Genes to Olfaction: 60 years in Science
Genes to Olfaction: 60 years in Science
January 2 – 4, 2012
Meeting Schedule
Monday, January 2, 2012
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09:30 – 10.00 | K. VijayRaghavan NCBS, Bangalore | Welcome and introduction | Chair: Shobhona Sharma, DBS-TIFR Mumbai |
10.00- 10:40 | Chun-Fang Wu The University of Iowa, USA | Channels, Spike coding, and the Siddiqi Paradox
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10: 40-11:20 | Eve Marder Brandeis University, USA | Beyond Optimality to the Variability of the Individual: Insights from a Rhythmic Neuronal Network |
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11:20- 11:45 | TEA | Main Lawn | All
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11:45 12:10 | Subhabrata Sanyal, Emory University, USA | Rainy and comatose in Bombay: A tale of conditional paralytics | Chair Satpal Singh, SUNY-Buffalo |
12:10- 12:35 | Gaiti Hasan NCBS, Bangalore | The Genetics of Calcium Signaling in Drosophila |
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12:35- 13:00 | Upinder. S. Bhalla NCBS, Bangalore | Rats smell in my stereo. |
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13:00 - 14: 00 | LUNCH | FF Dining Hall | By Invitation
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14: 00 - 14:25 | Jing Wang University of California, USA | Sensors of feast and famine in the olfactory circuit | Chair Surekha Zingde ACTREC-Mumbai |
14:25 - 14:50 | Erich Buchner University of Wurzburg, Germany | Synapsin: a strange gene important for learning and memory. |
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14:50 -15:10 | Vivek Jayaraman HHMI, USA | Sensorimotor integration. |
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15:10-15:30 | TEA | Main Lawn | All
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15:30-15:55 | Mani Ramaswami Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland | Habits and Habituation | Chair: BJ Rao DBS-TIFR |
15:55- 16:20 | Mriganka Sur MIT, USA | Brain wiring and brain disorders. |
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16:20 -16:35 | K. S. Krishnan, NCBS, Bangalore | Stings and the brain | Chair: Giora Simchen Hebrew University Jerusalem, Israel |
16:35-17: 00 | John Nicholls SISSA, Italy | Why should one give neuroscience courses in ‘poor’-countries. |
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17.00-17:30 | Obaid Siddiqi NCBS, Bangalore | Concluding Remarks |
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17:30-18:00 | TEA/CAKE | Outside the New Labs | All
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18.00-19:30 | Reminiscences | Ten speakers and audience at the NLC. Will be beamed to the colonnade and streaming-video too. | Moderator: Indira Chowdhury Science Historian, Shrishti, Bangalore |
| Mustansir Burma TIFR, Mumbai |
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| Govind Swarup NCRA-TIFR,Pune |
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| P. Balaram IISc, Bangalore |
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| M. S. Raghunathan TIFR, Mumbai |
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| M. S. Narasimhan IISc, and TIFR-CAM Bangalore |
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| P. P. Divakaran NCBS-TIFR, Bangalore |
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| P. Babu Bangalore |
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| B. V. Sreekantan NIAS, Bangalore |
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| R. N. Singh Mumbai |
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| P. N. Bhavsar Mumbai |
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| Shobhona Sharma TIFR, Mumbai |
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| Shahid Jameel ICGEB, Delhi |
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19.30 | DINNER GALA
| Main Lawns | All |
Tuesday, January 3, 2012 NCBS 20 Sessions
Time | Name | Title | Chair/Moderator
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09:30-10.00 | K VijayRaghavan NCBS-TIFR, Bangalore | The growth of our science. | Chair: Utpal Banerjee UCLA, Los Angeles |
10:00-10.20 | Utpal Banerjee UCLA, USA | . |
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10:20-10:50 | Anjana Rao Harvard University and La Jolla Institute, USA | T-Cell and Calcium signaling |
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10:50- 11: 20 | TEA | Main Lawn | All |
11:20-11:50 | Shin Aizawa RIKEN, Centre for Cell and Developmental Biology, Kobe Japan | Otx/Emx and the evolution of the vertebrate body plan |
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11:50-12:20 | John Kuriyan University of California, USA | A mechanism for tunable autoinhibition in the structure of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent kinase II |
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12:20-12:45 | Satyajit Mayor NCBS-TIFR, Bangalore | The future of our science |
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12:45-14:00 | LUNCH | FF Dining Hall | By Invitation |
14:00-17: 30 17.30-18.00 | POSTER SESSION 1 | Mixer at posters, NLC Colonnade | Mixer continues as reminiscences start at NLC: Will be beamed to the colonnade and streaming-video Mathew to compere |
18.00-19.30 | NCBS Reminiscences in Auditorium
| Speakers: Sumantra Chattarji, M.M. Panicker, Gaiti Hasan, Jayant Udgaonkar, Mukund Thattai, T.M.Sahadevan, Krishnamurthy H, U.B.Poornima, Shantha Kumary N.N, Shaju Varghese, Ratnakar, Pradip Pyne, Raghu Padinjat.Yamuna Krishnan, R. Sowdhamini, Mehrab Modi on behalf of students. |
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19:30 – 21:30 | DINNER | FF Dining for visitors and Invitees. Canteen open for rest. | By Invitation |
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
NCBS 20
9:30 – 12:30 | POSTER SESSION II | NLC |
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12:30 – 14:00 | LUNCH | Lunch for Board and review committee at Faculty lunch venue. | By Invitation |
14:00 – 17.00 | POSTER SESSION III |
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18.00 hrs. | MIXER and POSTER AWARDS | NLC Coffee Counter | All
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