National Institute for Basic Biology
| Organizers | Tetsuo Yamamori |
|---|---|
| Venue | Okazaki Conference Center, Okazaki, Japan |
| Date | Mar. 15-17, 2000 |
| Program | |
| March 15 (Wednesday) | |
| I, Mechanisms of Neural Coding (10:30AM-2:50PM) | |
| (Chair: Fujita, I. & Takahashi,T.) | |
| 10:30-10:40 | Hideo Mohri (NIBB) |
| "Opening Remarks" | |
| 10:40-11:20 | Ichirou Fujita (Osaka University) |
| "Representation of surfaces and features of objects in the visual temporal cortex" | |
| 11:20-12:00 | Yasushi Miyashita (Tokyo Univeristy) |
| "Higher order representation of visual objects and its activation in memory retrieval" | |
| Lunch | |
| 13:30-14:10 | Terry Takahashi (University of Oregon) |
| "Integration of binaural cues for the formation of auditory spatial fields" | |
| 14:10-14:50 | Yale Cohen (Dartmouth College) |
| "Auditory processing in the parietal Cortex" | |
| Coffee Break | |
| II, Mechanisms of Neural Network Formation (3:10 - 6:50 PM) | |
| (Chair: Rensch, T. & Tsumoto, T.) | |
| 15:10-15:50 | Michael Crair (Baylor College of Medicine) |
| "The role of sensory experience in the development of cortical | |
| 15:50-16:30 | Takao Rensch (RIK.EN) |
| "Cellular determinants of the critical period for visual cortical plasticity" | |
| Coffee Break | |
| 16:50-17:30 | Michael Stryker (UCSF) |
| "Neurotrophin and the site of neural plasticity in developing visual cortex" | |
| 17:30-18:10 | Tadaharu Tsumoto Osaka University |
| "Roles of Brain-deived neurotophic factor in LTP/LTD and ocular dominant plasticity in the developing visual cortex" | |
| 18:10-18:50 | Tobias Bonhoeffer (Max Planck Institute) |
| "Activity dependent plasticity: new insights into functional and morphological changes on the synaptic level" | |
| March 16 (Thursday) | |
| III, Mechanisms of Neural Specificity (9:00 AM - 4:20 PM) | |
| (Chair: Murakami, F. & Landmesser, L.) | |
| 9:00-9:40 | Yoshiki Hotta (National Institute of Benetics) |
| "Cell fate decision between glia and neuron in Drosophila" | |
| 9:40-10:20 | Masaharu Noda (National Institute for Basic Biology) |
| "Systematic isolation of topographic molecules in the retina." | |
| Coffee Break | |
| 10:40-11:20 | Masatoshi Takeichi (Kyoto Univeristy) |
| "Cadherin-mediated processes in neuronal connection" | |
| 11:20-12:00 | Lynn Landmesser (Case Western Reserve University) |
| "Early specification of multiple, functionally distinct motoneuron subtypes" | |
| Lunch | |
| 13:30-14:10 | Shigetada Nakanishi (Kyoto Univeristy) |
| "Glutamate receptor in integrative synaptic transmission" | |
| 14:10-14:50 | Kensaku Mori (Tokyo University, RIK.EN) |
| "Olfactory axon address system and glomerular modules in the olfactory bulb" | |
| Coffee Break | |
| 15:00-15:40 | Fujio Murakami (Osaka University) |
| "Roles of Substrate-Bound Cues in the Guidance of Axons Along the Rostrocaudal Axis in the Vertebrate CNS" | |
| 15:40-16:20 | Tetsuo Yamamori (National Institute for Basic Biology) |
| "Molecular biological approaches to study monkey informational processing" | |
| Poster section (16:30-19:00) | |
| Banquet (19:30-21:00 PM) | |
| March 17 (Friday) | |
| IV, Molecular Mechanisms of Axonal Guidance (9:00-12:00AM) | |
| (Chair: Fujisawa, H. & Kolodkin, A.) | |
| 9:00-9:40 | Hajime Fujisawa (Nagoya University) |
| "Roles of neuropilin-1-mediated sema3A chemorepulsive signals in the establishment of peripheral and sympathetic nervous systems" | |
| 9:40-10:20 | Alain Chedotal (INSERM, FRANCE) |
| "Role of semaphorins and slit proteins in the developing vertebrate CNS" | |
| Coffee Break | |
| 10:40-11:20 | Alex Kolodkin (The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine) |
| "Neuropilins and moleular basis of repulsive neuronal growth cone guidance" | |
| 11:20-12:00 | Peter Scheiffele (University of California, Berkeley) |
| "An in vitro analysis of the induction of presynaptic development in CNS neurons" | |
| 12:00-12:20 | Michael Stryker |
| "ConcludingRemarks" | |
