Science - USA (2022-02-25)

Natural Products and
Bioactive Compounds

The Function of Natural Products at the
Interface of Chemistry and Biology
JUL 31-AUG 5, 2022
PROCTOR ACADEMY, ANDOVER, NH
CHAIR:Amber Onorato
VICE CHAIR:Philip Kym

• Keynote Session: Biomimetic Inspired Synthesis of Natural
  ProductsJonathan Scheerer,Hosea Nelson, Richmond Sarpong, Dirk
  Trauner


• Innovative Chemical and Biological TechnologyCheryl
  Hayward,Francis Gosselin, Lisa Marcaurelle, Derek Tan, Michael
  VanNieuwenhze


• Chemical Biology of Natural Products and Bioactive
  CompoundsRyan Rafferty,Amanda Garner, Janet Smith, Gavin
  Williams


• Novel Synthetic Strategies and MethodologyJohn D'Angelo,
  Mark Rizzacasa, Uttam Tambar, Tehshik Yoon


• Unique Methods for the Discovery of Natural
  ProductsKatie Garber,Ikuro Abe, Tadeusz Molinski


• Medicinal Chemistry of Natural Products and Bioactive
  CompoundsCarlos Zepeda,David Myles, David Limburg, Jamie
  McCabe Dunn


• Discovery and Biological Activity of Natural Products
  Jeremy Cody,Cassandra Quave, Chambers Hughes, Jon Thorson


• Chemical Modifications and Biological Activity of Natural
  ProductsKyle Rugg,Gregory Dudley, James Leahy, Daniel Appella


• Keynote Session: Pioneering Synthetic EffortsMichael
  Schmidt,Margaret Brimble, David Williams


• The GRC Power Hour™Jamie McCabe Dunn, Cheryl Hayward

Natural Products and

Bioactive Compounds

Novel Approaches in Drug Discovery, Synthesis and

Biosynthesis of Biological Relevant Natural Products

JUL 30-31, 2022

CHAIRS:Bernhard Kepplinger and Gina Morgan

Neural Development

Building the Nervous System: Insights from
Development, Evolution and Disease
AUG 7-12, 2022
SALVE REGINA UNIVERSITY, NEWPORT, RI
CHAIR:Claude Desplan
VICE CHAIR:Debby Silver

• Keynote Session: Principles of NeurogenesisRosalind Segal,
  Fiona Doetsch, Magdalena Goetz, Catarina Homem


• Neural Cell Fate SpecificationFiona Doetsch,Laure Bally-Cuif,
  Yukiko Gotoh, Bassem Hassan, Alessandra Pierani, Shubha Tole


• The Generation of Neural DiversityYukiko Gotoh,Stavros
  Lomvardas, Song-Hai Shi, Josh Huang


• Neural Lineages: From Genomics to ImagingLaure
  Bally-Cuif,Zhirong Bao, Simon Hippenmeyer, Rick Livesey, Christian Mayer,
  Chris Doe


• Evolution of Brain DevelopmentZhirong Bao,Detlev Arendt,
  Victor Borrell, Alejandro Sanchez Alvarado, Maria Tosches


• Axon Generation and DegenerationMaria Tosches,Stephanie
  Gupton, Samantha Butler, Dietmar Schmucker, Rosalind Segal, Jessica
  Treisman


• Function of Glia in DevelopmentSamantha Butler,Vilaiwan
  Fernandes, Maxwell Heiman, Cody Smith, Dong Yan


• Development of Neural CircuitryCody Smith,Yishi Jin,
  Genevieve Konopka, Richard Mann, Niels Ringstad, Claire Wyart


• Keynote Session: Human Development and DiseaseGenevieve
  Konopka,Arturo Alvarez-Buylla, Flora Vaccarino, Giorgia Quadrato


• The GRC Power Hour™

Neural Development

Building the Nervous System: Cell

Diversity, Circuit Assembly and Disease

A U G 6 -7, 2 0 2 2

CHAIRS:Daniel Pederick and Stephanie Redmond

Neural Mechanisms of NEW!

Acoustic Communication

Circuits and Specializations for Behavioral

Interactions in Acoustic Communication

JUL 31-AUG 5, 2022

MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE, SOUTH HADLEY, MA

CHAIRS:Sarah Woolley and Michael Long

VICE CHAIRS:Mala Murthy and Marc Schmidt

• Quantitative Approaches to Behavioral AnalysisJan
  Clemens,Roian Egnor, Catherine Perrodin, Coen Elemans


• Vocal DevelopmentJon Sakata,Daniel Takahashi, Alison Barker,
  Michale Fee, Patricia Kuhl


• Models of Vocal Learning and ProductionAdrienne Fairhall,
  Jason Bohland, Ana Amador, Richard Hahnloser


• Auditory Specializations for CommunicationIoana Carcea,
  Sarah Woolley, Todd Roberts, Lizabeth Marie Romanski, Robert Liu


• Vocal InteractionsXiaoqin Wang,Yossi Yovel, Arkarup Banerjee, Ofer
  Tchernichovski


• Genetics of CommunicationConstance Scharff,Genevieve
  Konopka, Hopi Hoekstra, Kate Watkins, Erich Jarvis


• Predictive Coding in Vocal-Motor NetworksAndrew Bass,
  Vincent Gracco, David Schneider, Berthold Hedwig


• Comparative Anatomy and Function of Communication
  CircuitsDarcy Kelley,Anne Von Philipsborn, Benjamin Judkewitz, Mimi
  Kao, Lisa Stowers


• Cortical Mechanisms of Vocal ProductionDaniela Vallentin,
  Michael Brainard, Steffen Hage, Edward Chang


• The GRC Power Hour™

Neurobiology of Brain Disorders

Fundamental Mechanisms Leading to

Novel Therapeutics and Biomarkers

for Neurodegenerative Disease

AUG 7-12, 2022

REY DON JAIME GRAND HOTEL, CASTELLDEFELS, SPAIN

CHAIRS:Leonard Petrucelli and Alison Goate

VICE CHAIRS:Karen Duff and Chris Shaw

• Keynote Session: Development of Novel Blood-Based
  Biomarkers for Neurodegenerative DiseaseKaren Duff, Chris
  Shaw,Henrik Zetterberg


• Genetic and Genomic Approaches to Neurodegenerative
  DiseaseCarlos Cruchaga,Henne Vrei, Sonja Scholz, Peter Heutink,
  Hemali Phatnani


• Epigenetics of Neurodegenerative DiseaseBess Frost,
  Christopher Glass, Sam Sisodia, Leslie Thompson, Anne Schaefer


• Frontotemporal Dementia and ALS: MechanismsBenjamin
  Wolozin,Dorothee Dormann, Mina Gouti, Aaron Gitler, Michael Ward


• Parkinson's Disease: MechanismsMark Cookson,Valina
  Dawson, Towfique Raj, Patrik Verstreken, Dario Alessi


• Alzheimer's Disease: MechanismsSoyon Hong,Beth Stevens,
  Christian Haass, Mathew Blurton-Jones, Tara Spires-Jones


• Tauopathies: Mechanisms and BiomarkersCeleste Karch,
  David Holtzman, Li Gan, Sally Temple, Guojun Bu


• Biomarkers: Diagnoses and TheranosticsFanny Elahi,
  Magdalini Polymenidou, Nicholas Seyfried, Donna Wilcock, Tania Gendron


• Therapeutics ApproachesMercedes Prudencio,Eric McDade,
  Chris Henderson, Sarah DeVos, Beverly Davidson

Neurobiology of Brain Disorders

Neurodegenerative Disease: From

Molecular Mechanisms to Potential Therapies

AUG 6-7, 2022

CHAIRS:Judith Houtman and Brian Lananna

Neurobiology of Cognition

Neural Circuits, Dynamics and Computations

of Cognition and Behavior

JUL 24-29, 2022

JORDAN HOTEL AT SUNDAY RIVER, NEWRY, ME

CHAIRS:David Freedman and Sabine Kastner

VICE CHAIRS: Joni Wallis and Aaron Batista

• Keynote Session: Attention and Working MemoryElisabeth
  Murray,Robert Desimone, Kia Nobre
  
  
  • Subcortical Contributions to CognitionHelen Barbas,Farran
    Briggs, Michael Halassa, Richard Krauzlis, Yuri Saalmann
  
  
  • Cognitive Computations in Brains and MachinesXiao-Jing
    Wang,Tatiana Engel, Daniel Yamins, Joshua Tenenbaum
  
  
  • Beyond the Microelectode: New Approaches for Probing
    Circuits of CognitionChristopher Harvey,Denise Cai, Jessica
    Cardin, John Maunsell, Jude Mitchell
  
  
  • Neurophysiology of Human CognitionRony Paz,Randolph
    Helfrich, Robert Knight, Lila Davachi
  
  
  • Neural Mechanisms of MemoryTatiana Pasternak,Christos
    Constantinidis, Earl Miller, Anna Schapiro
  
  
  • Motor CognitionCharles Schroeder,Michele Basso, Mark Churchland,
    Karel Svoboda
  
  
  • Neural Encoding: Convergence and ControversyStephanie
    Palmer,Brent Doiron, Ila Fiete, Stefano Fusi, Jennifer Groh
  
  
  • Cognitive MapsTalia Konkle,Danielle Bassett, Elizabeth Buffalo,
    Sylvia Wirth
  
  
  • The GRC Power Hour™Sabine Kastner, Joni Wallis
  
  
  
  

Neurobiology of Cognition

Multidisciplinary Approaches to

Understanding the Neural Circuits of Cognition

JUL 23-24, 2022

CHAIRS:Raman Saggu and Sebastien Tremblay

Neurobiology of Drug Addiction

Addiction Research: From Molecules

to Circuits to Treatment

AUG 14-19, 2022

GRAND SUMMIT HOTEL AT SUNDAY RIVER, NEWRY, ME

CHAIRS:Yavin Shaham and Marina Wolf

VICE CHAIRS:Marina Picciotto and Serge Ahmed

• Keynote Session: Advances in Epigenetic and Circuit
  Mechanisms of Drug Addiction: Implications to
  TreatmentPier Vincenzo Piazza, Eric Nestler, Nora Volkow


• Cellular and Circuit Mechanisms of Opioid Addiction and
  PainCecilia Flores,Brigitte Kieffer, Laura Bohn, Stefan Schulz, Nurulain
  Zaveri, Gregory Scherrer


• Learning Mechanisms of Drug AddictionKaren Ersche,Rita
  Fuchs, Geoffrey Schoenbaum, Regina Carelli, Stephanie Groman


• Synaptic Mechanisms of Drug AddictionPaul Kenny,Yan
  Dong, Kasia Radwanska, Vincent Pascoli, Carrie Ferrario, Meaghan Creed,
  Cassandra Gipson-Reichardt


• Addiction TheoriesRita Goldstein,David Epstein, Jane Taylor, Lee
  Hogarth, Diana Martinez


• Animal Models of Drug Addiction and RelapseGavan McNally,
  Olivier George, Michael Nader, Chris Pierce, Marco Venniro, Nathan Marchant,
  Morgan James, Erin Calipari


• Translational Research in Drug AddictionMarkus Heilig,Aldo
  Badiani, Sandra Comer, Courtney Miller, Matt Banks, Hedy Kober


• Circuitry of Drug AddictionMarisela Morales,John Mantsch, Sara
  Jones, Kate Wassum, Nii Addy, Drew Kiraly, Kathryn Reissner


• New Imaging Methods to Visualize the Effect of Addictive
  Drugs on the BrainVeronica Alvarez,Byungkook Lim, Lin Tian,
  Ream Al-Hasani, Seksiri Arttamangkul


• The GRC Power Hour™Rajita Sinha, Dorit Ron

Neurobiology of Drug Addiction

Mechanisms Underlying Development

and Persistence of Drug Addiction

AUG 13-14, 2022

CHAIRS: Sam Golden and Megan Fox

New Antibacterial Discovery

and Development

Disruptive Antibiotics and Non-Antibiotic Therapies

to Combat Drug-Resistant Bacterial Infections

JUL 24-29, 2022

RENAISSANCE TUSCANY IL CIOCCO, LUCCA (BARGA), ITALY

CHAIRS:Ruben Tommasi and Matthew Cooper

VICE CHAIR:Peter Smith

• Keynote Session: Clinical and Pre-Clinical Successes and
  Failure Modes in Antibiotic DevelopmentHeike Broetz-Oesterhelt,
  Steven Projan, Ryan Cirz