Meeting program

Epigenetics and Behavior

 

Monday, March 31
  • 8:00
  • 8:50
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  • Registration and Continental Breakfast
  • Welcome and Opening Remarks
  • Sandra Aamodt (Nature Neuroscience, USA)

Session 1: Environmental Experience and Epigenetics
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  • 9:00
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  • 9:40
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  • 10:20
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  • 11:00
  • Chaired by Sandra Aamodt
  • "Mechanisms of Experience-dependent Active Demethylation of DNA in Neurons"
  • Michael Meaney (Douglas Hospital Research Center, Canada)
  • "Transgenerational Epigenetic Imprints and Mate Preference"
    David Crews (University of Texas – Austin, USA)
  • "Epigenetic Mechanisms of Addiction"
    Eric J. Nestler (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA))
  • Break for Coffee and Networking

Session 2: Epigenetics and Memory
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  • 11:30
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  • 12:10
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  • 1:00
  • Chaired by Emily Niemitz (Nature Genetics, USA)
  • "Chromatin Remodeling in Hippocampus Dependent Learning and Memory"
  • Li-Huei Tsai (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
  • "Epigenetic Mechanisms in Memory Formation"
    J. David Sweatt (University of Alabama – Birmingham, USA)
  • Lunch

Session 3: Human Epigenetic Disorders
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  • 2:50
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  • 3:30
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  • 4:10
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  • 5:00
  • 6:00
  • Chaired by Emily Niemitz
  • "Synaptic and Clock Genes in Autism Spectrum Disorders"
  • Thomas Bourgeron (Institut Pasteur, France)
  • "Distinct Genetic and Epigenetic Approaches to the Etiology of Autism Independent of Genetic Linkage and Association"
    Arthur Beaudet (Baylor College of Medicine, USA)
  • "Rett Syndrome and MeCP2 Provide Insight into Epigenetic Regulation of Neuronal Function"
    Huda Y. Zoghbi (Baylor College of Medicine, USA)
  • Wine and Cheese Reception
  • Close of Symposium

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