The Southern California Learning and Memory Symposium is a yearly meeting primarily for Southern California laboratories interested in plasticity and learning. Everyone is invited, and attendance is free. No registration required.
This meeting is sponsored by the BRI, Semel Institute, the UCLA Departments of Neurobiology, Neurology, Physiological Science, and Psychology.
2010 Symposium Schedule
Neuroscience Research Building Auditorium, UCLA, Wednesday, June 2, 2010
8:30 Continental Breakfast
9:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks
Alcino J. Silva, Ph.D., Departments of Neurobiology, Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, and Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles
Chair: Michael S. Fanselow, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles
9:05 New Insights into the Cellular Mechanisms of Learning and Memory in Aplysia
David L. Glanzman, Departments of Integrative Biology & Physiology, and Neurobiology, University of California, Los Angeles
9:35 Mechanisms for Face Recognition
Doris Y. Tsao, Ph.D., Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
10:05 Bioenergetics of Menopausal Brain: Implications for Alzheimer's Disease Risk
Roberta D. Brinton, Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology & Pharmaceutical Science, Biomedical Engineering and Neurology University of Southern California, Los Angeles
10:35 Coffee Break
Chair: Kelsey C. Martin, M.D., Ph.D., Departments of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, and Biological Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles
11:00 The Neurobiology of the Fronto-Insular Cortex and the Von Economo Cells
John M. Allman, Ph.D., Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
11:30 Neural Circuits for Emotional Behaviors in Flies and Mice
David J. Anderson, Ph.D., Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
12:00 Cytoskeletal Mechanisms of LTP and Memory Consolidation
Christine M. Gall, Ph.D., Departments of Anatomy & Neurobiology, and Neurobiology & Behavior, University of California, Irvine
12:30 Lunch Break
Chair: David L. Glanzman, Departments of Integrative Biology & Physiology, and Neurobiology, University of California, Los Angeles
2:00 Neuronal Mechanisms of Behavioral Choice: A Substrate for Learning
William B. Kristan, Jr., Ph.D., Section of Neurobiology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego
2:30 Differential Contribution of AMPA Receptors to Hippocampal Rate and Temporal Codes
Mayank R. Mehta, Ph.D., Departments of Physics & Astronomy, Neurology, and Neurobiology, University of California, Los Angeles
3:00 Motor Learning in Humans and Humanoids
Stefan Schaal, Ph.D., Departments of Computer Science, Neuroscience, and Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles; and ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories, Japan
3:30 Coffee Break
Chair: Nim Tottenham, Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles
4:00 Connections of the Accumbens Hot Spot
Larry W. Swanson, Ph.D., Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
4:30 The Hippocampus and the Temporal Context of Episodic Memories
Norbert Fortin, Ph.D., Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California, Irvine
5:00 Cholinergic Interneurons and Context Learning in the Striatum
F. Gregory Ashby, Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara
5:30 Reception— Gonda Building First Floor Conference Room, 1357
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If you have suggestions for the organization of future events, please contact Alcino Silva
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