Saturday
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Keynote Session: Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms
Discussion Leaders: Ishmail Abdus-Saboor (University of Pennsylvania, USA) and Huong Ha (Stanford University School of Medicine, USA)
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm
Shernaz Bamji (University of British Columbia, Canada)
"Regulation of Synapse Plasticity, Learning and Addiction by Cadherin Adhesion Complexes"
4:15 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Molecular Mechanisms and Synaptic Signaling
Discussion Leaders: Ruby Dawson (University of Adelaide, Australia) and Zhefan Chen (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Sonia Vazquez-Sanchez (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
"An Endosomal Sorting Protein in Presynaptic Terminals: Sorting Nexin-4"
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm
Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:05 pm
Linlin Fan (Harvard University, USA)
"All-Optical Synaptic Electrophysiology Probes Mechanism of Ketamine-Induced Disinhibition"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Han Tan (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA)
"Distance-Dependent and Laminar-Specific AMPA Receptor Dynamics Following Visual Deprivation In Vivo "
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
Albert Zhang (Duke University Medical Center, USA)
"The Regulation of Gliogenesis in C. elegans by lin-32 "
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm
Nicole Leung (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)
"Opsins Are a New Class of Chemical Receptors for Bitter Taste Sensation"
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Xihuimin Dai (Peking University, China)
"Sleep and Arousal Are Regulated by Distinct ACh Receptors in Different Output Neurons of Drosophila "
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Neural Cells, Connectivity and Disease
Discussion Leaders: Xuanmao Chen (University of New Hampshire, USA) and Zacharie Taoufiq (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Alice Fok (New York University School of Medicine, USA)
"A Novel K2P Potassium Channel Modulates C. elegans Dopamine Neurons"
9:15 am - 9:20 am
Discussion
9:20 am - 9:35 am
Dafan Yu (Southeast University, China)
"GLT-1 Down-Expressed in PSD Astrocytes Inhibits Synaptic Formation of NSC-Derived Neurons In Vitro "
9:35 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Caley Burrus (Duke University, USA)
"Striatal Projection Neurons Require Huntingtin for Synaptic Connectivity and Longevity"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Tracey Suter (Brown University, USA)
"TAG-1 Is a Multifunctional Regulator of Motor Neuron Development"
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:35 am
Weizheng Zeng (The Scripps Research Institute, USA)
"Piezo1 and Piezo2 Sense Blood Pressure Stretch Within Baroreceptors and Control Circulation"
10:35 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 10:55 am
Michael Bienkowski (University of Southern California, USA)
"Gene Expression and Connectivity Within Mouse Hippocampal Networks"
10:55 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Career Panel Discussion
This session will give trainees an opportunity to discuss their career queries or concerns with established scientists in various professions.
Discussion Leaders: Allan-Hermann Pool (California Institute of Technology, USA) and Jingyi Gong (Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Germany)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Career Queries and Concerns
Shernaz Bamji (University of British Columbia, Canada)
Min Cho (Nature Communications, USA)
Mingjie Zhang (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR China)
Yat-Ping (Alex) Tsui (HELP Stem Cell Innovations / The First Affiliated Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, China)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes
