| SATURDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Keynote Address: Optogenetics |
| Discussion Leader: Aaron Wong (University of Goettingen) |
| 3:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Gero Miesenböck (University of Oxford)
"The Beginnings of Optogenetics" |
| 4:15 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Circuits, Synapses and Development |
| Discussion Leader: Jun Xia (HKUST) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Matthew O'Sullivan (University of California-San Diego)
"FLRTs are Endogenous Ligands for Latrophilins and Regulate Excitatory Synapse Development" |
| 7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Melissa Mckenzie (New York University)
"A possible gradient in the developing forebrain to determine principal cortical interneuron cell types"
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| 8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Corey Harwell (University of California-San Francisco)
"A New Role for Sonic Hedgehog in the Construction of Cortical Circuitry"
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| 8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Angela Vandenberg (University of California-San Francisco)
"TrkB dependent, cell-type specific development of inhibitory input to Layer 5 in the mouse anterior cingulate during the periadolescent period"
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| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| SUNDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Disease, Development and Memory |
| Discussion Leader: Huaibin Cai (National Institute on Aging, NIH) |
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am | Noel Derecki (University of Virginia)
"Bone marrow transplant arrests pathology in a mouse model of Rett Syndrome" |
| 9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:50 am | Hsiu-Chun Chuang (Academia Sinica)
"Tbr1 haploinsufficiency impairs the axonal projection of amygdala and amygdala-dependent memory"
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| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | Simon Chen (University of British Columbia)
"The Transcription Factor MEF2 is a Master Regulator of Visual Experience-Driven Functional and Structural Metaplasticity in the Developing Brain"
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| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | Travis Dickendesher (University of Michigan)
"Novel Mechanisms of Axonal Growth Inhibition Following Central Nervous System Injury"
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| 10:50 am - 11:00 am | 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 - 2:30 pm | Neurotransmission and Plasticity |
| Discussion Leader: Weichun Lin (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center) |
| 1:30 pm - 1:50 pm | Sarah Baas (Vanderbilt University)
"A Forward Genetic Screen for Novel Presynaptic Regulators of Dopamine Transmission in C. elegans" |
| 1:50 pm - 2:00 pm | Discussion |
| 2:00 pm - 2:20 pm | Fergil Mills (University of British Columbia)
"Synaptic Plasticity and Reversal Learning are Impaired following β-catenin Stabilization in Hippocampal Neurons"
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| 2:20 pm - 2:30 pm | Discussion |
| 2:30 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. |
