Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm
Keynote Session: Synaptic Control of Substantia Nigra Dopaminergic Neurons
Discussion Leader: Houda Khaled (New York University, United States)
3:15 pm - 3:20 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
3:20 pm - 3:50 pm
Zayd Khaliq (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, United States)
"Synaptic Control of Substantia Nigra Dopaminergic Neurons"
3:50 pm - 4:00 pm
Discussion
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Poster Session
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Pre-Synapse Formation and Function
Discussion Leader: Harrison Ramsay (Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado, United States)
5:30 pm - 5:45 pm
Rebecca Stark (University of Southern California, United States)
"The Core Active Zone Component RIM Is Functionally Specialized for Phasic, High Release Glutamatergic Synapses"
5:45 pm - 5:50 pm
Discussion
5:50 pm - 6:05 pm
Chelsy Eddings (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, United States)
"Investigating the Impact of LRRK2-G2019S on Ultrafast Endocytosis at Hippocampal Presynapses"
6:05 pm - 6:20 pm
Discussion
6:20 pm - 6:35 pm
Bhavya Rajasree Bhaskar (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India)
"Differential SNARE Chaperoning by Munc13-1 and Munc18-1 Dictates Fusion Pores Fate at the Release Site"
6:35 pm - 6:40 pm
Discussion
6:40 pm - 6:55 pm
Daniela Ivanova (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
"Presynaptic Filopodia: Decoding a New Frontier of Structural Plasticity and Its Impact on Epileptogenesis"
6:55 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:15 pm
Eric Stokes (Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado, United States)
"Disease-Relevant Mutation in Nrxn3a Increases Anxiety-Like Behaviors in Mice"
7:15 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
The Dynamic Post-Synapse
Discussion Leader: William Hale (Johns Hopkins Medicine, United States)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Luis Gomez Wulschner (University of Colorado School of Medicine, United States)
"Nicotinic Modulation of Excitatory Synapse Development in the Prefrontal Cortex"
9:15 am - 9:20 am
Discussion
9:20 am - 9:35 am
Takeshi Sawada (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
"Synaptic Strength in Prefrontal Cortex Regulates Homeostatic Sleep Need"
9:35 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:05 am
Carley Miller ( Anschutz School of Medicine, University of Colorado, United States)
"Acute Stress Causes Sexually Dimorphic Synaptic Changes in the Ventral Subiculum and Anxiety-like Behavior"
10:05 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:25 am
Adeline Yong (University of California, San Francisco, United States)
"Proteomic Profiling of Active Synapses In Vivo Using Calcium-dependent Proximity Labelling"
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 10:45 am
Clara Ines McCarthy (Vanderbilt University, United States)
"Nanoscale Calcium Signals Driven by NMDAR and mGlu5R Are Spatially Segregated in the Postsynaptic Compartment"
10:45 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
Mentorship Component: Navigating a Career in Science
Discussion Leader: Ashley Bourke (Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Germany)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
A Conversation on Navigating a Career in Science
Katharine Smith (University of Colorado, Denver, United States)
Zayd Khaliq (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, United States)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes