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The 2002 Volen National
Center for Complex Systems and Biology Scientific Retreat
Cellular and Molecular Approaches to Neuroscience
Marine Biological Laboratory
Woods Hole, Massachusetts
March 15-16, 2002
On March 15-16, 2002, the Volen National Center for Complex
Systems held its 14th annual scientific retreat. This year's
retreat was titled "Cellular and Molecular Approaches to Neuroscience."
The topics covered a wide range of approaches to studying
neuroscience, and our speakers themselves ranged from established
faculty such as Professors Michael Rosbash and Sacha Nelson,
to new faculty hires such as Michael Welte and Don Katz (Katz
is currently at Duke University but will join Brandeis's neuroscience
group this August), to two postdoctoral fellows currently
doing research in Brandeis neuroscience laboratories.
Approximately 75 people attended this year's retreat, which
was held once again at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL)
in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The MBL facility includes lecture
halls, function rooms, cafeteria-style dining, and overnight
dorm room accomodations. Bringing the researchers (faculty,
postdocs, and students) together off-campus for a 24-hour
retreat was again tremendously successful. The MBL provides
a wonderful environment for stimulating scientific discussions
as well as a scenic site for walking and relaxing.
Friday, March 15, 2002
Michael
Welte, Ph.D.
W.M. Keck Assistant Professor of Biology and
Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center
Brandeis University
"Development Control of Organelle Transport: How Fabulous
Fly Fat Manages Multiple Microtubule Motors"
Don
Katz, Ph.D.
soon to be Assistant Professor of Psychology and the
Volen National Center for Complex Systems
Brandeis University
"Time and Taste Perception: Cortical Gustory Responses"
Saturday, March 16, 2002
John
Satterlee, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Sengupta Laboratory
Brandeis University
"CAMKI and Thermosensation"
Sacha
Nelson, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology and the
Volen National Center for Complex Systems
Brandeis University
"A Presynaptic Coincidence Detection Mechanism for Neocortical
Longterm Depression"
Matthias
Soller, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
White Laboratory
Brandeis University
"Post-Transcription Mechanism of Gene Regulation in Neuronal
Development and Function"
Michael
Rosbash, Ph.D.
Professor of Biology and the
Volen National Center for Complex Systems
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
Brandeis University
"A Molecular Geneticist's Feeble (and Febrile) Attempts at
Neuroscience:
Drosophila and Circadian Rhythms"
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