DNC2017 Program
Week 1
July 24 (Mon)
9:00–12:30 Student Talk I
12:30-13:30 Box Lunch
13:30-16:30 Student Talk II
18:00-20:00 Dinner & Interaction
July 25 (Tue)
9:00-12:00 Lecture 1: “Fluorescence Microscopy: From nano-to millimeter, between life and death”: Ulrike Engel
12:00-13:00 Box Lunch
13:00-14:30 Poster Session
15:00-17:45 Lab Lectures: Van Vactor, Masai, Sugiyama, Kawasaki, Kohsaka
Lab 1: Analysis of Drosophila embryonic neuromuscular development [Van Vactor]
Lab 2: Ca imaging and electrophysiology recording from Drosophila Larvae [Kohsaka]
Lab 3: In utero electroporation in mouse or DiI/DiO injection into mouse eyes [Kawasaki]
Lab 4: Live imaging of zebrafish nervous system [Masai]
Lab 5: Electrophysiology in zebra finch auditory system [Yazaki-Sugiyama]
18:00-20:00 Dinner & Interaction
July 26 (Wed)
9:00-10:30 Lab Rotation 1
10:30-12:00 Lab Rotation 2
12:00-13:00 Box Lunch
13:00-14:30 Lab Rotation 3
14:30-16:00 Lab Rotation 4
16:00-17:30 Lab Rotation 5
18:00-20:00 Dinner & Interaction
July 27 (Thu)
9:00-12:00 Lecture 2: “Turning heads: cranial motor neuron development in the zebrafish”: Cecilia Moens
12:00-13:00 Box Lunch
13:00-18:00 Lab Practice Day-1
18:00-20:00 Dinner and Interaction
July 28 (Fri)
9:00-12:00 Lecture 3: “Development of the Peripheral Nervous System”: Lisa Goodrich
12:00-13:00 Box Lunch
13:00-18:00 Lab Practice Day-2
18:00-20:00 Dinner & Interaction
July 29 (Sat)
9:00-12:00 Lecture 4: “Molecular mechanisms underlying the formation of the cerebral cortex in the mammalian brain”: Hiroshi Kawasaki
12:00-13:00 Box Lunch
13:00-18:00 Lab Practice Day-3
18:00-20:00 Dinner and Interaction
July 30 (Sun)
9:00-12:00 Lecture 5: “From motor axon guidance to peripheral nerve regeneration”: Michael Granato
12:00-1300 Box Lunch
13:00-17:30 Lab Practice Day-4
18:00- BBQ @Seaside House
Week 2
July 31 (Mon) ~ Free-day ~
Aug 1 (Tue)
9:00-12:00 Lecture 6: Yimin Zou
1. “Molecular principles of neural circuit wiring”
2. “Signaling mechanisms of neural circuit wiring”
3. “ Role of axon guidance cues in adult CNS injury”
12:00-13:30 Box Lunch
13:30-16:30 Lecture 7: “Neural mechanisms for reinforcement learning”: Jeff Wickens
18:00-20:00 Dinner and Interaction
Aug 2 (Wed)
9:00-12:00 Lecture 8: “Molecular Mechanisms of Dendrite patterning”: Kang Shen
12:00-13:30 Box Lunch
13:30-16:30 Lecture 9: “Postnatal developmental changes in mammalian central synapses” : Tomoyuki Takahashi
18:00-20:00 Dinner and Interaction @Seaside House
Aug 3 (Thu)
9:00-12:00 Lecture 10: “Structural and Functional studies of the C. elegans Neural Circuits”: Mei Zhen
12:00-13:30 Box Lunch
13:30-16:30 Lecture 11: “Molecular mechanisms that control axon guidance receptor regulation and signaling during neuronal development”: Greg Bashaw
18:00-20:00 Dinner and Interaction @Seaside House
Aug 4 (Fri)
9:00-12:00 Lecture 12: “Double header: using C. elegans and neurodegenerative disease”: Anne Hart
PM Excursion
Aug 5 (Sat)
9:00-12:00 Lecture 13: “Evolutionarily conserved role of the habenula in resolution of social conflict”: Hitoshi Okamoto
12:00-14:30 Lunch @Onna Market
14:30-17:30 Lecture 14: “Habenula cholinergic neurons facilitate fear extinction: circuit and molecular mechanisms”: Luo Minmin
18:30- Dinner and Interaction
Aug 6 (Sun)
9:00-12:00 Lecture 15: “Large-scaled network reorganization during recovery of dexterous hand movements following spinal cord injury”: Tadashi Isa
12:00-13:30 Box Lunch
13:30-16:30 Lecture 16: ““”: Takao Hensch
18:00-21:00 Lab Presentation & Final Banquet @Seaside Chura Hall
Aug 7 (Mon)
Departure