Ribbon Synapses Symposium 2017

Tentative Symposium Program

Program, latest update: September, 2017

Day 1, Monday, September 11th, 2017
08:30 – 09:00	Registration
09:00 – 09:10	Opening remarks: Chad Grabner
09:10 – 10:45	Plenary lectures I
09:10 – 09:55	Jeffrey Diamond, Bethesda, USA „Signal transfer in the rod pathway of the mouse retina”
10:00 – 10:45	Ruth Anne Eatock, Chicago, USA „Two modes of synaptic transmission in mammalian vestibular hair cells”
10:45 – 11:15	Posters and coffee break
11:20 – 12:55	Session 1: Structure-Function of Hair Cell Ribbon Synapses (Chair: Carolin Wichmann)
11:20 – 11:55	Michael Schnee, Stanford, USA „The synaptic ribbon facilitates prolonged release at the hair cell afferent fiber synapse”
11:55 – 12:20	Katie Kindt, Bethesda, USA „Gap junction networks facilitate presynaptic activity in a select subset of lateral-line hair cells”
12:20 – 12:55	Hernan Lopez-Schier, Munich, Germany „Ribbon synapses don't make sense except in the light of evolution”
12:55 – 13:55	Lunch break
14:00 – 15:35	Session 2: Retinal Ribbon Release Machinery (Chair: Chad Grabner)
14:00 – 14:35	Ruth Heidelberger, Houston, Texas „Syntaxin3 and the regulation of release”
14:35 – 14:55	Nadine Ehmann , Würzburg, Germany „Complexin interacts with Bruchpilot to tether synaptic vesicles to the active zone cytomatrix”
15:00 – 15:35	Frank Schmitz, Homburg, Germany „Some aspects on the molecular antomy of synaptic ribbons and their role for synaptic signalling in the retina”
15:35 – 16:05	Posters and coffee break
16:10 – 17:40	Session 3: Emerging Methods in Synaptic Neuroscience (Chair: Benjamin Cooper)
16:10 – 16:45	Thirumalini Vaithianathan, New York, USA „Synaptic Vesicle Dynamics At Single Ribbon Active Zone ”
16:45 – 17:05	Lavinia Sheets, St. Louis, USA „„Noise-induced Synaptopathy” in Fish: Mechanical Overstimulation of Zebrafish Lateral-line Organ leads to Hair-Cell Synapse Loss”
17:05 – 17:40	Martin Heine, Magdeburg, Germany „Contribution of calcium channel mobility to synaptic transmission”
17:40 – 18:45	Poster session
18:45	BBQ at MPIem cafeteria
Day 2, Tuesday, September 12th, 2017
09:00 – 10:30	Plenary lectures II
09:00 – 09:45	Stephan Sigrist, Berlin, Germany „Stable positioning of Unc13 isoforms to synchronize and diversify neurotransmission”
09:45 – 10:30	Jonathan Demb, Yale, USA „Synaptic mechanisms for visual computation in the retina”
10:30 – 11:00	Posters and coffee break
11:00 – 12:35	Session 4: Transmission at Hair Cell Ribbon Synapses (Chair: Christian Vogl)
11:00 – 11:35	Cole Graydon, Bethesda, USA „In Vivo Mobility and Turnover of Ribeye and Synaptic Vesicles at Zebrafish Ribbon Synapses”
11:35 – 11:55	Lina Jaime Tobon, Goettingen, Germany „Ca²⁺ dependence of synaptic transmission of IHC in near physiological conditions”
12:00 – 12:35	Henrique von Gersdorff, Oregon, USA „Hair cell ribbon synapses tuned to low-frequency sounds”
12:35 – 13:35	Lunch break
13:40 – 15:15	Session 5: Transmission at Retinal Ribbon Synapses (Chair: Joshua Singer)
13:40 – 14:15	Alexandra Koschak, Innsbruck, Austria „Role of Ca_V1.4 L-type calcium in transmission at retinal ribbon synapses”
14:15 – 14:35	Norbert Babai, Erlangen, Germany „Exploring cone photoreceptor ribbon synaptic function using a mutant mouse model”
14:40 – 15:15	Margaret Veruki, Bergen, Norway „Extrasynaptic NMDA receptors on AII and A17 amacrine cells”
15:15 – 16:15	Session 6: In Memoriam - Gary Matthews
15:15 – 16:15	David Zenisek, Yale, USA
16:15 – 18:15	Posters and beverages
18:15 – 18:30	Best poster award & closing remarks (Ruth Heidelberger)