Actin is one of the major components and regulators of the neural scaffold that is essential for shaping neurons as well as synaptic transmission and plasticity. Moreover, disrupted actin dynamics underlie several neurological diseases.
We, the neurobiological and biochemical groups of the Zoological Institute of the TU Braunschweig, take part in the organization and planning of the second Brainswick symposium which will focus on actin dynamics in the brain.
"How does the actin cytoskeleton mediate memory formation? What are the cellular and molecular mechanisms that play a key role in this process? How actin and actin-regulatory proteins cooperate in synaptic plasticity?"
We will have the privilege to address open questions, challenges and perspectives in discussion with great international guests who are experts in neuroscience.
We very much look forward to seeing you in Braunschweig at the second Brainswick Symposium: "Actin Dynamics in Health and Disease in the CNS" this October, 16th-17th.
13:00 - 14:00
Registration, poster installation
14:00 - 14:15
Welcome address
14:15 - 15:00
Actin in neurons: connecting dynamics to functions
Pirta Hotulainen
Minerva Institute for Medical Research
15:00 - 15:45
Cytoskeleton transport underlying synaptic function and plasticity
Matthias Kneussel
ZMNH, Hamburg
15:45 - 16:15
Coffee break
16:15 - 17:00
Raphael Lamprecht
University of Haifa
17:00 - 17:30
Mechanisms of Nogo-A actions in regulating functional and structural synaptic plasticity: Role of the actin cytoskeleton
TU Braunschweig
17:30 - 18:00
The link between actin and metabolism
TU Braunschweig
18:00 - 19:30
Poster session
08:30 - 09:00
Registration
09:00 - 09:45
PI3K/PTEN signaling in space and time: Implications for cytoskeletal dynamics and neuronal morphogenesis
Britta Eickholt
Charité, Berlin
09:45 - 10:30
Actin filament turnover as a determinant of neural development and plasticity
Walter Witke
University of Bonn
10:30 - 11:00
Studying cytoskeletal mechanisms of cerebellar Purkinje cell maturation in zebrafish
TU Braunschweig
11:00 - 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 - 12:15
Regulation of the actin cytoskeleton by formins
Matthias Geyer
University of Bonn
12:15 - 12:45
Formins in shape: Effects on dendrite morphology and synapse formation
TU Braunschweig
12:45 - 13:15
Closing notes