The Excitatory Synapses and Brain Function GRS provides a unique forum for young doctoral and post-doctoral researchers to present their work, discuss new methods, cutting edge ideas, and pre-published data, as well as to build collaborative relationships with their peers. Experienced mentors and trainee moderators will facilitate active participation in scientific discussion to allow all attendees to be engaged participants rather than spectators.
Synaptic molecular diversity ensures the generation of a variety of identities that are specific and unique to each synapse type, allowing the precise formation and sophistication of neuronal connectivity. It also enables a variety of synaptic functions such as transmission and plasticity, allowing different computational processing of information in a synapse-specific manner, crucial for supporting complex behaviors. This Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) seeks to unravel the functional diversification of excitatory synapses at the molecular, cellular, and circuit levels in the normal and diseased brain. With this broad description, this GRS intends to combine the multidisciplinary approaches of studying brain function and excitatory synapses from neurophysiology, systems neuroscience, molecular, and cell biology perspectives.
This seminar promotes the exchange of new data and discussions on emerging themes in the field, cultivating a welcoming and dynamic environment for scientific progress. In addition to its transcendent scientific value, the GRS offers opportunities for professional development, including a panel of mentors and round-table discussions with young leaders in the field as well as a networking session for trainees.
Application Instructions
The seminar will feature approximately 10 talks and 2 poster sessions. All attendees are expected to actively participate in the GRS, either by giving an oral presentation or presenting a poster. Therefore, all applications must include an abstract.
The seminar chair will select speakers from abstracts submitted by March 2, 2025. Those applicants who are not chosen for talks and those who apply after the deadline to be considered for an oral presentation will be expected to present a poster. In order to participate, you must submit an application by the date indicated in the Application Information section above.
Program Format
Gordon Research Seminars are 2-day meetings which take place on the Saturday and Sunday just prior to the start of the associated GRC. The GRS opens with a 1-hour introductory session on Saturday afternoon, followed by a poster session, dinner and a 2-hour session in the evening. Sunday morning begins with breakfast and is followed by another 2-hour session, a second poster session, and lunch. A final 1-hour session takes place just after lunch, and the associated GRC begins later that evening.
