Program of the first EMBL PhD
Student Symposium on Neurobiology "From Genes to Thoughts"
| Friday, October 20th
Morning Session: Neuronal Characteristics |
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08.15-09.00 |
Registration, Operon Foyer, EMBL | |
| 09.00-09.15 | Organizing Committee | Welcome and Opening Remarks |
| 09.15-10.15 | J.-P. Changeux (Paris, France),
EMBO lecture |
From molecular biology to cognition: the example of the nicotinic receptor. |
| 10.15- 11.15 | J. Rizo (Dallas, USA) | Structural Insights into the Mechanism of Neurotransmitter Release. |
| Break | ||
| 11.45-12.45 | H. Bading (Cambridge, UK) | Gene regulation by neuronal activity: spatially distinct calcium pools specify the transcriptional response. |
| 13.00-14.00 | Lunch Break (EMBL canteen) | |
| Afternoon Session:
Development of Nervous Systems |
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| 14.00-15.00 | D. Arendt (Heidelberg, Germany) | Comparison of early nerve cord development in Bilateria. |
| 15.00-16.00 | J. Frisen (Stockholm, Sweden) | Generation of neurons from stem cells in the adult brain. |
| Break | ||
| 16.30-17.30 | J. Culotti (Toronto, Canada) | Molecular mechanisms of axon guidance and cell migration in a model spinal cord, the nematode C. elegans. |
| 18.00 | Dinner (EMBL canteen) | |
| Saturday, October 21st
Morning Session: Learning, Memory, Neural Networks |
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| 09.00-10.00 | R. Menzel (Berlin, Germany) | Neural and cellular substrates of memory phases in the honeybee brain. |
| 10.00-10.30 | N. Denisenko-Nehrbass (Paris, France) | Site-specific retinoic acid production in the brain of adult songbirds and its relation to singing behaviour. |
| Break | ||
| 11.00-12.00 | G. Ascoli (Fairfax, USA) | Computational Neuroanatomy: towards the
computer generation of virtual brains. |
| 12.00-13.00 | A. Aertsen (Freiburg, Germany) | Neural Dynamics in cortical networks: experiments, analysis and models. |
| 13.00-14.00 | Lunch Break (EMBL canteen) | |
| Afternoon Session:
Disease in Nervous Systems |
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| 14.00-15.00 | A. Randall (London, UK) | Ion channels in drug discovery: from bioinformatics to gene knockout. |
| 15.00-16.00 | D. A. Tagle (Bethesda, USA) | Molecular Pathogenesis of Huntington's Disease. |
| Break | ||
| 16.30-17.30 | Maeve Caldwell (Cambridge, UK) | Treatment of Neurodegenerative Diseases: a role for stem cells? |
| 17.30-18.30 | U. Bellugi (La Jolla, USA) | Linking Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Genetics: New Perspectives from Williams Syndrome. |
| 18.30 | Concluding Remarks | |
| 20.00 | BBQ and Party |
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