Programme

Day 2 - Tuesday, 2 September 2008

Session 3: Ion Channels and Receptors
0900-0935 Neuron-Glia Communication Through EphA4 and Ephrin-A3
Elena B. Pasquale
Burnham Institute for Medical Research
0935-1010 Adrenal peripheral oscillator in generating the circadian rhythm of glucocorticoid
Kyungjin Kim
Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
1010-1030 Coffee break
1030-1105 Post-transcriptional modifications of neuronal voltage-gated calcium channels: implications of altered channel properties in neural function Soong Tuck Wah
National University of Singapore
1105-1140 Venomous Cone Snails, Ion Channels and Behavior
Baldomero Olivera
University of Utah
1140-1215 TBC
Paul Slesinger
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
1215-1330 Lunch Break

Session 4: Intersection of Philosophy, Psychology and Neurology
1330-1405 The neurobiology of love
Semir Zeki
University College London, United Kingdom
1405-1440 Neuroeconomics
Chew Soo Hong
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
1440-1515 TBC
Ian Hickie
Brain and Mind Research Institute, Sydney, Australia
1515-1535 Coffee Break
1535-1610 Long-lasting memory: cellular and molecular substrates
Aryeh Routtenberg
Northwestern University, USA
1610-1645 A tale of two molecules- control of synapse structure and plasticity in the adult brain by GluRdelta2 and Cbln1
Michisuke Yuzaki
Keio University, Japan
1645-1720 Crosstalk between the Executive and Orienting Attentional Networks: Functional Interaction and Temporal Profile
Zhou Xiao Lin
Zhou Xiao Lin
1720-1755 Molecular control of memory
Bong-Kiun Kaang
Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea