Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Mechanisms of Neurological Disease
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm
"Synapses Lost and Found: Developmental Critical Periods and Alzheimer’s Disease"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
"Uncovering the Role of Alzheimer’s Disease Risk Genes Using Stem Cells and Human Brains"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
"A Role for Alzheimer's Disease Risk Genes in Synaptic Maturation"
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
"In Vivo Perturb-Seq: Scaled Investigation of Gene Function in the Developing Brain"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Development of the Nervous System
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"The Developmental Relationship Between Interneurons and Pyramidal Cells Predicts their Mature Connectivity"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:40 am
"Regional Patterning of the Cerebral Cortex"
9:40 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 9:55 am
"Neuronal Subtype Transitions and Integration in the Cerebral Cortex"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:10 am
"Developmental Cortical Overgrowth Associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder"
10:10 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am
"Cell Type-Specific Patterned Neural Activity Instructs Neural Map Formation in the Mouse Olfactory System"
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:10 am
"Intracellular Interactions with Cytosolic Active Zone Scaffolds Recruit Neurexin and Drive Presynaptic Stabilization in C. elegans"
11:10 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:35 am
"Neuronal Microtubule Organization in Healthy and Injured Neurons"
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:05 pm
"Waking up “Sleeping” Neural Stem Cells"
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
"Cilium Proteomics Reveals New Regulators of Hedgehog Signaling in Neurodevelopment"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hour™
The GRC Power Hour™ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Synapses and Synaptic Function
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"RNA Splice Codes for the Development of Neuronal Connectivity"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
"Retinoic Acid Receptor Signaling in Neuropathic Pain"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
"Synaptic Mechanisms of Remembering and Forgetting"
8:40 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:05 pm
"Regulation of Postsynaptic AMPAR Trafficking"
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
"A Combinatorial Code of Neurexin-3 Alternative Splicing Controls Inhibitory Synapses Via a Trans-Synaptic Dystroglycan Signaling Loop"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Neural Circuits and Behavior
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"The How and Why of Sleep"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"Functional Cellular Framework for Sexually Dimorphic Social Behaviors"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:10 am
"Role of Insula Projection Neurons in Valence and Anxiety-Related Behaviors"
10:10 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am
"Serotonergic Circuits that Control Persistent Behavioral States"
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
"Hypothalamic Modulation of Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis Contributes to Memory and Emotion Processing"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am
"Stress and the Brain: Impact, Prevention, and Rescue"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
"Functionally Distinct NPAS4-expressing Somatostatin Interneuron Ensembles Critical for Motor Learning"
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
"Genetic Identification of a Population of Dopamine Neurons That is Necessary for Circadian Food Anticipatory Activity"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Brain Imaging and Connectomics
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Dissecting Brain Circuits Using Mesoscopic Connectomics and Novel Imaging Modalities"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
"Linking Time Scales of Intracellular Signaling and Synaptic, Circuit, and Behavioral Plasticity"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
"In Situ Cell-Surface Proteomic Profiling in Mice Identifies a New Regulator of Dendrite Morphogenesis"
8:40 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
"Anterograde Transneuronal Targeting of Neurons and Astrocytes for Genetic Control"
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
"Synaptic Friends of Alpha Synuclein"
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:30 pm - 9:40 pm
"Cholesterol and Matrisome Pathways Dysregulated in Astrocytes and Microglia"
9:40 pm - 9:45 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Genetics and Epigenetics of the Nervous System
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Gene Networks for Drug Discovery in Neurodegenerative Disease"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"Elucidating Disease States of Glia Through CRISPR-based Functional Genomics"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:10 am
"Beyond Transcription - Redesigning the Toolbox to Study microRNAs in the Brain"
10:10 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am
"Optogenetic Manipulation of Endogenous Proteins in Drosophila by Light-inducible Trapping"
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
"Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration in Familial Alzheimer's Disease"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:40 am
"Conditional Deletion of Neurexin 2 Leads to Spontaneous Recurrent Seizures"
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
"Schizophrenia-associated SAP97 Mutations Increase Glutamatergic Synapse Strength in the Dentate Gyrus and Impair Contextual Episodic Memory"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
"Glial Epigenetic Signaling in Presynaptic Homeostatic Plasticity"
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
"Extrasynaptic GABA Signaling Triggered by TMC-1/Tmc Delays Neuronal Aging Through Inhibiting the PKC Pathway"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Dates and Venue; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Receptors, Channels and Insect Behavior"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
"Non-Canonical Olfaction in Blood-Drinking Mosquitoes"
8:10 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm
"Beyond Combinatorial code: Valence Opponency in Peripheral Olfactory Processing"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
"Molecules and Cells for Touch and Pain"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
"Different Requirements of γ-Protocadherins in Synapse Formation and Peripheral Branching of Touch Sensory Neurons"
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
"Molecular Characteristics of the First Synapses in the Human Pain Pathway"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration and Regeneration
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Synuclein-Dependent Endocannabinoid Release"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"The Neuronal Injury Response in Development and Disease"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:10 am
"Very Long-chain Fatty Acids Induce Glial-derived Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Synthesis, Secretion, and Neuroinflammation"
10:10 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am
"TPPP Forms Liquid Condensates and Aggregates in Multiple System Atrophy"
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
"Combating Deleterious Phases"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:40 am
"Ataxin-2 PolyQ Expansions Aberrantly Sequester TDP-43, Impair Anterograde Transport of Neuronal RNP Condensates Along the Axon and Suppress Translation"
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:05 pm
"Glial Toxicity and TDP-43 Proteinopathy: Where Is the Connection?"
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
"Using iPSCs as Discovery Engines for Neurodegenerative Disease"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Neuronal Reprogramming: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Outlook
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm
"Identity Theft: Generating New Neurons in the Aging Nervous System"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:40 pm
"The Cellular Origin of PTB Depletion-induced Neurons in the Brain"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:10 pm
"In Vivo Multilineage Reprogramming of Adult Astrocytes"
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure