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: Synaptic Function in Neural Circuits
Discussion Leader: Samuel Young (University of Iowa, USA)
3:45 pm - 4:20 pm
Angus Silver (University College London, United Kingdom)
"Synaptic Specialization Underlying Sensorimotor Processing in the Cerebellar Input Layer"
4:20 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
Mechanisms of Synaptic Transmission in Health and Disease
Discussion Leaders: Joshua Garcia (University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, USA) and Tara Mastro (California Institute of Technology, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:35 pm - 7:50 pm
Vanessa Hoop (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
"An Uncharacterized Rab-GAP Controls a High Release Probability Vesicle Pool"
7:50 pm - 7:55 pm
Discussion
7:55 pm - 8:10 pm
Nicholas Courtney (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
"The Individual C2-Domains of Synaptotagmin-1 Have Discrete Functions When Regulating Synaptic Transmission"
8:10 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm
Tamara Radulovic (University of Iowa, USA)
"CAST/ELKS Proteins Control Voltage-Gated Ca2+ Channel Density and Synaptic Release Probability at a Mammalian Central Synapse"
8:30 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 8:50 pm
Sudhriti Ghosh Dastidar (Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, India)
"Group 1 mGluR and NMDAR Create Distinct Bioenergetic and Translation Response with Different Kinetics"
8:50 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:10 pm
Sarah Cook (University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, USA)
"Beta-Amyloid Disrupts Synaptic CaMKII Signaling"
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Synaptic Function in Neural Circuits
Discussion Leaders: Vineet Arora (Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, CSIC-UMH, Spain) and Jocelyn Barnes (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada)
9:00 am - 9:05 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:05 am - 9:20 am
Stefano Brigidi (University of California, San Diego, USA)
"Communication of Pathway-Specific Circuit Activity to the Genome by the Immediate Early Gene Npas4"
9:20 am - 9:25 am
Discussion
9:25 am - 9:40 am
Haider Altimimi (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA)
"Synaptic Mechanisms of Expression of Ketamine-Induced Rapid Antidepressant Response"
9:40 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Carolina Borges-Merjane (Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Austria)
"Structural Correlates of Transmitter Release and Readily Releasable Pool at Hippocampal Mossy Fiber Synapse"
10:00 am - 10:05 am
Discussion
10:05 am - 10:20 am
Kathleen Beeson (Oregon Health and Science University, USA)
"Structural and Functional Consequences of Alpha2delta-2 Deletion at the Climbing Fiber to Purkinje Cell Synapse"
10:20 am - 10:25 am
Discussion
10:25 am - 10:40 am
Alicja Puscian (Yale School of Medicine, USA)
"Experience Shapes Perceptual Circuits Within the Primary Visual Cortex"
10:40 am - 10:45 am
Discussion
10:45 am - 11:00 am
General 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: Navigating Careers in Science
Discussion Leader: Christopher Vaaga (Northwestern University, USA)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Navigating Careers in Science
Graeme Davis (University of California, San Francisco, USA)
Kristen Harris (University of Texas at Austin, USA)
Samuel Young (University of Iowa, USA)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes
