SUNDAY |
4:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | MOLECULAR DETERMINANTS OF DENDRITIC SHAPE |
| Discussion Leader: Linda Van Aelst (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) |
7:40 pm - 8:05 pm | Haitao Zhu (Stanford University) "Mechanisms of dendritic pruning during development" |
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
8:15 pm - 8:40 pm | Bonnie Firestein (Rutgers University)
"Intrinsic regulation of dendrite number and branching" |
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
8:50 pm - 9:20 pm | Yuh Nung Jan (UC San Francisco) "Regulation of dendritic branching patterns" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
9:30 pm - 11:30 pm | Informal Social |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
8:30 am | Group Photo |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | PROTEIN SYNTHESIS AND MOLECULAR TRAFFICKING IN DENDRITES |
| Discussion Leader: Zoltan Nusser (Budapest) |
9:00 am - 9:25 am | Mike Ehlers (Duke University)
"Positioning endocytic machinery in dendrites and spines" |
9:25 am - 9:35 am | Discussion |
9:35 am - 10:00 am | Oswald Steward (UC Irvine) "Messenger RNA trafficking in dendrites" |
10:00 am - 10:10 am | Discussion |
10:10 am - 10:25 am | Short Talk: TBA |
10:25 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:25 am | Erin Schuman (Caltech) "Regulation of dendritic protein synthesis by activity" |
11:25 am - 11:35 am | Discussion |
11:35 am - 12:00 pm | James Trimmer (UC Davis) "Dendritic distribution of K channels" |
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Discussion |
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm | Short Talk: TBA |
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | STRUCTURAL PLASTICITY OF DENDRITES |
| Discussion Leader: Erin Schuman (Caltech) |
7:30 pm - 7:55 pm | Holly Cline (Cold Spring Harbor) "Dendritic development and synaptogenesis" |
7:55 pm - 8:05 pm | Discussion |
8:05 pm - 8:30 pm | Elly Nedivi (MIT) "Plasticity of interneuron dendritic arbors in visual cortex" |
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Discussion |
8:40 pm - 9:05 pm | Wenbiao Gan (New York University) "Spine motility in visual cortex in vivo" |
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm | Discussion |
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm | Short Talk: TBA |
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
9:30 pm - 11:30 pm | Informal Social |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | SIGNAL INTEGRATION IN DENDRITES |
| Discussion Leader: Rodolfo Llinas (NYU) |
9:00 am - 9:25 am | Jeff Magee (Janelia Farm / HHMI) "Initiation and propagation of dendritic spikes" |
9:25 am - 9:35 am | Discussion |
9:35 am - 10:00 am | Matthew Larkum (University of Bern) "Coincidence detection by dendrites" |
10:00 am - 10:10 am | Discussion |
10:10 am - 10:25 am | Short Talk: TBA |
10:25 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:25 am | Fritjof Helmchen (University of Zurich) "Calcium signals in vivo" |
11:25 am - 11:35 am | Discussion |
11:35 am - 12:00 pm | Jackie Schiller (Technion University) "Functional subcompartments in dendrites" |
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Discussion |
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm | Johann Bollmann (Harvard)
"Functional imaging of dendritic activity in the optic tectum of larval Xenopus laevis" |
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:15 pm - 5:00 pm | Whale Watching |
1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Time |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | COMPUTATIONAL PROPERTIES OF DENDRITES |
| Discussion Leader: Dan Johnston (Univ. Texas, Austin) |
7:30 pm - 7:55 pm | Dmitri Chklovskii (Janelia Farm / HHMI)
"What determines the shape of dendrites?" |
7:55 pm - 8:05 pm | Discussion |
8:05 pm - 8:30 pm | Arnd Roth (University College London) "Links between morphology and dendritic function" |
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Discussion |
8:40 pm - 9:05 pm | Bartlett Mel (University of Southern California) "Dendrites as multi-layer networks" |
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm | Discussion |
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm | Short Talk: TBA |
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
9:30 pm - 11:30 pm | Informal Social |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | DENDRITES AND SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY |
| Discussion Leader: Julian Jack (University College London) |
9:00 am - 9:25 am | Kristen Harris (University of Texas, Austin)
"Ultrastructure of dendritic spine plasticity during LTP" |
9:25 am - 9:35 am | Discussion |
9:35 am - 10:00 am | Roger Nicoll (UC San Francisco)
"How does a spine control its AMPA receptors?" |
10:00 am - 10:10 am | Discussion |
10:10 am - 10:25 am | Short Talk: TBA |
10:25 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:25 am | Jesper Sjöström (University College London) "A dendritic switch for synaptic plasticity" |
11:25 am - 11:35 am | Discussion |
11:35 am - 12:00 pm | Arthur Konnerth (Technical University, Munich) "Dendritic Ca spikes and synaptic plasticity" |
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Discussion |
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm | Short Talk: TBA |
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | INTRINSIC PLASTICITY OF DENDRITES |
| Discussion Leader: David Linden (Johns Hopkins) |
7:30 pm - 7:55 pm | Dan Johnston (University of Texas, Austin) "Synaptic plasticity and dendritic excitability" |
7:55 pm - 8:05 pm | Discussion |
8:05 pm - 8:30 pm | Mu-ming Poo (UC Berkeley) "Long-term enhancement of dendritic excitability" |
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Discussion |
8:40 pm - 9:05 pm | Dominique Debanne (University of Marseille, France) "Intrinsic plasticity in pyramidal neurons" |
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm | Discussion |
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm | Short Talk: TBA |
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
9:30 pm - 11:30 pm | Informal Social |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | DENDRITES AND DISEASE |
| Discussion Leader: Kristen Harris (University of Texas, Austin) |
9:00 am - 9:25 am | John Morrison (Mt. Sinai University) "Effects of steroids and aging on spines and synapses" |
9:25 am - 9:35 am | Discussion |
9:35 am - 10:00 am | Terry Robinson (University of Michigan) "Structural plasticity associated with exposure to drugs of abuse" |
10:00 am - 10:10 am | Discussion |
10:10 am - 10:25 am | Short Talk: TBA |
10:25 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:25 am | Brad Hyman (Mass. General Hospital)
"Multiphoton imaging of dendritic processes in models of Alzheimer's disease" |
11:25 am - 11:35 am | Discussion |
11:35 am - 12:00 pm | Bill Greenough (Univ. Illinois Urbana-Champaign) "Failure of synaptic and dendritic pruning in the mouse model of fragile X syndrome" |
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Discussion |
12:10 pm - 12:25 pm | Short Talk: TBA |
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:10 pm - 5:00 pm | Wine Tour or Getty Villa |
1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Time |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| (Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair) |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | DENDRITES AS PRESYNAPTIC ELEMENTS |
| Discussion Leader: Roger Nicoll (UC San Francisco) |
7:30 pm - 7:55 pm | Nathan Urban (Carnegie Mellon University) "Transmitter release from mitral cell dendrites" |
7:55 pm - 8:05 pm | Discussion |
8:05 pm - 8:30 pm | Brad Alger (University of Maryland) "Dendritic cannabinoids and inhibition" |
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Discussion |
8:40 pm - 9:05 pm | Wade Regehr (Harvard Medical School) "Dendritic cannabinoid release" |
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm | Discussion |
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm | Short Talk: TBA |
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
9:30 pm - 11:30 pm | Informal Social |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Depart |