| 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 Speaker |
| Discussion Leader: Denise Cook (University of Ottawa) |
| 3:15 pm - 3:45 pm | Michael Häusser (University College London)
"Dendritic computation"
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| 3:45 pm - 4:00 pm | Discussion |
| 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session I |
| 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Dendrite and Spine Remodeling |
| 5:30 pm - 5:40 pm | Discussion Leaders: Cody Smith (University of Virginia) and Trace Henry (University of Michigan)
"Introduction" |
| 5:40 pm - 5:55 pm | Simon Chen (University of California, San Diego)
"The transcription factor MEF2 regulates visual experience-driven functional metaplasticity in the developing brain"
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| 5:55 pm - 6:00 pm | Discussion |
| 6:00 pm - 6:15 pm | Mikko Koskinen (Neuroscience Center, University of Helsinki)
"Regulation of dendritic spine actin by Myosin IIb"
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| 6:15 pm - 6:20 pm | Discussion |
| 6:20 pm - 6:35 pm | Tiago Ferreira (McGill University Center for Research in Neuroscience)
"Dendrite architecture is organized by transcriptional control of F-actin nucleation"
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| 6:35 pm - 6:40 pm | Discussion |
| 6:40 pm - 6:55 pm | Wen-Jie Bian (Institute of Neuroscience, Shanghai)
"Inter-spine competition for β-catenin underlies activity-dependent spine pruning"
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| 6:55 pm - 7:00 pm | Discussion |
| 7:00 pm - 7:15 pm | Daniela Mauceri (Interdisciplinary Center for Neurosciences, University of Heidelberg)
"VEGFD neuroprotective activity against stroke-induced dendrite pathology"
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| 7:15 pm - 7:20 pm | Discussion |
| 7:20 pm - 7:30 pm | General Discussion |
| 8:00 pm | Dinner |
| SUNDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Synaptic Plasticity and Neural Circuits |
| 9:00 am - 9:10 am | Discussion Leaders: Jun Ding (Stanford University) and Lucy Palmer (University of Bern)
"Introduction" |
| 9:10 am - 9:25 am | Cian O'Donnell (Salk Institute)
"Generalization of memories by dendritic protein sharing"
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| 9:25 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:45 am | Thomas Younts (Albert Einstein College of Medicine)
"Burst firing induced plasticity at somatic and dendritic inhibitory synapses"
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| 9:45 am - 9:50 am | Discussion |
| 9:50 am - 10:05 am | Haruhisa Okawa (University of Washington)
"Cellular mechanisms regulating patterns of converging inputs onto a retinal neuron"
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| 10:05 am - 10:10 am | Discussion |
| 10:10 am - 10:25 am | Anne Biever (Institute of Functional Genomics)
"Modulation of the translational machinery in the striatum by d-amphetamine"
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| 10:25 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:45 am | Katherine Villa (Picower Institute of Learning and Memory, MIT)
"In vivo imaging of coordinated excitatory and inhibitory synaptic dynamics on pyramidal cell dendrites"
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| 10:45 am - 10:50 am | Discussion |
| 10:50 am - 11:00 am | General Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session II |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 2:40 pm | Dendritic Integration |
| Discussion Leader: Michael Häusser (University College London) |
| 1:30 pm - 1:45 pm | Qian Sun (Columbia University)
"Cortical-driven dendritic spikes are reliable triggers of action potentials in hippocampal CA2 neurons"
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| 1:45 pm - 1:50 pm | Discussion |
| 1:50 pm - 2:05 pm | Christine Grienberger (Institute of Neuroscience, Technical University Munich)
"Global dendritic calcium signals underlie complex burst firing in CA1 hippocampal neurons in vivo"
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| 2:05 pm - 2:10 pm | Discussion |
| 2:10 pm - 2:25 pm | Lucy Palmer (University of Bern)
"The influence of NMDA spikes on action potential generation during sensory input"
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| 2:25 pm - 2:30 pm | Discussion |
| 2:30 pm - 2:40 pm | General Discussion |
| 2:40 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill out GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Gordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm. |
