Synapse Workshop Agenda
Thursday, September 22, 2022 and Friday, September 23, 2022
All Sessions will take place at the Graduate Hotel event space.
210 S Dubuque St, Iowa City, IA 52240
Dinner will be served in the atrium of the Medical Education Research Facility (MERF) located on the University of Iowa campus.
| THURSDAY, SEptember 22 | friday, September 23 | ||
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Session 18:45-10:00 |
Moderator - Andy Frank |
Session 58:30-10:00 |
Moderator - Sheila Baker |
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8:45-9:00 |
Welcome from co-organizers and Ted Abel |
8:30-8:45 |
Welcome from co-organizers |
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9:00-9:30 |
Kristen Harris "Structural synaptic plasticity as a basis for spaced learning" |
8:45-9:15 |
Richard Huganir “Regulation of Neurotransmitter Receptors during Synaptic Plasticity” |
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9:30-10:00 |
Ryohei Yasuda “Neuronal intracellular signaling underlying synaptic plasticity” |
9:15-9:30 |
Georgina Aldridge "Dendritic spine survival in the prefrontal cortex in the face of excess alpha-synuclein" |
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10:00-10:15 |
Bhagaban Mallik "Chaperone HSP26 and 27 delay the induction of synaptic homeostasis by regulating protein aggregates through Gbb-directed signaling" |
9:30-10:00 |
Felice Dunn "Asymmetric synaptic input to sensory channels impacts eye movements" |
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10:15-10:45 |
Coffee Break |
10:00-10:30 | Coffee Break |
Session 210:45-12:00 |
Moderator - Sheila Baker |
Session 610:30-12:00 |
Moderator - Georgina Aldridge |
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10:45-11:15 |
Shernaz Bamjii "Palmitoylating enzymes in synapse plasticity" |
10:30-11:00 |
Yishi Jin "Protein translation mechanisms in neuronal excitation" |
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11:15-11:45 |
Scott Soderling "Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Proximity Proteomics to Uncover New Synaptic Mechanisms" |
11:00-11:15 |
Genesis Omana Suarez "Nf1 loss of function alters grooming via distinct temporal effects across grooming circuits" |
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11:45-12:00 |
William Milanick "The α2δ1-3 proteins are key presynaptic regulators of synaptic function and CaV2.1 organization" |
11:15-11:30 |
Deniz Atasoy "Opioidergic Modulation of Homeostatic Feeding Pathways" |
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12:00 - 1:00 |
Lunch (provided at hotel) |
11:30-12:00 |
Avital Rodal "Deploying synaptic endocytic machinery" |
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12:00-1:00 |
Lunch (provided at hotel) |
Session 31:00-2:30 |
Moderator - Stephanie Gantz |
Session 71:00-3:00 |
Moderator - Dan Summers |
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1:00-1:30 |
Jennifer Morgan "Discovering how excess alpha-synuclein affects synapses: Insights into Parkinson's disease" |
1:00-1:30 |
Katalin Toth “Coding principles of diverse synapses in the DG-CA3 network in the hippocampus” |
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1:30-2:00 |
Aaron DiAntonio "Axon Degeneration: Molecular Mechanism and Therapeutic Opportunities" |
1:30-2:00 |
Lu Yang Wang "Modular organization of neurotransmitter release sites at a central synapse" |
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2:00-2:30 |
Nils Brose "Dynamic control and plasticity of presynaptic function in health and disease" |
2:00-2:15 |
Joseph Glykys "Neuronal chloride and its modulation" |
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2:30-4:00 |
Posters |
2:15-2:45 |
Pablo Castillo "Long-term Presynaptic Plasticity: Novel Functions and Mechanisms" |
Session 44:00-5:30 |
Moderator - Deniz Atasoy | 2:45-3:00 | Concluding remarks |
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4:00-4:30 |
Dietmar Schmucker "Molecular Mechanisms of Neurite Branching and CNS Synaptogenesis" |
3:00-6:00 |
Free time |
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4:30-4:45 |
Pushpa Kumari "High-throughput platform for the discovery of novel structural neuroplasticity modulators" |
6:00 |
Dinner (Pizza & bowling at Spare Me in the Chauncey Building, corner of College and Gilbert) |
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4:45-5:00 |
Stephanie Gantz "Depolarization by GluD1" |
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5:00-5:30 |
Megan Williams “Cell adhesion in synapse and circuit assembly” |
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5:30 - 6:30 |
Free time and head over to MERF | ||
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6:30 - 8:30 |
Dinner at the Medical Education Research Facility (MERF) Atrium |
