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Molecular Determinants of Synaptic Function: Molecules and Models

22—23 September 2005

Chilworth Manor and the University of Southampton, UK



Organizers:
Lindy Holden-Dye (University of Southampton, UK)
Vincent O¿Connor (University of Southampton, UK)
F. Anne Stephenson (School of Pharmacy, London, UK)
Sponsors:
UCB

Molecular determinants of synaptic function: molecules and models


Atomic structures determining synaptic function

Thursday 22 September 2005
08:00 - 09:00 Coaches leave Southampton University for Chilworth Manor

09:00 - 09:15 Welcome and introduction

09:15 - 10:00
Structure and gating mechanism of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor
Nigel Unwin (MRC-LMB Cambridge, UK)
10:00 - 10:15
Selected oral communication
Identification of glycine receptor associated gephyrin splice variants
Selected oral communication - Ingo Paarmann ( Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Germany)
10:15 - 10:30
GRIF-1/kinesin-1 interactions: a confocal microscopy study
Selected oral communication - Karine Pozo (School of Pharmacy, London, UK)
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee/tea break and poster viewing

11:00 - 11:15
Role of the conserved glutamine 291 in the rat gamma-aminobutyric acid transporter rGAT-1
Selected oral communication - Stefania Mari (University of Milan, Italy)
11:15 - 11:30
Neurochemical changes associated with prion disease using the ME7 murine scrapie model
Selected oral communication - Bryony Gray (University of Southampton, UK)
12:15 - 14:00 Lunch and formal poster session

Functional determinants of model synapses

Thursday 22 September 2005
08:00 - 09:00 Coaches leave Southampton University for Chilworth Manor

09:00 - 09:15 Welcome and introduction

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee/tea break and poster viewing

11:30 - 12:15
Molecular mechanisms of synaptic target selection and presynaptic assembly in C. elegans
Kang Shen (Stanford University, USA)
12:15 - 14:00 Lunch and formal poster session

14:00 - 14:45
Glycine transporters: essential regulators of synaptic transmission
Heinrich Betz (MPIH, Germany)

Glutamate receptors: models of post-synaptic function

Thursday 22 September 2005
12:15 - 14:00 Lunch and formal poster session

14:45 - 15:30
Genetic and proteomic studies of postsynaptic complexes
Seth Grant (University of Cambridge, UK)
15:30 - 16:00 Coffee/tea break and poster viewing

16:00 - 16:45
Building a synapse: genetic analysis of glutamatergic transmission
Andres Villu Maricq (University of Utah, USA)
18:15 - 19:00 Coaches leave Chilworth Manor for Southampton University

20:00 - 22:30 Meeting dinner - Kuti's Brasserie, Southampton

Pre-synaptic determinants of synaptic function

Thursday 22 September 2005
12:15 - 14:00 Lunch and formal poster session

15:30 - 16:00 Coffee/tea break and poster viewing

16:45 - 17:30
The role of neuroligins in synaptogenesis and synapse function
Nils Brose (MPIEM, Germany)
17:30 - 18:15
Timing of protein-protein interactions required for synaptic vesicle exocytosis
George Augustine (Duke University, USA)
18:15 - 19:00 Coaches leave Chilworth Manor for Southampton University

20:00 - 22:30 Meeting dinner - Kuti's Brasserie, Southampton

Metabolic regulation of synaptic function

Friday 23 September 2005
08:00 - 09:00 Coaches leave Southampton University for Chilworth Manor

09:00 - 09:45
The molecular architecture of signal transduction complexes
John Scott (HHMI/Vollum Institute, USA)
09:45 - 10:30
Polyunsaturated fatty acids and neurotransmission in C. elegans
Giovanni Lesa (LMCB, UK)
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee/tea break

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

Dynamic regulation of synaptic function

Friday 23 September 2005
08:00 - 09:00 Coaches leave Southampton University for Chilworth Manor

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee/tea break

11:00 - 11:45
Lipid regulation of the synaptic vesicle cycle
Kendal Broadie (Vanderbilt University, USA)
11:45 - 12:30
Phosphoinositide-specific control of regulated exocytosis
Giampietro Schiavo (Cancer Research UK)
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

Defining determinants of integrative synaptic function

Friday 23 September 2005
08:00 - 09:00 Coaches leave Southampton University for Chilworth Manor

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee/tea break

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

13:30 - 14:15
Oxygen sensation and the evolution of circuits networks in C. elegans
Mario de Bono (MRC-LMB Cambridge, UK)
14:15 - 15:00
Determinants of broad bandwidth transmission at a central synapse
Angus Silver (University College London, UK)
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee/tea break

17:00 - 17:15 Conclusion

Molecular dysfunction in models of disease

Friday 23 September 2005
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch

15:00 - 15:30 Coffee/tea break

15:30 - 16:15
Calcium channelopathies leading to epilepsy and cerebellar ataxia
Annette Dolphin (University College London, UK)
16:15 - 17:00
Over-expression of tau results in defective synaptic transmission in Drosophila neuromuscular junctions
David Shepherd (University of Southampton, UK)
17:00 - 17:15 Conclusion