Sunday, 5 October 2014 11:00 - 16:00 Registration 16:00 Welcome Address 16:30 - 17:30 Plenary Lecture 1: Spyros ARTAVANIS-TSAKONAS [Development & Regenerative Biology Program, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA] The Notch Signaling System 17:30 - 18:30 Plenary Lecture 2: Ron DAVIS [Department of Neuroscience, Scripps Florida, Jupiter, USA] The Logic of Forgetting 20:30 - 22:30 Welcome Reception Monday, 6 October 2014 08:50 - 09:00 Announcements Session 1: Development and Differentiation 09:00 - 09:45 Invited Lecture: Andrea BRAND [Nervous System Development, Gurdon Institute, Univ. of Cambridge, UK] Nutritional Control of Neural Stem Cells 09:45 - 10:00 Christian BERGER [Institute of Genetics, Univ. of Mainz, Germany] The Hippo Signalling Cascade Regulates Quiescence in Drosophila Neural Stem Cells 10:00 - 10:15 Angela GIANGRANDE [IGBMC, Functional Genomics and Cancer, Strasbourg, France] Cell Specification of the Dark Side of Plasticity 10:15 - 10:30 Joachim URBAN [Johannes-Gutenberg-Univ. Mainz, Germany] Combined Activity of Hunchback and Kruppel Mediates Early Cell Fate Competence Correlated with Distinct Intra Nuclear Movements of Gene Loci in Drosophila Neuroblasts 10:30 - 11:00 Break 11:00 - 11:15 Alicia HIDALGO [School of Biosciences, Univ. of Birmingham, UK] A TRK-like Receptor for Neurotrophin Ligands with Neuronal Functions in the Central Nervous System of Drosophila 11:15 - 11:30 Jean-Maurice DURA [Institute of Human Genetics, CNRS, Montpellier, France] Extrinsic DRL Guides DRL-2-expressing Drosophila Mushroom Body Axons by WNT5 Ligand Presentation and Ectodomain Shedding 11:30 - 11:45 Adi SALZBERG [Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel] Analysis of Chordotonal Organ Development Reveals a Switch from Apoptosis to Autophagy 11:45 - 12:00 Ana ROGULJA-ORTMANN [Institute of Genetics, Univ. of Mainz, Germany] Anennapedia Regulates Neural Cell Abundance in the Embryo through Control of Neuroblast Number and Progeny Cell Death 12:00 - 14:00 Break 14:00 - 16:00 Poster Session I: Red Session Session 2: Synapses and Circuits 16:00 - 16:45 Invited Lecture: Carsten DUCH [Institut fur Zoologie, Neurobiology, Univ: Mainz, Germany] Probing Motoneuron Function by Genetic Manipulation: From Dendrites and Ion Channels to Behavior 16:45 - 17:00 Francesca A. CASH [Univ. of Manchester, Faculty of Life Sciences, Manchester, UK] Vesicular Acetylcholine Transporter Influences Neurotransmitter Release Probability at a Central Cholinergic Synapse 17:00 - 17:15 Astrid G. PETZOLDT [Freie Univ. Berlin, Germany] Gating Characteristics Control Glutamate Receptor Distribution and Trafficking in vivo 17:15 - 17:30 Gregory LNENICKA [Biology Dept., Univ. of Albany, NY, USA] Synaptic Homeostasis and Strengthening Involve Changes in Quantal Currents at the Drosophila Larval NMJ 17:30 - 18:00 Break 18:00 - 18:15 Raiko STEPHAN [Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland] NudE-dependent Coordination of Retro- and Anterograde Axonal Transport is Essential for Synapse Maintenance 18:15 - 18:30 Atsushi SUGIE [Dendrite Differentiation, DZNE, Bonne, Germany] An Activity-dependent Feedback Signal for Active Zone Remodeling in the Drosophila Photoreceptors 18:30 - 18:45 Marta MOREY [Dept. of Genetics, Univ. of Barcelona, Spain] Decoding Wiring Specificity in the Fly Visual System 18:45 - 19:00 Edgar BUHL [School of Physiology and Pharmacology, Univ. of Bristol, UK] Electrophysiological and Optogenetic Characterisation of Light Entrainment in the Drosophila Circadian Clock Tuesday, 7 October 2014 08:50 - 09:00 Announcements Session 3: Sensory Systems 09:00 - 09:45 Invited Lecture: Giovanni GALIZIA [Zukunfts College, Univ: of Konstanz, Germany] Odor Coding, Identification and Evaluation in Insect Neural Networks 09:45 - 10:00 Liria M. MASUDA-NAKAGAWA [Dept. of Genetics, Univ. of Cambridge, UK] A Single GABAergic Neuron Mediates Feedback of Odor-evoked Signals in the Mushroom Body of Larval Drosophila 10:00 - 10:15 Alessia SOLDANO [Center for Biology of Disease, KU Leuven, Belgium] Transient Receptor Potential Cation Channel A1 (TRPA1) as Endotoxin Sensor in Drosophila: A Novel Way to “Taste” Bacteria 10:15 - 10:30 Matthias SOLLER [School of Biosciences, Univ. of Birmingham, UK] Multiple Pathways Mediate the Sex-peptide-regulated Switch in Female Drosophila Reproductive Behaviors 10:30 - 11:00 Break 11:00 - 11:15 Anthi A. APOSTOLOPOULOU [Dept. of Biology, Univ. of Konstanz, Germany] The Neuronal and Molecular Basis of Caffeine Taste Signaling in Drosophila Larvae 11:15 - 11:30 Christen MIRTH [Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia, Oeiras, Portugal] Life History Traits Mould Nutrient-dependent Choice in Drosophila melanogaster 11:30 - 11:45 Jenke A. GORTER [Centre for Behaviour and Neurosciences, Univ.of Groningen, The Netherlands] The Nutritional and Hedonic Value of Food Modulates Post-mating Receptivity and Progeny Production in Drosophila melanogaster Females 11:45 - 12:00 Shreyas V. JOIS [Department of Animal Physiology, Biocenter, Univ. of Cologne, Germany] Dissecting the Role of Serotonin and Octopamine in Feeding Behavior and Metabolic Stress in Adult Drosophila melanogaster 12:00 - 13:30 Break 13:30 - 15:30 Poster Session II: Green Session 16:00 Departure – Knossos Visit and Gala Festivities Wednesday, 8 October 2014 08:50 - 09:00 Announcements Session 4: Behavior 4a. Rhythmicity, Sleep, Aggression 09:00 - 09:45 Invited Lecture: Charlotte FORSTER [Biozentrum Universitat Wurzburg, Germany] The Neuropeptidergic Networkof the Circadian Clock 09:45 - 10:00 Gaiti HASAN [National Centre for Biological Sciences, TIFR, Bangalore, India] Drosophila Flight: An Invertebrate Paradigm for Understanding Motor Coordination and Neurodegeneration 10:00 - 10:15 Ariane RIES [Johannes Gutenberg-Univ. Mainz, Germany] Motivation and Frustration in the Brain and Behavior of Drosophila melanogaster 10:15 - 10:30 Marijke VERSTEVEN [VIB, KU Leuven, Belgium] Hearing Modulates Male-male Aggression in Drosophila 10:30 - 11:00 Break 11:00 - 11:15 Ezio ROSATO [Dept. of Genetics, Univ. of Leicester, UK] Circadian Design in Drosophila 11:15 - 11:30 Abhishek CHATTERJEE [INAF, CNRS, Univ. Paris Sud, Orsay, France] Principles of Circuit Operation in a Multi-oscillator System 11:30 - 11:45 Maite OGUETA-GUTIERREZ [Dept. of Cell and Developmental Biology, UCL, London, UK] Circadian Clock Resetting by Non-canonical Rhodopsin Signalling and the Zona Pellucida Protein Quasimodo 11:45 - 12:00 Herman WIJNEN [Univ. of Southampton, Centre for Biological Sciences, Southampton, UK] Temperature-dependent Resetting of the Molecular Circadian Oscillator in Drosophila 12:00 - 14:00 Break 14:00 - 16:00 Poster Session III: Blue Session 4b. Plasticity 16:00 - 16:45 Invited Lecture: Hiromu TANIMOTO [Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan] Mushroom Body Circuits and Memory Formation 16:45 - 17:00 Sara KUNTZ [Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany] The Visual Working Memory of Drosophila Depends on a NOS-CREB Signaling Pathway 17:00 - 17:15 Alja LUEDKE [Univ. of Konstanz, Dept. of Biology, Konstanz, Germany] Post-stimulus Activity in the Olfactory Pathway of Drosophila 17:15 - 17:30 Gaurav DAS [Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, Univ. of Oxford, UK] Drosophila Learn Opposing Components of a Compound Food Stimulus 17:30 - 18:00 Break 18:00 - 18:15 Julien COLOMB [Cognitive Neurobiology, Humboldt Univ., Berlin, Germany] #OpenData: PKC Inhibition in Motorneurons Prevents Self-learning 18:15 - 18:30 Ayse YARALI [RG Molecular Systems Biology of Learning, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany] Relief Learning 18:30 - 18:45 Emmanuel PERISSE [Univ. of Oxford, Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour, Oxford, UK] Neural Circuits of Value-based Decisions in Drosophila 18:45 - 19:00 Helen FITZSIMONS [Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey Univ., Palmerston North, New Zealand] A Genetic Screen for Modifiers of HDAC4 Thursday, 9 October 2014 08:50 - 09:00 Announcements Session 5: Disease Models 09:00 - 09:45 Invited Lecture: Juan BOTAS [Department of Molecular & Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA] Functional Analysis of Transcriptomic Alterations in Huntington’s Disease 09:45 - 10:00 Bart DERMAUT [Institut Pasteur de Lille, France] Aneuploid by Mitotic Spindle Defects Drives Tau-mediated Neurodegeneration in Drosophila 10:00 - 10:15 Pedro FERNANDEZ-FUNEZ [Dept. Neurology, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, USA] Antibody and Chaperone Engineering as Anti-amyloid Strategies 10:15 - 10:30 Ketty MISHNAEVSKI [Genetics and Developmental Biology, Technion, Haifa, Israel] Superphagocytic Glia Cause Neuronal Loss – A Novel Possible Mechanism for Neurodeneration 10:30 - 11:00 Break 11:00 - 11:15 Christopher J.H. ELLIOTT [Dept. of Biology, Univ. of York, UK] Abnormal Visual Gain Control in the LRRK2-G2019S Model of Parkinson’s Disease 11:15 - 11:30 Juan A. NAVARRO [Institute of Zoology, Univ. of Regensburg, Germany] Impact of Frataxin-deficiency on Mitochondrial Dynamics 11:30 - 11:45 Erik STORKEBAUM [Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Muenster, Germany] Impaired Protein Translation in Drosophila Models for Charcot-MarieTooth Neuropathy Caused by Mutant tRNA Synthetases 11:45 - 12:00 Katsuo FURUKUBO-TOKUNAGA [Institute of Biological Sciences, Univ. of Tsukuba, Japan] Genetical Interactions of Autism and Schizophrenia Risk Factor Genes in Glutamatergic Synaptogenesis in Fruit Flies 12:00 - 12:15 Closing Remarks 12:15 Lunch & Departure
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