Agenda for Genetic Manipulation of Neuronal Activity

Schedule at a Glance

Sunday November 2nd
3:00 pm Check-in
6:00 pm Reception
7:00 pm Dinner
8:00 pm Plenary Talk
9:00 pm Refreshments available at Bob's

Monday November 3rd
7:30 am Breakfast
9:00 am Session 1: Photoswitches I
10:45 am Break and Group Photo
11:15 am Session 1 Photoswitches (continued)
12:15 pm Lunch
1:00 pm Tour (optional)
2:00 pm Session 2: Photoswitches II
3:30 pm Break
4:00 pm Session 2: Photoswitches II (continued)
5:30 pm Discussion
6:00 pm Reception
7:00 pm Dinner
8:00 pm Poster Reception

Tuesday November 4th
7:30 am Breakfast
9:00 am Session 3: Small Molecule-mediated Switches
10:45 am Break
11:15 am Session 3: Small Molecule-mediated Switches (continued)
12:15 pm Lunch
1:15 pm Session 4: Temperature, Peptides and Toxins
2:45 pm Break
3:15 pm Session 4: Temperature, Peptides and Toxins (continued)
4:15 pm Discussion
4:45 pm Poster Reception
6:30 pm Dinner
8:00 pm Refreshments available at Bob's

Wednesday November 5th
7:30 am Breakfast
9:00 am Session 5 - Applications
10:30 am Break
11:00 am Discussion and future directions
12:15 pm Lunch (take out boxes from servery) and departure
12:30 pm First shuttle to Dulles
1:15 pm Second shuttle to Dulles
2:00 pm Last shuttle to Dulles

Full Schedule

Sunday November 2nd
3:00 pm Check-in
6:00 pm Reception
7:00 pm Dinner
8:00 pm Plenary Talk - Gero Miesenboeck, University of Oxford
9:00 pm Refreshments available at Bob's Pub

Monday November 3rd
7:30 am - Breakfast
9:00 am - Session 1: Photoswitches I
Chair: Peter Hegemann
9:00 am - Peter Hegemann, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Tailoring channelrhodopsin for neuroscience
9:45 am - Oleg Sineshchekov, University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Photosensory functions of channelrhodopsins in native algal cells
10:15 am - Karl Deisseroth, Stanford University
Development and application of optogenetic tools
10:45 am - Break and Group Photo
11:15 am - Session 1: Photoswitches (continued)
11:15 am - Edward S. Boyden, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
High-precision genetically-targeted optical control of normal and pathological neural computations
11:45 am - Roger Y. Tsien, HHMI/University of California, San Diego
Engineered channelrhodopsin variants with improved kinetics and enhanced temporal control of neuronal excitability
12:15 pm - Lunch
1:00 pm - Tour (optional)
2:00 pm -Session 2: Photoswitches II
2:00 pm - Dirk Trauner, University of California, Berkley
Synthetic neurobiology
2:30 pm - Richard H. Kramer, University of California, Berkley
Light-regulated K+ channels for remote control of neuronal excitability
3:00 pm - Andrew Woolley, University of Toronto
Chemically modified photo-switchable proteins
3:30 pm - Break
4:00 pm - Session 2: Photoswitches II (continued)
4:00 pm - Stefan Herlitze, Case Western Reserve University
Control of GPCR pathways and neuronal circuits by light
4:30 pm - Georg Nagel, University of Wuerzburg
Fast manipulation of neurons by light
5:00 pm - Ernst Bamberg, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics
Channel rhodopsin 2, molecular mechanism and applications
5:30 pm Discussion
6:00 pm - Reception
7:00 pm - Dinner
8:00 pm - Poster Reception

Tuesday November 4th
7:30 am - Breakfast
9:00 am - Session 3: Small Molecule-mediated Switches
Chair: Bryan Roth
9:00 am - Bryan Roth, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Medical School
Evolved GPCRs as tools to modulate neuronal activity in vitro and in vivo
9:45 am - Scott M. Sternson, Janelia Farm Research Campus/HHMI
Design of modular, orthogonal silencers and activators of neurons
10:15 am - David J. Anderson, HHMI/California Institute of Technology
Genetic manipulation of neural circuits mediating innate behaviors
10:45 am - Break
11:15 am - Session 3: Small Molecule-mediated Switches (continued)
11:15 am - Henry A. Lester, California Institute of Technology
Two projects for genetic manipulation of neuronal activity
11:45 am - Peer Wulff, University of Aberdeen
From synapse to behaviour: Rapid modulation of defined neuronal populations through engineered GABA-A receptors
12:15 pm - Lunch
1:15 pm - Session 4: Temperature, Peptides and Toxins
Chair: Julie Simpson
1:15 pm - Toshi Kitomoto, University of Iowa
Targeted expression of the temperature-sensitive dynamin to study neural mechanisms of complex behavior in Drosophila
1:45 pm - Benjamin H. White, National Institutes of Health
Acute activation of Drosophila neurons by temperature shift using the rat cold and menthol receptor, TRPM8
2:15 pm - Michael N. Nitabach, Yale School of Medicine
In vivo cell-specific pharmacological modulation of ion channels and neuropeptide receptors
2:45 pm - Break
3:15 pm - Session 4: Temperature, Peptides and Toxins (continued)
3:15 - pm Paul Garrity, Brandeis University
Drosophila TRPA1: A regulator of fly thermotaxis that provides a tool for thermally stimulating neuronal activity
3:45 - pm Julie H. Simpson, Janelia Farm Research Campus/HHMI
Temperature sensitive dominant negatives to manipulate neural activity in Drosophila
4:15 - pm Discussion
4:45 pm - Poster Reception
6:30 pm - Dinner
8:00 pm - Refreshments available at Bob's

Wednesday November 5th
7:30 am - Breakfast
9:00 am - Session 5: Applications
9:00 am - Susana Q. Lima, Gulbenkian Institute for Science
In vivo electrophysiological identification of Channelrhodopsin2-tagged neuronal subpopulations
9:30 am - Leopoldo Petreanu, Janelia Farm Research Campus/HHMI
Functional mapping of cortical circuits with subcellular resolution
10:00 am - Kristin Scott, University of California, Berkeley
Taste recognition in Drosophila
10:30 am - Break
11:00 am - Discussion and Future Directions
12:15 pm - Lunch (take out boxes from servery) and Departure
12:30 pm - First shuttle to Dulles
1:15 pm - Second shuttle to Dulles
2:00 pm - Last shuttle to Dulles

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