DNC2013

Overview

  • Duration: July 16 – August 1, 2013
  • Venue: OIST Seaside House
  • Organizing Institution: Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
  • Language: All lectures will be given in English.
  • Poster: Download PDF version

Organizers

  • David Van Vactor (Harvard Medical School Van Vactor Lab/OIST Formation and Regulation of Neuronal Connectivity Unit)
  • Ichiro Masai (OIST Developmental Neurobiology Unit)
  • Yoko Yazaki-Sugiyama (OIST Neuronal Mechanism for Critical Period Unit)
  • Gordon Arbuthnott (OIST Brain Mechanism for Behavior Unit)

Confirmed Speakers

  • Prof. Takao Hensch (Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University)
  • Dr. Fumio Matsuzaki (RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology)
  • Prof. Masayuki Miura (Dept. of Genetics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science, The University of Tokyo)
  • Assoc. Prof. Naoyuki Inagaki (Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology)
  • Prof. Anne Hart (Dept. of Neuroscience, Brown Research )
  • Prof. Jeff Lichtman (Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University)
  • Prof. Anthony Koleske (Biological & Biomedical Sciences, Yale University)
  • Prof. Rachel Wong (Dept. of Biological Structure, University of Washington)
  • Prof. Dan Sanes (Faculty of Arts & Science, New York University)
  • Prof. Hitoshi Sakano (Dept. of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo)
  • Prof. Akinao Nose (Dept. of Complexity Science and Engineering Formation and Function of the Neural Network, The University of Tokyo)
  • Assoc. Prof. Nirao Shah (Dept. of Anatomy, University of California San Francisco)
  • Dr. Hitoshi Okamoto (RIKEN BSI)
  • Dr. Atsushi Miyawaki (RIKEN BSI)
  • Prof. Zhigang He (Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School)
  • Prof. Robin Ali (UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, Division of Molecular Therapy)
  • Prof. Yuichi Iino (Dept. of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo)
  • Assist. Prof. Bernd Kuhn (Optical Neuroimaging Unit, OIST)

 

DNC2013 Program

Tuesday, July 16              

              7:00 - 8:00 PM                  Reception for Faculty and Students & Course Introduction
              8:00 - 9:00 PM                  Lecture 1: A Brief History of Developmental Biology: David Van Vactor
 

Wednesday, July 17                       

              9:00 - 12:00PM                 Lecture 2: Neural Plate Patterning and Retinal Development: Ichiro Masai
             12:00 - 1:30 PM                 Lunch
               1:30 - 4:30 PM                 Lecture 3: Neurogenesis and Cortical Development: Fumio Matsuzaki

             ( Evening Study/ Discussion/ Recreation)

               7:00 - 8:30 PM                 Dinner
               8:30 PM -                        Informal interacion time with lecturers
 

Thursday, July 18                                       

              9:00 - 12:00 PM                Lecture 4: Regulation and roles of cell death during neural development
                                                                    and maintenance: Masayuki Miura
             12:00 -  1:30 PM                Lunch
               1:30 -  4:30 PM                Lecture 5: Neuronal Polarity Formation and Axon Guidance: Naoyuki Inagaki

              (Evening Study / Discussion / Recreation) 

               7:00 - 8:30 PM                 Dinner
               8:30PM -                         Informal interaction time with lecturers
            

Friday, July 19                               

              9:00 - 12:00 PM                Lecture 6: Shaping neural circuits by early experience: Takao Hensch
              12:00 - 2:00 PM                Lunch / Tour of OIST and Teaching lab area
                2:00 - 7:00 PM                Excursion to Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium
              7:00 - 10:00 PM                Cookout and Course Party I
 

Saturday, July 20                                        

              9:00 - 12:00 PM                Lecture 7: Neurodegeneration and Invertebrate Disease Models: Anne Hart
              12:00 - 1:00 PM                Bento Lunch (Transport to Campus Lab)
                1:00 - 6:30 PM                Teaching Laboratory Rotations
                6:30 - 7:30 PM                Dinner
                7:30 - 9:30 PM                Student Talks
 

Sunday, July 21                             

               8:30 - 8:45 AM               Transport to Campus Lab
              9:00 - 12:00 PM               Teaching Laboratory Rotations
              12:00 - 1:00 PM               Lunch with Student Talks
                1:00 - 4:00 PM               Teaching Laboratory Rotations
                         4:15 PM               Transport to Seaside House

              (Free Afternoon / Evening  *No dinner service)
 

 Monday, July 22                            

              9:00 - 12:00 PM                 Lecture 8: The Regulation of Synaptogenesis in the Drosophila Neuromuscular System:
                                                                      David Van Vactor
              12:00 - 1:30 PM                 Lunch
                1:30 - 4:30 PM                 Lecture 9: Regulation of dendrite formation an stability: Anthony Koleske

              ( Evening Study / Discussion / Recreation)              

                7:00 - 8:30 PM                Dinner
                8:30PM -                        Informal interaction time with lecturers
 

 Tuesday, July 23                            

              9:00 - 12:00 PM                Lecture 10: Connectomics in the Developing Nervous System: Jeff Lichtman
              12:00 - 1:30 PM                Lunch
                1:30 - 4:30 PM                Lecture 11: Circuit assembly and reassembly in the vertebrate retina: Rachel Wong

              ( Evening Study / Disussion / Recreation)                

               7:00 - 8:30 PM                 Dinner
               8:30PM -                         Informal interaction time with lecturers
             

Wednesday, July 24                                    

              9:00 - 12:00 PM                Lecture 12: i) Voltage Imaging; ii) Calcium Imaging: Bernd Kuhn
              12:00 - 1:30 PM                Lunch
                1:30 - 4:30 PM                Lecture 13: Critical Period in Neuroethology: Yoko Yazaki-Sugiyama

              (Evening Study / Discussino / Recreation)               

                7:00 - 8:30 PM                Dinner
                8:30PM -                        Informal interaction time with lecturers
     

Thursday, July 25                                       

              9:00 - 12:00 PM                Lecture 14: Maturation of auditory function: from cochlea to perception: Dan Sanes
              12:00 - 1:30 PM                Lunch
                1:30 - 4:30 PM                Lecture 15: Neural Map Formation in the Mouse Olfactory System: Hitoshi Sakano

              (Evening Study / Discussion / Recreation)               

                7:00 - 8:30 PM               Dinner
                8:30PM -                       Informal interaction time with lecturers
           

 Friday, July 26                               

              9:00 - 12:00 PM                Lecture 16: Optogenetic dissection of motor circuits in Drosophila: Akinao Nose
              12:00 - 1:30 PM                Lunch

              ( FREE AFTERNOON. *No dinner service.)                           

Saturday, July 27                          

               9:00 - 12:00 PM               Teaching Laboratory Rotations
               12:00 - 1:00 PM               Lunch
                 1:00 - 7:00 PM               Teaching Laboratory Rotations
                 7:00 - 8:00 PM               Dinner
                 8:00 - 9:30 PM               Student Talks

 Sunday, July 28                                          

              9:00 - 12:00 PM                Teaching Laboratory Rotations
              12:00 - 1:00 PM                Lunch with Student Talks
                          1:00 PM               Transportation to Seaside House

              (Free Afternoon/Evening   *No dinner service)              

Monday, July 29                            

              9:00 - 12:00 PM                Lecture 17: (TBA) : Nirao Shah
              12:00 - 1:30 PM                Lunch
                1:30 - 4:30 PM                Lecture 18: (TBA) : Hitoshi Okamoto

              (Evening Study / Discussion / Recreation) 

                7:00 - 8:30 PM                Dinner
                8:30PM -                        Informal interaction time with lecturers
      

Tuesday, July 30              

              9:00 - 12:00 PM                 Lecture 19: Cruising inside cells: Atsushi Miyawaki
              12:00 - 1:30 PM                 Lunch
                1:30 - 4:30 PM                 Lecture 20: Mechanisms of axon regeneration: Zhigang He

              ( Evening Study / Disussion / Recreation)                

                7:00 - 8:30 PM                Dinner
                8:30PM -                        Informal interaction time with lecturers
             

Wednesday, July 31                                    

              9:00 - 12:00 PM                Lecture 21: Retinal repair and restoration of vision using cell transplantation: Robin Ali
              12:00 - 1:30 PM                Lunch
                1:30 - 4:30 PM                Lecture 22: Plasticity in the nervous system of the nematode C.elegans:  Yuichi Iino
                5:30 - 6:30 PM                Course Evaluation Feedback Session
                8:30 - 7:30 PM                Cocktails
                7:30 - 9:30 PM                Final Course Banquet

Thursday, August 1                       Departure