11^th Annual Puerto Rico Neuroscience Conference

December 5-6, 2002

Tropimar Convention Center

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Thursday, December 5, 2002                                                                 

Registration, Coffee, Poster setup    (Foyer )                                        1:00 – 1:30

Opening Remarks                Room Tropimar B                                    1:30 – 2:00

Posters (Group 1)                                                                                  2:00 – 3:00

Talk 1                                                                                                   3:00 – 4:00

Helmut Kettenmann

Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine

Berlin, Germany

“Glial Communication in the Brain”

Posters (Group 1), Coffee Break      (Foyer)                                4:00 – 5:00

Talk 2                                                                                                  5:00 – 6:00

                William Green

Dept. of Neurobiology, Pharmacology and Physiology

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

“Differential Targeting of AMPA and NMDA Receptors

After Assembly with SAP97”

Cocktail                               Room Tropimar C                                    6:00 – 6:30

Dinner                                                                                                 6:30 - 9:00

Friday, December 6, 2002                                                       

Registration, Coffee, Poster setup     (Foyer)                                     8:00 – 8:45

Talk 3                                    Room Tropimar AB                                9:00 – 10:00

           George Perry

            Institute of Pathology

            Case Western Reserve University

            Cleveland, OH

            To be Announced

Posters (Group 2)                 (Foyer)                                          10:00 – 11:00

Talk 4                                                                                                  11:00 – 12:00

          Elizabeth Gould

      Department of Psychology

              Princeton University

              Princeton, NJ

               “Adult Neurogenesis in the Mammalian Brain”

Lunch                                       Room Tropimar C                              12:00 –1:30

Workshop                                Room Tropimar B                                1:30 – 3:00

             John Williams

Oregon Health Sciences University

Portland, Oregon

             “Recording in Brain Slices, Pitfalls and Highlights”

            R. Suzanne Zukin

            Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Department of Neuroscience    

Bronx, NY

“Molecular cascades from neuronal insult to neuronal death:

ischemia in brain slices”

Posters (Group 2), Coffee Break                                                   3:00 – 4:00

Chapter Business Meeting                                                       4:00 – 4:30

Student Meeting                   Room Vista del Mar                        4:30 – 6:00

Levon Parker, Minority and Special Concerns Program Officer and Director, Summer Program in the Neurological Sciences

            Constance Atwell, Ph.D., Associate Director for Extramural Research National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

            Ernest Márquez, Ph.D., Associate Director for Special Populations, National Institute of Mental Health

            Michael Sesma, Ph.D., Chief of the Mental Health Research Scientist Program, National Institute of Mental Health

            Pedro J. Morales, J.D., Assistant Director for Outreach and Recruitment, Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity Management, National Institutes of Health

            Session will be about research training and funding opportunities at the NIH.

                        * Summer Internships

                        * Predoctoral and Postdoctoral fellows

                        * Research Training Opportunities for Recent College Graduates

                        * The NIH Academy

                        * Support for the Combined M.D.-Ph.D. Degree

* NIH Programs and Initiatives to help Increase Diversity in Biomedical Research

Faculty Session                        Room Coral C                                 4:30- 6:00

“A Neuroscience Training Grant in Puerto Rico?”

An informal discussion will be led by Dr. Gregory Quirk to brainstorm for a future multi-institutional (Island-wide) training grant for graduate students (and possibly post-docs) in Neuroscience.  All are welcome to attend.

Closing Reception                Room Vista del Mar                         6:00 – 9:00