| Picower-RIKEN
Symposium
Please note: This event will not be webcast
New Frontiers in Brain Science: from molecules to
mind
The 6th Picower-RIKEN Neuroscience Symposium will take place on November 8–9, 2007.
Online registration for the 6th Picower-RIKEN Neuroscience Symposium has closed. If you would like to attend the Symposium and have not registered, please feel free to attend the day of the event. Keep in mind that seating may be limited, and registrants will have priority.
Sponsored jointly by the Picower Institute and the RIKEN
Brain Science Institute of Japan, the Picower-RIKEN Symposium
brings together many of the most distinguished and creative
neuroscientists from around the world to present their perspective
on "New Frontiers in Brain Science—from Molecules
to Mind." Reinforcing the importance of the intellectual
connection between RIKEN and MIT, this symposium draws hundreds
of participants, interested in exploring the brain at every
level of its complexity—from its molecules, to its cells,
to its circuits, to the cognitive system as a whole. Through
poster sessions, postdoctoral researchers and graduate students
also present their work to speakers and other symposium participants.
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SCHEDULE |
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Thursday, November 8, 2007 |
Friday, November 9, 2007 |
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9:00am - 5:15pm |
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LOCATION |
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Auditorium (46-3002)
Simulcast in the Picower Seminar Room (46-3310)
The Picower Building, MIT
43 Vassar Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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AGENDA |
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Thursday, November 8, 2007 |
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9:00am – 9:10am |
Opening Remarks
Susumu Tonegawa (MIT Picower Institute/
RIKEN-MIT) |
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Session I: Systems Neuroscience
Chair: Matt Wilson |
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9:10am – 9:50am |
Edward Callaway (Salk Institute)
New Methods for Unraveling Neural Circuits |
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9:50am – 10:30am |
Alison Doupe (UCSF)
Auditory Processing and Perception: a Birdbrain's View |
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10:30am – 10:50am |
Break |
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10:50am – 11:30am |
René Hen (Columbia Univ)
Hippocampal Neurogenesis and Depression |
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11:30am – 12:10pm |
Robert Wurtz (NIH)
The Visual Gateway to Cortex and its Guardian: Attention in the LGN and TRN |
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12:10pm – 2:30pm |
Lunch and Poster Session: Atrium |
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Session II: Development and Cognition
Chair: Earl Miller |
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2:30pm – 3:10pm |
Mineko Kengaku (RIKEN BSI)
Cellular and Molecular Dynamics of Nuclear Movement in Neuronal Migration |
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3:10pm – 3:50pm |
Elly Nedivi (MIT Picower Institute)
Dynamic Characteristics of Interneuron Dendritic Remodeling in the Cerebral Cortex |
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3:50pm – 4:10pm |
Break |
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4:10pm – 4:50pm |
Giacomo Rizzolatti (University of Parma, Italy)
The Parieto-Frontal Mirror Systems and Their Role in Cognitive Functions |
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4:50pm – 5:30pm |
Edward Vogel (Univ. of Oregon)
Individual Differences in Resisting Attentional Capture |
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Friday, November 9, 2007 |
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Session III: Learning and Memory
Chair: Li-Huei Tsai |
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9:00am – 9:40am |
Karen Hsiao Ashe (Univ. of Minnesota)
Molecular Mechanisms of Memory Loss in Alzheimer Mouse Models |
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9:40am – 10:20am |
Todd Sacktor (State University of New York)
PKMζ: The First Long-Term Memory Storage Molecule |
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10:20am – 10:40am |
Break |
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10:40am – 11:20am |
Richard Morris (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Schemas and Memory Consolidation |
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11:20am – 12:00pm |
Susumu Tonegawa (MIT Picower Institute, RIKEN-MIT)
Molecular and Circuit Mechanisms for Hippocampal Learning and Memory |
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12:00pm – 2:30pm |
Lunch and Poster Session: Atrium |
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Session IV: Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience
Chair: Morgan Sheng
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE TO SCHEDULE |
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2:30pm – 3:10pm |
Graham Collingridge (University of Bristol, UK)
Molecular Mechanisms Involved in Hippocampal Synaptic Plasticity |
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3:10pm – 3:50pm |
Sascha du Lac (Salk Institute)
Intrinsic Mechanisms of Resilience and Adaptability in the Vestibulo-Ocular Reflex |
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3:50pm – 4:10pm |
Break |
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4:10pm – 4:50pm |
Yoshihiro Yoshihara (RIKEN BSI)
Dissection of Molecular Machinery in Dendritic Filopodia |
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4:50pm – 5:15pm |
Concluding Remarks
Masao Ito, RIKEN BSI |
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