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Wednesday 11th January 2012
07:00-09:00	Registration
09:00-11:30	Symposium 1: Polarity and Symmetry | Auditorium Session Chair: Pierre Leprince, Universite of Liège, Belgium
09:00-09:30	[Sym1.1] Neural stem and progenitor cells in developing neocortex - molecular, celluar and evolutionalry aspects Wieland B. Huttner, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Germany
09:30-10:00	[Sym1.2] The orientation of asymmetric cell divisions directs lineage decisions in the mouse neocortex Juergen A. Knoblich, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA), Austria
10:00-10:30	[Sym1.3] Asymmetric localization of proteins and division in the cerebellar EGL Shyamala Mani, Indian Institute of Science, India
10:30-11:00	[Sym1.4] Transition of the division mode of neural stem cells during cortical development Fumio Matsuzaki, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Japan
11:00-11:30	[Sym1.5] Mechanisms underlying asymmetric cell division and neocortical neurogenesis Songhai Shi, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, USA
11:30-12:00	Refreshment break | Almond Grove
12:00-13:00	Plenary Lecture 1: Glial Development | Auditorium
	[PL1] Regulation of myelination in the CNS Ben Emery, The University of Melbourne, Australia
13:00-14:30	Lunch | Almond Grove
14:30-17:00	Symposium 2: Neuronal migration | Auditorium Session Chair: Shubha Tole, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India
14:30-15:00	[Sym2.1] Transcriptional control of telencephalic interneuron development John Rubenstein, University of California at San Francisco, USA
15:00-15:30	[Sym2.2] The role of genetic programs and activity in the development of cortical interneuron diversity Gordon Fishell, NYU Langone Medical Center, USA
15:30-15:45	[Sym2.3] Ephrin-B1 regulates the tangential distribution of pyramidal neurons during cortical development [Travel Award Winner] Jordane. Dimidschstein*, L. Passante, A. Dufour, P. Vanderhaeghen, Free University of Brussels (ULB), Belgium
15:45-16:15	[Sym2.4] Migrating "signaling" neurons and patterning of the cerebral cortex Alessandra Pierani, Université Paris Diderot, France
16:15-16:30	[Sym2.5] Novel roles for non-canonical Wnt signaling and ECM modification pathways in segmental neural crest cell migration [Travel Award Winner] Santanu. Banerjee*1, L. Gordon1, C. Berti3, C-B. Moens2, S-J. Burden3, M. Granato1, 1University of Pennsylvania, USA, 2Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, USA, 3New York University Medical School, USA
16:30-17:00	[Sym2.6] Developmental and evolutionary functions of a human-specific gene duplication of srGAP2 during brain development Franck Polleux, The Scripps Research Institute, USA
	Poster session 1 with refreshments | Almond Grove
17:00-19:00	Author workshop | AG66	IJDN Editorial Board Dinner invitees depart for Indigo by bus	Other participants not attending the Author workshop begin dinner in the Almond Grove
20:00-21:30	Dinner | Almond Grove
Thursday 12th January 2012
09:00-11:00	Symposium 3: Neurulation and neural tube defects | Auditorium Session Chair: Andy Copp, University College London, UK	Symposium 4: Early life experience and Epigenetics | AG66 Session Chair: Regino Perez-Polo, University of Texas, USA
09:00-09:30	[Sym3.1] Neural tube defects - genetics, development and prevention Andy Copp, University College London, UK	09:00-09:30	[Sym4.1] Genotoxic consequences of hypoxia ischemia and oxygen resuscitation in a rat model of perinatal ischemia Regino Perez-Polo, University of Texas, USA
09:30-10:00	[Sym 3.2] Regional neural tube closure defined by the Grainy head-like transcription factors Stephen M. Jane, Alfred Hospital, Australia	09:30-09:45	[Sym4.2] Early stress and age-dependent cognitive, neurogenic, transcriptional and epigenetic effects Deepika. Suri*, V. Veenit, S. Galande, V. A. Vaidya, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India
10:00-10:30	[Sym3.3] Bone morphogenetic protein modulation directs neural tube closure by dynamically regulating apicobasal polarity Seema Agarwala, University of Texas at Austin, USA	09:45-10:15	[Sym4.3] Early Life Stress evokes persistent alterations in prefrontal 5-HT2A receptor function: Implications for the establishment of anxiety Vidita A. Vaidya, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India
10:30-11:00	[Sym3.4] Tortillas and toxins: Gene-Environment interactions in fumonisin-induced neural tube defects Janee Gelineau-van Waes, Creighton University School of Medicine, USA	10:15-10:30	[Sym4.4] Epigenetic and transcriptional analyses of cortical interneuron development Noel J. Buckley*, M.J. Burney, A. Bithell, C. Johnston, B.P. Williams, King's College London, UK
		10:30-11:00	[Sym4.5] Modeling the maternal infection risk factor for schizophrenia and autism in mice Paul H. Patterson, California Institute of Technology, USA
11:00-11:30	Refreshment break | Almond Grove
11:30-12:00	ISDN Business Meeting | Auditorium
12:00-13:00	Plenary Lecture 2: Development of the hippocampus | Auditorium
	[PL2] Creating the cortex and the hippocampal organizer Shubha Tole, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India
13:00-14:30	Lunch | Almond Grove
14:30-17:00	Symposium 5: Forebrain development | Auditorium Session Chair: Paola Arlotta, Harvard University, USA
14:30-15:00	[Sym5.1] Wiring thalamocortical connectivity: From axon guidance to plasticity Guillermina López-Bendito, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Spain
15:00-15:30	[Sym5.2] Study of neural circuits for fear-motivated behavior in zebrafish Hitoshi Okamoto, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan
15:30-16:00	[Sym5.3] FGF8 specifies areas throughout the neocortex and controls the topography of sensory maps within areas Elizabeth A. Grove, University of Chicago, United States
16:00-16:30	[Sym5.4] Molecular development of projection neuron types and building of local microcircuitry in the cerebral cortex Paola Arlotta, Harvard University, USA
16:30-17:00	[Sym5.5] Neural stem and progenitor cells in human cortical development and evolution Arnold Kriegstein, University of California, USA
17:00-19:00	Poster session 2 with refreshments | Almond Grove
19:00-20:00	Cultural programme | Auditorium
20:00-21:30	Dinner | Almond Grove
Friday 13th January 2012
09:00-11:30	Symposium 6: Spinal cord and hindbrain: from development to function | Auditorium Session Chair: Jean-François Brunet, École normale supérieure, France
09:00-09:30	[Sym6.1] Functional dissection of the spinal circuits that control locomotion: What development can tell us about behavior Martyn Goulding, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, United States
09:30-10:00	[Sym6.2] Development of respiratory rhythm generating circuits in the mouse embryo hindbrain Gilles Fortin, CNRS, France
10:00-10:30	[Sym6.3] Development of V2 and V0 neurons in zebrafish spinal cord Shin-ichi Higashijima, Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience, Japan
10:30-11:00	[Sym6.4] Phox2b and the viscero-somatic duality of the medulla Jean-François Brunet, École normale supérieure, France
11:00-11:15	[Sym6.5] Mitotic spindle orientation directs stem cell division and notch signalling dynamics in chick neural tube Raman Das*, K.G. Storey, University Of Dundee, UK
11:15-11:30	To be announced
11:30-12:00	Refreshment break | Almond Grove
12:00-13:00	Plenary Lecture 3: Motor neuron development | Auditorium
	[PL3] Making motor axons grow Christopher Henderson, Columbia University in New York, USA
13:00-14:30	Lunch | Almond Grove
14:30-15:30	Plenary Lecture 4: Neurodegenerative diseases | Auditorium
	[PL4] New approaches to disease modifying therapies for Alzheimer's disease Vijaylakshmi Ravindranath, Indian Institute of Science, India
15:30-17:30	Time at leisure
17:30-19:00	Public Lecture – Susan Blackmore ‘Consciousness’ | Auditorium
19:00	Depart for conference banquet
19:30-22:00	Conference banquet | PVM Gymkhana
22:00	Coaches depart PVM Gymkhana for Vivanta by Taj President Mumbai and Fariyas Hotel Mumbai. (For those delegates staying at YWCA, please note this is in walking distance).
Saturday 14th January 2012
09:00-10:30	Symposium 7: Circuit plasticity, formation and malformation | Auditorium Session Chair: Linda Richards, The University of Queensland, Australia
09:00-09:30	[Sym7.1] Wired for sex: The neurobiology of Drosophila courtship behaviour Barry J. Dickson, Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Austria
09:30-10:00	[Sym7.2] Neural map and circuit formation in the mouse olfactory system during development Hitoshi Sakano, University of Tokyo, Japan
10:00-10:30	[Sym7.3] Wiring the developing brain Linda J. Richards, The University of Queensland, Australia
10:30-11:00	Refreshment break | Almond Grove
11:00-12:30	Symposium 7 continued: Circuit plasticity, formation and malformation | Auditorium Session Chair: Linda Richards, The University of Queensland, Australia
11:00-11:30	[Sym7.4] Cortical plasticity: Cell-specific circuits and disorders of brain development Mriganka Sur, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
11:30-12:00	[Sym7.5] Excitatory and inhibitory circuits in the basolateral amygdala Pankaj Sah, University of Queensland, Australia
12:00-12:30	[Sym7.6] Fragile X syndrome and the amygdala Shona Chattarji, National Centre for Biological Sciences, India
12:30-14:30	Lunch | Almond Grove
14:30-17:00	Symposium 8: Directed differentiation and reprogramming | Auditorium Session Chair: Pierre Vanderhaeghen, Universite Libre De Bruxelles, Belgium	Symposium 9: Adult neural stem cells | AG66 Session Chair: Francois Guillemot, MRC National Institute for Medical Research, UK Session sponsored by: inStem
14:30-15:00	[Sym8.1] Constructing and deconstructing spinal motor neurons Hynek Wichterle, Columbia University Medical Center, USA	14:30-15:00	[Sym9.1] Transcriptional control of stem cell divisions in the adult brain Francois Guillemot, MRC National Institute for Medical Research, UK
15:00-15:30	[Sym8.2] From pluripotent stem cells to cortical circuits Pierre Vanderhaeghen, Universite Libre De Bruxelles, Belgium	15:00-15:30	[Sym9.2] Activation of different neurogenic precursor populations in the hippocampus Perry Bartlett, Queensland Brain Institute, Australia
15:30-16:00	[Sym8.3] Direct conversion of pericyte-derived cells of the adult human brain into functional neurons Benedikt Berninger1, 2, 1Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Germany, 2National Research Center for Environment and Health, Germany	15:30-15:45	[Sym9.3] Molecular regulation of neural stem cells in the adult and aging brain: Key roles for mTOR signalling G.N. Paliouras1, A. Aumont1, F. Barnabé-Heider2, Karl Fernandes*1, 1University of Montreal, Canada, 2Karolinska Institute, Sweden
16:00-16:30	[Sym8.4] TBC Marius Wernig, Stanford University, United States	15:45-16:15	[Sym9.4] Mechanisms of neuronal migration in the normal and injured adult brain Kazunobu Sawamoto, Nagoya City University, Japan
16:30-16:45	[Sym8.5] Tight clusters of bHLH, Sox and POU transcription factors bind and regulate neural stem cell enhancers to control multipotency and self-renewal [Travel Award Winner] Ben. Martynoga*1, J.L. Mateo2, M. Haussler3, L.T. Chu4, L. Ettwiller2, F. Guillemot1, 1National Institute for Medical Research, UK, 2University of Heidelberg, Germany, 3University of Manchester, UK, 4Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore	16:15-16:30	[Sym9.5] The identification of a diet-responsive neurogenic niche in the mammalian hypothalamus [Travel Award Winner] Daniel Lee*, J.L. Bedont, H. Wang, T. Pak, V. Charubhumi, A. Miranda, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, USA
16:45-17:00	[Sym8.6] Rett syndrome iPS cell derived neurons reveal novel electrophysiology alterations N. Farra1 ,2, W.B. Zhang1, P. Pasceri1, J.H. Eubanks2 ,3, M.W. Salter1 ,2, James Ellis*1 ,2, 1Hospital for Sick Children, Canada, 2University of Toronto, Canada, 3Toronto Western Hospital, Canada	16:30-17:00	[Sym9.6] Decrease of neurogenesis as a risk for the onset of mental diseases Noriko Osumi, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
17:00-17:30	Refreshment break | Almond Grove
17:30-18:30	Reviewer/ publication ethics workshop | AG66