Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Cellular and Functional Heterogeneity in the Hypothalamus
Discussion Leader: Lara Bideyan (UT Southwestern, United States)
3:45 pm - 3:55 pm
Jari Berkhout (Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands)
"An Integrated Single-Cell RNA-Seq Atlas of the Mouse Hypothalamic Paraventricular Nucleus Links Transcriptomic and Functional Types"
3:55 pm - 4:00 pm
Discussion
4:00 pm - 4:10 pm
Xiaomeng Han (Harvard University, United States)
"Unravel the Synaptic Wiring of Hypothalamic Parenting Circuits via 3D Correlative Microscopy"
4:10 pm - 4:15 pm
Discussion
4:15 pm - 4:25 pm
Cecilia Gomez Inclan (The University of Queensland, Australia)
"Modelling the Sleeping Human Hypothalamus: A Metabolic Perspective"
4:25 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
Hypothalamus Control of Internal States
Discussion Leader: Addison Webster (University of Virginia, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Vindhya Chaganty (Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, A*STAR, Singapore)
"Single-Cell Transcriptomics of Zebrafish Hypothalamic Feeding Networks Reveals a Conserved Growth Hormone-Tachykinin Circuit for Appetite Control"
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Discussion
7:45 pm - 7:55 pm
Travis Goode (Harvard Medical School, United States)
"Calibration of Context-Evoked Feeding by a Dorsal Hippocampus-Prodynorphinergic Lateral Septum-to-Lateral Hypothalamus Circuit"
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Aoi Ichiyama (University of Western Ontario, Canada)
"Recurrent Inhibitory Circuits Control the Activity State of Corticotropin Releasing Hormone Neurons in the Paraventricular Nucleus of the Hypothalamus"
8:10 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm
Yudong Yan (Universität Bern, Switzerland)
"Stability of hHypothalamic Neural Population Activity During Sleep-Wake States"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
Laura Cortes (University of California, Los Angeles, United States)
"Modulation of Body Temperature by Hypothalamic Estrogen Signaling in Pregnant Mice"
8:40 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Le Wang (Rutgers University , United States)
"State-Dependent sSynaptic Regulation by GLP-1 in Energy Homeostasis"
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Rafael Dai Pra (Yale University, United States)
"Neurophysiological Mechanisms of Sexual Maturation in a Mammalian Hibernator"
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Julie O'Reilly (Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Canada)
"Hyponatremia After Traumatic Brain Injury is Associated with Inappropriate Excitation of Supraoptic Vasopressin Neurons in the Lateral Head Impact Mouse Model"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Hypothalamic Control of Motivation and Social Behaviors
Discussion Leader: Takashi Yamaguchi (New York University Neuroscience Institute, United States)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Patrick O'Neill (New York University, United States)
"Medial Preoptic Area Regulation of Alloparenting in Male Mice"
9:10 am - 9:15 am
Discussion
9:15 am - 9:25 am
Anna Gruzdeva (Cornell University, United States)
"Activity of AgRP Neurons Reflects Space and Spatial Memory in a Foraging Task"
9:25 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Nancy Mack (Princeton University, United States)
"Decoding the Specificity of Social Drives"
9:40 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 9:55 am
Annie Ly (University of Colorado Boulder, United States)
"How Internal State and Context Influences Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis (BNST) to Arcuate Nucleus in Feeding and Exploration"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:10 am
Andrea Locarno (Stockholm University, Sweden)
"Postnatal Development of the Tuberoinfundibular Dopamine (TIDA) System in the Mouse"
10:10 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:55 am
Dayu Lin (NYULMC, United States)
"Multi-Phase Plasticity Underlying the Winner Effect"
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
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Neuroscience Career Panel: Discovering Career Opportunities Within and Outside of Academia
Discussion Leader: Ivan Alcantara (National Institutes of Health/Brown University, United States)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Career Opportunities in Academia and Industry
Mario Penzo (National Institute of Mental Health, United States)
Maribel Rios (Tufts University School of Medicine, United States)
Laura Mickelsen (Nature Communications, United States)
Aaron Mercer (Boehringer Ingelheim, United States)
Anna Lisa Lucido (The Jackson Laboratory, United States)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes