Workshop on Molecular Basis of Synaptic Plasticity

June 27 - 30, 2004
New York University
Center for Neural Science
Room 815 Meyer Building
4 Washington Place, between Mercer and Broadway

SPEAKERS

SCHEDULE

DISCUSSANTS

Kensuke Hayashi, Barbara Calabrese, Ryoki Ishikawa, Kenji Hanamura, Haruo Kasai, Masanori Matsuzaki, Yuko Sekino, William J. Tyler, Sachiko Yoshida, Chiho Kobayashi, Sho Fujisawa, Veera Mahadomrongkul, Robert Levy, Anita Disney, Gabriel Lazaro-Munoz, Yaihara Fortis-Santiago

REMARKS

Scientific questions that we could consider during the workshop throughout the two days of the workshop, we will be asking the following questions (in addition to others that will be added to the list following the speakers' arrival to the Workshop) __What are the candidate proteins involved in orchestrating the turnover of glutamate receptor subunits at synapses? (T. Tsumoto and Tomoaki Shirao) __What enzymatic activities regulate the turnover of glutamate receptor subunits at synapses or of their modification in synaptic strength? Do these enzymatic cascades cross-talk? (Peter Penzes, T. Furuichi and Shelley Halpain) __What are the roles played by different cytoskeletal proteins within spine? What is the signal transduction pathway linking receptor activation to the polymerization/depolymerization of cytoskeletal proteins? (Venkatesh Murthy, H. Kasai and Shelley Halpain)