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James S. McDonnell Foundation 21st Century Science Initiative
2005 Program Meeting
Matters of Consequence
June 6-8, IBM Palisades Conference Center
http://ibmpalisades.dolce.com/
Agenda
 
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Sunday, June 5

   
     
  6:30 -- 9:00 p.m. Dinner
    Advisory Board Members and JSMF staff
     
Monday, June 6
   
     
  8:30 -- 12:00 noon Brain Cancer Advisory Board Meeting (Closed Session)
     
  8:30 -- 12:00 noon Complex Systems Advisory Board Meeting (Closed Session)
 
 

BEGINNING OF PROGRAM MEETING
 
The events described below are open to all meeting participants. Program Advisors and all Program Meeting participants are welcome.
 
 

Monday, June 6

 

12:00 noon

Opening Lunch

 

1:30-5:00 pm

Session I, Levels Matter

 

Moderator:

Carl Craver, Washington University

 
 

1:30 - 1:45 pm

Introduction, Susan Fitzpatrick

 
 

1:45-2:00 pm

Introductory Remarks, Carl Craver

 
 

2:00-2:30 pm

Lynda Chin, Dana-Farber Cancer Center

    Trees and Forests: From Genome to Gene to GBM patients
 
 

2:45-3:00 pm

Break

 
 

3:00-3:30 pm

Wayne Getz, University of California - Berkeley

    The Group or the Individual? Every Epidemic has its Typhoid Mary!
 
 

3:45-4:15 pm

Scott Small, Columbia University

    Finding molecular needles in neuronal haystacks:Isolating molecular defects underlying brain dysfunction
 
 

4:30-5:00 pm

Discussion

 

6:30-9:00pm

Reception and Dinner

 
 

Tuesday, June 7

 

7:30- 8:30 a.m.     Breakfast

   

8:30-12 noon

Session II, Context Matters

 

Moderator:

Sean Morrison, University of Michigan

     
 

8:45-9:00

Introductory Remarks, Sean Morrison

     
 

9:00-9:30 am

Beatriz Caputto, National University of Cordoba

    To grow or not to grow: Is Fos the question?
 
 

9:45-10:00 am

Break

 
 

10:00-10:30 am

Ehud Meron, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

    Universal vs. context-dependent aspects of ecosystem dynamics: Looking at Drylands
 
 

10:45-11:15 am

Riitta Salmelin, Helsinki University of Technology

    What were you expecting? Cortical effects of expectation and its breakdown in language perception
 
 

11:30-12 noon

Discussion

 

12:00 noon

Lunch

   

1:30-5:00pm

Session III, Collaboration Matters

 

Moderator:

David Gutmann, Washington University

 
 

1:45-2:00 pm

Introductory Remarks, David Gutmann

 
 

2:00-3:30 pm

Panel Presentations

 
    Isabel Gauthier. Vanderbilt University
 
    Steve Lansing, Santa Fe Institute
 
    Ary Goldberger, Harvard University Medical School
 
    Jam Ghajar, Brain Trauma Foundation
 
    David Gutmann, Washington University
 
 

3:30-4:00 pm

Break

 
 

4:00-4:30 pm

Discussion

 

6:00-7:00pm

Poster Session/Reception

 

7:30-9:30pm

Dinner

 
 

Wednesday, June 8

 

7:30- 8:30 a.m.     Breakfast

   

8:30-12 noon

Session IV, Feedback Matters

 

Moderator:

Kia Nobre, University of Oxford

 
 

8:45-9:00 am

Introductory Remarks, Kia Nobre

 
 

9:00-9:30 am

Jonathan Wolpaw, New York State Dept. of Health

    What the Brain Does
 
 

9:45-10:00 am

Break

 
 

10:00-10:30 am

John Tyson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute

    Sniffers, Buzzers, Toggles and Blinkers: Feedback Control in Biological Signaling Pathways
 
 

10:45-11:15 am

Hideho Okada, University of Pittsburgh

    Fighting tolerance: Provoking inflammatory responses with brain tumor immunotherapy
 
 

11:30-12 noon

Discussion

   
12:00 noon Closing Lunch
   
   
END OF PROGRAM MEETING


 
   
Wednesday, June 8  
     
12:00 -- 5:00 p.m. Brain, Mind and Behavior Advisory Board Meeting (Closed Session)
     
   

 

 


 
   
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