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26th April 2012, - | public event

Combining compressed sensing and representational learning: How regions in the brain can communicate without loss of information

Speakers:

Presynaptic regulation of synaptic strength

Wei Xu
Stanford School of Medicine, USA

“From the two modes of synaptic transmission to neuronal coding schemes”

Christian Rosenmund
Neurocure, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin

“VGLUT’s as regulators of neurotransmitter release probability”

Neurotransmitter receptor modulation

Nikolaj Klöcker
Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf

“Molecular complexity of native AMPA receptors”

Villu Maricq
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA

“Postsynaptic signaling: What are the molecules and how do they get there?”

The extracellular matrix and synapse modulation

Michael Frotscher
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf

“Structural plasticity of hippocampal mossy fiber synapses”

Alexander Dityatev
Italian Institute of Technology, Genova, Italy

“The extracellular matrix and synaptic functions”

Molecular mechanisms of synapse formation

Mark Henkemeyer
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA

“Eph-Ephrin bidirectional signaling in synapse development and function”

Michisuke Yuzaki
School of Medicine, Keio University, Shinjuku-ku, Japan

“Cbln1 and its family proteins – unique functional and morphological regulators of synapses”

Evolution and modification

David Genoux
Ecole Polytechnique Fédéral de Lausanne, Switzerland

“Protein phosphatase PP1 and intra-spaced stimulations are key elements in controlling the direction of synaptic plasticity”

Dysfunction (incl. Rett syndrome)

Christian Lüscher
University of Geneva, Switzerland

“Drug-evoked synaptic plasticity: from molecular mechanism to behavioral correlates”

Qiang Chang
University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA

“Epigenetic control in neural development and disease”

Dysfunction in Huntington and FRAX syndrome

Michael S. Levine
University of California, Los Angeles, USA

“From genes to circuits in Huntington`s Disease: every neuron needs good connections”

Christopher W. Cowan
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA

“Transcriptional regulation of synapse elimination: implications for Drug Addiction, Fragile X Syndrome, and Autism”

Dysfunction in schizophrenia and cognitive disorders

Danielle Posthuma
Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Amsterdam, NL

“Biologically informed genome-wide association analysis uncovers role of synaptic gene-sets in schizophrenia and intelligence”

Rami Abou Jamra
Institute of Human Genetics, Erlangen, Germany

Combining compressed sensing and representational learning: How regions in the brain can communicate without loss of information

Speakers:

Presynaptic regulation of synaptic strength

Wei Xu
Stanford School of Medicine, USA

“From the two modes of synaptic transmission to neuronal coding schemes”

Christian Rosenmund
Neurocure, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin

“VGLUT’s as regulators of neurotransmitter release probability”

Neurotransmitter receptor modulation

Nikolaj Klöcker
Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf

“Molecular complexity of native AMPA receptors”

Villu Maricq
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA

“Postsynaptic signaling: What are the molecules and how do they get there?”

The extracellular matrix and synapse modulation

Michael Frotscher
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf

“Structural plasticity of hippocampal mossy fiber synapses”

Alexander Dityatev
Italian Institute of Technology, Genova, Italy

“The extracellular matrix and synaptic functions”

Molecular mechanisms of synapse formation

Mark Henkemeyer
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA

“Eph-Ephrin bidirectional signaling in synapse development and function”

Michisuke Yuzaki
School of Medicine, Keio University, Shinjuku-ku, Japan

“Cbln1 and its family proteins – unique functional and morphological regulators of synapses”

Evolution and modification

David Genoux
Ecole Polytechnique Fédéral de Lausanne, Switzerland

“Protein phosphatase PP1 and intra-spaced stimulations are key elements in controlling the direction of synaptic plasticity”

Dysfunction (incl. Rett syndrome)

Christian Lüscher
University of Geneva, Switzerland

“Drug-evoked synaptic plasticity: from molecular mechanism to behavioral correlates”

Qiang Chang
University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA

“Epigenetic control in neural development and disease”

Dysfunction in Huntington and FRAX syndrome

Michael S. Levine
University of California, Los Angeles, USA

“From genes to circuits in Huntington`s Disease: every neuron needs good connections”

Christopher W. Cowan
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, USA

“Transcriptional regulation of synapse elimination: implications for Drug Addiction, Fragile X Syndrome, and Autism”

Dysfunction in schizophrenia and cognitive disorders

Danielle Posthuma
Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Amsterdam, NL

“Biologically informed genome-wide association analysis uncovers role of synaptic gene-sets in schizophrenia and intelligence”

Rami Abou Jamra
Institute of Human Genetics, Erlangen, Germany

“Deep sequencing strategies to elucidate the genetics of autosomal recessive intellectual disability”