| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 - 9:30 pm | Neural Stem Cells |
| David Anderson
"Transcriptional Control of Neural Stem Cell Fate Determination" |
| Rudolf Jaenisch
"Epigenetic regulation in neural development and disease" |
| Fiona Doetsch
"Biology of stem cells and their progeny in the adult mammalian brain" |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Neural induction and early neural patterning |
| Claudio Stern
"Molecular dissection of neural induction in the chick embryo" |
| 9:45 am | Group Photo |
| Mary Mullins
"The BMPs of Neurectodermal Patterning" |
| Nancy Papalopulu
"Mechanisms that control primary neurogenesis" |
| Eddy De Robertis
"Neural Induction by Signals from Spemann's Organizer" |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 - 9:30 pm | Cell differentiation |
| Chris Doe
"Generation of Neuronal and Glial Diversity in the Drosophila CNS" |
| Stephen Price
"Regulation of motor neuron pool sorting by differential
expression of type II cadherins" |
| John Thomas
"Axon Guidance at the Drosophila CNS Midline" |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Cell Biology of Cortical Development |
| Anirvan Ghosh
"Molecular Control of Cortical Connectivity" |
| Sue Ackerman
"Genetic control of cerebellar development" |
| Tom Curran
"Role of Reelin Pathway in Cell Positioning During Brain Development" |
| Chris Walsh
"Genes That Control the Size and Shape of the Human Cerebral Cortex" |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 - 9:30 pm | Transcriptional regulation |
| Yi Sun
"Molecular Mechanisms Controlling the Sequential Onset of Neuronal and Glial
Differentiation" |
| Seth Blackshaw
"Genomics Approaches to Photoreceptor Development and Disease" |
| Gail Mandel
"Mechanisms regulating neuronal form and function" |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Axon Guidance |
| Cori Bargmann
"Developmental signals for synapse formation" |
| Barry Dickson
"Why did the Axon Cross the Midline?" |
| Steve Strittmatter
"NOGO receptor and axonal sprouting" |
| Elke Stein
"How axons reach the midline - the Netrin way" |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 - 9:30 pm | Late breaking news |
| Marc Freeman
"Driving Drosophila glial development" |
| Wesley Grueber
"Control of class-specific dendrite morphogenesis by intrinsic and extrinsic factors" |
| Hsiao-Huei (Juli) Wu & Anne Calof
"Negative autoregulation of
neurogenesis by GDF11" |
| David Turner
"Expression vector-based RNA interference in mammalian
cells: application to neurogenesis" |
| Hongjun Song
"An astrocytic niche for functional neurogenesis in adult hippocampus" |
| Magdalena Goetz
"Neurons or glia: regional differences in radial glia progeny" |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Synapse formation |
| Yishi Jin
"Motor Neuron Axon Guidance in C. elegans" |
| Steve Burden
"A MuSK-centric View of Neuromuscular Synapse Formation" |
| Liqun Luo
"Wiring Up the Central Olfactory Pathway in Drosophila" |
| Holly Cline
"Activity-dependent mechanisms of visual system development"
|
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 - 9:30 pm | Molecular diversity and connection specificity |
| Thomas Hummel
"Control of olfactory sensory neuron targeting by Dscam" |
| Carla Shatz
"Brain Waves and Immune Genes in Brain Wiring" |
| Peter Mombaerts
"Targeting olfaction" |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Departure |
