SATURDAY |
1:00 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 | Cell Fate Specification |
| Discussion Leader: Sebnem Tuncdemir (NYU) |
3:45 pm - 3:50 pm | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
3:50 pm - 4:05 pm | Jessica MacDonald (Harvard)
"Cited2 Controls Neocortical Callosal Projection Neuron Development at Two Distinct Stages, Regulating Their Broad Generation, Then Area-Specific Development and Connectivity"
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4:05 pm - 4:10 pm | Discussion |
4:10 pm - 4:25 pm | Claude Van Campenhout (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
"Prdm12 Specifies V1 Interneurons Downstream of Pax6 and Through Cross-Repressive Interactions with Dbx1 and Nkx6.1 in the Developing Vertebrate Ventral Spinal Cord"
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4:25 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 8:15 pm | Regeneration and Plasticity |
| Discussion Leader: Megan Corty (UMass Medical School) |
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
7:35 pm - 7:50 pm | Rachel Roberts-Galbraith (University of Illinois, Urbana)
"Identification of Critical Factors in Regeneration of the Planarian Nervous System" |
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm - 9:30 pm | Keynote Speaker |
8:00 pm - 8:05 pm | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
8:05 pm - 9:05 pm | Ben Barres (Stanford University)
"What Do Astrocytes Do?" |
9:05 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
SUNDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 11:00 am | Neurogenesis |
| Discussion Leaders: Whitney Heavner (Stanford) and Natalie Patzlaff (University of Wisconsin, Madison) |
9:00 am - 9:05 am | Introduction by Discussion Leaders |
9:05 am - 9:20 am | Grey Wilkinson (University of Calgary)
"Cell Lineage Priming and the Timing of Cell Differentiation in the Neocortex Is Governed by Co-Expression of the Competing Lineage Determinants Neurog2 and Ascl1"
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9:20 am - 9:25 am | Discussion |
9:25 am - 9:40 am | Shohei Furutachi (University of Tokyo)
"A Slowly Dividing Origin of Adult Neural Stem Cells"
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9:40 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 10:00 am | Louis-Jan Pilaz (Duke)
"Prolonged Neural Progenitor Prometaphase Is a Primary Driver of Microcephaly Phenotypes"
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10:00 am - 10:05 am | Discussion |
10:05 am - 10:20 am | Michael Bonaguidi (Johns Hopkins)
"Different States and Discrete Populations of Neural Stem Cells in the Adult Hippocampus"
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10:20 am - 10:25 am | Discussion |
10:25 am - 10:40 am | Alex Paul (Columbia)
"Neurotransmitter Regulation of Adult Quiescent Neural Stem Cells" |
10:40 am - 10:45 am | Discussion |
10:45 am - 11:00 am | General 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 - 2:35 pm | Synapse Formation and Remodeling |
| Discussion Leader: Zhiyong Shao (Yale) |
1:30 pm - 1:35 pm | Introduction by Discussion Leader |
1:35 pm - 1:50 pm | Adam Miller (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center)
"Postsynaptic Neurobeachin Is Required for Electrical and Chemical Synaptogenesis" |
1:50 pm - 1:55 pm | Discussion |
1:55 pm - 2:10 pm | Mazell Tetruashvily (Princeton)
"MHCI Immune Molecules Are Required for Normal Synapse Elimination at the Developing Vertebrate Neuromuscular Junction" |
2:10 pm - 2:15 pm | Discussion |
2:15 pm - 2:30 pm | Eva Harde (Goethe University)
"Ephrin-B2 Regulates VEGFR2 Signaling in Dendritic Development and Spine Morphogenesis"
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2:30 pm - 2:35 pm | Discussion |
2:35 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms |
3:00 pm | Seminar Concludes |