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Workshop 5: Cellular and Subcellular (April 8-12, 2013)

Organizers: Janet Best, Avrama Blackwell, and Paul Bressloff

Tentative Schedule

Monday, April 8
8:00am Shuttle leaves for MBI
8:15-8:45am Breakfast
8:45-9:00am Welcome, overview of workshop, and introductions: Marty Golubitsky
9:00-9:45am Antoine Triller: Molecular dynamic at neuronal synapses: from super-resolution to the physical chemistry of molecular interaction
9:45-10:15am Discussion and Break
10:15-11:00am Jay Newby : Microtubule transport of mRNA in dendrites
11:00-11:30am Discussion and Break
11:30-12:15pm Fidel Santamaria : Effects of subcellular dendritic structure on robustness and plasticity of synaptic function
12:30-2:00pm Lunch break
2:00-2:45pm David Holcman : Synaptic dynamics: modeling, analysis, stochastic simulations and extraction of features from superresolution data of live cell imaging
2:45-3:15pm Discussion and Break
3:15-4:00pm Harel Shouval : Constructing a minimal molecular model of long-term memory
4:00-4:30pm Discussion and Break
4:30-5:30pm Discussion
5:30-7:00pm Reception and poster session in MBI Lounge
7:15pm Shuttle pick-up from MBI
Tuesday, April 9
8:15am Shuttle leaves for MBI
8:30-9:00am Breakfast
9:00-9:45am Mary Kennedy : Modeling calcium influx and biochemical signaling controlled by the NMDA-type glutamate receptor in postsynaptic spines.
9:45-10:15am Discussion and Break
10:15-11:00am Paul Bressloff : Propagation of CaMKII translocation waves in heterogeneous spiny dendrites
11:00-11:30am Discussion and Break
11:30-12:15pm William Kath : Synaptic integration in pyramidal neuron dendrites is balanced by distance-dependent synapse distributions and amplification by dendritic spines
12:30-2:00pm Lunch break
2:00-2:45pm Yulia Timofeeva : Gap junctions, dendrites and resonances: a recipe for tuning network dynamics
2:45-3:15pm Discussion and Break
3:15-4:00pm Steve Cox : Structure-Preserving Model Reduction of Quasi-Active Neurons
4:00-4:30pm Discussion and Break
4:30-5:30pm Discussion
5:45pm Shuttle pick-up from MBI
Wednesday, April 10
8:15am Shuttle leaves for MBI
8:30-9:00am Breakfast
9:00-9:45am Carmen Canavier : Mathematical analysis of depolarization block mediated by slow inactivation of the fast sodium channels that limits phasic signaling in midbrain dopamine neurons.
9:45-10:15am Discussion and Break
10:15-11:00am Nicolas Brunel : Calcium-based synaptic plasticity: from single synapses to networks
11:00-11:30am Discussion and Break
11:30-12:15pm Kyle Miller : The emerging role of forces in axonal elongation
12:30-2:00pm Lunch break (Pizza provided by MBI)
2:00-2:45pm Richard Bertram: A Hybrid Approach for Understanding Cell Dynamics
2:45-3:15pm Discussion and Break
3:15-4:00pm Greg Smith : Modeling the bidirectional coupling of localized calcium elevations and whole cell calcium responses
4:00-4:30pm Discussion and Break
4:30-5:30pm Discussion
5:45pm Shuttle pick-up from MBI
Thursday, April 11
8:15am Shuttle leaves for MBI
8:30-9:00am Breakfast
9:00-9:45am Priscilla Greenwood : Genesis of gamma bursts in neural local field potentials
9:45-10:15am Discussion and Break
10:15-11:00am Cecilia Diniz Behn : Mathematical modeling of sleep/wake behavior
11:00-11:30am Discussion and Break
11:30-12:15pm Bill Lytton : Reaction­Diffusion Modeling in the NEURON Simulator
12:30-2:00pm Lunch break
2:00-2:45pm Frances Skinner : Diversity and Details of Hippocampal Interneurons: Contributing to Functional Output
2:45-3:15pm Discussion and Break
3:15-4:00pm Peter Thomas : Decomposition and Control of Physiological Limit Cycles (a talk in two parts).
4:00-4:30pm Discussion and Break
4:30-5:30pm Discussion
5:45pm Shuttle pick-up from MBI
6:30-7:00pm Cash Bar
7:00pm Banquet in the Fusion Room @ Crowne Plaza Hotel
Friday, April 12
8:15am Shuttle leaves for MBI
8:30-9:00am Breakfast
9:00-9:30am Marco Herrera : Same cell, different excitability profiles... one dynamical system may not be enough.
9:30-10:00am Emily Stone
10:00-10:30am Deena Schmidt : Analysis of the stochastic shielding approximation for Markovian ion channel models via random graphs
10:30-11:00am Break
11:00-11:30am Bill Holmes : Things that bug me about single neuron models: Experiences with hippocampal and vestibular neuron modeling
11:30-12:00pm Lydia Bilinsky : Slow passage through a Hopf bifurcation in spatially extended excitable systems: some examples from neuroscience
12:30pm One Shuttle back to hotel
One Shuttle to Columbus Airport (CMH)