The 17th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience

June 1-4, 2008, Asilomar, CA, USA

Program

Sunday June 1, 2008
16.00	Registration
18.00	Dinner
19.15	PLENARY LECTURE: Spike-timing dependant plasticity of neural circuits – Hebb’s postulate revisited Mu Ming Poo, University of California, Berkeley, USA
20.15	Drinks reception
Monday June 2, 2008
07.30	Breakfast
08.30	PLENARY LECTURE: Modification of visual cortex by experience Mark Bear, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
09.30	Coffee
10.00	SYMPOSIUM SESSION 1 Neuronal fate and migration Title to be confirmed Session chair: Sam Pfaff, The Salk Institute, USA Cellular and molecular mechanisms controlling the migration of cortical gabaergic interneurons Oscar Marin, CSIC & Universidad Miguel Hernandez, Spain Transcriptional control of neuronal migration in the mouse brain Francois Gullemot, National Institute for Medical Research, UK	SYMPOSIUM SESSION 2 Developmental disorders of cognitive circuits Title to be confirmed Chair: Dan Geschwind Molecular and cellular cognition: unraveling mechanisms and finding cures for learning disabilities Alcino Silva, UCLA, USA Rare variant genetics and autism spectrum disorders Matthew State, Yale University, USA Functional MRI of social communication in autism Susan Bookheimer, UCLA, USA Short Talk A direct role for FMRP in activity-dependent dendritic mRNA transport links filopodial-spine morphogenesis to Fragile X Syndrome Dr. J Dictenberg, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA
12.00	Lunch
13.30	PLENARY LECTURE: Control of dendrite morphogenisis Yuh-Ning Jan, University of California at San Francisco, USA
14.30	Coffee
15.00	SYMPOSIUM SESSION 3 Neuronal morphogenesis and path finding Shaping diverse morphologies of dendritic arbors of the neurons: distinct dependency on organelle dynamics Session chair: Tadashi Uemura, Kyoto University, Japan Self-avoidance mediated by DSCAM in the developing mammalian retina Robert Burgess, The Jackson Laboratory, USA Heparan sulfate endosulfatases are required for normal brain development Masayuki Masu, University of Tsukuba, Japan	SYMPOSIUM SESSION 4 Details to be announced
17.00	Poster Session 1
19.00	BBQ
Tuesday June 3, 2008
07.30	Breakfast
08.30	PLENARY LECTURE: Neural stem cells – from development to repair Freda Miller, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Canada
09.30	Coffee
10.00	SYMPOSIUM SESSION 5 Neural circuit development and plasticity Title to be confirmed Chair: Takao Hensch, Harvard University, USA Synaptic and circuitry mechanisms of obsessive compulsive-like behaviors in mice Guoping Feng, Duke University, USA Title to be confirmed Stephen Smith, Stanford University, USA GABA signaling in activity dependent development of inhibitory synapses and circuits Josh Huang, Cold Spring Harbor, USA Short Talks A model for neuronal competition during development C. Deppmann, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Met modulates cortical circuit development In Vivo M.C. Judson, Vanderbilt University, USA	SYMPOSIUM SESSION 6 Neural stem cells - during development and in the adult Extrinsic and intrinsic mechanisms regulating neural stem cells and neurogenesis in the adult brain Chair: Hongjun Song, John Hopkins University, School of Medicine, USA Title to be confirmed Arnold Kriegstein, UCSF, USA Modeling for neurological diseases using human ES cell-derived neurons Yi Sun, UCLA, USA Strategies for the regeneration of damaged CNS Hideyuki Okano, Keio University, Japan
12.30	Boxed Lunch
	Free Afternoon/Optional Tour
18.00	Dinner
19.15	PLENARY LECTURE: Cortical map formation: Molecular cues and structured neural activity cooperate to organize the topographic map in developing visual cortex Michael Stryker, University of California, San Francisco, USA
20.15-21.30	Poster Session 2
Wednesday June 4, 2008
07.30	Breakfast
08.30	PLENARY LECTURE: Illuminating cortical synapses and circuits Karel Svoboda, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA
09.30	Coffee
10.00	SYMPOSIUM SESSION 7 Synaptic development, maintenance and plasticity Integrins and regulation of synaptic strength Session Chair: Yishi Jin, University of California, San Diego, USA Neuronal pentraxins mediate silent synapse conversion in the developing visual system Eric Ullian, UCSF School of Medicine, USA Integrins and regulation of synaptic strength Yuki Goda, University College London, UK SynCAM complexes encode synaptic adhesion to organize nascent synapses Thomas Biederer, Yale University, USA	SYMPOSIUM SESSION 8 Glial cell diversity and development Title to be confirmed Session Chair: Bill Richardson Title to be confirmed Steve Fancy, UCSF Medical Center San Fransisco, USA Transcriptional control of gliogenesis in the developing spinal cord Ben Deneen, California Institute of Technology, USA Short Talk Calcineurin/NFATc signaling is required for neuregulin regulated Schwann cell differentiation Dr. I.A. Graef, Stanford Medical School, USA
12.00	Lunch
13.00	Close of Conference

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