Berlin Autumn School LEARNING AND MEMORY, Oct 11-13, 2004

[Richard Kempter]

          Announcement, program, and call for participation:

                        Berlin Autumn School

                        LEARNING AND MEMORY: 
  MOLECULAR MECHANISMS - CELLULAR PROCESSES - MATHEMATICAL MODELS

                        October 11-13, 2004 
                          Berlin, Germany

Learning and memory are central ingredients for proper biological
function in changing environments. Both processes are of particular
importance for neuroscience but they also play a significant role in
other biological disciplines. This autumn school focuses on the basic
molecular and cellular processes underlying learning and memory in
neural systems, with emphasis on synaptic plasticity. Experimental
approaches will be discussed in close relation with the corresponding
mathematical models, both at an introductory level. The last day of
the school will bridge between the physiological and behavioral level
and also touch on learning and memory in the immune system.


PROGRAM

Monday, October 11:

 8:30 -  9:00   Arrival 

 9.00 -  9:15   Opening of the Autumn School

 9.15 - 10.45   Dietmar Schmitz (NWFZ, Charite)
                Cellular processes of learning and memory:                                     
                Development & current state  of concepts and experiments (I)                       

11.15 - 12.45   Andreas Herz (ITB, HU Berlin)
                Modelling short-term synaptic plasticity 
                with differential equations and iterated maps (I)

15.15 - 16.45   Dietmar Kuhl (Neurobiology, FU Berlin)
                Molecular and cellular mechanisms of learning and memory (I)

17.15 - 18.45   Hanspeter Herzel (ITB, Charite)
                Modelling molecular signal transduction chains and networks

19.00 -         Reception and Dinner


Tuesday, October 12:

 9.15 - 10.45   Dietmar Schmitz (NWFZ, Charite)
                Cellular processes of learning and memory:
                Development & current state of concepts and experiments (II)

11.15 - 12.45   Andreas Herz (ITB, HU Berlin)
                Modelling short-term synaptic plasticity 
                with differential equations and iterated maps (II)

15.15 - 16.45   Dietmar Kuhl (Neurobiology, FU Berlin)
                Molecular and cellular mechanisms of learning and memory (II)

17.15 - 18.45   Laurenz Wiskott (ITB, HU Berlin)
                Modelling learning and memory: The systems level


Wednesday, October 13:

 9.15 - 10.15   Dietmar Schmitz (NWFZ, Charite)
                Short- and long-term plasticity of the mossy fiber synapse

10.15 - 11.15   Richard Kempter (ITB, HU Berlin)
                Hippocampal plasticity: Learning behavioral sequences

11.45 - 12.45   Andreas Radbruch (DRFZ, Berlin)
                Learning and memory in the immune system

15.15 - 16.15   Gerd Kempermann (Max Delbrueck Center, Berlin)
                Adult neurogenesis

16.15 - 17.15   Livia de Hoz (Neurophysiology, Charite)
                Memory consolidation

17.45 - 19.15   Andreas Herz (ITB, HU Berlin)
                The Hebbian memory trace: New insight from bee olfaction


LOCATION: Lecture Hall 12, Department of Biology, 
Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin, Invalidenstrasse 43, 10115 Berlin-Mitte.  


REGISTRATION: E-mail to Richard Kempter before October 4:  

                r.kempter at biologie.hu-berlin.de 

The registration fee of 30 Euro (students 15 Euro) is to be paid upon arrival 
and includes the buffet on Monday (Oct 11) evening.
For details, please visit: 

                http://itb.biologie.hu-berlin.de/events/memory.html

PDF poster of this announcement:
http://itb.biologie.hu-berlin.de/~kempter/berlin_autumn_school/learning_and_memory_2004.pdf

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The autumn school on "Learning and Memory" is organized by the 
DFG Collaborative Research Center ("Sonderforschungsbereich", SFB 618)  
"Theoretical Biology: Robustness, Modularity, and Evolutionary Design of Living Systems"
Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin
Department of Biology
Invalidenstrasse 43
10115 Berlin, Germany
http://www.biologie.hu-berlin.de/forschung/SFB_618/