| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Neural Stem Cells |
| Magdalena Gotz
Glial cells generate neurons: molecular mechanisms and neuronal subtype specification |
| Sean Morrison
The regulation of neural stem cell self-renewal |
| Luca Santarelli
Function of adult-born hippocampal neurons |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Cell Specification and Differentiation |
| Sam Pfaff
Regulation of spinal neuron development and connectivity |
| Qiufu Ma
Binary genetic switches between Glutamatergic and GABAergic neurons |
| 10:00 am | Group Photo and Coffee Break |
| Mike Greenberg
Signaling mechanisms that regulate neuronal differentiation |
| Claude Desplan
Patterning the fly retina for color and polarized light vision |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I (presenter last names A-M) |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Neuron-Glial Interactions |
| Gabriel Corfas
The roles of NRG-erbB signaling in neuron-glia interactions |
| Karen Christopherson
Control of synaptogenesis by glia |
| Shai Shaham
Glia-neuron interactions in the C. elegans nervous system |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Brain Patterning |
| Dennis O'Leary
Intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms patterning the developing
neocortex |
| Elizabeth Grove
Patterning the cerebral cortex |
| Coffee Break |
| Susan McConnell
On the
Move: Mechanisms of Neuronal Migration |
| Alexandra Joyner
Midbrain and Cerebellar Patterning |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I (presenter last names A-M) |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Polarity in Neural Development |
| Yuh Nung Jan
Neuronal polarity and dendrite development |
| Joergen Knoblich
Dare to be different: Asymmetric Cell Division in the Drosophila nervous system |
| Vivien Budnik
Regulation of Microtubule Stability by Atypical Protein Kinase C
During New Synapse Formation |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Axon Guidance |
| Larry Zipursky
The Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Synaptic Specificity in
Drosophila |
| Linda Richards
Axon guidance mechanisms in the developement of the corpus callosum |
| Coffee Break |
| Frank Gertler
Regulation of cytoskeletal dynamics in growth cone guidance |
| Alex Kolodkin
Cellular and Molecular Repulsive Guidance Mechanisms |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session II (presenter last names N-Z) |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:00 pm | Business Meeting |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Late breaking news (short 10 min talks) |
| Tina Schwabe
Dissecting a novel GPCR pathway involved in insulating the fly nervous
system |
| Sohyun Ahn
Sonic hedgehog responsiveness of the neural stem cells and progenitor
cells in adult mouse brain |
| Hao Wu
The role of de novo DNA methyltransferases in regulating the timing of
neuronal and glial differentiation |
| Estuardo Robles
Coincident Src and cdc42 signals at the tips of growth cone filopodia
regulate protrusion |
| David Solecki
Par6 alpha signaling controls glial-guided neuronal migration |
| Carina Hanshima
FoxG1 suppresses early cortical fate |
| Andrew Huberman
Ephrin-As mediate segregation of eye-specific projections to the
lateral geniculate nucleus |
| David Feldheim
A combination of ephrins and neural activity is required for
retinogeniculate mapping |
| Patrick Kanold
Ocular dominance column plasticity and inhibitory development
requires subplate neurons |
| Tao Sun
Transcriptional control of human embryonic left-right cortical asymmetry |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Synaptogenesis and plasticity |
| Peter Scheiffele
Bidirectional signaling between neurexin and neuroligan at CNS
synapses |
| Joshua Sanes
Molecules that regulate synaptic differentiation |
| Coffee Break |
| Barbara Chapman
Making and breaking eye-specific layers in the lateral geniculate
Nucleus |
| Takao Hensch
Critical period mechanisms in developing visual cortex |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session II (presenter last names N-Z) |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Development of Neural Circuits Underlying Behavior |
| Tom Clandinin
Genetic Approaches to Fly Visual Behavior |
| Nirao Shah
Sexually dimorphic neural pathways and behavior |
| David Anderson
Neural Circuits for Innate Defensive Behaviors in Flies and Mice |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Depart |