The 2006 M.R. Bauer Foundation
Colloquium Series, Distinguished Lecturer Series and Scientific Retreat

Introduction

The M.R. Bauer Colloquium Series

Stephen R. Williams, Ph.D.
Laboratory of Molecular Biology
"Distributed Synaptic Integration in Cortical Pyramidal Neurons"

Robert Desimone, Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Neural Synchrony and Selective Attention"

Anne B. Young, Ph.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital
"Huntington's Disease from Bench to Bedside"

Carol Mason, Ph.D.
Columbia University Medical Center
"The Genes, Guidance Factors, and Cells that Pattern the Optic Chiasm"

The M.R. Bauer Distinguished Guest Lecturer Series

Introduction

Marcus E. Raichle, MD, Ph.D
Washington University School of Medicine
"Intrinsic Activity and the Brain's Dark Energy"

Louis Ptacek, Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine
"Channelopathies: Molecular Basis of Episodic Nervous System Disorders"

Ying-Hui Fu, Ph.D.
University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine
"Molecular and Genetic Basis of Human Circadian Rhythmicity"

The M.R. Bauer Foundation Scientific Retreat & Volen National Center for Complex Systems Annual Retreat

"Diseases as Complex Systems"

Introduction & Agenda

Gina Turrigiano, Ph.D.
Brandeis University
"The Self-Tuning Neuron: Homeostatic Plasticity of Neocortical Synapses"

Pengyu Hong, Ph.D.
Brandeis University
“Mining Biological Data”

Xandra Breakefield, Ph.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital
“Following a Twisted Path: From Dystonia to the Endoplasmic Reticulum ”

Jeff Agar, Ph.D.
Brandeis University
“Cause and Consequence of Protein Aggregation in Familial ALS ”

Jozsef Fiser, Ph.D.
Brandeis University
“The Role of Spontaneous Activity in the Primary Visual Cortex”