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Neurogenomics: Building a Better Brain

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Neurogenomics: Building a Better Brain
Sunday May 20th -Wednesday, May 23rd, 2001
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee

Honorary Chair:Floyd E. Bloom, M.D., The Scripps Research Institute

 

TUESDAY, MAY 22, 2001

Morning Session
7:30-8:30 AM Breakfast
(Wyatt Center Lobby)
8:30 AM-12: 00 PM  
Session III. Exploiting Nonhuman Genomes
Chair: Cori Bargmann, Ph.D.,
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco

 

Presentations:
8:30-8:50 AM Molecular and genetic analysis of neuronal signaling in Drosophila
Barry Ganetzky, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
9:05-9:25 AM Genetics and genomics of the olfactory system in C. elegant Cori Bargmann, Ph.D., Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco
9:35 - 10:00 AM Break
10:00 -10:20 AM Wiring the C. elegans motor neuron circuit: Turning off the wrong genes to make the right connections
David M. Miller, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
10:35 -10:55 AM Patterning and morphogenesis of neuroectoderm in zebrafish
Lila Solnica-Krezel, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

Short Talks/Late-Breaking Discoveries:
  Notch-mediated fate specification in the zebrafish spinal cord
Bruce H. Appel, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
  Quantitative pharmacogenomics in Drosophila
Greg Gibson, Ph.D., North Carolina State University
12:00-5:00 PM Lunch and Workshops
Groups to meet in the Wyatt Center Lobby. Pick-up box lunch and walk with student guide to appropriate workshop location.

DNA Chip Technology
201 Wyatt Center
Workshop Leader: Shawn Levy, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Guest Speakers:   Karoly Mirnics, M.D., University of Pittsburgh
                            Desmond Smith, Ph.D., University of California,
                            Los Angeles
12:00-5:00 PM Imaging Gene Expression in Vivo
121 and 122 Wyatt Center
Workshop Leaders: David Piston, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
David M. Miller, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
  Neuroproteomics: New Mass Spectrometry Technologies
409 Light Hall
Workshop Leaders: Richard Caprioli, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Ariel Y. Deutch, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Guest Speaker: Per Andren, Ph.D., Uppsala University
Pharmacogenomics
D-3122 Medical Center North (Dept. of Medicine Conference Room in Suite D-3100)
Workshop Leaders: Herbert Meltzer, M.D., Vanderbilt University
Dan Roden, M.D., Vanderbilt University
Guest Speakers: Alfred L. George, Jr., M.D., Vanderbilt University Jonathan Haines, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
James Kennedy, University of Toronto
Richard Kim, M.D., Vanderbilt University
David Robertson, M.D., Vanderbilt University
Michael Stein, M.B.,Ch.B., Vanderbilt University
Statistical Genomics: Making Sense of All the Data
202 Light Hall  
Workshop Leader: Jason H. Moore, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Guest Speakers: Constantin Aliferis, Vanderbilt University
Mary Edgerton, Vanderbilt University
Sharon L.R. Kardia, University of Michigan
Yu Shyr, Vanderbilt University
Transgenic Mouse Behaviors
806 Light Hall (Howard Hughes Conference Room)
Workshop Leaders: Michael McDonald, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Jeffrey D. Schall, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Guest Speaker: Amy Arnsten, Ph.D., Yale University
5:30 - 7:00 PM Dinner (Divinity School)

Evening Session

7:30 - 9:30 PM
 
Session IV. Genes and Drug Action
Chair: Floyd E. Bloom, M.D.,
The Scripps Research Institute

Presentations:
 
7:30 - 7:50 PM Manifestations of dopamine and glutamate systems dysfunction in animal models
Marc Caron, Ph.D., Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Duke University
8:00 - 8:20 PM Genetic models of anxiety and depression
Rene Hen, Ph.D., Columbia University
8:30 - 8:50 PM Behavioral genomics of drug responses
John C. Crabbe, Jr., Ph.D., VA Medical Center
9:00 - 9:20 PM Innovative new uses in microarray technologies
Mark Boguski, M.D., Ph.D, Rosetta Inpharmatics

Short Talks/Late-Breaking Discoveries:
  Multiple consequences of disruption of the serotonin transporter gene
Sharon Engel, Ph.D., NIH, Laboratory of Clinical Science
  Gene expression analysis of C. elegans lifespan mutants
Coleen T. Murphy, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco
10:00 PM Poster Session and Hospitality
(Wyatt Center Atrium)

 

 

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