Programme

Programme, 5th European Synapse Meeting, 2015, Bristol

A copy of the full programme booklet can be downloaded here: ESM Programme Booklet (PDF, 884kB)

Abstracts for submitted posters can be downloaded here: ESM Poster Abstract.pdf (PDF, 699kB)

Day 1 : Monday 7th September 
Great Hall, Wills Memorial Building 

  • 8:00-8:45 Registration and tea/coffee
  • 8:45-9:00 Welcome and opening remarks
  • 9:00-10:30 Molecular Biology of synapses I
    • Antoine Triller. "Stability and Plasticity of Synapses: a Molecular Movie"
    • Guus Smit. “Modulatory roles of AMPA receptor-associated proteins”
    • Josef Kittler ."Receptor and organelle dynamics in synaptic health and disease"
  • 10:30-11:00 Break
  • 11:00-12:30 Synaptic physiology and plasticity I.
    • Stuart Cull-Candy. “Regulation of calcium-permeable AMPARs by auxiliary subunits”
    • Chris McBain. “Constructing the excitatory drive of a hippocampal feedforward inhibitory pathway”
    • Judit Makara. “Cooperativity of excitatory synaptic inputs”
  • 12:30-2:30 Lunch and posters
  • 2:30-3:30 Synapses within networks I
    • Denis Jabaudon. “Encoding neuron class and hierarchy in developing synaptic networks”
    • Attila Losonczy. "Functional imaging hippocampal synaptic microcircuits in behaving mice"
  • 3:30-4:00 Break
  • 4:00-4:30 Short Talks I
    • David Lyons. “Synaptic vesicle release regulates myelin sheath number of individual oligodendrocytes in vivo”
    • Neil Hardingham. “Acute and chronic effects of transient mutant DISC1 on layer II/III mouse barrel cortex”
  • 4:30-5:30 Synapses within networks II
    • Ole Paulsen. "Hippocampal spike timing-dependent plasticity: Mechanisms and modulation"
    • Dietmar Schmitz. “Differential embedding of hippocampal output neurons during high-freuquency network synchronisation”
  • 6:00-7:00 Public Lecture 
    • Professor Steve Williams, Professor of Imaging Sciences, King's College London. "Can a brain scan reveal your desires, depression or dementia?"
  • 7:30 Speakers dinner - Glass Boat, Welsh Back, Bristol, BS1 4SB

Day 2 : Tuesday 8th September
Great Hall, Wills Memorial Building

  • 9:00-10:00 Presynaptic mechanisms I
    • Nils Brose. “Molecular determinants of presynaptic accuracy and plasticity”
    • Stephan Sigrist. "Shedding light on synapse assembly"
  • 10:00-10:30 Short talks II
    • Helene Marie.“APP intracellular domain (AICD) modulates synaptic signal integration”
    • Andrew Penn. “Interplay between AMPA receptor surface diffusion and desensitization regulates postsynaptic short-term plasticity at CA1 hippocampal synapses”
  • 10:30-11:00 Break
  • 11:00-12:30 Molecular Biology of synapses II
    • Ingo Greger. “Structure, assembly and organization of heteromeric AMPA receptors'
    • Erin Schumann. “Local translation at synapses”
    • Katherine Roche. “Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Trafficking of Synaptic Proteins”. Sponsored by the Biochemical Society.
  • 12:30-3:00 Lunch and posters
  • 3:00-4:00 Glial regulation of synaptic function
    • Stephane Oliet. “Surface dynamics of astroglial glutamate transporter GLT-1”
    • Nathalie Rouach. “Unconventional role for astroglial connexins in synaptic strength and memory”
  • 4:00-4:30 Break
  • 4:30-5:30 Presidential lecture
    • Rob Malenka. “Molecular mechanisms of AMPA receptor exocytosis during LTP”
  • 6.30 - 11:00 Gala Dinner - Goldney Hall, Lower Clifton Hill, Bristol, BS8 1BH
    All delegates are invited to attend the gala dinner. If you are unable to attend please let us know by emailing - esm-bristol2015@bristol.ac.uk
    • 6.30 pm Guests arrive for drinks
    • 7.30 pm Guests called to dinner
    • 11.00 pm Event to close

Day 3 : Wednesday 9th September
Great Hall, Wills Memorial Building

  • 9:00-10:00 Presynaptic mechanisms II
    • Inna Slutsky. "Dual regulation of synaptic transmission by IGF-1 receptor in hippocampal circuits"
    • Ana Fejtova. “CtBP1 links activity-induced molecular dynamics at presynapse with regulation of gene expression”
  • 10:00-10:30 Short talks III
    • Thomas Younts.. “Presynaptic protein synthesis is required for long-term depression of inhibition in the hippocampus”
    • Katharine Smith. “A role for autism-associated cadherin-10 at excitatory and inhibitory synapses”
  • 10:30-11:00 Break
  • 11:00-12:30 Synaptic physiology and plasticity II
    • Peter Jonas. “Synaptic mechanisms of pattern completion”
    • Angus Silver. "Determinants of vesicle mobility and supply at a central synapse"
    • Dmitri Rusakov. “Synaptic microenvironment and memory trace formation”
  • 12:30 Lunch

Poster

ESM 2015 poster (PDF, 656kB) ‌