 pm - 5:40 pm
Julie Carcaud (CNRS / Université Paris Sud, France)
"Visual Circuits of Circadian Entrainment"
5:40 pm - 5:45 pm
Discussion
5:45 pm - 5:55 pm
Jenny Plath (University of Kassel, Germany)
"Circadian Modulation of Photosensitivity and Light Information Processing in the Madeira Cockroach Rhyparobia maderae "
5:55 pm - 6:00 pm
Discussion
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm
Josh Mouland (University of Manchester, United Kingdom)
"Enhanced Circadian Responses to 'Yellow' Rather than 'Blue' Light"
6:10 pm - 6:15 pm
Discussion
6:15 pm - 6:25 pm
Michael Tackenberg (Vanderbilt University, USA)
"The Effect of Photoperiodic Light on Circadian Behavior and Gene Expression"
6:25 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:40 pm
Andrew Patton (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, United Kingdom)
"Contrasting Electrophysiological Characteristics of Neuropeptidergic Neurons that Determine the Emergent Properties of the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Network"
6:40 pm - 6:45 pm
Discussion
6:45 pm - 6:55 pm
Mark Czeisler (Harvard University, USA)
"Suprachiasmatic Nucleus Neurons: Structured to Synchronize"
6:55 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:10 pm
Patrick-Simon Welz (IRB Barcelona, Spain)
"Peripheral Clocks Respond Autonomously to Light"
7:10 pm - 7:15 pm
Discussion
7:15 pm - 7:25 pm
Matthew Hindle (The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
"The Evolutionary History of BMAL Genes in Mammals"
7:25 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Mentorship Component: Chronobiology in and Outside the Lab / Clock Genomics
Discussion Leaders: Priya Crosby (University of California, Santa Cruz, USA), Michael Tackenberg (Vanderbilt University, USA), Akane Hara (Kyushu University, Japan) and Hannah De los Santos (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA)
9:00 am - 9:45 am
Panel Discussion
What's Next After PhD/PostDoc?
Danny Altmann (Imperial College London, United Kingdom)
Janet He (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, USA)
Charlotte Helfrich-Forster (University of Würzburg, Germany)
9:45 am - 9:55 am
Johanna Vestlund (Karolinska Institutet, Sweden)
"Novel Feedback Loops Between 3D Genome Organizers and the Circadian Clock Regulate Rhythmic Chromatin Transitions in the Nuclear Architecture"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:10 am
Rukeia El-Athman (Institute for Theoretical Biology, Humboldt University Berlin / Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany)
"A Landscape of Circadian and Ultradian Alternative Splicing in Mammalian Tissues"
10:10 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Jennifer Fribourgh (University of California, Santa Cruz, USA)
"A Tale of Two CRYs: Identifying Biochemical Determinants of Their Differential Regulation of Circadian Timekeeping"
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 10:40 am
Anna-Marie Finger (Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany)
"Intercellular Coupling Between Peripheral Circadian Oscillators"
10:40 am - 10:45 am
Discussion
10:45 am - 10:55 am
Pieterjan Dierickx (Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, University of Pennsylvania, USA)
"The Putative REV-ERB Agonist SR9009 Has Non-Specific Effects on Cell Proliferation, Metabolism and Transcription"
10:55 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 - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Clocks in Immunity and Metabolism
Discussion Leaders: Kandis Adams (Emory University, USA) and Nora Nowak (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
1:30 pm - 1:40 pm
Sara Carmo-Silva (Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Portugal)
"Reseting the Clock on Obesity: The Tale of Ataxin-2 in the Hypothalamus"
1:40 pm - 1:45 pm
Discussion
1:45 pm - 1:55 pm
Amy Bruce (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
"Is Temporal Regulation of Plant Innate Immunity Mediated via Jasmonic Acid and Ethylene Signalling Transcription Factors?"
1:55 pm - 2:00 pm
Discussion
2:00 pm - 2:10 pm
Emily Collins (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA)
"The Circadian Regulation of Macrophage Physiology and Metabolism: A Multi-Omics Approach"
2:10 pm - 2:15 pm
Discussion
2:15 pm - 2:25 pm
James Bagnall (University of Manchester, United Kingdom)
"Quantitative Imaging and Network Analysis of the Circadian Clock"
2:25 pm - 2:30 pm
Discussion
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes