Elucidating Amygdala Function: New Techniques Reveal New Questions

August 5 - 6, 2017

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Stonehill College

320 Washington Street

Easton, Massachusetts, United States

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Conference Description

The Gordon Research Seminar on Amygdala Function in Emotion, Cognition and Disease is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas.

The focus of this meeting is to bring together the future of our field to discuss and share ideas on how to elucidate amygdala function. There will be a strong emphasis on the use of novel techniques to ask questions that were previously unreachable.

Related Meeting

This GRS will be held in conjunction with the "Amygdala Function in Emotion, Cognition and Disease" Gordon Research Conference (GRC). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRC in addition to an application for the GRS. Refer to the associated GRC program page for more information.

Conference Program

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	Circuits Regulating Fear and Avoidance Discussion Leader:
3:45 pm - 4:05 pm	"Ensemble Coding of Amygdala Circuits in Anxiety and Fear Behaviours"
4:05 pm - 4:10 pm	Discussion
4:10 pm - 4:25 pm	"Expression of Active Avoidance Depends on Inhibitory Responses in Rostral Prelimbic Neurons"
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	Decision Making and Valence Encoding Within Amygdala Circuits Discussion Leader:
7:30 pm - 7:55 pm	"The Dynamic Role of the Basolateral Amygdala in Decision Making"
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm	Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:25 pm	"The Role of Intercalated Cells of the Amygdala in Fear Extinction"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm	Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:55 pm	"Central Amygdala Nociceptin Neurons Regulate Palatable Food Consumption"
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm	Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:25 pm	"State-Dependent Changes in Basolateral Amygdala Microcircuit Interactions"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm	Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am	Amygdala Regulation of Stress and Pain / Mentorship Component: Advice on Starting a Laboratory Discussion Leader:
9:00 am - 9:25 am	"Dynamic m6A-RNA Methylation as a Novel Regulator of Stress, Behaviour, and Psychiatric Disorders"
9:25 am - 9:30 am	Discussion
9:30 am - 9:55 am	"Amygdalar Neural Ensembles Encoding the Aversive Quality of Pain Experience"
9:55 am - 10:00 am	Discussion
10:00 am - 11:00 am	Panel Discussion Advice on Starting a Laboratory
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	Keynote Session: New Strategies to Elucidate Amygdala Function Discussion Leader:
1:30 pm - 2:15 pm	"Neural Ensemble Dynamics Underlying a Long-Term Associative Memory"
2:15 pm - 2:30 pm	Discussion
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm	Evaluation Period Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pm	Seminar Concludes

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