9 AM Arrival, registration & coffee
9:45 AM Introduction
9:50 AM Andreas Prokop, University of Manchester, "Deciphering the mechanistic links of motor proteins to neurodegeneration"
10:10 AM Lydia Jestice, University of Sheffield, "Investigating the molecular mechanisms of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease Type 2A"
10:30 AM Rachel Hodgson, University of Sheffield, "Dysregulation of the m6A RNA modification pathway in ALS-FUS"
10:50 AM Emma Clayton, King’s College London, "Synaptopathy in ALS/FTD: from CHMP2B to TDP-43"
11:10 AM Coffee break
11:25 AM Ana Dorrego-Rivas, King’s College London, "Different neuronal polarity configurations correlate with distinct neurotransmitter release strategies and self-inhibition"
11:45 AM Grace Ryall, University of Bristol, "Argonaute 2 Serine-387 Phosphorylation is Essential for Hippocampal Long-Term Depression and Spatial Memory"
12:05 PM Fiona Love, University of Cambridge, "Protrudin coordinates local secretory organelles in the distal axon to promote regeneration"
12:25 PM Anna Gavrilova, University of Manchester, "The role of Kinesin-1 in neuronal dense core vesicle transport and lifespan regulation in C. elegans"
12:45 PM Lunch & posters
15:00 PM Corinne Houart, King's College London, "Learning from Disorders: FOXG1 tunes mitochondrial translation during dorsal forebrain development."
15:40 PM Victoria Higgs, University of Manchester, "Asymmetric Gαi2 regulates microtubule and neurofilament remodelling to drive axon initiation during vertebrate embryonic development"
16:00 PM Miguel Berbeira Santana, University of Oxford, "Teneurin-4 dictates neuronal migration along radial glia fibres via structurally exclusive interactions"
16:20 PM Adrian Moore, RIKEN Center for Brain Science, Japan, "Organization of dendrite arbor differentiation effector networks"
16:40 PM Emilie Hollville, University of Aberdeen, "Control of neuronal arborization and dopaminergic signalling by the ubiquitin ligase CUL9, a schizophrenia risk factor"
17:00 PM Drinks reception.
After drinks we have space reserved at BrewYork Walmgate (directions here) for anyone wanting food with friends & colleagues before heading home.