Scientific Retreat 2007

Neuroscience Cluster Scientific Retreat

September 14-15, 2008

Marina Grand Resort
600 W. Water
New Buffalo, MI
sponsored by
The Committee on Computational Neuroscience,
the Drug Abuse Research Training Program,
the Committee on Neurobiology,
the Integrative Neuroscience Program in the Department of Psychology,
Pathobiology and Translational Neuroscience Training Program,
Institute for Mind and Biology,
and the Department of Neurobiology

THE SCHEDULE BELOW IS FROM 2007 BUT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT HAPPENS AT A NEUROSCIENCE RETREAT.

11:30	Monday, September 10
	Lunch and welcome
Session I	1:00
Kamal Sharma Kim Fenn	Genetic and physiological characterization of motor circuits Waking up to the impact of sleep: Consolidation of generalized skill learning and declarative memory formation
Session II	2:30
Anthony d'Antona Leslie Kay Jessica Loweth	Color changes from nonlinear processing in the human visual system What oscillations can tell us about olfactory processing Viral-mediated alterations in CaMKII alter behavioral responding to amphetamine
A.J. Carlson Memorial Lecture	4:00
Indira Raman Northwestern University	Spontaneous and synaptic signaling in cerebellar circuits

Poster session	5:30

Session V	Tuesday, September 11
Katie Bittner Stephanie Dulawa Sylvan Shank	Divalent block in T-type calcium channels Elucidating the neural mechanisms of the antidepressant response using mouse models The role of singing and tutor song exposure in shaping nighttime sleep activity during early vocal development in the zebra finch

A.J. Carlson Memorial Lecture	11:00
Alex Kolodkin Johns Hopkins University	Molecular mechanisms of neuronal growth cone guidance

Last updated 06/17/08