Meeting Program
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| Sunday, April 11 | ||
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| 3:00 - 7:30 PM | Registration | Ballroom Lobby |
| 6:30 - 7:30 PM | Refreshments | Ballroom Lobby |
| 7:30 - 8:30 PM |
Keynote Address (Joint) Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 03/11/2010 |
Ballroom 2-3 |
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Matthew B. Dalva,
University of Pennsylvania, USA
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Michael E. Greenberg,
Harvard Medical School, USA
Signaling Networks that Control Synapse Development and Cognitive Function |
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| Monday, April 12 | ||
| 7:00 - 8:00 AM | Breakfast | Golden Cliff/Eagles |
| 8:00 - 11:15 AM |
Circuit Formation Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 03/11/2010 |
Ballroom 3 |
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Yishi Jin,
University of California, San Diego, USA
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Anirvan Ghosh,
University of California, San Diego, USA
On the Emergence of Synaptic Specificity in Developing Neural Circuits |
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Kang Shen,
Stanford University, USA
Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors Pattern Synaptic Circuit Assembly in C. elegans |
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Silvia Arber,
Biozentrum, University of Basel, Friedrich Miescher Institute, Switzerland
Mechanisms Controlling Synaptic Specificity in the Motor System |
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Hitoshi Sakano,
University of Tokyo, Japan
Autonomous Topographic Map Formation by Olfactory Axons in Mouse |
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Fatiha Boukhtouche,
Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland
Short Talk: Trans-Synaptic BMP Signaling in the Ponto-Cerebellar Projection System |
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Beatriz Rico,
Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Spain
Short Talk: Control of Cortical GABAergic Circuitry Development by Nrg1/ErbB4 Signalling |
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| Following Session is for Autism (Z4) | ||
| 8:00 - 11:00 AM |
The Autism Phenotype Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 03/11/2010 |
Ballroom 2 |
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Pat Levitt,
Keck School of Medicine, USA
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Joseph Piven,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
The Syndrome of Autism: Phenomenology |
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Patrick Bolton,
King's College, London, UK
Overview of Medical Conditions Associated with the Autistic Phenotype |
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Thomas Portmann,
Stanford University, USA
Short Talk: Analysis of a Patient-Derived Cellular Model System for Autism Spectrum Disorders |
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Elizabeth M. Berry-Kravis,
RUSH University Medical Center, USA
Autism Phenotype in Fragile X Syndrome: A Door to Molecular Pathways and New Targeted Treatment Strategies |
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| 9:20 - 9:40 AM | Coffee Break | Ballroom Lobby |
| 11:15 AM- | On Own for Lunch and Recreation | |
| 11:15 AM- 1:00 PM | Poster Setup | Superior/Superior Lobby/Wasatch/Maybird |
| 1:00 - 10:00 PM | Poster Viewing | Superior/Superior Lobby/Wasatch/Maybird |
| 4:30 - 5:00 PM | Coffee Available | Ballroom Lobby |
| 5:00 - 7:00 PM |
Synaptic Adhesion and Signaling Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 03/11/2010 |
Ballroom 3 |
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Thomas L. Schwarz†,
Children's Hospital, Boston and Harvard Medical School, USA
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Matthew B. Dalva,
University of Pennsylvania, USA
Postsynaptic Mechanisms Guiding Synapse Development |
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Ann Marie Craig,
University of British Columbia, Canada
Molecular Assembly of Hippocampal Synapses |
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Lisa M. Boulanger,
Princeton University, USA
Regulation of Synaptic Transmission and Synaptic Plasticity by MHC Class I |
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Robby M. Weimer,
Genentech, USA
Short Talk: Death Receptor 6 (DR6) Regulates Synapse Stability in vivo |
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| Following Session is for Autism (Z4) | ||
| 5:00 - 7:00 PM |
FXS Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 03/11/2010 |
Ballroom 2 |
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Joseph Piven,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
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Randi J. Hagerman,
University of California, Davis, USA
Molecular Mechanisms of ASD in the Premutation and the Full Mutation |
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Mark F. Bear,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Activity Dependent Regulation of Glutamate Receptors and the Neurobiology of FXS |
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Claudia Bagni,
Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
Molecular Aspects of Mental Retardation: Insights from the Fragile X Syndrome |
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| 7:00 - 8:00 PM | Social Hour w/ Lite Bites | Superior/Superior Lobby/Wasatch/Maybird |
| 7:30 - 10:00 PM |
Poster Session 1 Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 03/11/2010 |
Superior/Superior Lobby/Wasatch/Maybird |
| Tuesday, April 13 | ||
| 7:00 - 8:00 AM | Breakfast | Golden Cliff/Eagles |
| 8:00 - 11:15 AM |
Transynaptic Mechanisms Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 03/11/2010 |
Ballroom 3 |
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Elva Diaz,
University of California Davis School of Medicine, USA
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Hisashi Umemori,
University of Michigan, USA
Wiring the Functional Brain |
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Thomas Biederer,
Yale University, USA
Synaptic Adhesion Complexes Organize Synapse Development |
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Michisuke Yuzaki,
School of Medicine, Keio University, Japan
Cbln1 and its Receptor: A Unique and Essential Bidirectional Synaptic Organizer Complex |
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Vivian Budnik,
University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA
Trans-Synaptic Transport of a Vesicular Wnt Signal |
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Brian D. McCabe,
Columbia University, USA
Short Talk: Retrograde Robo Signaling Coordinates Synaptic Maturation |
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Matthew J. Kennedy,
Duke University, USA
Short Talk: A Domain for Activity-Triggered Postsynaptic Exocytosis in Dendritic Spines |
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| Following Session is for Autism (Z4) | ||
| 8:00 - 11:00 AM |
15q, CNV and Rare Syndromes Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 03/11/2010 |
Ballroom 2 |
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Carolyn Schanen,
A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, USA
Increasing Molecular and Phenotypic Complexities of the Chromosome 15q11.2-q13.3 Duplication Syndromes in Autism Spectrum Disorders |
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Elisabeth Dykens,
Vanderbilt University, USA
Prader-Willi Syndrome and Other Disorders |
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Matthew W. State,
Yale Child Study Center, USA
Rare Structural and Sequence Variation in Autism Spectrum Disorders |
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Toru Takumi,
Hiroshima University, Japan
Neurobiology of Chromosome 15 Copy Variants in Mice |
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Michael J. Ronemus,
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA
Short Talk: Rare and de novo Mutations in the Simons Simplex Collection |
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| 9:20 - 9:40 AM | Coffee Break | Ballroom Lobby |
| 11:15 AM- | On Own for Lunch and Recreation | |
| 11:15 AM- 1:00 PM | Poster Setup | Superior/Superior Lobby/Wasatch/Maybird |
| 1:00 - 10:00 PM | Poster Viewing | Superior/Superior Lobby/Wasatch/Maybird |
| 4:30 - 5:00 PM | Coffee Available | Ballroom Lobby |
| 5:00 - 7:00 PM |
Glia Cells and Synapse Formation Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 03/11/2010 |
Ballroom 3 |
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Christopher W. Cowan†,
University of Texas-Southwestern Medical School, USA
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Cagla Eroglu,
Duke University Medical Center, USA
How do Astrocytes Induce Central Nervous System Synaptogenesis? |
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Philip G. Haydon,
Tufts University, USA
Glia: Listening and Talking to the Synapse |
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Dwight E. Bergles,
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, USA
Synaptic Communication between Neurons and Glial Cells in the Mammalian Brain |
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Suzanne Paradis,
Brandeis University, USA
Short Talk: Elucidating the Function of Semaphorin 4D in GABAergic Synapse Formation |
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| Following Session is for Autism (Z4) | ||
| 5:00 - 7:00 PM |
PI3 Kinase Dysfunction Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 03/11/2010 |
Ballroom 2 |
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Carolyn Schanen,
A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, USA
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Alcino J. Silva,
University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Tsc2 Haploinsufficiency and Gestational Immune Activation: Interactive Effects in Mice |
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Pat Levitt,
Keck School of Medicine, USA
MET Receptor Tyrosine Kinase and Social-Emotional Circuit Wiring Relevant to Autism Spectrum Disorder |
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Luis F. Parada,
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA
Mouse Models as Translational Tools to Discover Treatments for Autism Spectrum Disorders: Focus on Rapamycin |
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| 7:00 - 8:00 PM | Social Hour w/ Lite Bites | Superior/Superior Lobby/Wasatch/Maybird |
| 7:30 - 10:00 PM |
Poster Session 2 Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 03/11/2010 |
Superior/Superior Lobby/Wasatch/Maybird |
| Wednesday, April 14 | ||
| 7:00 - 8:00 AM | Breakfast | Golden Cliff/Eagles |
| 8:00 - 11:15 AM |
Synaptic and Circuit Function in Neurodevelopmental Disorders (Joint) Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 03/11/2010 |
Ballroom 3 |
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Peter Scheiffele,
Biozentrum, University Basel, Switzerland
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Jennifer Darnell,
Rockefeller University, USA
HITS-CLIP Identifies Specific Neuronal mRNA Targets of Translational Repression by the Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein, FMRP |
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Kimberly M. Huber,
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA
Regulation of Synapse Number by Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein |
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Ben D. Philpot,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Angelman Syndrome and Synaptic Plasticity |
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Nils Brose,
Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine, Germany
Genetic Dissection of Neuroligin Function: From Synaptogenesis to Autism |
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Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele†,
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, USA
Short Talk: Hyperserotonemia, Enhanced Brain Serotonin Clearance, and Altered Behavior Accompany Knock-In of the Autism-Associated SERT Ala56 Variant |
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Kristen Jennifer Brennand,
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, USA
Short Talk: Modeling Schizophrenia Using hiPS-Derived Neurons |
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| 9:20 - 9:40 AM | Coffee Break | Ballroom Lobby |
| 11:15 AM- | On Own for Lunch and Recreation | |
| 4:30 - 5:00 PM | Coffee Available | Ballroom Lobby |
| 5:00 - 7:00 PM |
Technology Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 03/11/2010 |
Ballroom 3 |
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Philip G. Haydon†,
Tufts University, USA
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Ed Callaway,
The Salk Institute, USA
New Rabies-Based Tools for Studies of the Structure and Function of Neural Circuits |
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Karl Deisseroth,
Stanford University, USA
Optogenetics: Development and Application |
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Jun Ding,
Harvard Medical School, USA
Short Talk: Deep Tissue Supraresolution Imaging of Neurons Using Stimulated-Emission Depletion 2-Photon Laser Scanning Microscopy |
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| Following Session is for Autism (Z4) | ||
| 5:00 - 7:00 PM |
Epigenetic Modifiers of Neurodevelopmental Disorders Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 03/11/2010 |
Ballroom 2 |
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Alcino J. Silva,
University of California, Los Angeles, USA
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Moshe Szyf,
McGill University, Canada
How Early Life Experience Modifies the Epigenome and Affects Mental Health |
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Lisa M. Monteggia,
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA
Role of MeCP2 and HDACs in Regulating Synapse Function and Behavior |
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Courtney A. Miller,
The Scripps Research Institute, USA
Epigenetics and Memory |
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| 7:00 - 8:00 PM | Social Hour w/ Lite Bites | Ballroom 1-2 |
| 8:00 - 11:00 PM | Entertainment | Ballroom 1-2 |
| Thursday, April 15 | ||
| Departure | ||
| *=Session Chair †=Speaker invited, not yet responded. | ||
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