Friday,
October 3, 2008
9:30
- Coffee & Pastries
10:00
- Welcome
10:15
- New faculty/Student/Postdoc talk
10:30
- New faculty/Student/Postdoc talk
10:45 - New faculty/Student/Postdoc talk
11:00 - New faculty/Student/Postdoc talk
11:15
- Break
11:45
- Keynote speaker (Miriam Goodman) 12:45
- Lunch
3:00-3:50 - Student/Postdoc 'data-blitz' talks (10 talks, 5 minute maximum)
3:50
- Announcements and Break
4:15 - Volleyball game
5:15
- Check-in and poster setup
6:00
- Dinner
7:15
- Poster session
9:00
- Party
Saturday,
October 4, 2008
9:30
- Breakfast
10:30
- Keynote speaker (Marc Raichle)
12:00 - Lunch for those who sign up (more on this later
this summer)
9:30
Coffee & Pastries
10:00Welcome
10:15 Judy Golden , (Instructor), Neurology,
“ Function of Ret-GFL Signaling in Sensory Neurons
10:30 Gaurav Patel , Corbetta lab (grad student),
Neurology, “Monkeys searching for Big Macs: using fMRI
to map the monkey brain”
10:45 Lindsay Wieczorek, Muglia lab (grad
student), Pediatrics, “The role of calcium-stimulated
adenylyl cyclase activity in long-term memory
10:51 Jen Semrau , Thoroughman lab
(grad student) Biomedical Engineering, “Adaptive processes
underlying visuomotor learning change with the statistics
of the environment”
10:57 Emeliano Biasini , Harris lab
(postdoc), Cell Biology & Physiology, “Survival,
differentiation and transplantation of neural stem cells
expressing mutant forms of prion protein”
11:03 Kate Schwetye , Holtzman lab
(grad student), Anatomy & Neurobiology, “Dynamics
of soluble amyloid-beta in a model of traumatic brain
injury”
11:09 Zac Freudenburg , Smart lab
(grad student) Computer Science, “Cortical signals,
machine learning, and robots”
11:15 Renate Lewis , (Staff Sci)
Neurology, WashU Transgenic Vectors Core
11:20 Break
11:45Keynote
speaker Hollis Cline
12:45 Lunch
3:00 Alexis Webb , Herzog lab (grad student),
Biology, “Identification of individual circadian pacemaker
neurons in the SCN”
3:15 Yan-gang Sun, Chen lab (postdoc), Anesthesiology,
Molecular mechanisms of itch in the spinal cord
3:30 Tim West (Staff Sci), Neurology, “MRI
and histological changes in the neonatal mouse brain
following Hypoxic-Ischemic injury”
3:36
Matt Budde , Song/Ackerman
labs (grad student) Radiology, “Detecting Axonal Damage
in a Mouse Model of Multiple Sclerosis Using MRI”
3:42
Andrea Medrano, Harris lab
(grad student), Cell Biol & Physiol, “Detecting
Axonal Damage in a Mouse Model of Multiple Sclerosis
Using MRI”
3:48
Linghui Zeng. M. Wong lab
(postdoc), Neurology, Rapamycin prevents epilepsy in
a mouse model of tuberous sclerosis complex
3:54
Alex Cohen , Petersen lab (grad
student), Neurology “Rapamycin prevents epilepsy in
a mouse model of tuberous sclerosis complex”
4:00 Announcements and Break
4:15
Anneliese Schaefer (Res Asst
Prof), Neurology, “Wash U Hope Center and the P30 Neuroscience
Blueprint Core Grant”
4:20
Keynote speaker John Donoghue .
5:20 Check-in and poster setup
6:00
Dinner
7:15
Poster session
9:00
Party
8:30
Breakfast
10:00
Faculty-Student-Volleyball game (&
12:00 Lunch if you signed up)
9:30 Coffee/Registration by the
Chapel
9:45
Welcome David
Van Essen in the Chapel
10:00
Jackie Brown , Anat.
& Neurobiol. ( Bridgman lab), The
clutch break and motor that drive Semaphorin 3A response
10:15
Robyn Klein , Medicine , Neuroprotective roles of CXCL12
10:30
‘Data-Blitz' talks:
10:30:
Joe Corbo , Pathology, Intelligent design: the architecture of photoreceptor
transcrptional networks
10:35:
Jae-Eun Kang , Neurology
( Holtzman lab), Isolation stress
increases the levels of abeta in the brain interstitial
fluid of young Tg2576 mice
10:40:
Valeria Cavalli , Anatomy
& Neurobiogy, Sunday Driver: Linking axonal
transport to nerve regeneration
10:45:
Joshua Rubin , Pediatrics, The Developmental biology of pediatric brain Tumors
10:50:
Christine LaPash ,
Neurology ( Goldberg lab), The
role of growth associated proteins in promoting axon
sprouting after stroke
10:55:
Kwasi Mawuenyega ,
Neurology ( Bateman lab), Neuroproteomics
approaches for detecting and monitoring of proteins
of biological interest
11:00
Introduction of the First
Year Students; Break follows
11:15
Keynote speaker, Jeffrey Rothstein
12:30
Lunch
2:00
Ben Kolber ,
Pediatrics ( Muglia lab), Amygdala
glucocorticoid receptor function in mediating fear-based
learning
2:15
Gina Story ,
Anesthesiology, Toward a molecular understanding
of pain: Sex, genes and behavior
2:30
‘Data-Blitz' talks:
2:30: Jessica Church ,
Neurology ( Schlaggar lab), Erosive tarse miffs ooperglit: Studying the
functional anatomy of adult reading with length and
lexicality manipulations
2:35: David Brody ,
Neurology , Translational research in traumatic
brain injury
2:40: Gaurav Patel
Neurology ( Snider/Corbetta lab),
Subdividing the macaque parietal lobe with functional
connectivity
2:45: Ju-Qing Cao ,
Anesthesiology, Differential disposition
of N- and P/Q-type calcium channels relative to presynaptic
release machinery in hippocampal neurons
2:50: Matthew Thimgan ,
Anatomy & Neurobiology ( Shaw lab), A Drosophila triglyceride lipase mutant with increased
sleep rebound
2:55: Randall Bateman ,
Neurology, In vivo measurement of production
and clearance of CNS proteins: application to disease
states and drug development
3:00
Announcements: Neuroscience Blueprint Core ( David
Holtzman & Mark Goldberg ); Break follows
3:15
Keynote speaker, Huda
Akil
4:30 Check-in and poster setup
5:00 Poster session in Hillcrest
Hall
6:00
Dinner
7:15
Poster session in
Hillcrest Hall
9:00
Party in the Chapel
8:00
Breakfast
9 :30 Faculty-Student-Postdoc softball game.
12:00
Lunch
9:30
Coffee & Pastries
9:45
Welcome
10:00
Richard Daniels ( DiAntonio
laboratory) “ A single vesicular glutamate transporter
fills a vesicle ”
10:15
Steve Chang ( Snyder laboratory)
“ Limb-specific preparation for reaching in the posterior
parietal cortex ”
10:30
Sara Aton ( Herzog laboratory)
“ The roles of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide in
the mammalian circadian clock ”
10:45
Damien Fair ( Schlaggar
laboratory) “ fMRI reveals the development of novel
functional neuroanatomy for lexical processing in a
child with perinatal stroke ”
11:00
Break
11:15
Keynote speaker Dr. Gina Turrigiano,
“ Hebbian and Homeostatic plasticity in developing
cortical circuits ”
12:30
Lunch & free time*
2:00
Data-blitz talks . 5 minutes
each, including questions.
2:00 - Joel Geerling ( Loewy laboratory)
“ Aldosterone-sensitive neurons and the hunger for salt
”
2:05 - Meghan Griffey ( Holtzman
laboratory) “ The metabolism of soluble amyloid precursor
protein (sAPP) in human patients ”
2:10 - Eliana Klier ( Angelaki
laboratory) “ Three-dimensional kinematics at the level
of the oculomotor plant ”
2:15 - Laurent Seugnet ( Shaw laboratory)
“ Evaluation of a learning task exquisitely sensitive
to sleep deprivation ”
2:20 - Luke Johnson ( Thoroughman
laboratory) “ The effects of movement speed on motor
adaptation to transient force pulses ”
2:25 - Sally McIver ( Goldberg
laboratory) “ How to Make White Matter Green: Oligodendrocyte-Targeted
GFP Expression ”
2:30
Michael Fox ( Raichle laboratory)
“ The organization and functional relevance of spontaneous
BOLD fluctuations in the human brain ”
2:45
John Cirrito ( Holtzman
and Mennerick laboratories, “ Synaptic activity
dynamically regulates interstitial fluid amyloid-beta
levels in a mouse model of AD ”
3:00
Announcements and Break
3:15
Keynote speaker Dr. Pat Levitt,
“ Developmental
Mechanisms Underlying the Formation of Cortico-Thalamic
Connectivity: The Phantom Limb of Reciprocal
Thalamic Circuitry ”
4:30
Room Check-in and poster setup
5:00
Poster session
6:30
Dinner
7:30
Poster session
9:00 Party (in the Chapel)
8:30
Breakfast
10:00
Faculty-Student-Postdoc softball game.
(Lakewood Activity Field , far north end of facility)
12:30
Lunch (for those
who signed up via special request email)
9:30 Coffee & Pastries
9:45 Welcome
10:00 Student/Postdoc talk
10:15 Student/Postdoc talk
10:30 Student/Postdoc talk
10:45 Student/Postdoc talk
11:00 Break
11:15 Keynote speaker (Christine Holt)
12:30 Lunch
2:00 Announcements
2:15 Student/Postdoc talk
2:30 Student/Postdoc talk
2:45 Student/Postdoc talk
3:00 Student/Postdoc talk
3:15 Break and Room Check-in
4:00
Panel Discussion
4:45 Posters
6:15 Dinner
7:15 Posters
9:00 Party
8:30 Breakfast
10:00 Faculty-Student-Postdoc softball game.
9:30
Coffee & Pastries
9:45
Welcome
10:00
JD Wylie , from the laboratory of Jeff Lichtman, “Massive
Branch Loss in Early Postnatal Life as Motor Units are
Pruned During Synapse Elimination”
10:15
Leo Wang , from the laboratory of Eugene Johnson, “Mixed-Lineage
Kinase Inhibitors Activate the trk Receptor and Phosphatidylinositol
3-Kinase To Maintain Neuronal Trophism and Survival”
10:30
Weiqing Ji , from the laboratory of Nobuo Suga, “Development
of Reorganization in the Auditory Cortex Caused by Fear
Conditioning: Effect of Atropine”
10:45
Announcements: Dr. David Van Essen various announcements
Dr. Alex Dromerick - Stroke Lesion Registry for Investigational
Use
11:00
Break
11:15
Keynote speaker: Dr. David Anderson , Division of Biology,
California Institute of Technology, “Molecular Mechanisms
of fate determination in neural stem cells”
12:30
Lunch* and free time
3:45
Open Discussion: Interdisciplinary Neuroscience : The
Future of Research and Training
(stimulatory questions on reverse)
5:00
Posters, beer, soda
6:15
Dinner*
7:15
Posters
9:00
Party
8:30
Breakfast
9:30
K.S. Saleem , from the laboratory of Joel Price, “Magnetic
Resonance Imaging of Neuronal Connections in the Monkey
Brain”
9:45
Kristina Visscher , from the laboratory of Steve Peterson,
“Sustained vs. Transient Neural Activity in fMRI”
10:00
Jerry Nguyenkim , from the
laboratory of Greg DeAngelis, “Coding of Three Dimensional
Surface Orientation by Cortical Neurons”
10:15
Jay Demas , from the laboratory of Rachel Wong, “Development
of Retinal Activity and Connectivity in the Absence
of Normal Vision”
10:30
Anne Brunkan , from the laboratory of Alison Goate,
“Residue V96 in Presenilin-1 is Important for Gamma-Secretase
Cleavage of App and Notch”
10:45
Break
11:00
Keynote speaker: Dr. Huda Zoghbi , Howard Hughes Medical
Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, “ Tangled
Triplets and Neurodegeneration”
12:15
Lunch*
Afternoon
Freetime Activities
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9:45
Coffee & Pastries
10:00
Welcome
10:15
Krista Moulder , from the laboratories of Steve Mennerick
and Chuck Zorumski - "Homeostatic effects of depolarization
on calcium influx and synaptic signaling"
10:30
Sandhya Koushika , from the laboratory of Mike Nonet - “The cytoplasmic
dynein complex transports a subset of synaptic vesicle
components in C. elegans neurons”
10:45
Tomomi Ichinose from the laboratory of Peter Lukasiewicz
“Lateral inhibition at the inner retina is regulated
by GABA transporters.”
11:00
KEYNOTE speaker Dr. Tom Carew
12:15
Lunch* and free time
3:45
Translational Neuroscience . John Csernansky, John Morris,
Randy Buckner, David Holtzman
5:00
Posters, beer, soda
6:15
Dinner*
7:15
Posters
9:00
Party
8:30
Breakfast
9:30
Wei Wu from the laboratory of Ling-Gang Wu “Clathrin-independent,
rapid endocytosis is a major form of endocytosis at
a central synapse.”
9:45
Daphne Robinson from the laboratory of Min Zhuo
“Regulation of spinal presynaptic activity by phosphorylation.”
10:00
Ben Palanca from the laboratory of Greg DeAngelis
“Neuronal synchrony in macaque area MT and feature binding
of closed and occluded contours.”
10:15
Alex Yuan from the laboratory of Larry Salkoff
“Properties of mammalian Slo2, the cloned Na + -activated
K + channel: A model for protection against ischemia.”
10:30
Silva Hecimovic from the laboratory of Alison Goate
“A? and S3-like cleavage are independent processes
within the transmembrane domain of APP.”
10:45
Break
11:00
KEYNOTE speaker Dr. Susan Amara
12:15
Lunch*
Afternoon
Freetime Activities
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