Keystone Symposia Conference | Synapses: Formation, Function and Misfunction

Meeting Program

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Sunday, April 11
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
	Michael E. Greenberg, Harvard Medical School, USA Signaling Networks that Control Synapse Development and Cognitive Function
Monday, April 12
7:00 - 8:00 AM	Breakfast	Golden Cliff/Eagles
8:00 - 11:00 AM	Circuit Formation Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 03/11/2010	Ballroom 3
	Anirvan Ghosh, University of California, San Diego, USA On the Emergence of Synaptic Specificity in Developing Neural Circuits
	Kang Shen, Stanford University, USA Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors Pattern Synaptic Circuit Assembly in C. elegans
	Silvia Arber, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland Mechanisms Controlling Synaptic Specificity in the Motor System
	Hitoshi Sakano, University of Tokyo, Japan Autonomous Topographic Map Formation by Olfactory Axons in Mouse
Following Session is for Autism (Z4)
8:00 - 11:00 AM	Clinical and Phenotypes of Autism Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 03/11/2010	Ballroom 2
	Joseph Piven, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Towards Defining the Phenomenology of Autism

	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
	Patrick Bolton, King's College, London, UK Overview of Medical Conditions Associated with the Autistic Phenotype
	Daniel H. Geschwind, University of California, Los Angeles, USA Molecular Comparisons across Syndromes
	Thomas Portmann, Stanford University, USA Short Talk: Analysis of a Patient-Derived Cellular Model System for Autism Spectrum Disorders
9:20 - 9:40 AM	Coffee Break	Ballroom Lobby
11:00 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
	Matthew B. Dalva, University of Pennsylvania, USA Postsynaptic Mechanisms Guiding Synapse Development
	Ann Marie Craig, University of British Columbia, Canada Molecular Assembly of Hippocampal Synapses
	Lisa M. Boulanger, Princeton University, USA Regulation of Synaptic Transmission and Synaptic Plasticity by MHC Class I
	Short Talk to be Chosen from Abstracts,
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
	Randi J. Hagerman, University of California, Davis, USA Molecular Mechanisms of ASD in the Premutation and the Full Mutation

	Mark F. Bear, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Activity Dependent Regulation of Glutamate Receptors and the Neurobiology of FXS
	Claudia Bagni, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium Molecular Aspects of Mental Retardation: Insights from the Fragile X Syndrome
	Short Talk to be Chosen from Abstracts,
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 - 11:00 AM	Transynaptic Mechanisms Registered attendees for this meeting can view Abstracts for this session starting on 03/11/2010	Ballroom 3
	Hisashi Umemori, University of Michigan, USA Wiring the Functional Brain
	Thomas Biederer, Yale University, USA Synaptic Adhesion Complexes Organize Synapse Development
	Michisuke Yuzaki, School of Medicine, Keio University, Japan Cbln1 and its Receptor: A Unique and Essential Bidirectional Synaptic Organizer Complex
	Vivian Budnik, University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA Activity-Dependent Synapse Remodeling: Wnt of Change?
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
	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
	Toru Takumi, Hiroshima University, Japan Neurobiology of Chromosome 15 Copy Variants in Mice


	Elisabeth Dykens, Vanderbilt University, USA PWS and Others
	Matthew W. State, Yale Child Study Center, USA Rare Structural and Sequence Variation in Autism Spectrum Disorders
	Michael J. Ronemus, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA Short Talk: Rare and de novo Mutations in the Simons Simplex Collection
9:20 - 9:40 AM	Coffee Break	Ballroom Lobby
11:00 AM-	On Own for Lunch and Recreation
11:00 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
	Cagla Eroglu, Duke University Medical Center, USA How do Astrocytes Induce Central Nervous System Synaptogenesis?
	Philip Haydon, Tufts University, USA Glia: Listening and Talking to the Synapse
	Dwight Bergles, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, USA Synaptic Communication between Neurons and Glial Cells in the Mammalian Brain
	Short Talk to be Chosen from Abstracts,
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
	Alcino J. Silva, University of California, Los Angeles, USA Tsc2 haploinsufficiency and gestational immune activation: interactive effects in mice
	Pat Levitt, Keck School of Medicine, USA MET Receptor Tyrosine Kinase and Social-Emotional Circuit Wiring Relevant to Autism Spectrum Disorder

	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
	Short Talk to be Chosen from Abstracts,
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 - 11:00 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
	Nancy M. Bonini, University of Pennsylvania, USA Human Neurodegenerative Disease: Insights from Drosophila
	Kimberly M. Huber, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA Regulation of Synapse Number by Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein
	Ben Philpot, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA Angelman Syndrome and Synaptic Plasticity
	Nils Brose, Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine, Germany Genetic Dissection of Neuroligin Function: From Synaptogenesis to Autism
	Short Talk(s) to be Chosen from Abstracts,
9:20 - 9:40 AM	Coffee Break	Ballroom Lobby
11:00 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
	Ed Callaway, The Salk Institute, USA New Rabies-Based Tools for Studies of the Structure and Function of Neural Circuits
	Karl Deisseroth, Stanford University, USA Optogenetics: Development and Application
	Stephan Hell, Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Germany Nanoscopy with Focused Light
	Short Talk to be Chosen from Abstracts,
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
	Moshe Szyf, McGill University, Canada How Early Life Experience Modifies the Epigenome and Affects Mental Health

	Courtney Miller, The Scripps Research Institute, USA Epigenetics and Memory
	Lisa M. Monteggia, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA Role of MeCP2 & HDACs in Regulating Synapse Function and Behavior
	Short Talk to be Chosen from Abstracts,
7:00 - 8:00 PM	Social Hour w/ Lite Bites	Ballroom 2-3
8:00 - 11:00 PM	Entertainment	Ballroom 2-3
Thursday, April 15
	Departure
*=Session Chair †=Speaker invited, not yet responded.

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During the last half-decade, a host of cellular mechanisms guiding synapse development have been identified. Exciting new links are being forged between our growing understanding of the basic processes and certain diseases. A major driving force in current research of synapses is new technologies. We propose to develop a meeting that would focus on these areas. Our meeting will bring together scientists working on the basic biological questions of how synapses form in model organisms, the development of new technology, and those with interests in understanding the links to human diseases.

Synapses: Formation, Function and Misfunction (Z3)