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Presidential Special LecturesThe Mind of a Worm: Learning From the C. elegans Connectome CME

Scott W. Emmons, PhD

Albert Einstein College

of Medicine

Saturday, Nov. 9, 5:15–6:25 p.m.

The connectome of the roundworm C. elegans reveals

the neural pathways that underlie its motivated and

purposeful behavior. New connectomics data suggest

the topology of a neural network contributes to

integration of multiple sensory inputs in a decision-

making process that guides a multistep behavioral

pathway. Our thoughts, memories, and behavior are

emergent collective properties of a vast network

of neurons. Determining the wiring diagram of the

nervous system of a tiny animal is a first step toward

learning how patterns of connectivity contribute to the

rapid, robust, and economic function of the brain.

A Molecular Geneticist’s Approach to Understanding the Fly Brain CME

Gerald M. Rubin, PhD

Janelia Farm Research Campus,

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Sunday, Nov. 10, 5:15–6:25 p.m.

To probe the workings of the nervous system,

we will need to be able to assay and manipulate

the function of individual neuronal cell types. The

intellectual framework for such an approach has

been apparent for many years, but the available

tools have been inadequate for the job. This

lecture addresses efforts to develop and apply

an advanced set of tools that will be required for

a comprehensive analysis of the anatomy and

function of the fly brain at the level of individual

cell types and circuits.

Connectomics: What, How, and Why CME

Jeff W. Lichtman, MD, PhD

Harvard University

Monday, Nov. 11, 5:15–6:25 p.m.

Connectional maps of the brain have value in

modeling how the brain works and fails when

subsets of neurons or synapses are missing or

misconnected. Such maps also provide information

about how brain circuits develop and age. Efforts

to obtain complete wiring diagrams of peripheral

motor and autonomic axons provide insight into the

way mammalian nervous systems mold in response

to experience. Automated electron microscopy

used to collect tapes of brain sections then imaged

at high resolution will be discussed. This imaging

pipeline will make large-scale connectomic analysis

of brain circuits more routine.

Understanding Cortical Hierarchies: The Six-Piece Puzzle of Face Perception CME

Doris Y. Tsao, PhD

California Institute of Technology

Tuesday, Nov. 12, 5:15–6:25 p.m.

How the brain distills a representation of meaningful

objects from retinal input is one of the central

challenges of systems neuroscience. Functional

imaging experiments in the macaque reveal that

one ecologically important class of objects, faces,

is represented by a system of six discrete, strongly

interconnected regions. Electrophysiological

recordings show that these “face patches” have

unique functional profiles. By understanding the

distinct visual representations maintained in these

six face patches, the sequence of information

flow between them, and the role each plays in

face perception, we can gain new insights into

hierarchical information processing in the brain.

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San DiegoN O v E m B E r 9 — 1 3

CME This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ™. See page 5 and visit SfN.org/cme for details.

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Featured Lectures

Peter and Patricia Gruber Lecture

Understanding Circuit Dynamics: Variability, Modulation, and Homeostasis

Eve E. Marder, PhD

Brandeis University

Support contributed by:

The Gruber Foundation

Sunday, Nov. 10, 2:30–3:40 p.m.

Circuit function arises from the interplay between

the intrinsic properties of neurons and their synaptic

connections. This lecture will present combined

experimental and computational work suggesting

that robust circuit performance can arise from highly

variable circuit components. Animal-to-animal

variability in circuit parameters raises interesting

challenges for reliable neuromodulation and responses

to environmental perturbation but allows important

substrates for evolution.

aLbert and eLLen Grass Lecture

The Neural Circuitry of Sex and Violence CME

David J. Anderson, PhD

California Institute of Technology


The Grass Foundation

Monday, Nov. 11, 3:15–4:25 p.m.

The 2013 Albert and Ellen Grass lecture will be delivered

by David Anderson, investigator at the Howard Hughes

medical Institute and the Seymour Benzer Professor of

Biology at California Technological University. Anderson

uses both mice and Drosophila melanogaster to study

molecular genetic techniques. He maps and probes

neural circuits that underlie innate behaviors associated

with emotional states, including defensive behaviors

and inter-male aggression. These innate behaviors and

associated internal states form the evolutionary basis of

emotional behavior in more complex organisms.

david KoPf Lecture on neuroethics

Blaming the Brain: Behavioral Sciences in the Courtroom

Nita Farahany, JD, PhD

Duke University


David Kopf Instruments

Monday, Nov. 11, 10–11:10 a.m.

recent scientific progress has dramatically advanced

our understanding of biological, neurological,

and environmental contributions to normal and

deviant human behavior. This lecture will present

the first comprehensive empirical study on the

use of biosciences in the United States and other

legal systems. Focusing on criminal law and tort

law, the lecture will cover the nature of claims

being advanced, shifting attitudes toward scientific

evidence in the legal system, and future implications

for the relationship between law and neuroscience.

history of neuroscience Lecture

Reward Circuitry in the Brain

Roy A. Wise, PhD

Intramural Research Program of the

National Institute on Drug Abuse

Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2:30–3:40 p.m.

The discovery that rats would work for brief electrical

stimulation of the brain led to the notion of specialized

brain circuitry for the “stamping in” of learning. Longer

stimulation at the same brain sites induced drive states

for feeding, predatory attack, and other motivated

behaviors. Subsequent pharmacological and parametric

studies implicated forebrain dopamine systems as the

final common path for these effects. These findings

formed the early basis for our current view and new

optogenetic studies of the special role of dopamine in

learning, motivation, and addiction.

diaLoGues between neuroscience and society

The Creative Culture

Ed Catmull, PhD

President of Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios

Support contributed by: Elsevier

Saturday, Nov. 9, 11 a.m.–1 p.m.

many think creativity is the result of singular genius. However, the reality of creativity

is far more complex and interesting. The central issues include removing hidden

barriers to creativity and candor. We pay special attention to protecting barely formed

ideas; the dynamic balance between technology and art; the necessity of structured

processes to get the job done; and the random, unpredictable nature of what we do.

In particular, we need to give thoughtful attention to the culture itself, for out of this

culture arises new technology, new ideas, and artistic expression.

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Special Lecturestheme a: deveLoPment

Adjusting Brain Circuits for Learning and Memory CMEPico Caroni, PhD

Friedrich Miescher Institute

Brain systems face ever-changing demands for

learning and memory throughout life. For example,

skill learning depends first on dynamic acquisition of

potentially relevant information, followed by faithful

execution; memories need to be both retained and

prioritized as a function of circumstances. This

lecture will cover how system plasticity is adjusted

flexibly to specific behavioral demands, how its

regulation in juveniles and adults involves related

circuit mechanisms, and how the plasticity can be

harnessed for cognitive enhancement.

Plasticity in the Adult Brain: Neurogenesis and Neuroepigenetics CMEHongjun Song, PhD

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Adult mammalian brains exhibit much more

plasticity and regenerative capacity than previously

thought, including generation of functionally

integrated new neurons via adult neurogenesis. This

lecture summarizes recent work on understanding

basic properties of adult neural stem cells and

molecular, cellular, and circuitry mechanisms

regulating the sequential adult neurogenesis

process in vivo. Neuroepigenetics, in particularly

novel active DNA modifications in the nervous

system, also will be highlighted.

theme b: neuraL excitabiLity, synaPses, and

GLia: ceLLuLar mechanisms

Age-Dependent Responses of Synapse Structure to Hippocampal Plasticity CMEKristen M. Harris, PhD

University of Texas

This special lecture will discuss the regulation of

spines, synapses, and subcellular components

(polyribosomes, SEr, and endosomes) by plasticity

during maturation. For example, long-term

potentiation (LTP) and dendritic spines first occur at

P12 in rat hippocampus. LTP induces small spines

on developing dendrites, but along mature dendrites

synapses enlarge with compensatory elimination

of small spines and shrink during concurrent LTD.

Presynaptic vesicles decrease with LTP at young

and mature ages illustrating structural plasticity has

differential effects across synaptic compartments.

Glioma: A Neurocentric Look at Cancer CMEHarald Sontheimer, PhD

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Glioma research has traditionally been inspired

by oncology, largely ignoring the tumor’s unique

interactions with the brain. This lecture challenges

us to take a more neurocentric viewpoint: many

of the hallmarks of the disease, including vascular

dysregulation, edema, gliosis, and progressive

neuronal cell death by glutamate excitotoxicity,

readily define gliomas as a neurodegenerative

disease. research into how this cancer

compromises normal brain physiology holds

promise for a better understanding and ultimately

more effective treatment of this devastating disorder.

theme c: disorders of the nervous system

Neurocircuitry of Addiction: A Stress Surfeit Disorder CMEGeorge F. Koob, PhD

The Scripps Research Institute

A key component of the pathophysiology of

addiction is negative reinforcement set up by

negative emotional states hypothesized to derive

from dysregulation of key neurochemical elements

involved in the brain stress systems within the

frontal cortex, ventral striatum, and extended

amygdala. Compelling evidence exists to argue that

the brain stress systems play a key role in engaging

the transition to addiction and maintaining

dependence once initiated.

Blood-Brain Barrier and Neurodegeneration CMEBerislav V. Zlokovic, MD, PhD

University of Southern California

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) prevents entry

of toxic blood products into the CNS. The BBB

is damaged in neurological disorders such

as Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and amyotrophic

lateral sclerosis (ALS). Yet, the role of BBB in the

pathogenesis of these disorders is still not fully

appreciated. This lecture will discuss the BBB

mechanisms causing neurodegeneration including

astrocyte-pericyte-endothelial faulty signal

transduction, effects of AD-associated genes on

BBB integrity (APOE4, CLU, PICALm), and effects

of capillary micro-bleeds.

theme d: sensory and motor systems

Putting Sensory Back into Voluntary Control CMEStephen H. Scott, PhD

Queen’s University

Optimal feedback control can explain many

features of biological movement, such as success

with variability, motor synergies, and goal-directed

behavior. This lecture will discuss the use of

optimal control to interpret motor performance,

highlighting the importance of sensory feedback

in this process. The lecture also will describe how

corrective responses to small visual or mechanical

perturbations under a broad range of behavioral

contexts provide an important window to probe

voluntary control and its neural basis.

Sensory Processing in Drosophila: Synapses, Circuits, and Computations CMERachel I. Wilson, PhD

Harvard Medical School

many of the basic computations involved in sensory

processing are shared across sensory modalities

and species. Understanding sensory processing

requires identifying these canonical computations,

why they might be useful to the organism, and how

they are implemented at the level of cells, synapses,

and circuits. The lecture will discuss recent work

investigating these problems in the fly Drosophila

melanogaster, using in vivo whole-cell recordings

from genetically identified neurons.

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theme e : inteGrative systems:

neuroendocrinoLoGy, neuroimmunoLoGy, and

homeostatic chaLLenGe

Transgenerational Epigenetics:

Programming Behavior in a Dynamic

Landscape CME

Tracy L. Bale, PhD

University of Pennsylvania

The epigenome has become a highly investigated

and important area of neuroscience in connecting

the environment with changes in neurodevelopment

and behaviors. The complexity of mechanisms at

play stem from points of vulnerability, including key

developmental windows, and the involvement of

maternal or paternal germ cell lifetime exposures.

This lecture will discuss the latest knowledge of

epigenetic mechanisms and transgenerational

outcomes associated with reprogramming of the brain

and behaviors, thus promoting disease risk or resiliency.

theme f: coGnition and behavior

Free Energy and Active Inference CME

Karl J. Friston, FRS

University College London

This lecture provides an overview of theoretical

approaches to functional brain architectures using

the free energy formulation of active inference and

predictive coding. Its focus is on basic concepts

and how they can be used to understand functional

anatomy and the intimate relationship between

action and perception. The underlying ideas will be

described heuristically and their application will be

illustrated using simulations of perceptual synthesis,

action observation, and visual searches.

When Good Neurons Go Bad: Dopamine Neuron Regulation and Its Disruption in Psychiatric Disorders CMEAnthony A. Grace, PhD

University of Pittsburgh

midbrain dopamine neurons have been implicated in

a broad variety of psychiatric disorders, ranging from

schizophrenia to drug abuse and depression. These

disorders appear to result not from pathology within the

dopamine neurons themselves, but from a disruption in

their normal regulation. This lecture will describe how

limbic and cortical afferents regulate baseline tonic

activity and phasic activation of dopamine neurons to

salient stimuli, and how disruption of these inputs may

lead to pathological states.

theme G: noveL methods and technoLoGy

deveLoPment

How Synthetic and Chemical Biology Will Transform Neuroscience CMEBryan L. Roth, MD, PhD

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

One of the grand challenges for neuroscience

research is to understand how biologically

active small molecules (e.g., neurotransmitters,

neuromodulators, and drugs) exert their actions

at successive levels ranging from the atomic to

ensembles of neuronal networks. This lecture will

demonstrate how recent advances in chemical and

synthetic biology technology have catalyzed new

insights into bioactive small molecule actions. This

lecture will show how atomic-level discoveries have

ultimately led to transformative insights at the level

of neuronal systems.

Continuing Medical Education (CME)

Physicians: Improve Competencies While Earning CME CreditThe Society for Neuroscience annual meeting is a

forum for the education of physicians in the field

of neuroscience. By attending lectures, symposia,

and minisymposia, the physician will receive both

a broad overview of the field and information about

the most recent, detailed research on the topic of

the session. The abstract of each plenary session

contains brief descriptions of the material to be

presented. By attending any of the activities, the

physician will better understand the basic science

that underlies clinical practice.

Statement of NeedIt is important that physicians comprehend the

basic science that underlies clinical medicine.

The SfN annual meeting is the premier venue for

this educational opportunity. Physicians learn about

the most up-to-date, cutting-edge discoveries

regarding the brain and nervous system.

Global Learning ObjectiveGiven a patient with a neurological or psychiatric

condition, physicians will integrate the most up-to-

date information and research on the mechanism,

treatment, and diagnosis of conditions related to

neurological and psychiatric disorders into their

diagnostic and therapeutic modalities of practice

in order to determine the best course of action in

treating the patient.

AccreditationSfN is accredited by the Accreditation Council for

Continuing medical Education (ACCmE) to provide

continuing medical education for physicians.

CME RegistrationCmE registration must be completed before

or during the annual meeting. Those who do

not register at these times will not receive the

necessary documentation, and it cannot be

provided after the meeting. CmE registrants will

receive, via email two weeks before the meeting,

the CmE Supplemental Program, which contains

important information regarding the CmE program,

including disclosure information and instructions

for obtaining CmE credits.

SfN.org/CME


Symposiatheme a: deveLoPment

Eph Receptors and Ephrins: Therapeutic

Targets for Neural Injury and Neurodegenerative

Diseases CME

Chair: Ann Turnley, PhD

theme b: neuraL excitabiLity, synaPses, and

GLia: ceLLuLar mechanisms

All for One and One for All: Progress in

Single Cell Neurobiology CME

Chair: James Eberwine, PhD

Co-chair: Andrea C. Beckel-Mitchener, PhD


Epigenetics in Epilepsy: Epiphany or

Epiphenomenon? CME

Chair: Tallie Z. Baram, MD, PhD

How Do Immune Cells Shape the Brain in

Health, Disease, and Aging? CME

Chair: Michal Schwartz, PhD

Co-chair: Serge Rivest, PhD

Mechanisms of Deep Brain Stimulation:

Efficacy in Neuropsychiatric Disorders CME

Chair: Dennis L. Glanzman, PhD

Co-chair: Helen S. Mayberg, MD

Neuro-Epigenetics in Neural Development,

Plasticity, and Brain Disorders CME

Chair: Hongjun Song, PhD

Co-chair: J. David Sweatt, PhD

Neuropeptide Signaling in Cellular

Interactions CME

Chair: Illana Gozes, PhD

The Brain-Blood Connection: Brain Control

Over Its Own Blood Flow in Normal and

Dysfunctional States CME

Chair: Ron D. Frostig, PhD

The Emotion Triad: The Role of Interactions

Between the Amygdala, Hippocampus, and

Medial Prefrontal Cortex in Mood and Anxiety CME

Chair: Joshua A. Gordon, MD, PhD

The Role of Transposable Elements

in Health and Diseases of the Central

Nervous System CME

Chair: Matthew Reilly, PhD

Co-chair: Fred H. Gage, PhD


Maps and Meters for Sound Location CME

Chair: Jennifer M. Groh, PhD

Co-chair: Catherine Carr, PhD

Sensory End Organs: Signal Processing in the

Periphery CME

Chair: Stephen D. Roper, PhD

The Neuronal Code(s) of the Cerebellum CME

Chair: Detlef H. Heck, PhD


neuroendocrinoLoGy, neuroimmunoLoGy, and

homeostatic chaLLenGe

How the Lateral Hypothalamus Links Energy

Status with Motivated Behaviors CME

Chair: Alan G. Watts, DPhil

Why So Many Layers and Cell Types? CME

Chair: Randy M. Bruno, PhD

Co-chair: Jackie Schiller, PhD


5-Hydroxymethylcytosine and Active DNA

Demethylation in Experience-Dependent

Neural Function and Psychiatric Disorders CME

Chair: Timothy Bredy, PhD

Brain, Cognition, and Genetics in Healthy

Aging CME

Chair: Apostolos P. Georgopoulos, MD, PhD

Multilevel Analysis of Pattern Separation

and Completion: A Role for Subregions of the

Hippocampus CME

Chair: Craig Stark, PhD

Novel Advances in Understanding Mechanisms

of Habituation CME

Chair: Catharine Rankin, PhD

The Human Connectome in Health and

Disease CME

Chair: Andrew Zalesky, PhD

Co-chair: Martijn van den Heuvel, MS

theme h: history, teachinG, PubLic awareness,

and societaL imPacts in neuroscience

Law and Neuroscience

Chair: Owen Jones, JD

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emPiricaL aPProaches to

neuroscience and society symPosium

Gender Bias: Facing the Facts for the Future of Neuroscience

Chair: Jennifer L. Raymond, PhD

Sunday, Nov. 10, 8:30–11 a.m.

fred KavLi PubLic symPosium

Fred Kavli Public Symposium on Creativity

Chair: Antonio Damasio, PhD

Support contributed by: The Kavli Foundation

Saturday, Nov. 9, 1:30–4 p.m.

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Minisymposiatheme a: deveLoPment

Dynamic Signaling Mechanisms of Morpho-

genetic Proteins in the Developing and Adult

Nervous System CME

Chair: Laura N. Borodinsky, PhD

Co-chair: Fred Charron, PhD

Midbrain Morphogenesis, Fate Specification,

and Regeneration CME

Chair: Raj Awatramani, PhD

The Choroid Plexus and Cerebrospinal Fluid:

Emerging Roles in Development, Disease,

and Therapy CME

Chair: Edwin S. Monuki, MD, PhD

Co-chair: Maria Lehtinen, PhD

theme b: neuraL excitabiLity, synaPses, and GLia:

ceLLuLar mechanisms

Emerging Roles of Resurgent Sodium

Currents in Neuronal Excitability and

Pathophysiology CME

Chair: Theodore R. Cummins, PhD

Co-chair: Angelika Lampert, MD

New Approaches for Studying Synaptic

Development, Function, and Plasticity

Using Drosophila as a Model System CME

Chair: Dion Dickman, PhD

Structural Synaptic Plasticity: Emerging Break-

throughs and Relationship to Disease CME

Chair: Thomas F. Franke, MD, PhD

Co-chair: Eric J. Nestler, MD, PhD

Synaptic Properties and Functional

Consequences of Cholinergic Transmission

in the CNS CME

Chair: Michael Beierlein, PhD

Co-chair: Jerrel L. Yakel, PhD


Genes, Environment, and Cognitive Function CME

Chair: Orly Lazarov, PhD

Co-chair: Giuseppina Tesco, MD, PhD

How Do Cellular-Stress Response Pathways

Control Brain Resistance During Aging and

Neurodegenerative Disease? CME

Chair: Christian Neri, PhD

Co-chair: Richard I. Morimoto, PhD

Neurological Consequences of

Microglia Priming: Aging, Disease,

and Trauma CME

Chair: John C. Gensel, PhD

Co-chair: Jonathan P. Godbout, PhD

New Insights Into the Specificity and Plastic-

ity of Reward and Aversion Encoding in the

Mesolimbic System CME

Chair: Susan F. Volman, PhD

Tau in Dendrites: Function and

Dysfunction CME

Chair: Erik D. Roberson, MD, PhD

The Ventral Pallidum: Roles in Reward

and Addiction CME

Chair: Yonatan M. Kupchik, PhD

Co-chair: Stephen V. Mahler, PhD

Therapeutic Neuromodulation With

Transcranial Current Stimulation:

Ready for Rational Design? CME

Chair: Flavio Frohlich, PhD

Co-chair: Michael A. Nitsche, MD


Electrical Coupling and Microcircuits:

Network Operation and Plasticity CME

Chair: Jian Jing, PhD

Perceptual Spaces: Mathematical

Structures to Neural Mechanisms CME

Chair: Qasim Zaidi, PhD

Co-chair: Jonathan D. Victor, MD, PhD

Sensory Deprivation and Brain Plasticity:

Insights From Behavioral and Neuroimaging

Studies of Deaf and Blind Individuals CME

Chair: Rain G. Bosworth, PhD

Co-chair: Matthew Dye, PhD


neuroendocrinoLoGy, neuroimmunoLoGy,

and homeostatic chaLLenGe

Food for Thought: Experiential,

Hormonal, and Neural Antecedents

of Obesity CME

Chair: Ilia N. Karatsoreos, PhD

Co-chair: Matthew N. Hill, PhD

Rethinking Estrogen Action in the Brain CME

Chair: Gregory F. Ball, PhD

Co-chair: Jacques Balthazart, PhD


Neural Encoding of Fear — Hypothalamic and

Brainstem Networks CME

Chair: Cornelius T. Gross, PhD

Neuroimaging Guided Cognitive Regulation

of Food Stimuli: Implications for Obesity CME

Chair: Eric Stice, PhD

Neuroscience of Self-Control CME

Chair: Benjamin Hayden, PhD

Co-chair: Joseph Kable, PhD

Neurotransmitter Receptors for

Visual Cognition in Primates CME

Chair: Stefan Everling, PhD

Co-chair: Pieter R. Roelfsema, MD, PhD

Pathological Choice: The Neuroscience of

Gambling and Gambling Addiction CME

Chair: Luke Clark, PhD

Teaching Signals: Understanding the Neural

Systems That Trigger Learning and Change

Behavior CME

Chair: Joshua P. Johansen, PhD

Co-chair: Jennifer L. Raymond, PhD

What Just Happened and Do I Care? The

Interaction Between Rewards and Memory in

Cortical and Subcortical Structures CME

Chair: Barry Richmond, MD

Co-chair: Andrew Clark, PhD

theme G: noveL methods and technoLoGy

deveLoPment

Imaging Neuronal Populations in Behaving

Rodents: Paradigms for Studying Neural Circuits

of Behavior in the Mammalian Cortex CME

Chair: Jerry L. Chen, PhD

Co-chair: Tara Keck, PhD

Manipulating and Characterizing

Neuronal Ensembles Mediating

Cue-Specific Behaviors CME

Chair: Bruce T. Hope, PhD

Co-chair: Fábio C. Cruz, PhD

Rat Genetics: Focus on Reward-Related

Behavior CME

Chair: Judith Homberg, PhD

Co-chair: Bart Ellenbroek, PhD

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Program at a Glance

friday, nov. 8

8 a.m.–5 p.m.Neurobiology of Disease Workshop: Human Brain Disorders in a Dish:

Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell models of Disease

8 a.m.–6 p.m.Short Course #1: Chemo and Optogenetics: Light and Chemical Control of

Neuronal Circuits

8:30 a.m.–6:30 p.m. Short Course #2: The Science of Large Data Sets: Spikes, Fields, and voxels

saturday, nov. 9

8–9:15 a.m. meet-the-Expert Series: Session 1

9–11 a.m. Careers Beyond the Bench

9–11 a.m. Success in Academia

9:30–10:45 a.m. meet-the-Expert Series: Session 2

11 a.m.–1 p.m. Dialogues Between Neuroscience and Society

1–2 p.m. Getting the most Out of SfN: The Annual meeting and Beyond

1–3 p.m. research Careers in Industry and the Private Sector

1–5 p.m. Posters/Nanosymposia

1:30–4 p.m. Fred Kavli Public Symposium

1:30–4 p.m. Symposia/minisymposia CME

2–5 p.m. Challenges in Neuroscience Training

2:30–5 p.m. Actively managing Your Career and Life: What They Didn’t Teach You in School

3–4:30 p.m. Brain Awareness Campaign Event: Igniting Brain Awareness Around the World

3:30–5 p.m.NIH Funding and You: A Practical Guide to Surviving and Thriving in Your

research Career

5:15–6:25 p.m. Presidential Special Lecture CME

6:30–8:30 p.m. Diversity Fellows Poster Session

6:30–8:30 p.m. International Fellows Poster Session

6:30–8:30 p.m. Travel Award recipients Poster Session

7:30–10 p.m. Career Development Topics: A mentoring and Networking Event

sunday, nov. 10

8 a.m.–noon Posters/Nanosymposia

8:30–10 a.m.The NIH Grants System and Peer review: Practical Advice for research:

Session 1

8:30–11 a.m. Symposia/minisymposia CME

8:30–11 a.m. Empirical Approaches to Neuroscience and Society Symposium

9:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Exhibits

10:30 a.m.–noonThe NIH Grants System and Peer review: Practical Advice for research:

Session 2

11:30 a.m.–1 p.m.Chapters Workshop: Leading by Example: Insight into Successful Funding and Program Strategies

noon–2 p.m. Graduate School Fair

1–3 p.m.Social Issues roundtable: managing Incidental Findings in research: refining methods of the Past, mapping the Future



2–4 p.m.NSF News You Can Use: Exploring Funding Opportunities for research and Training

2–5 p.m. making the most of Your International Training

2:30–3:40 p.m. Peter and Patricia Gruber Lecture


6:30–8:30 p.m. Neuroscience Departments and Programs reception

6:45–8:45 p.m. SfN-Sponsored Socials

monday, nov. 11



9–11 a.m. Teaching Neuroscience: Is the Printed Textbook Obsolete?

9 a.m.–noon A Guide to Journal Publishing


10–11:10 a.m. David Kopf Lecture on Neuroethics


9 N E U R O S C I E N C E 2 013

noon–2 p.m. Graduate School Fair

1:30–4 p.m. Tackling Bias: Best Practices for recruiting and retaining a Diverse Faculty



3–5 p.m. Enhancing Global Cooporation on Advocacy

3:15–4:25 p.m. Albert and Ellen Grass Lecture CME



tuesday, nov. 12




noon–2 p.m.Animals in research Panel: Facing Challenges on Animal research: Finding Guidance in Your Institution

noon–2 p.m. Celebration of Women in Neuroscience Luncheon



2:30–3:40 p.m. History of Neuroscience Lecture

3–5 p.m.Public Advocacy Forum: Policy Implications for the Science of Aging and End of Life


6:45–7:30 p.m. SfN members’ Business meeting


9 p.m.–midnight Graduate Student reception

Wednesday, nov. 13







Workshops, Meetings, & EventsProfessional Development, Advocacy, and Networking Resources

✍ Preregistration Required $ Course Fee Professional Development ` Networking � Public Outreach

Friday, Nov. 8neurobioLoGy of disease worKshoP

Human Brain Disorders in a Dish: Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Models of Disease ✍ $

8 a.m.–5 p.m.

Organizers: Ricardo Dolmetsch, PhD;

Arnold R. Kriegstein, MD, PhD

Contact: [email protected]

Support contributed by: National Institute of

Neurological Disease and Stroke

short course #1

Chemo and Optogenetics: Light and Chemical Control of Neuronal Circuits ✍ $

8 a.m.–6 p.m.

Organizer: Luis de Lecea, PhD


short course #2

The Science of Large Data Sets: Spikes, Fields, and Voxels ✍ $

8:30 a.m.–6:30 p.m.

Organizer: Uri Eden, PhD


Saturday, Nov. 9

Meet-the-Expert Series

8–9:15 a.m., 9:30–10:45 a.m.


Session 1, 8–9:15 a.m.

Fred H. Gage, PhD Neuronal Plasticity and Neural Diversity

Erik Herzog, PhD Coordinated Circadian Clocks in the Lab, Classroom, and Clinic

George Koob, PhD The Neurocircuitry of Addiction: From Motivation to Allostasis

Steve Scott, PhD Making and Using Robots to Study Sensorimotor Function and Quantify Neurological Impairments

Michael Schwartz, PhD How Do Immune Cells Shape the Brain in Health, Disease, and Aging? Support contributed by: Emory University/ Yerkes National Primate Research Center

Session 2, 9:30–10:45 a.m.

Christine Gall, PhD Building a Substrate Map for Memory Encoding at Single Synapses

Paul Glimcher, PhD Learning To Be an Interdisciplinary Scientist at the Border of the Natural and Social Sciences

Bryan Roth, MD, PhD Translating Basic Discoveries into Neurotherapeutics

Hongjun Song, PhD Understanding Neural Stem Cells and Neurogenesis: One Cell at a Time

Rachel I. Wilson, PhD Small Brain, Big Problems

Careers Beyond the Bench

9–11 a.m.

Organizer: Elisabeth Van Bockstaele, PhD


Success in Academia

9–11 a.m.

Organizer: Patsy Dickinson, PhD

Contact: [email protected] Getting the Most Out of SfN: The Annual Meeting and Beyond

1–2 p.m.

Organizers: David Riddle, PhD; Noah Sandstrom, PhD


Research Careers in Industry and the Private Sector

1–3 p.m.

Organizer: Gretchen Snyder, PhD


Challenges in Neuroscience Training

2–5 p.m.

Organizers: Michael Levine, PhD; Barbara Lom, PhD; Konrad Zinsmaier, PhD


Actively Managing Your Career and Life: What They Didn’t Teach You in School

2:30–5 p.m.

Organizers: Marty Nemko, PhD


brain awareness camPaiGn event

Igniting Brain Awareness Around the World �3–4:30 p.m.


NIH Funding and You: A Practical Guide to Surviving and Thriving in Your Research Career

3:30–5 p.m.

Organizer: Stephen Korn, PhDContact: [email protected]

Diversity Fellows Poster Session `

6:30–8:30 p.m.


International Fellows Poster Session `

6:30–8:30 p.m.


Travel Award Recipients Poster Session `

6:30–8:30 p.m.


Career Development Topics: A Mentoring and Networking Event `

7:30–10 p.m.


Sunday, Nov. 10The NIH Grants System and Peer Review: Practical Advice for Researchers

Session One: Early-Career Investigators

8:30–10 a.m.

Session Two: Mid-Career Investigators

10:30 a.m.–noon

Organizer: Rene Etcheberrigaray, PhD


Workshop FeesShort Course (includes lunch and syllabus book)Student member .................................... $135 Student Nonmember ............................. $165 Postdoctoral member ............................$200 Postdoctoral Nonmember .....................$245 Faculty member .....................................$265 Faculty Nonmember ..............................$325

Neurobiology of Disease Workshop..........................$35 (includes breakfast, lunch, and reception)

Note: Preregistration is required for Short Courses and the Neurobiology of Disease Workshop. To register, visit SfN.org/registration. find the latest session information — sfn.org/workshops

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chaPters worKshoP

Leading by Example: Insight Into Successful Funding and Program Strategies `11:30 a.m.–1 p.m.

Organizer: James Geddes, PhD


Graduate School Fair `noon–2 p.m.


sociaL issues roundtabLe

Managing Incidental Findings in Research: Refining Methods of the Past, Mapping the Future �1–3 p.m.

Organizer: Emmeline Edwards, PhD


NSF News You Can Use: Exploring Funding Opportunities for Research and Training 2–4 p.m.

Organizer: Diane Witt, PhD


Making the Most of Your International Training 2–5 p.m.

Organizer: Michael Zigmond, PhD


Neuroscience Departments and Programs Reception

6:30–8 p.m.


Monday, Nov. 11

Teaching Neuroscience: Is the Printed Textbook Obsolete? 9–11 a.m.

Organizer: Richard Olivo, PhD


A Guide to Journal Publishing9 a.m.–noon

Organizers: Verity Brown, PhD;

Shamus O’Reilly, PhD


Graduate School Fair `noon–2 p.m.


Tackling Bias: Best Practices for Recruiting and Retaining a Diverse Faculty 1:30–4 p.m.

Organizers: Jill Becker, PhD; Ann Etgen, PhD;

Kathie Olsen, PhD


Enhancing Global Cooperation on Advocacy ✍

3–5 p.m.

Organizers: Sten Grillner, PhD; Larry Swanson, PhD


Tuesday, Nov. 12animaLs in research PaneL

Facing Challenges on Animal Research: Finding Guidance in Your Institution ✍noon–2 p.m.

Organizer: Michael Goldberg, MD


Celebration of Women in Neuroscience Luncheon `noon–2 p.m.


PubLic advocacy forum

Policy Implications for the Science of Aging and End of Life �3–5 p.m.

Organizer: Anne Young, MD, PhD


SfN Members’ Business Meeting `6:45–7:30 p.m.


Graduate Student Reception9 p.m.–midnight


Child Care and Youth ProgramsOn-site child care and youth programs will be

available for children ages 6 months to 12 years.

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of experience in conference child care, provides

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NeuroJobs Career Center

Saturday, Nov. 9 – Tuesday, Nov 12, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Wednesday, Nov. 13, 8 a.m. – 3 p.m.

The on-site career center offers access to

tools necessary for posting jobs, searching

resumes, scheduling interviews, and accessing

the message service.

SfN’S ONLINE CAREER CENTER


SfN-Sponsored Socials

Satellite Events

sunday, nov. 10, 6:45–8:45 p.m.

Cajal Club Social

Cell Death Social

Clinical Neuroscience Social

Genetic models Social

Hearing and Balance Social

Neuroethology/Invertebrate Neurobiology Social

Spinal Cord Injury Social

Synapses and Excitatory Amino Acids Social

monday, nov. 11, 6:45–8:45 p.m.

Alzheimer's Disease Social

Behavioral Neuroendocrinology Social

Developmental Neurobiology Social

Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience Social

Hippocampus Social

Ingestive Behavior Social

multi-Day events

nicotinic acetylcholine receptor-based therapeutics: emerging frontiers in basic research and clinical science

Nov. 6 3–8 p.m.

Nov. 7 8:30 a.m.–8 p.m.

Nov. 8 8:30 a.m.–6 p.m.

society for the neurobiology of Language

Nov. 6 1–7 p.m.

Nov. 7 and 8 8:30 a.m.–7 p.m.

5th international Workshop on advances in electrocorticography

Nov. 7 and 8 8:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.

8th brain research conference — rna metabolism in neurological Disease

Nov. 7 and 8 9 a.m.–7 p.m.

12th annual molecular and cellular cognition society meeting

Nov. 7 6 p.m.–9 p.m.

Nov. 8 9 a.m.–5 p.m.

23rd neuropharmacology conference — the synaptic basis of neurodegenerative Disorders

Nov. 7 and 8 9 a.m.–7 p.m.

barrels XXvi

Nov. 7 8 a.m.–5 p.m.

Nov. 8 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

cell symposia — the networked brain

Nov. 7 9 a.m.–7 p.m.

Nov. 8 9 a.m.–9 p.m.

galanin sfn Pre-meeting 2013

Nov. 7 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.

Nov. 8 8:30–10:30 a.m.

international neuroethics society annual meeting

Nov. 7 5–8 p.m.

Nov. 8 8 a.m.–7:30 p.m.

J.b. Johnston club for evolutionary neuroscience

Nov. 7 8 a.m.–7 p.m.

Nov. 8 8 a.m.–9 p.m.

translational and computational motor control: from theory to neurorehabilitation

Nov. 7 and 8 8 a.m.–5 p.m.

friday, nov. 8

brain Pathways to recovery from alcohol Dependence

Nov. 8 8:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.

cognitive and neurobiological aging in the Dog

Nov. 8 9 a.m.–5 p.m.

mechanisms of communication: critical Periods and social Learning

Nov. 8 8 a.m.–7:30 p.m.

mechanisms of misfolded Protein Propagation in neurodegenerative Diseases

Nov. 8 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

national institute on Drug abuse frontiers in addiction research mini-convention

Nov. 8 8 a.m.–6 p.m.

society for social neuroscience

Nov. 8 7:30 a.m.–8 p.m.

tucker-Davis symposium on advances and Perspectives in auditory neurophysiology

Nov. 8 7 a.m.–7 p.m.

using neuron to model cells and networks

Nov. 8 9 a.m.–5 p.m.

saturday, nov. 9

autism research social/simons foundation autism research initiative (sfari)

Nov. 9 6:30–8:30 p.m.

g.tec’s brain-computer interface Workshop

Nov. 9 6:30–9:30 p.m.

using the neuroscience gateway Portal for Parallel simulations

Nov. 9 8:30–10:30 a.m.

sunday, nov. 10

10th annual christopher reeve “Hot topics” in stem cell biology

Nov. 10 6:30–9:30 p.m.

arab neuroscientists social

Nov. 10 6:30–8:30 p.m.

asPet’s neuropharmacology Division social

Nov. 10 6:30–8 p.m.

chinese neuroscientist social

Nov. 10 6:30–9:30 p.m.

Decision-making social — society for neuroeconomics

Nov. 10 6:30–8:30 p.m.

Drexel university college of medicine alumni reception

Nov. 10 6:30–8:30 p.m.

music Social

Neural Control of Autonomic and respiratory

Function Social

Pavlovian Society Social

Psychopharmacology Social

vision Social

tuesday, nov. 12, 6:45–8:45 p.m.

Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience Social

Computational Neuroscience Social

Epilepsy Social

Eye movements and vestibular System Social

Neuroendocrinology Social

Neuroethics Social

Optogenetics Social

Sensorimotor Integration and motor Control Social

Songbird Social

Find the latest SfN-sponsored social

information — SfN.org/socials

13 N E U R O S C I E N C E 2 013

evelyn f. mcKnight brain research foundation Poster reception

Nov. 10 6:30–8:30 p.m.

funding approaches to increase collaborations and mentoring circles to strengthen our networks

Nov. 10 6:30–8:30 p.m.

g.tec’s functional mapping with the ecog Workshop

Nov. 10 6:30–7:30 p.m.

ibro alumni symposium

Nov. 10 6:30–8:30 p.m.

international behavioral neuroscience society (ibns) reception

Nov. 10 6:30–8:30 p.m.

illinois neuroscience reception

Nov. 10 6:30–8 p.m.

neuroimmunology social

Nov. 10 6:30–8:30 p.m.

neuroscience opportunities in india

Nov. 10 6:30–8:30 p.m.

oist Developmental neurobiology course alumni

Nov. 10 8–10 p.m.

stanford neuroscience Program alumni reception

Nov. 10 6:30–7:30 p.m.

university of chicago reception

Nov. 10 6:30–8 p.m.

monday, nov. 11

advances in single neuron and network electrical recording techniques

Nov. 11 6:30–8 p.m.

association of Korean neuroscientists: annual meeting and social

Nov. 11 6:30–9:30 p.m.

behavioral optogenetics: How neuronal activity relates to behavior

Nov. 11 6:30–9 p.m.

club Hypnos

Nov. 11 6:30–8 p.m.

Deciphering the neural circuit basis of brain Disease via In Vivo imaging and optogenetics

Nov. 11 6:30–9:30 p.m.

friends of ohio state university social

Nov. 11 6:30–8:30 p.m.

fluorescence immunocytochemistry: are the brightest fluorophores enough?

Nov. 11 6:30–8 p.m.

getting the most out of pcLamP software

Nov. 11 6:30–8:30 p.m.

HeKa electrophysiology update

Nov. 11 6:30–8 p.m.

internal sensations, artificial intelligence and semblance Hypothesis

Nov. 11 7–8 a.m.

In vitro microelectrode array recording techniques

Nov. 11 6:30–8:30 p.m.

Leibniz Lecture: nieLs birbaumer on “clinical application of brain- computer interfaces”

Nov. 11 6:30–7:30 p.m.

neuroscience in germany XX social

Nov. 11 7:30–10 p.m.

sage Labs symposia

Nov. 11 6:30–9 p.m.

schizophrenia social

Nov. 11 6:30–8:30 p.m.

sleep and circadian biology Datablitz

Nov. 11 8–10 p.m.

taiwan night

Nov. 11 6:30–9:30 p.m.

the international society for serotonin research mixer

Nov. 11 6:30–8:30 p.m.

transitioning beyond the Postdoc: Workshop for early career investigators

Nov. 11 6:30–9 p.m.

uab comprehensive neuroscience center social

Nov. 11 6:30–8:30 p.m.

tuesday, nov. 12

alumni and friends of the Department of neurobiology and behavior, uc irvine

Nov. 12 7–9 p.m.

iranian neuroscientists social

Nov. 12 6:30–8:30 p.m.

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D ialogues Between Neuroscience

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Carl Zeiss Microimaging LLC

Neuroscience Extra!

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Peter and Patricia Gruber Lecture

The Kavli Foundation

F red Kavli Public Symposium

National Institute of Neurological Disorders

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Neurobiology of Disease Workshop

Neuroscience Scholars Program

2012–2013 Society for Neuroscience Council and Program Committee

officersLarry W. swanson, President carol ann mason, President-Elect moses v. chao, Past President brenda J. claiborne, Treasurer stephen g. Lisberger, Treasurer-Elect Darwin K. berg, Past Treasurer Hollis t. cline, Secretary tatiana Pasternak, Secretary-Elect

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theme chairsmichael sendtner, Theme A michael s. gold, Theme B John r. Huguenard, Theme C Douglas P. munoz, Theme D margaret mccarthy, Theme E Jeff Dalley, Theme F Lori L. mcmahon, Theme G barry everitt, Theme H

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Note: The content of Society for Neuroscience scientific programs, events, and services is developed by scientists, either individually or in their capacity as members of SfN committees or other governing bodies. Content is not developed in consultation with commercial advertisers or supporters. Supporters have no influence over the selection of topics or speakers. Where applicable, disclosure of grant or commercial support received by official speakers at SfN-sponsored events will be indicated within event information.

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Design: © 2013 Society for Neuroscience

Photo creditsCover: Scanning electron microscope image shows the ciliated endings of olfactory sensory neurons, which cover the turbinates of the nasal passage and are directly exposed to the external environment. Proper protein trafficking into these distinct subcel-lular compartments is essential since cilia serve as the site for odorant detection.

Courtesy, with permission: Paul M. Jenkins, Lian Zhang, Gary Thomas, and Jeffrey R. Martens, 2009, The Journal of Neuroscience 29: 10541-10551

Page 2: Ultrastructural transmission electron microscope image of Xenopus laevis retina, with colors overlain to reveal GABAergic (red) and glycinergic (green) amacrine cells with their processes in the inner plexiform layer, as well as

glutamatergic (blue) excitatory cell classes, includ-ing bipolar cells and ganglion cells.

Courtesy, with permission: Damian C. Lee, Felix R. Vazquez-Chona, W. Drew Ferrell, Beatrice M. Tam, Bryan W. Jones, Robert E. Marc, and Orson L. Moritz, 2012, The Journal of Neuroscience 32: 2121-2128

Page 3: Release of ATP from retinal glial cells. This pseudocolor image of luciferin-luciferase chemiluminescence shows the release of ATP after stimulation of glial cells on the surface of the rat retina. ATP released from glial cells in the retina is metabolized to adenosine, which, in turn, activates neuronal A1 adenosine receptors and inhibits retinal neurons. The image was taken 12 sec after glial cells were stimulated and shows a region of the retinal surface 480 µm wide.

Courtesy, with permission: Eric A. Newman, 2003, The Journal of Neuroscience 23: 1659-1666

Page 4: An example of a two-dimensional cross-correlogram. This matrix shows the variation in time of the strength of correlated activity of two neurons. The diagonal of the matrix represents the correlation strength at zero time lag. The points above and below this diagonal represent positive and negative time delays between the two neu-rons. Neurons in the primary visual cortex start to synchronize their activity (red part of the diagonal) before the onset of the stimulus in a figure-ground detection task. Such a switch in the internal state of the primary visual cortex is necessary for the detection of the stimulus.

Courtesy, with permission: Hans Supèr, Chris van der Togt, Henk Spekreijse, and Victor A. F. Lamme, 2003, The Journal of Neuroscience 23: 3407-3414

Page 6: Reconstructions of cortical nonpyramidal cells used for quantitative investigation of local axon phenotypes. The somata and dendrites are drawn in yellow, and the axons are drawn in red.

Courtesy with permission: Fuyuki Karube, Yoshiyuki Kubota, and Yasuo Kawaguchi, 2004, The Journal of Neuroscience 24: 2853-2865

Page 9: Illustration of a cross section of the mammalian retina with ganglion cells at the top and rod outer segments at the bottom. Highlighted is the circuitry onto a single ganglion cell, where convergence, amplification, and saturation influence gain controls are located within the retinal network. Depicted in the details is the rod bipolar pathway specified for carrying rod signals in the mammalian retina: rod→rod bipolar→AII amacrine→cone bipolar→ganglion cell. We studied this pathway to find that a key site of gain control at the lowest mean light levels is at the rod bipolar-to-AII amacrine synapse, and at brighter light levels gain controls at earlier sites take over. (Media: water color, pencil, Photoshop by F. A. Dunn with help by Paul Newman.)

Courtesy with permission: Felice A. Dunn, Thuy Doan, Alapakkam P. Sampath, and Fred Rieke, The Journal of Neuroscience 26: 3959-3970

Back Cover: A coronal slice of mouse hip-pocampus that was cultured in vitro for 14 d. GFP (green) marks all interneurons expressing glutamic acid decarboxylase 67 (GAD67). Staining against parvalbumin is red and nuclei are labeled with DAPI (blue). Activity deprivation for 2 d with tetrodotoxin reduces the expression of GAD67 and GFP reporter.

Courtesy, with permission: C. Geoffrey Lau and Venkatesh N. Murthy, 2012, The Journal of Neuroscience 32: 8521-8531

Cover, page 1, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, and 13: 2012, © Society for Neuroscience. All rights reserved. Photos by Joe Shymanski, and Jeff Nyveen.

Cover, page 3, 9, back cover. Copyright 2013, San Diego Tourism Authority. All rights reserved. Photographer unknown.

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