Programme
Preliminary Program:
Day 1 (Fri, 8. Jul)
PM Arrival, Registration;
Introduction to the Course: R. Hindges / C. Houart
Day 2 (Sat, 9. Jul):
AM Introduction to Microscopy (bright field, confocal, multiphoton)
Lunch time: Poster presentations
PM Practical Xenopus Neural induction: Organiser Grafts, Injections (Bell/ Kiecker/Liu)
Evening Lecture: Richard Harland: Xenopus as a model system
Day 3 (Sun, 10. Jul):
AM Practical Zebrafish Cell fate specification/Patterning: Neuronal Ablation/Transplantation, Transgenesis (Clark/Houart)
Lunch time: Round table discussion (Challenges in patterning and cell fate specification)
PM Practical Xenopus “Data Analysis" (Bell/ Kiecker/Liu)
Evening Lecture: Francois Guillemot : Neurogenesis
Day 4 (Mon, 11. Jul):
AM Practical Zebrafish “Data Analysis (Clarke/Houart)
Lunch Time: Poster presentations
PM Imaging of embryos
Evening Lecture: Alex Schier: Zebrafish as model system
Day 5 (Tue, 12. Jul):
AM Practical Chick neuronal migration /Axon guidance: Chick Electroporation (Guthrie)
Lunch time: Round table discussion (Cell migration and axon outgrowth: similarities and differences)
PM Cell migration in mouse cortex: Mouse in utero electroporations (Hindges)
Evening Lecture: Esther Stoeckli: Chick as a model system
Day 6 (Wed, 13. Jul):
AM Data analysis, Imaging
Lunch time: Poster presentations
PM Practical Mouse Dissection/Analysis of electroporated material (Hindges)
Evening Lecture: Magdalena Goetz: Adult neural stem cells
Day 7 (Thu, 14. Jul)
AM Practical Drosophila Axon Guidance/Dendritic remodeling: Preparation of reporter strains (Tear/Williams)
Lunch time: Roundtable discussion: Axon guidance: A finished story?
PM Practical Chick Axon Guidance: Dissection/Staining of electroporated embryos (Guthrie)
Evening Lecture: Yves-Alain Barde: Stem Cells
Day 8 (Fri, 15. Jul)
AM Practical Drosophila: Imaging
Lunch time: Poster presentations
PM Practical Drosophila Data Analysis (Tear/Williams)
Evening Lecture: Iris Salecker: Drosophila as model system
Day 9 (Sat 16. Jul):
AM Practical Drosophila Dendritic remodeling: Data analysis/Imaging (Williams)
PM Practical in vitro systems: Dissections and transformations of different neural populations (Eickholt/Gordon-Weeks)
Evening Lecture: Pierre Vanderhaeghen: Cortical development in a dish
Day 10 (Sun 17. Jul):
Free time - Enjoying London
Day 11 (Mon, 18. Jul):
AM Practical Zebrafish neuronal activity in vivo: DNA Injections (Meyer)
Lunch time: Roundtable discussions Circuit remodeling: challenges and breakthrough
PM Practical in vitro systems Collapse assays, time lapse imaging (Drescher/Eickholt/Gordon-Weeks)
Evening Lecture: Rachel Wong: Zebrafish as model system
Day 12 (Tue, 19. Jul)
AM Practical C. elegans neuronal ciruits: Detection/Imaging of different lines (Ch'ng)
Lunch time: Poster presentations
PM Practical C. elegans: Data analysis (Ch’ng)
Evening Lecture: Kang Sheng: C.elegans as model system
Day 13 (Wed, 20. Jul)
AM Practical in vitro systems of neuronal circuits: Preparation of cultures (Burrone/ Thompson)
Lunch time: Roundtable discussion: Imaging neuronal activity: the final frontier?
PM Practical in vitro systems of neuronal circuits
Evening Lecture: Jeff Lichtman: Brainbow and the Connectome
Day 14 (Thu, 21. Jul):
AM Practical in vitro systems: Synaptic markers, real time imaging of activity dependent processes (Burrone/Thompson)
Lunch time: Poster presentations
PM Finishing data analysis/Imaging of embryos/ Copying data
Evening Lecture: Barry Dickson: Circuits and behaviour in fly
Evening Social/Banquet
Day 15 (Fri, 22. Jul)
Course closure, Departure
