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