| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 11:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Keynote lectures |
| 7:30 pm - 8:15 pm | Thomas Südhof (University of Texas Southwestern)
"Molecular basis of neurotransmitter release: from calcium triggering to plasticity" |
| 8:15 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 9:15 pm | Roberto Malinow (Cold Spring Harbor)
"Links between synaptic structure and function in normal and abnormal physiology" |
| 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Transmitter release mechanisms |
| Discussion leader: Richard Tsien (Stanford University) |
| 9:00 am - 9:35 am | David Zenisek (Yale University)
"Vesicle trafficking and exocytosis in retinal bipolar cells" |
| 9:35 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
| 9:45 am - 10:20 am | Tomoyuki Takahashi (University of Tokyo)
"Roles of presynaptic calcium channels in synaptic modulations" |
| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am | Coffee Break / Group Photo |
| 11:00 am - 11:35 am | Ege Kavalali (University of Texas Southwestern)
"Spontaneous versus evoked neurotransmission" |
| 11:35 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
| 11:45 am - 12:20 pm | Jürgen Klingauf (Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry)
"Coupling of exocytosis and endocytosis at hippocampal synapses" |
| 12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 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 | Dendritic signals |
| Discussion Leader: Bob Zucker (University of California, Berkeley) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Kelsey Martin (UCLA)
"Importin-mediated signaling from synapse to nucleus during plasticity" |
| 8:00 pm - 8:05 pm | Discussion |
| 8:05 pm - 8:35 pm | Michael Ehlers (Duke University)
"Endosomes, Exocytosis, and Plasticity-Induced Growth of Dendritic Spines" |
| 8:35 pm - 8:40 pm | Discussion |
| 8:40 pm - 9:10 pm | Haruo Kasai (University of Tokyo)
"Structure dependence of plasticity in dendritic spines" |
| 9:10 pm - 9:15 pm | Discussion |
| 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | DATA BLITZ |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Transmitter release |
| Discussion leader: Ralf Schneggenburger (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne) |
| 9:00 am - 9:35 am | Isabel Llano (CNRS Paris)
"Role of the axonal compartment in synaptic integration" |
| 9:35 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
| 9:45 am - 10:20 am | Sandy Bajjalieh (University of Washington)
"Modulating vesicle priming" |
| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:00 am - 11:35 am | Ling-Gang Wu (NINDS)
"Kinetics of endocytosis at the calyx of Held" |
| 11:35 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
| 11:45 am - 12:20 pm | Takeshi Sakaba (Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry)
"Kinetics of transmitter release from the calyx of Held" |
| 12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 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 | Synaptic control of neural circuits |
| Discussion Leader: Gary Westbrook (Vollum Institute) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:05 pm | Bernardo Sabatini (Harvard University)
"Nonlinear regulation of spine head Ca signaling" |
| 8:05 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
| 8:10 pm - 8:45 pm | Catherine Woolley (Northwestern University)
"Estrogen and synapses in the hippocampus" |
| 8:45 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
| 8:50 pm - 9:25 pm | Gilles Laurent (California Institute of Technology)
"Synaptic connectivity in a circuit for olfactory learning" |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Synaptic plasticity |
| Discussion leader: Craig Jahr (Vollum Institute) |
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Roger Nicoll (UCSF)
"Synapse specific and developmentally regulated targeting of AMPA receptors by a family of MAGUK scaffolding proteins" |
| 9:30 am - 9:35 am | Discussion |
| 9:35 am - 10:05 am | Dan Madison (Stanford University)
"AMPA receptor trafficking specifies traits of LTP" |
| 10:05 am - 10:10 am | Discussion |
| 10:10 am - 10:40 am | Lori McMahon (University of Alabama Birmingham)
"Cellular mechanisms underlying muscarinic and adrenergic receptor-induced LTD at hippocampal synapses" |
| 10:40 am - 10:45 am | Discussion |
| 10:45 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:15 am - 11:45 am | Chris McBain (NICHD)
"Bidirectional plasticity of mossy fiber-interneuron synapses" |
| 11:45 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
| 11:50 am - 12:25 pm | Rob Malenka (Stanford University)
"Distinct function and plasticity at striatal direct and indirect pathway synapses" |
| 12:25 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session III |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| (Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair) |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Developmental Synaptic Plasticity |
| Discussion Leader: Roberto Malinow (Cold Spring Harbor) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:05 pm | Kim McAllister (University of California, Davis)
"Immune molecules and the regulation of synapse number" |
| 8:05 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
| 8:10 pm - 8:45 pm | Marla Feller (UCSD)
"Identification of synaptic circuits that mediate retinal waves" |
| 8:45 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
| 8:50 pm - 9:25 pm | Mark Bear (MIT)
"Experience-dependent modification of excitatory synaptic transmission" |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Recently generated neurons and novel synaptic mechanisms |
| Discussion leader: Ronald McKay (NINDS) |
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am | Dwight Bergles (Johns Hopkins University)
"Vesicular release of glutamate from unmyelinated axons in white matter" |
| 9:30 am - 9:35 am | Discussion |
| 9:35 am - 10:05 am | Elizabeth Jonas (Yale University)
"Synaptic apoptois: How BCL-2 proteins regulate the life and death of a synapse" |
| 10:05 am - 10:10 am | Discussion |
| 10:10 am - 10:40 am | Josef Bischofberger (University of Freiburg)
"Associative synaptic plasticity in newly generated granule cells of the adult hippocampus" |
| 10:40 am - 10:45 am | Discussion |
| 10:45 am | Coffee Break |
| 11:15 am - 11:45 am | Pierre-Marie Lledo (Pasteur Institute, Paris)
"Functional features of fresh neurons in old networks" |
| 11:45 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
| 11:50 am - 12:25 pm | Gary Westbrook (Vollum Institute)
"Synaptic circuits, new and old" |
| 12:25 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session IV |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Postsynaptic signaling |
| Discussion Leader: Phillipe Ascher (CNRS) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:05 pm | Stuart Cull-Candy (University College London)
"Plasticity and calcium permeable AMPARs in the cerebellum" |
| 8:05 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
| 8:10 pm - 8:45 pm | Masanobu Kano (Osaka University)
"Endocannabinoid-mediated short-term modulation of synaptic transmission" |
| 8:45 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
| 8:50 pm - 9:25 pm | Yasunori Hayashi (MIT)
"Role of CaMKII as a structural protein that bundles actin cytoskeleton in dendritic spines" |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Depart |
