Thursday, 15 November 2007
9.30 am: Welcome (Prof. R. Nitsch)
Panel 1: 10.00 am – 12.30 pm
Simon Fisher, University of Oxford, UK
FOXP2 mutations: from neurons and mouse models to human speech
SFB Group A4  
The role of FoxP2 for the development and function of neural circuits mediating vocal learning
Francois Guillemot, National Institute for Medical Research, UK
Transcriptional control of neurogenesis
SFB Group A5  
Sonic hedgehog regulation during development and in disorders of the nervous system
Lunch: 12.30 pm – 1.30 pm
Panel 2: 1.30 pm – 3.45 pm
Yves-Alain Barde, University of Basel, Switzerland
Embryonic stem cells as an experimental tool to study normal and abnormal neural development
SFB Group A2
Defining microRNA-mediated gene networks in neural differentiation and development
Ulrike Nuber, Lund Strategic Research Center for Stem Cell Biology and Cell Therapy, Sweden
Brain tumor stem cells
Coffee Break: 3.45 pm – 4.15 pm
Panel 3: 4.15 pm – 5.30 pm
Jean-François Brunet, École Normale Supérieure, France
Phox2b and the drive to breathe
SFB Group A1  
Transcription factors that control the development of the dorsal spinal cord
Panel 4: 5.30 pm - 20.00 pm
Qiufu Ma, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, USA
Molecular control of pain circuitry development
SFB Group B6  
Functional development of sensory mechanotransduction during embryonic development: a role for neurotrophins
Martyn Goulding, University of California, San Diego, USA
Form and function: mapping motor circuits in the spinal cord
SFB Group B5  
Synaptic connectivity in the auditory pathway
Poster session w/ dinner buffet: 8.30 pm - 11.00 pm  
     
Friday, 16 November 2007
Panel 5: 10.00 am – 12.30 pm
Sergio Ojeda, University of Oregon, USA
FXYD1, a new gene involved in the neuropathology of Rett syndrome
SFB Group A7  
The role of the thyroid hormone-specific transporter MCT8 in CNS development
Heiko Luhmann, Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Germany
Formation of early cortical networks by electrical activity
SFB Group A6  
Dysfunction of mitochondrial complex I as a cause of impaired brain development in Leigh syndrome
Lunch: 12.30 pm – 1.30 pm
Panel 6: 1.30 pm – 4.00 pm
Oscar Marin, Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Spain
Molecular mechanisms controlling the migration of cortical interneurons
SFB Group A3  
The ontogeny, phylogeny and pathology of NKX2.1 gene function in the brain
Gord Fishell, NYU, USA
Genetic mechanisms controlling the determination of cortical interneuronal subtype
SFB Group B3  
The role of plasticity-related genes (PRGs) in cortical layer formation and connectivity
Coffee break: 4.00 pm – 4.30 pm
Panel 7: 4.30 pm – 6.45 pm
Jeffrey Macklis, Harvard Medical School, USA
Molecular development of cerebral cortex projection neurons
Rüdiger Klein, Max Planck Institute, Germany
Axon guidance events regulated by the bi-directional Eph/ehprinB signaling system
SFB Group B2  
cGMP signaling and bifurcation of sensory axons at the dorsal root entry zone of the spinal cord
Conference dinner: 8.00 pm - 23.00 pm  
     
Saturday, 17 November 2007
Panel 8: 10.00 am – 12.30 pm
Klaus Armin-Nave, Max Planck Institute, Germany
Molecular control of myelination
SFB Group B7  
The role of gap junction protein alpha 12 (connexin 46.6) in CNS myelination
Marjo S Van der Knaap, VU University Medical Center, The Netherlands
Astrocytes in CNS white matter myelination and myelin maintenance - evidence from human genetic disorders
SFB Group B1  
Functions of Neuregulin-1 in the nervous system
Lunch: 12.30 pm – 1.30 pm
Panel 9: 1.30 pm – 2.45 pm
Michael Frotscher, Universität Freiburg, Germany
Role of Reelin in development and maintenance of hippocampal lamination
SFB Group B8  
Interference withfunctional development at the hippocampal mossy fiber synapse by febrile seizures
Coffee break: 2.45– 3.15 pm
3.15 pm – 4.00 pm Closing speaker: Pasco Rakic, Yale University, USA
4.00 pm – 4.15 pm Closing Remarks