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Past Neuroscience Retreat Programs

2007

Saturday, September 29, 2007        

9:30   Coffee & Pastries

10:00Welcome

10:15 Judy Golden , (Instructor), Neurology, “ Function of Ret-GFL Signaling in Sensory Neurons

10:30 Gaurav Patel , Corbetta lab (grad student), Neurology, “Monkeys searching for Big Macs: using fMRI to map the monkey brain”

10:45 Lindsay Wieczorek, Muglia lab (grad student), Pediatrics, “The role of calcium-stimulated adenylyl cyclase activity in long-term memory

10:51 – Jen Semrau , Thoroughman lab (grad student) Biomedical Engineering, “Adaptive processes underlying visuomotor learning change with the statistics of the environment”

10:57 – Emeliano Biasini , Harris lab (postdoc), Cell Biology & Physiology, “Survival, differentiation and transplantation of neural stem cells expressing mutant forms of prion protein”

11:03 – Kate Schwetye , Holtzman lab (grad student), Anatomy & Neurobiology, “Dynamics of soluble amyloid-beta in a model of traumatic brain injury”

11:09 – Zac Freudenburg , Smart lab (grad student) Computer Science, “Cortical signals, machine learning, and robots”

11:15 – Renate Lewis , (Staff Sci) Neurology, WashU Transgenic Vectors Core

11:20 Break

11:45Keynote speaker – Hollis Cline

12:45 Lunch

3:00 Alexis Webb , Herzog lab (grad student), Biology, “Identification of individual circadian pacemaker neurons in the SCN”

3:15 Yan-gang Sun, Chen lab (postdoc), Anesthesiology, Molecular mechanisms of itch in the spinal cord

3:30 Tim West (Staff Sci), Neurology, “MRI and histological changes in the neonatal mouse brain following Hypoxic-Ischemic injury”

3:36 – Matt Budde , Song/Ackerman labs (grad student) Radiology, “Detecting Axonal Damage in a Mouse Model of Multiple Sclerosis Using MRI”

3:42 – Andrea Medrano, Harris lab (grad student), Cell Biol & Physiol, “Detecting Axonal Damage in a Mouse Model of Multiple Sclerosis Using MRI”

3:48 – Linghui Zeng. M. Wong lab (postdoc), Neurology, Rapamycin prevents epilepsy in a mouse model of tuberous sclerosis complex

3:54 – Alex Cohen , Petersen lab (grad student), Neurology “Rapamycin prevents epilepsy in a mouse model of tuberous sclerosis complex”

4:00 Announcements and Break

4:15 – Anneliese Schaefer (Res Asst Prof), Neurology, “Wash U Hope Center and the P30 Neuroscience Blueprint Core Grant”

4:20 Keynote speaker – John Donoghue                                                          .

5:20 Check-in and poster setup

6:00   Dinner

7:15   Poster session

9:00   Party

 

Sunday, September 30, 2007

8:30       Breakfast

10:00     Faculty-Student-Volleyball game (& 12:00 Lunch if you signed up)

 

2006

Friday, October 6, 2006        

9:30    - - Coffee/Registration– by the Chapel

9:45      - - Welcome – David Van Essen in the Chapel

10:00   - - Jackie Brown ,   Anat. & Neurobiol. ( Bridgman lab), The clutch break and motor that drive Semaphorin 3A response

10:15   - - Robyn Klein , Medicine , Neuroprotective roles of CXCL12

10:30   - - ‘Data-Blitz' talks:  

10:30:   Joe Corbo ,   Pathology, Intelligent design: the architecture of photoreceptor transcrptional networks

10:35:   - - Jae-Eun Kang ,   Neurology ( Holtzman lab), Isolation stress increases the levels of abeta in the brain interstitial fluid of young Tg2576 mice

10:40:   Valeria Cavalli ,   Anatomy & Neurobiogy, Sunday Driver: Linking axonal transport to nerve regeneration

10:45:   Joshua Rubin ,   Pediatrics, The Developmental biology of pediatric brain Tumors

10:50:   - - Christine LaPash ,   Neurology ( Goldberg lab), The role of growth associated proteins in promoting axon sprouting after stroke

10:55:   - - Kwasi Mawuenyega ,   Neurology ( Bateman lab), Neuroproteomics approaches for detecting and monitoring of proteins of biological interest

11:00   - - Introduction of the First Year Students; Break follows

11:15   - - Keynote speaker, Jeffrey Rothstein

12:30   - - Lunch

2:00   - -   Ben Kolber ,   Pediatrics ( Muglia lab), Amygdala glucocorticoid receptor function in mediating fear-based learning

2:15   - -   Gina Story ,   Anesthesiology, Toward a molecular understanding of pain: Sex, genes and behavior

2:30   - - ‘Data-Blitz' talks:  

  - - 2:30:   - - Jessica Church ,   Neurology ( Schlaggar lab), Erosive tarse miffs ooperglit:   Studying the functional anatomy of adult reading with length and lexicality manipulations

  - - 2:35:   David Brody ,   Neurology , Translational research in traumatic brain injury

  - - 2:40:    - - Gaurav Patel   Neurology ( Snider/Corbetta lab),   Subdividing the macaque parietal lobe with functional connectivity

  - - 2:45:    - - Ju-Qing Cao ,   Anesthesiology, Differential disposition of N- and P/Q-type calcium channels relative to presynaptic release machinery in hippocampal neurons

  - - 2:50:    - - Matthew Thimgan ,   Anatomy & Neurobiology ( Shaw lab), A Drosophila triglyceride lipase mutant with increased sleep rebound

  - - 2:55:    - - Randall Bateman ,   Neurology, In vivo measurement of production and clearance of CNS proteins: application to disease states and drug development

3:00      - - Announcements:   Neuroscience Blueprint Core ( David Holtzman & Mark Goldberg ); Break follows

3:15      - - Keynote speaker, Huda Akil

4:30    - - Check-in and poster setup

5:00    - - Poster session – in Hillcrest Hall

6:00      - - Dinner

7:15      - - Poster session – in Hillcrest Hall

9:00      - - Party – in the Chapel

 

Saturday, October 7, 2006  

8:00   - - Breakfast

9:30    - - Faculty-Student-Postdoc softball game.

12:00   - - Lunch


2005 

Saturday, October 1, 2005

9:30   - - Coffee & Pastries

9:45   - - Welcome

10:00   - - Richard Daniels ( DiAntonio laboratory) “ A single vesicular glutamate transporter fills a vesicle ”

10:15   - - Steve Chang ( Snyder laboratory) “ Limb-specific preparation for reaching in the posterior parietal cortex ”

10:30   - - Sara Aton ( Herzog laboratory) “ The roles of vasoactive intestinal polypeptide in the mammalian circadian clock ”

10:45   - - Damien Fair ( Schlaggar laboratory) “ fMRI reveals the development of novel functional neuroanatomy for lexical processing in a child with perinatal stroke ”

11:00   - - Break

11:15   - - Keynote speaker –Dr. Gina Turrigiano, “ Hebbian and Homeostatic plasticity in developing cortical circuits

12:30   - - Lunch & free time*                         

2:00   - - Data-blitz talks . 5 minutes each, including questions.

  - - 2:00 - Joel Geerling ( Loewy laboratory) “ Aldosterone-sensitive neurons and the hunger for salt ”

  - - 2:05 - Meghan Griffey ( Holtzman laboratory) “ The metabolism of soluble amyloid precursor protein (sAPP) in human patients ”

  - - 2:10 - Eliana Klier ( Angelaki laboratory) “ Three-dimensional kinematics at the level of the oculomotor plant ”

  - - 2:15 - Laurent Seugnet ( Shaw laboratory) “ Evaluation of a learning task exquisitely sensitive to sleep deprivation ”

  - - 2:20 - Luke Johnson ( Thoroughman laboratory) “ The effects of movement speed on motor adaptation to transient force pulses ”

  - - 2:25 - Sally McIver ( Goldberg laboratory) “ How to Make White Matter Green: Oligodendrocyte-Targeted GFP Expression ”

 

2:30   - - Michael Fox ( Raichle laboratory) “ The organization and functional relevance of spontaneous BOLD fluctuations in the human brain ”

2:45   - - John Cirrito ( Holtzman and Mennerick laboratories,   “ Synaptic activity dynamically regulates interstitial fluid amyloid-beta levels in a mouse model of AD ”

3:00   - - Announcements and Break

3:15   - - Keynote speaker – Dr. Pat Levitt, “ Developmental Mechanisms Underlying the Formation of Cortico-Thalamic Connectivity:   The Phantom Limb of Reciprocal Thalamic Circuitry ”

4:30   - - Room Check-in and poster setup

5:00   - - Poster session

6:30   - - Dinner                       

7:30   - - Poster session

9:00    - - Party (in the Chapel)

 

Sunday, October 2   - -

8:30   - - Breakfast       

10:00   - - Faculty-Student-Postdoc softball game.   (Lakewood Activity Field , far north end of facility)

12:30   - -      Lunch (for those who signed up via special request email)

 

2004

Friday, October 8, 2004        
9:30     Coffee & Pastries
9:45     Welcome
10:00   Student/Postdoc talk
10:15   Student/Postdoc talk
10:30   Student/Postdoc talk
10:45   Student/Postdoc talk
11:00   Break
11:15   Keynote speaker (Christine Holt)
12:30   Lunch
2:00     Announcements
2:15     Student/Postdoc talk
2:30     Student/Postdoc talk
2:45     Student/Postdoc talk
3:00     Student/Postdoc talk
3:15     Break and Room Check-in

4:00     Panel Discussion
4:45     Posters
6:15     Dinner
7:15     Posters
9:00     Party
           
Saturday, October 9, 2004  
8:30     Breakfast
10:00   Faculty-Student-Postdoc softball game.

 

2003 

Saturday, October 4, 2003

9:30 Coffee & Pastries

9:45 Welcome

10:00 JD Wylie , from the laboratory of Jeff Lichtman, “Massive Branch Loss in Early Postnatal Life as Motor Units are Pruned During Synapse Elimination”

10:15 Leo Wang , from the laboratory of Eugene Johnson, “Mixed-Lineage Kinase Inhibitors Activate the trk Receptor and Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase To Maintain Neuronal Trophism and Survival”

10:30 Weiqing Ji , from the laboratory of Nobuo Suga, “Development of Reorganization in the Auditory Cortex Caused by Fear Conditioning: Effect of Atropine”

10:45 Announcements: Dr. David Van Essen – various announcements
Dr. Alex Dromerick - Stroke Lesion Registry for Investigational Use

11:00 Break

11:15 Keynote speaker: Dr. David Anderson , Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, “Molecular Mechanisms of fate determination in neural stem cells”

12:30 Lunch* and free time

3:45 Open Discussion: Interdisciplinary Neuroscience : The Future of Research and Training

(stimulatory questions on reverse)

5:00 Posters, beer, soda

6:15 Dinner*

7:15 Posters

9:00 Party

Sunday, October 5, 2003

8:30 Breakfast

9:30 K.S. Saleem , from the laboratory of Joel Price, “Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Neuronal Connections in the Monkey Brain”

9:45 Kristina Visscher , from the laboratory of Steve Peterson, “Sustained vs. Transient Neural Activity in fMRI”

10:00 Jerry Nguyenkim , from the laboratory of Greg DeAngelis, “Coding of Three Dimensional Surface Orientation by Cortical Neurons”

10:15 Jay Demas , from the laboratory of Rachel Wong, “Development of Retinal Activity and Connectivity in the Absence of Normal Vision”

10:30 Anne Brunkan , from the laboratory of Alison Goate, “Residue V96 in Presenilin-1 is Important for Gamma-Secretase Cleavage of App and Notch”

10:45 Break

11:00 Keynote speaker: Dr. Huda Zoghbi , Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, “ Tangled Triplets and Neurodegeneration”

12:15 Lunch*

Afternoon Freetime Activities

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 2002

Friday, October 4, 2002

9:45 Coffee & Pastries

10:00 Welcome

10:15 Krista Moulder , from the laboratories of Steve Mennerick and Chuck Zorumski - "Homeostatic effects of depolarization on calcium influx and synaptic signaling"

10:30 Sandhya Koushika , from the laboratory of Mike Nonet - “The cytoplasmic dynein complex transports a subset of synaptic vesicle components in C. elegans neurons”

10:45 Tomomi Ichinose from the laboratory of Peter Lukasiewicz– “Lateral inhibition at the inner retina is regulated by GABA transporters.”

11:00 KEYNOTE speaker – Dr. Tom Carew

12:15 Lunch* and free time

3:45 Translational Neuroscience . John Csernansky, John Morris, Randy Buckner, David Holtzman

5:00 Posters, beer, soda

6:15 Dinner*

7:15 Posters

9:00 Party

 

Saturday, October 5, 2002

8:30 Breakfast

9:30 Wei Wu from the laboratory of Ling-Gang Wu – “Clathrin-independent, rapid endocytosis is a major form of endocytosis at a central synapse.”

9:45 Daphne Robinson from the laboratory of Min Zhuo – “Regulation of spinal presynaptic activity by phosphorylation.”

10:00 Ben Palanca from the laboratory of Greg DeAngelis – “Neuronal synchrony in macaque area MT and feature binding of closed and occluded contours.”

10:15 Alex Yuan from the laboratory of Larry Salkoff – “Properties of mammalian Slo2, the cloned Na + -activated K + channel: A model for protection against ischemia.”

10:30 Silva Hecimovic from the laboratory of Alison Goate – “A? and S3-like cleavage are independent processes within the transmembrane domain of APP.”

10:45 Break

11:00 KEYNOTE speaker – Dr. Susan Amara

12:15 Lunch*

Afternoon Freetime Activities