Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm
Keynote Session: Synapses: From Structure to Function
Discussion Leaders: Selin Schamiloglu (UCSF, United States)
3:15 pm - 3:20 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
3:20 pm - 3:50 pm
Zoltan Nusser (Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungary)
"Structural, Functional and Molecular Diversity of Central Synapses"
3:50 pm - 4:00 pm
Discussion
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Poster Session
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Synapse Formation and Maintenance
Discussion Leader: Alessandro Falconieri (Univerisity of Pisa, Italy)
5:30 pm - 5:45 pm
Nisha Gopal (Stanford University, United States)
"Isolation and Characterization of Native GABAergic Synaptic Vesicles"
5:45 pm - 5:50 pm
Discussion
5:50 pm - 6:05 pm
Audrey Medeiros (Brown University, United States)
"The Role of Calcium Channels and Their Auxiliary Subunits in Establishing Diverse Synaptic Properties"
6:05 pm - 6:10 pm
Discussion
6:10 pm - 6:25 pm
Julie JEZEQUEL (Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, King's College London, United Kingdom)
"Differential Synaptic Inhibition Patterns onto Layer 5 Pyramidal Cell Subpopulations"
6:25 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:45 pm
William Milanick (University of Iowa, United States)
"The a2d1-3 Proteins are Key Presynaptic Regulators of Synaptic Function and CaV2.1 Organization but Not Gross Synaptic Morphology"
6:45 pm - 6:50 pm
Discussion
6:50 pm - 7:05 pm
Kevin Keary (National Institutes of Health, United States)
"Subcellular Distribution of Autophagosomes Underlies Differential Inducibility of LTD at Proximal and Distal Dendrites of Hippocampal CA1 Neurons"
7:05 pm - 7:10 pm
Discussion
7:10 pm - 7:30 pm
General Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Modulation and Plasticity of Synaptic Function
Discussion Leader: Joshua Garcia (University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, United States)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Felicitas Bruentgens (Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany)
"cAMP-Dependent Structural Plasticity in Hippocampal Mossy Fiber Boutons"
9:15 am - 9:20 am
Discussion
9:20 am - 9:35 am
Alessandro Falconieri (Univerisity of Pisa, Italy)
"Non-Canonical Role of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme in Synaptic Plasticity"
9:35 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Chao Sun (Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Germany)
"Synaptic Protein Synthesis and Degradation Machines"
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:35 am
Theresa Welle (University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, United States)
"mRNA Translation in Homeostatic Inhibitory Synaptic Plasticity"
10:35 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 10:55 am
Peter Chipman (UCSF, United States)
"NMDAR-Dependent Presynaptic Homeostatic Plasticity in Adult Mouse Hippocampus"
10:55 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
11:00 am - 11:20 am
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Navigating Careers in Academia
Discussion Leader: Noorhan Rahmatullah (University of California, Riverside, United States)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Navigating Careers in Academia
Alison Barth (Carnegie Mellon University, United States)
Na Ji (University of California, Berkeley, United States)
Zoltan Nusser (Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungary)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes