SUNDAY |
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | CODING |
| Discussion Leader: Idan Segev (Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Markus Meister (Harvard University, Boston) "Adaptation and Novelty Detection in the Retina" |
8:10 pm - 8:50 pm | Ken Mori (University of Tokyo, Japan) "Spatial representation of odorant molecular-features in the mammalian olfactory bulb" |
8:50 pm - 9:30 pm | Carol Barnes (University of Arizona, Tucson) "Age-related changes in neural plasticity: impact on hippocampal ensemble dynamics and memory" |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | SYNAPSE FORMATION, REFINEMENT, AND ELIMINATION |
| Discussion Leader: Karel Svoboda (Cold Spring Harbor) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Noam Ziv (Technion, Haifa, Israel) "Synapse formation among CNS neurons: Insights from live imaging experiments" |
9:40 am - 9:55 am | Short Talk: Christian Lohmann (Max Planck, Munich, Germany) "Imaging structural plasticity and calcium dynamics in dendrites of developing hippocampal neurons" |
9:55 am | Coffee Break / Conference Photo |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Frank Pfrieger (CNRS/Max Planck, Strassbourg, France) "Role of glia-derived cholesterol in synapse development" |
11:10 am - 11:50 am | ChinFei Chen (Harvard University, Boston) "Synaptic remodeling during development" |
11:50 am - 12:30 pm | Jeff Lichtman (Washington University, St. Louis) "Synaptic and axonal branch reorganization during development studies in fluorescent mice" |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | DENDRITIC STRUCTURE, PLASTICITY, AND COMPUTATIONS |
| Discussion Leader: Jeff Lichtman (Washington University, St. Louis) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Idan Segev (Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel) "Homeostatic synaptic plasticity in dendrites with massive synaptic input" |
8:10 pm - 8:50 pm | Liqun Luo (Stanford University, Palo Alto) "Wiring up the olfactory system in the fly brain" |
8:50 pm - 9:30 pm | Catherine Carr (University of Maryland, College Park) "Coincidence detection in the auditory system" |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | ANIMAL COGNITION |
| Discussion Leader: Catherine Carr (University of Maryland, College Park) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Giovanni Galizia (UC Riverside) "Plasticity in the honeybee olfactory system: physiology and behavior" |
9:40 am - 10:20 am | Mandyam Srinivasan (Australian National University, Canberra, Australia) "Honeybee vision, navigation and 'cognition': recent progress" |
10:20 am | Coffee Break |
10:50 am - 11:30 am | Irene Pepperberg (MIT) "In Search of King Solomon's Ring: Studies on the Cognitive and Communicative Abilities of Grey Parrots" |
11:30 am - 11:45 am | Short Talk: Yoko Sugiyama (Department of Neurobiology, Durham) "Retuning of auditory neural responses by sequential learning from two tutors" |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 8:15 pm | SHORT TALKS |
| Discussion Leader: Larry Abbott (Brandeis, Waltham) |
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Deda Gillespie (University of Pittsburgh) "Glutamatergic transmission in an immature inhibitory pathway" |
7:45 pm - 8:00 pm | Ken Harris (Rutgers, Newark) "Spike Timing and Cell Assemblies in the Hippocampus" |
8:00 pm - 8:15 pm | Maria Neimark (Harvard University, Boston) "Retinal ganglion cells convert from Off-type to On-type during a visual saccade" |
8:15 pm | Break |
8:30 pm - 9:30 pm | KEYNOTE LECTURE |
| Discussion Leader: Tobias Bonhoeffer (Max Planck, Munich, Germany) |
| Bill Newsome (Stanford University, Palo Alto) "Matching behavior and the neural representation of experienced value" |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | CRITICAL PERIOD |
| Discussion Leader: Gina Turrigiano (Brandeis, Waltham) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Takao Hensch (Riken, Tokyo, Japan) "GABA circuit control of critical period plasticity in visual cortex" |
9:40 am - 9:55 am | Short Talk: Edward S. Ruthazer (Cold Spring Harbor) "Control of Axon Branch Dynamics by Correlated Activity In Vivo" |
9:55 am - 10:35 am | Karel Svoboda (Cold Spring Harbor) "Experience-dependent plasticity in barrel cortex" |
10:35 am | Coffee Break |
11:05 am - 11:45 am | Marla Feller (UC San Diego) "Are the correlations induced by retinal waves necessary for segregation of retinogeniculate afferents into eye-specific layers?" |
11:45 am - 12:00 pm | Short Talk: Arianna Maffei (Brandeis, Waltham) "Monocular Deprivation Alters the Balance Between Excitation and Inhibition in Rat Visual Cortical Slices" |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Business Meeting |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | SPIKE-TIMING DEPENDENT PLASTICITY |
| Discussion Leader: Mu-Ming Poo (UC Berkeley) |
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Mu-Ming Poo (UC Berkeley) "Spike-timing dependent plasticity at synapses and beyond" |
8:00 pm - 8:30 pm | Yang Dan (UC Berkeley) "Spike-timing dependent plasticity in visual cortex" |
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm | Sacha Nelson (Brandeis, Waltham) "A presynaptic coincidence detection mechanism for neocortical long-term depression" |
9:00 pm - 9:30 pm | Larry Abbott (Brandeis, Waltham) "Spike-timing dependent synaptic redistribution" |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | RECEPTOR/CHANNEL TRAFFICKING AND MOBILITY |
| Discussion Leader: Liqun Luo (Stanford University, Palo Alto) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Robert Malinow (Cold Spring Harbor) "Receptor trafficking during plasticity" |
9:40 am - 10:20 am | David Linden (Johns Hopkins, Baltimore) "AMPA receptor trafficking and the expression of cerebellar LTD" |
10:20 am - 10:35 am | Short Talk: Kurt Haas (Cold Spring Harbor) "Activity-dependent dendritic arbor growth" |
10:35 am | Coffee Break |
11:10 am - 11:50 am | Lily Jan (UC San Francisco) "Potassium channel traffic regulation" |
11:50 am - 12:30 pm | Tobias Meyer (Stanford University, Palo Alto) "Selective roles of alpha and beta CaMKII isoforms in neuronal plasticity" |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | THERAPEUTIC ASPECTS OF NEURAL PLASTICITY |
| Discussion Leader: Takao Hensch (Riken, Tokyo, Japan) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Paula Tallal (Rutgers, Newark) "Language learning impairments: from research to neuroplasticity-based remediation" |
8:10 pm - 8:50 pm | Richard Andersen (Caltech, Pasadena) "Rapid cortical plasticity and neural prosthetics" |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Depart |