| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | STEM CELLS |
| Discussion Leader: Freda Miller (Univ. of Toronto) |
| Austin Smith (GCR, Edinburgh)
Converting ES cells into neurons |
| Derek van der Kooy (University of Toronto)
Stem cells that can function independent of exogenous growth factors |
| Marla Luskin (Emory University)
The proliferation of neonatal and adult progenitor cells in the forebrain: intrinsic and extrinsic control |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | GROWTH FACTOR SIGNALLING (I) |
| Discussion Leader: David Ginty (Johns Hopkins) |
| Lloyd Greene (Columbia University)
Propulsion of neural cell differentiation by trophic factors: you can't move forward unless you release the break |
| 10:00 am | Group Photo |
| Mike Greenberg (Children's Hospital)
Signaling Pathways that Regulate Synaptic Development and Function |
| Moses Chao (New York University)
The long and short of neurotrophin signaling |
| Mark Bothwell (University of Washington)
Notch-like Proteolytic Processing of p75NTR and Homologs |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | GROWTH FACTOR SIGNALLING (II) |
| Discussion Leader: Hans Thoenen (MPI of Neurobiology) |
| Chris von Barteld (University of Nevada)
Trafficking of Trophic Factors: Insights from In-Vivo Studies |
| David Ginty (Johns Hopkins)
Semaphorin-Neuropilin signaling during neural development |
| Arthur Konnerth (Ludwig-Maximilian University)
BDNF-evoked rapid signaling: Sites of action, mechanisms and functions |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | DENDRITIC AND AXONAL GROWTH |
| Discussion Leader: Patrik Ernfors (Karolinska Institutet)
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| Jeff Goldberg (Stanford)
Intrinsic and extrinsic control of retinal ganglion cell axon growth |
| Anirvan Ghosh (Johns Hopkins)
Calcium regulation of cortical dendrite development |
| John Flanagan (Harvard) |
| Michael Sendtner (University of Würzburg) |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Short talks I |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | PROCESS FORMATION AND PATHFINDING |
| Discussion Leader: Martin Schwab (Zurich University, ETH) |
| Bill Snider (University of North Carolina)
NGF Regulation of Microtubule Dynamics via PI3K, GSK3B, and the APC protein |
| Ben Barres (Stanford)
Control of synaptogenesis by glial cells |
| Silvia Arber (Biocenter and FMI; Basel)
ETS Gene Function in DRG Sensory Neuron Development |
| Carla Shatz (Harvard)
Neurotrophins, subplate neurons and the critical period in visual system development |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | GROWTH CONE AND SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION |
| Discussion Leader: Story Landis (NIH) |
| Susanna Cohen-Cory (UCI)
Neurotrophin-induced plasticity in the developing CNS: From dendrites and axons to synapses |
| Kyonsoon Hong (New York University)
Mechanism of netrin-1-induced bidirectional nerve growth cone turning |
| Bai Lu (NIH)
Mechanistic differences between acute and long-term synaptic modulation by neurotrophins |
| Hiroyuki Nawa, Niigata University
The postsynaptic functions of BDNF; AMPA receptor translocation, PDZ interaction and translation regulation |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session II |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | KEYNOTE LECTURE |
| David Anderson (Caltech)
Control of Cell Fate and Develoopmental Potential in Neural Stem Cells |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | GLIAL CELLS AND AXON REGENERATION |
| Discussion Leader: Carlos Ibanez (Karolinska Institutet) |
| Eric Shooter (Stanford)
Neurotrophin regulation of myelination in the PNS and CNS |
| Zhigang He (Children's Hospital)
Signaling mechanisms mediating axon regeneration inhibition by CNS myelin |
| Martin Schwab (Zurich University, ETH)
Axonal growth in the adult mammalian CNS |
| Marie Filbin (Hunter College, NY) |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Short talks II |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | BEHAVIOR AND DISEASES |
| Discussion Leader: Chris Henderson (IBDM Luminy) |
| Klaus Giehl (University of Saarland)
Lesion-induced proNGF causes death of axotomized corticospinal neurons in vivo |
| Bill Mobley (Stanford)
Going The Distance with NGF Signals |
| Lou Reichardt (UCSF) |
| Ron Duman (Yale University)
Role of Neurotrophic Factors in Stress and Depression |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Depart |
