2009 meeting:
Neuroscience Research Building Auditorium, UCLA, Wednesday, June 3, 2009
8:30 Continental Breakfast
9:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks
Alcino Silva, Ph.D., Departments of Neurobiology, Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, and Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles
Chair: Michael Fanselow, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles
9:05 The Role of Medial Temporal Lobe Subregions in Human Memory
Barbara Knowlton, Ph.D., Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles
9:35 Pattern Separation in the Human Hippocampus
Craig Stark, Ph.D., Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, and Center for the Neurobiology of Learning & Memory, University of California, Irvine
10:05 Toward a Hippocampal Neural Prosthesis: Implantable Biomimetic Microelectronics to Restore Lost Memory
Theodore Berger, Ph.D., David Packard Professor of Engineering, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Neuroscience, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
10:35 Coffee Break
Chair: David Glanzman, Departments of Physiological Science, and Neurobiology, University of California, Los Angeles
11:00 Memory in Birdsong Learning
Mark Konishi, Ph.D., Bing Professor of Behavioral Biology, Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
11:30 Phase Coding in the Hippocampal Memory System: Analog Synthesis of Spatial Memory Signals from Theta Oscillations
H. Tad Blair, Ph.D., Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles
12:00 Neonatal Imprinting; Plastic Mechanisms Regulate Innate Behavior
Lisa Stowers, Ph.D., Department of Cell Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California
12:30 Lunch Break
Chair: Alcino Silva, Ph.D., Departments of Neurobiology, Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, and Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles
2:00 The Biochemistry of Learning: The Calpain Hypothesis Revisited
Michel Baudry, Ph.D., Department of Biological Sciences, University Of Southern California, Los Angeles
2:30 Zebrafish as a Model for Sleep and Sleep Disorders
David Prober, Ph.D., Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
3:00 Dissecting the Contribution of Individual Cortical Layers to Behavior
Tansu Celikel, Ph.D., Laboratory of Neural Circuits and Plasticity, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
3:30 Coffee Break
Chair: Kelsey Martin, M.D., Ph.D., Departments of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, and Biological Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles
4:00 Biochemical Networks Controlling Synaptic Plasticity
Mary Kennedy, Ph.D., Alan and Lenabelle Davis Professor of Biology, Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
4:30 The Perirhinal Cortex is Critical for Memory Function, But What About Visual Perception?
Robert Clark, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego; VA San Diego Healthcare System
5:00 Sleep and Pavlovian Fear Conditioning
Stephan Anagnostaras, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, and the Neurosciences Program, University of California, San Diego
5:30 Reception— Gonda Building First Floor Conference Room, 1357
Previous meetings:2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002
Neuroscience Research Building Auditorium, UCLA, Wednesday, June 3, 2009
8:30 Continental Breakfast
9:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks
Alcino Silva, Ph.D., Departments of Neurobiology, Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, and Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles
Chair: Michael Fanselow, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles
9:05 The Role of Medial Temporal Lobe Subregions in Human Memory
Barbara Knowlton, Ph.D., Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles
9:35 Pattern Separation in the Human Hippocampus
Craig Stark, Ph.D., Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, and Center for the Neurobiology of Learning & Memory, University of California, Irvine
10:05 Toward a Hippocampal Neural Prosthesis: Implantable Biomimetic Microelectronics to Restore Lost Memory
Theodore Berger, Ph.D., David Packard Professor of Engineering, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Neuroscience, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
10:35 Coffee Break
Chair: David Glanzman, Departments of Physiological Science, and Neurobiology, University of California, Los Angeles
11:00 Memory in Birdsong Learning
Mark Konishi, Ph.D., Bing Professor of Behavioral Biology, Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
11:30 Phase Coding in the Hippocampal Memory System: Analog Synthesis of Spatial Memory Signals from Theta Oscillations
H. Tad Blair, Ph.D., Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles
12:00 Neonatal Imprinting; Plastic Mechanisms Regulate Innate Behavior
Lisa Stowers, Ph.D., Department of Cell Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California
12:30 Lunch Break
Chair: Alcino Silva, Ph.D., Departments of Neurobiology, Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, and Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles
2:00 The Biochemistry of Learning: The Calpain Hypothesis Revisited
Michel Baudry, Ph.D., Department of Biological Sciences, University Of Southern California, Los Angeles
2:30 Zebrafish as a Model for Sleep and Sleep Disorders
David Prober, Ph.D., Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
3:00 Dissecting the Contribution of Individual Cortical Layers to Behavior
Tansu Celikel, Ph.D., Laboratory of Neural Circuits and Plasticity, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
3:30 Coffee Break
Chair: Kelsey Martin, M.D., Ph.D., Departments of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, and Biological Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles
4:00 Biochemical Networks Controlling Synaptic Plasticity
Mary Kennedy, Ph.D., Alan and Lenabelle Davis Professor of Biology, Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
4:30 The Perirhinal Cortex is Critical for Memory Function, But What About Visual Perception?
Robert Clark, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego; VA San Diego Healthcare System
5:00 Sleep and Pavlovian Fear Conditioning
Stephan Anagnostaras, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, and the Neurosciences Program, University of California, San Diego
5:30 Reception— Gonda Building First Floor Conference Room, 1357
Previous meetings:2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002