Building the Nervous System: Cell Diversity, Circuit Assembly and Disease

August 6 - 7, 2022

Chairs

and

Salve Regina University

36 Ochre Point Avenue

Newport, Rhode Island, United States

Venue and Travel Information

Conference Description

The Gordon Research Seminar on Neural Development 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 2022 edition will feature poster and oral presentations by early career scientists using modern molecular, cellular and organismal techniques to understand the mechanisms of neural development.

In addition to the scientific component of this meeting, invited senior scientists will participate as mentors and provide insights into career development in an inclusive environment with a focus on diversity and equality.

Related Meeting

This GRS will be held in conjunction with the "Neural Development" 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
1:00 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	Non-Neuronal Cells in Brain Development and Function Discussion Leaders: and
3:45 pm - 3:50 pm	Introduction by Discussion Leader
3:50 pm - 4:05 pm	"Identifying Meningeal-Derived Ligands Required for the Developing Brain"
4:05 pm - 4:10 pm	Discussion
4:10 pm - 4:25 pm	"Mecp2 -/y Astrocytes Drive Precocious Perineuronal Net Formation in Cortical 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	Generation of Neuronal Identity and Diversity / Keynote: Mechanisms of Neuron-Glial Interactions Discussion Leader:
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm	"Clonally Related Spinal Neurons Integrate Into Distinct Circuits Despite Similar Morphology"
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm	Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:05 pm	"Multipotent Progenitors Instruct Ontogeny of the Superior Colliculus"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm	Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm	"Molecular Architecture of the Developing Mouse Brain"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm	Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:20 pm	"Keynote: Mechanisms of Neuron-Glial Interactions"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm	Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am	Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am	Molecular Mechanisms in Neural Development and Disease / Development of Sensory Circuits Discussion Leaders: , , and
9:00 am - 9:15 am	"Chromatin Remodeler Arid1a Regulates Subplate Neuron Identity and Wiring of Cortical Connectivity"
9:15 am - 9:20 am	Discussion
9:20 am - 9:35 am	"Role of MARCKS and MARCKSL1 During Spinal Cord Development and Regeneration in Xenopus Laevis"
9:35 am - 9:40 am	Discussion
9:40 am - 9:55 am	"Identifying Novel Signaling Modalities in Developing Brain and Beyond"
9:55 am - 10:00 am	Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am	"Plexin A in Tangential Neurons Mediates Medulla Lamination in the Developing Drosophila Optic Lobe"
10:15 am - 10:20 am	Discussion
10:20 am - 10:35 am	"Neuronal Birthdate Organizes a Functional Sensorimotor Circuit for Gaze Stabilization"
10:35 am - 10:40 am	Discussion
10:40 am - 10:55 am	"Developmental Specification of Glabrous and Hairy Skin Innervating Mechanosensory Neurons and its Skin Dependence"
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	Building the Cortex Discussion Leaders: and
1:30 pm - 1:45 pm	"Uncovering Principles of miRNA Regulation in Controlling Cortical Interneuron Development"
1:45 pm - 1:50 pm	Discussion
1:50 pm - 2:05 pm	"Evolving Molecular Fingerprints of Principal Neurons in Paleo and Neocortical Circuits"
2:05 pm - 2:10 pm	Discussion
2:10 pm - 2:25 pm	"Tropism of SARS-CoV-2 for Human Cortical Astrocytes"
2:25 pm - 2:30 pm	Discussion
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm	Evaluation Period Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm	Seminar Concludes

Contributors

Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute Of Neurological Disorders And Stroke of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R13NS118767. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.

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