The 2015 Southern California Learning and Memory Symposium
Confirmed Speakers
Roberta Diaz Brinton, Ph.D., University of Southern California
Itzhak Fried, M.D., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
David L. Glanzman, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Edward Korzus, Ph.D., University of California, Riverside
Gary Lynch, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
Mara Mather, Ph.D., University of Southern California
Mark Mayford, Ph.D., The Scripps Research Institute
James L. McGaugh, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
John Reynolds, Ph.D., The Salk Institute
Ivan Soltesz, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
Larry W. Swanson, Ph.D., University of Southern California
Roger Tsien, Ph.D., HHMI; University of California, San Diego
Marcelo Wood, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
Symposium Schedule
8:30 Continental Breakfast
9:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks
Alcino J. Silva, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Session 1 Chair: David Glanzman, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
9:05 Prefrontal Circuitry Supports Fear Discrimination Learning
Edward Korzus, Ph.D., University of California, Riverside
9:35 The Role of Nucleosome Remodeling in Synaptic Plasticity, Memory and Intellectual Disability Disorders
Marcelo Wood, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
10:05 Mechanism Based Approaches to the Rescue and Enhancement of Memory
Gary Lynch, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
10:35 Coffee Break
Session 2 Chair: Michele Basso, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
11:00 Reinstatement of Long-Term Memory after Erasure of Long-Term Behavioral and Synaptic Changes
David L. Glanzman, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
11:30 Genetic Manipulation of Memory Circuits
Mark Mayford, Ph.D., The Scripps Research Institute
12:00 Organization and Control of Hippocampal Microcircuits
Ivan Soltesz, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
12:30 Lunch Break
Session 3 Chair: Michael Fanselow, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
2:00 Molecular Basis for Very Long-Term Memory Storage
Roger Tsien, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
2:30 Using Primate Optogenetics to Probe Neural Mechanisms of Attentional Selection
John Reynolds, Ph.D., The Salk Institute
3:00 Bioenergetic Transitions of Aging Female Brain: From Discovery to Clinical Translation
Roberta Diaz Brinton, Ph.D., University of Southern California
3:30 Coffee Break
Session 4 Chair: Kate Wassum, Ph.D, University of California, Los Angeles
4:00 How the Mind Becomes More Selective Under Arousal
Mara Mather, Ph.D., University of Southern California
4:30 Neuromodulatory Systems Create Lasting Memories
James L. McGaugh, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
5:00 Neuromodulation of Human Memory: From Single Neuron Recordings to Clinical Intervention
Itzhak Fried, M.D., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
5:30 Architecture of the Cortical Association Connectome Underlying Cognition
Larry W. Swanson, Ph.D., University of Southern California
We would like to thank the BRI for support, and Ana Elias for her invaluable help in organizing every aspect of this event.
Previous meetings:2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002