IMAGING NEURONS & NEURAL ACTIVITY:
NEW METHODS, NEW RESULTS
March 22 - 25, 2007
Abstract Deadline: January 12, 2007

Organizers:
Atsushi Miyawaki, Riken Brain Science Institute
Joshua Sanes, Harvard University
Karel Svoboda, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory & HHMI

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We are pleased to announce a new Cold Spring Harbor winter conference on Imaging Neurons & Neural Activity: New Methods, New Results, which will begin at 7:30 pm on Thursday, March 22 and run through lunch on Sunday, March 25, 2007. We are looking forward to a broad-based meeting, and abstracts are welcomed on all scientific topics related to imaging neuronal structure and function (Light, EM, MRI) and manipulation of neuronal function (using genetics, light, chemistry). This unique forum is designed to stimulate future research studies in this important area and to promote interactions amongst researchers in diverse basic scientific areas relevant to this field.

Keynote Addresses: Richard Axel, Columbia University, HHMI

Topics and Discussion Leaders:

Controlling Neural Activity with Light
Karl Deisseroth, Stanford University
Stefan Herlitze, Case Western Reserve University
Richard Kramer, University of California, Berkeley

Fluorescence Imaging of Neurons
Hollis Cline, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
David Kleinfeld, University of California San Diego
Hannah Monyer, University of Heidelberg, Germany

Optical Measures of Neuronal Excitation And Signaling
Rainer Friedrich, Max-Planck-Institute for Med. Res., Germany
Ryohei Yasuda, Duke University Medical Center
Rafael Yuste, Columbia University

Novel Methods to Dissect Neural Circuits
Dmitri Chklovskii, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Jeff Licthman, Harvard University
Clay Reid, Harvard Medical School

Super-Resolution Optical Techniques
Eric Betzig, Janelia Farm Research Campus
Stefan Hell, Max Planck Institute for Biophys. Chem., Germany
Sunney Xie, Harvard University

Novel Approaches to Ultrastructure
Jean-Louis Bessereau, INSERM Ecole Normal Superieure, France
Winfried Denk, Max-Planck-Institute, Germany
Mark Ellisman, University of California, San Diego

New Protein Tagging Strategies
Konstantin Lukyanov, Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Inst., Russia

Abstracts should contain only new and unpublished material and must be submitted electronically by the abstract deadline. Selection of material for oral and poster presentation will be made by the organizers and individual session chairs. Status (talk/poster) of abstracts will be posted on our web site as soon as decisions have been made by the organizers.

We look forward to seeing you at Cold Spring Harbor in March.

This conference is supported in part by funds provided by:

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Regular packages are all inclusive and cover registration, food, housing, parking, wine-and-cheese party, lobster banquet, etc. No Housing packages include all costs except housing. Full payment is due 4 weeks prior to the meeting