SATURDAY |
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Development of Therapeutic Strategies Against Neurological Diseases |
| Discussion Leader: Alexandria Melendez (Northwestern) |
3:45 pm - 4:05 pm | Joel Kosowan (University of Toronto)
"Antipsychotic-Like Activity of a Protein Methyltransferase Inhibitor in Animal Models of Schizophrenia"
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4:05 pm - 4:10 pm | Discussion |
4:10 pm - 4:25 pm | Lisha Li (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
"Identification of a Potential Inhibitor to Treat Alzheimer's Disease by Targeting PTEN PDZ-Binding Domain"
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4:25 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Neural Circuits and Development |
| Discussion Leader: Samantha Scudder (UCSD) |
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Simon Chen (UCSD)
"Cell-Type Specific Reorganization of Inhibitory Circuits During Motor Learning"
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7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Cheuk Ka Tong (UCSF)
"Axonal Control of the Adult Neural Stem Cell Niche"
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8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Jonathan Wilde (University of Colorado)
"Gcn5 Regulates Thalamic Development Through a Novel Mechanism of Retinoic Acid Signaling"
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8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Vivian Poon (Duke-NUS, Singapore)
"MicroRNA-Mediated Regulation of Synaptotagmin1 and Presynaptic Function"
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9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
SUNDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 11:00 am | Morphogenesis and Neural Development |
| Discussion Leader: Tsui Yat-Ping Alex (The University of Hong Kong) |
9:00 am - 9:20 am | Zhang Peng (HKUST)
"S-Nitrosylation of Cdk5 and Its Activator p35 in Neuronal Morphogenesis and Synaptic Function"
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9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
9:30 am - 9:50 am | Elaine Chung (RIKEN BSI)
"Evi (Prdm3) Maintains Neuronal Stem Cell Self-Renewal Through Chromatin Control over RBP-J Recruitment"
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9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:45 am | Keynote: Oliver Hobert (HHMI, Columbia University)
"Brain Asymmetry - How the Worm Does It" |
10:45 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session II |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Mentorship Component: Successful Scientific Writing and Publishing |
| Discussion Leader: Lai Kwok On (University of Hong Kong) |
1:30 pm - 2:15 pm | Charles Yokoyama (RIKEN BSI)
"Manuscript Development for High Profile Journal Publication"
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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 |