Sunday
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Inhibition in Developing and Mature Circuits
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm
"Modeling Early Cortical Development in Autism Spectrum Disorders Using iPSCs"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm
"Fast and Energy-Efficient Signaling in Parvalbumin-Expressing GABAergic Interneurons"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
GABAergic Neurons and Circuits in Developing Brain
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Transcriptional Regulation of Forebrain GABAergic Development"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"An Integrated Analysis of Inhibitory Neuron Diversity in the Developing Human Neocortex"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
"Precise Inhibitory Microcircuit Assembly of Sparsely Labeled, Developmentally Related Neocortical Interneurons in Clusters"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
"Mechanisms of Synaptic Specificity Underlying Interneuronal Circuit Formation"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:40 am
"RBM8a Is Required for Normal Cortical Interneuron Development"
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
"Assembly of Pyramidal Cell and Interneuron Microcircuits Based on Subtype Identity and Developmental Lineage"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
"The Role of Miro1 in Parvalbumin Interneurons"
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
"Enhanced Gamma Oscillations Drive Perineuronal Net Instability and Cortical Plasticity"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Group Photo / Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
GABAergic Synapse Formation and Plasticity
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
"Bridging Extra- and Intracellular Scaffolds at GABA Synapses"
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:50 pm
"How Do Astrocytes Construct Synaptic Circuits?"
6:50 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:20 pm
"A Novel Activity-Dependent Plasticity Mechanism at Inhibitory GABAergic Synapses"
7:20 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Cellular Mechanisms that Determine the Efficacy of GABAergic Inhibition"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Modeling Neurodevelopmental Disorders
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Synaptic Retinoic Acid Signaling at Inhibitory Synapses in Homeostatic Plasticity and FXS"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"Refinement of Cortical GABAergic Synapses in Syngap1 Haploinsufficiency"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
"Connectivity Rules and Plasticity of Neocortical PV Basket Cells"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
"Excitability and Competence in the Developing Neocortex"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
"Towards Understanding the Molecular Logic of Neural Circuits"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Functional Heterogeneity of Interneurons
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
"Transcriptional Architecture of Cortical GABAergic Neuron Type Identity"
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:50 pm
"Activity-Dependent Regulation of CCK Basket Cell Synapses"
6:50 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:20 pm
"Astrocytes Detect and Drive Firing of NPY Interneurons in the Hippocampus"
7:20 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
"Spatial Structure of Inhibition in the Dentate Gyrus Granule Cell Network"
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Discussion
7:45 pm - 7:55 pm
"Defined Subpopulations of Medial Septal Neurons Participate in Behaviour-Contingent Coordination of Theta Rhythmic Activity"
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Circuits: Cerebral Cortex, Hippocampus
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Role of Pioneer GABAergic Neurons in Adult Hippocampal Circuits"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"Firing Patterns of Distinct Types of Interneuron During Cognitive Behaviour"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
"Distinct Learning Rules for Subpopulations of GABAergic Synapses in the Neocortex"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
"Long-Range Circuit Dynamics in the Entorhinal Cortex-Hippocampal Network"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am
"Gamma Oscillations in the Entorhinal-Hippocampal Network"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
"Dendritic Branching-Specific Inhibition of Plateau Potentials in the Striatal Spiny Projection Neurons"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Molecular Organization of Inhibition
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
"RNA-Regulatory Mechanisms for Neuronal Plasticity"
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:50 pm
"Interrogating the Functions of GABAa Receptors in Neural Circuits with Optogenetic Pharmacology"
6:50 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:20 pm
"Crystallising the Site and Action of Neurosteroids at
GABA-A Receptors"
7:20 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Emergent Engrams: Interneuron Control over Oscillatory Substrates of Extinction Memory"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
GABAergic Mechanisms Regulating Sleep
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Thalamic Orchestration of Inhibitory Inputs in Sleep-Wake Control"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"Heterogeneity of Thalamic Reticular Burst Firing Controls Spatiotemporal Diversity of Cortical Sleep Spindles"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
"Selective Control of the Thalamic Reticular Nucleus by the Frontal Cortex"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
"GABA: Circadian and Homeostatic Roles in Diurnal Physiology"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 12:10 pm
"Prefrontal Cortical Circuit for Behavioral Control"
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Inhibitory Circuits for Learning
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
"Inhibition and Reward Learning in the Hippocampus"
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:50 pm
"Inhibitory Micro-Circuits for Associative Learning"
6:50 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:20 pm
"Fast-Spiking Interneurons Regulate Eensemble Calcium Signaling and Striatum-Dependent Learning"
7:20 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Drug-Evoked Synaptic Plasticity of Inhibitory Transmission: Cellular Mechanisms and Behavioural Correlates in Addiction Models"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure