EMBO Workshop The programme for this event was reviewed and approved by the EMBO Course Committee. Mechanisms of neuronal remodelling 22–26 March 2014 | Kibbutz Ein-Gedi | Israel Program Book A Member of the Roche Group http://events.embo.org/14-neuronal-remodelling This EMBO Workshop is cofunded by the Israeli Science Foundation, the Mizarchi Foundation and is also the 43rd Katzir centre supported conference PROGRAM Saturday, 22 March, 2014 16:00-20:00 Arrival & Registration 18:00 Dinner 20:00-20:15 Opening Remarks 20:15-21:15 Liqun Luo, Stanford University / HHMI Wiring specificity in the fly olfactory circuit 21:30-23:00 Welcome Cocktail Sunday 23 March, 2014 8:00-9:00 Breakfast Chair: Graeme Davis 9:00-9:30 Yuh-Nung Jan, UCSF / HHMI Molecular mechanisms of axon and dendrite remodeling 9:30-10:00 Catherine Collins, University of Michigan Studies of Wallerian degeneration in vivo: roles for membrane potential and the synapse 10:00-10:30 Alvaro Sagasti, UCLA Skin cells regulate the morphogenesis and maintenance of sensory axon endings 10:30-10:45 Maya Shelly, Stony Brook University Molecular mechanisms of dendrite formation during embryonic neuronal development 10:45-15:00 Float on the Dead Sea & light lunch Chair: Dietmar Schmucker 15:00-15:30 Thomas Misgeld, Technical University Munich Structural and functional axon dynamics after spinal cord contusion 15:30-16:00 Florence Bareyre, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich Molecular regulation of axonal remodeling following spinal cord injury 16:00-16:30 Graeme Davis, UCSF The stable brain: homeostatic control of synaptic transmission and ion channel abundance 16:30-16:45 Elva Diaz, UC Davis SynDIG1 promotes synapse remodeling but limits plasticity during development in vivo 16:45-17:30 Coffee break Chair: Catherine Collins 17:30-18:00 Jean-Maurice Dura, CNRS, Montpellier The nuclear receptor regulatory module is required for Drosophila axon pruning and memory 2 18:00-18:30 Melissa Rolls, Penn State University Dendrites degenerate and regenerate using different machinery than axons 18:30-18:45 Nicolas Loncle, King’s College Branch severing during pruning is controlled by the ESCRT III scission machinery 18:45-20:00 Dinner 20:00-21:00 Eric Courchesne, UCSD Autism is prenatal: new genetic and neural evidence points to prenatal beginnings and implications for early detection 21:00-23:00 Posters and drinks Monday 24 March, 2014 5:00-5:30 Early coffee 5:30-9:00 Visit of Masada 9.00-10:00 Breakfast Chair: Yuh-Nung Jan 10:00-10:30 Marc Freeman, University of Massachusetts / HHMI Cellular and molecular mechanisms of axon degeneration 10:30-11:00 Benjamin Podbilewicz, Technion, Haifa How cell-cell fusion proteins sculpt and regenerate dendritic trees in C. elegans 11:00-11:15 Jean Livet, Institut de la Vision, Paris Comprehensive analysis of connectivity in a central nucleus 11:15-11:45 Coffee break Chair: Rosalind Segal 11:45-12:15 Mike Fainzilber, Weizmann Institute of Science RNA localization for neuronal growth regulation 12:15-12:45 Christine Holt, Cambridge University Local translation shapes axon terminals 12:45-13:00 Florence Besse, CNRS, Nice Imp promotes axonal remodeling by regulating profilin mRNA during brain development 13:00-15:15 Lunch & Break Chair: Marc Freeman 15:15-15:45 Beth Stevens, Harvard Pruning CNS synapses: an active role for glia and the complement cascade 15:45-16:15 Michal Schwarz, Weizmann Institute of Science The dialogue between the brain and the circulation at the choroid plexus plays a key role in brain physiology, ageing and pathology 3 16:15-16:30 Anna Gorelik, Weizmann Institute of Science Unorthodox activities of components of the complement pathway in regulation of radial neuronal migration 16:30-16:45 Kazuo Emoto, University of Tokyo Compartmentalized calcium transients in spatio-temporal regulation of dendrite remodeling 16:45-17:30 Coffee break Chair: Michal Schwarz 17:30-18:00 Oren Schuldiner, Weizmann Institute of Science A molecular switch in the transition between axon pruning and regrowth 18:00-18:30 Freda Miller, University of Toronto Mechanisms of translational repression in the embryonic cortex 18:30-18:45 Tal Burstyn-Cohen, Hebrew University Photoreceptor remodeling is mediated by TAM receptor signaling and is required for retinal homeostasis 18:45-20:00 Dinner 20:00-21:00 Rachel Wong, University of Washington Assembly, disassembly and reassembly of retinal circuits 21:00-23:00 Posters and drinks Tuesday 25 March, 2014 8:00-9:00 Breakfast Chair: Freda Miller 9:00-9:30 Dietmar Schmucker, VIB Vesalius Research Center Genetic analysis of growth cone sprouting and axon branching 9:30-10:00 Beatriz Rico, Institute for Neuroscience, Alicante FAK in neuronal cortical wiring and function 10:00-10:30 Rosalind Segal, Harvard There and back again: Target derived neurotrophins coordinate transcription and translation to prevent axonal degeneration 10:30-10:45 Tran Tracy, Rutgers University Plexin-A4 controls diverse cellular responses in developing mammalian neurons through distinct signaling domains 10:45-11:30 Coffee break Chair: Christine Holt 11:30-12:00 Leanne Godinho, Technical University Munich Local generation of interneurons in the zebrafish retina 4 12:00-12:30 Alex Kolodkin, John Hopkins / HHMI Molecular mechanisms underlying visual system neural connectivity 12:30-13:00 Hwai-Jong Cheng, UC Davis Axonal refinement in the visual system 13:00-13:15 Martin Munz, McGill University Patterned visual stimulation drives rapid structural and functional plasticity in the retinotectal projection 13:15-14:30 Lunch Chair: Alvaro Sagasti 14:30-15:00 Avraham Yaron, Weizmann Institute of Science Switching response: temporal regulation of axon guidance 15:00-15:30 Adi Mizrahi, Hebrew University Physiological maturation of adult born neurons in the mouse olfactory bulb 15:30-15:45 Simon Hippenmeyer, IST Vienna Unitary production and organization of excitatory neurons in the neocortex 15:45-16:00 David Miller, Vanderbilt University The degenerin family ion channel, UNC-8, promotes activity-dependent remodeling of GABAergic synapses in C. elegans 16:00-16:45 Coffee break 16:45-17:45 Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Rockefeller University Molecular mechanisms of axonal dismantling 17:45-18:00 Concluding remarks 18:00 Depart to desert Gala Wednesday 26 March, 2014 7:00-9:00 Breakfast 8:00 Depart for Jerusalem tour 9:00 Busses depart to Ben-Gurion Airport, Weizmann Institute of Science and Tel-Aviv 5 PARTICIPANT LIST Name Institute / Organisation / Company E-mail Stefanie Alber Weizmann Institute of Science stefanie.alber@weizmann.ac.il Christin Albus Weizmann Institute of Science christin.albus@weizmann.ac.il Ida Alyagor Weizmann Institute of Science idana@weizmann.ac.il Oshri Avraham Hebrew University Jerusalem oshri.avraham@mail.huji.ac.il Florence Bareyre Ludwig Maximilians University florence.bareyre@med.uni-muenchen.de Anthony Barnes Oregon Health and Sci Univ barnesan@ohsu.edu Oded Behar The Institute for Medical Research, The Hebrew University odedb@ekmd.huji.ac.il Florence Besse CNRS, Nice besse@unice.fr Bavat Bornstein Weizmann Institute of Science Bavat.Bornstein@weizmann.ac.il Kasia Bozek CAS-MPG Partner Institute for Computational Biology, Shanghai, China bozek@mpi-inf.mpg.de Peter Bradley Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich peter.bradley@med.uni-muenchen.de Michael Breckwoldt Institute of Neuroscience, Technical University Munich mbreckwoldt@web.de Monika Brill Institute of Neuronal Cell Biology, Technical University Munich monika.brill@lrz.tum.de Tal Burstyn-Cohen Hebrew University of Jerusalem talbu@ekmd.huji.ac.il Li Chen Penn State University luc156@psu.edu Hwai-Jong Cheng Center for Neuroscience, UC Davis hjcheng@ucdavis.edu Catherine Collins University of Michigan collinca@umich.edu Eric Courchesne UC San Diego ecourchesne1949@gmail.com Maayan Daniel Ben-Gurion University of the Negev maayandani@gmail.com Graeme Davis UCSF graeme.davis@ucsf.edu 6 Ivan de Curtis San Raffaele Scientific Institute and San Raffaele University, Italy decurtis.ivan@hsr.it Janusz Debski Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Poland jasio.ibb@gmail.com Mieke Degreef VIB - Vesalius research center, Belgium mieke.degreef@vib-kuleuven.be Elva Diaz UC Davis School of Medicine ediaz@ucdavis.edu Ella Doron Weizmann Institute of Science ella.doron@weizmann.ac.il Karin Dumstrei The EMBO Journal karin.dumstrei@embo.org Jean-Maurice Dura Institute of Human Genetics, CNRS, Montpellier jmdura@igh.cnrs.fr Britta Eggert Zentrum für Molekulare Neurobiologie Hamburg britta.eggert@zmnh.uni-hamburg.de Anna Emde Weizmann Institute of Science anna.emde@weizmann.ac.il Kazuo Emoto University of Tokyo emoto@biol.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp Peter Engerer Technical University Munich peter.engerer@lrz.tum.de Mike Fainzilber Weizmann Institute of Science mike.fainzilber@weizmann.ac.il Haya Falk The Hebrew University- Hadassah Medical School falkh@mail.huji.ac.il Konstantin Feinberg The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto feinberg.k@gmail.com Marc Freeman UMass Med School Marc.Freeman@umassmed.edu Roland Friedel Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai roland.friedel@mssm.edu Alessandro Furlan Karolinska Institute alessandro.furlan@ki.se Noga Gershoni-Emek Tel Aviv University noga.gershoni@gmail.com Mitrajit Ghosh Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research, Munich ghosh.mitrajit@gmail.com Shani Gluska Tel Aviv University sgluska@gmail.com Delphine Gobert Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University delphine.gobert@mail.mcgill.ca Leanne Godinho Technical University Munich leanne.godinho@lrz.tum.de Irena Gokhman Weizmann Institute of Science i.gokhman@weizmann.ac.il Ann Goldstein Cell Press/Neuron agoldstein@cell.com 7 Anna Gorelik Weizmann Institute of Science anna.gorelik@weizmann.ac.il Deisy Mariela Guiretti Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante dguiretti@umh.es Itai Gutman Weizmann Institute of Science itai.gutman@weizmann.ac.il Yoav Hadas Hebrew University yoavhadas@hotmail.com Baruch Haimson Hebrew University baruch.haimson@mail.huji.ac.il Simon Hippenmeyer Institute of Science and Technology Austria simon.hippenmeyer@ist.ac.at Christine Holt University of Cambridge ceh33@cam.ac.uk Mrinalini Hoon University of Washington mhoon@uw.edu Ausgustine Ibegbu Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria AOIBEGBU@YAHOO.COM Anne Jacobi Institute for Clinical Neuroimmunology, Munich Anne.Jacobi@med.uni-muenchen.de Yuh-Nung Jan HHMI/UCSF yuhnung.jan@ucsf.edu Suhela Kapoor National Brain Research Center, India suhela.kapoor@gmail.com Rashmit Kaur Department for Neurobiology, Vienna University, Vienna rashmitkaur2@gmail.com Avihu Klar Hebrew University avihu@cc.huji.ac.il Tatjana Kleele Technical University Munich Tatjana.Kleele@lrz.tum.de Neta Kollet Weizmann Institute of Science Neta.kollet@weizmann.ac.il Alex Kolodkin The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, HHMI kolodkin@jhmi.edu Katarzyna Lepeta Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology Polish Academy of Sciences klepeta@nencki.gov.pl Jean Livet Institut de la Vision, Paris jean.livet@inserm.fr Nicolas Loncle MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, King's College London nicolas.loncle@kcl.ac.uk Liqun Luo HHMI, Stanford University lluo2@stanford.edu Maria Magiera Institut Curie maria.magiera@curie.fr Maya Maor Weizmann Institute of Science maormaya@gmail.com Katie Matho Institut de la Vision, Paris katiematho@gmail.com 8 David Miller Vanderbilt University david.miller@vanderbilt.edu Freda Miller Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto fredam@sickkids.ca Adi Minis Weizmann Institute of Science adi.minis@weizmann.ac.il Thomas Misgeld Technical University Munich thomas.misgeld@lrz.tum.de Adi Mizrahi Hebrew University mizrahi.adi@mail.huji.ac.il Martin Munz Montreal Neurological Institute/McGill University martin.munz@mail.mcgill.ca Lukas Neukomm Neurobiology Department, UMass Medical School lukas.neukomm@umassmed.edu Eran Perlson Tel Aviv University eranpe@post.tau.ac.il Benjamin Podbilewicz Technion- Israel Institute of Technology podbilew@technion.ac.il Beatriz Rico Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, CSIC-UMH brico@umh.es Melissa Rolls The Pennsylvania State University mur22@psu.edu Nimrod Rotem Tel-Aviv University rotemni@gmail.com Sebastian Rumpf Institute of Neurobiology, University of Muenster sebastian.rumpf@uni-muenster.de Edward Ruthazer Montreal Neurological Institute/McGill University edward.ruthazer@mcgill.ca Yaara Saad Tel Aviv University yaarasaad@gmail.com Alvaro Sagasti UCLA sagasti@mcdb.ucla.edu Olga Sakharchuk Nencki institute of experimental biology PAN osakharc@nencki.gov.pl Hadas Sar Shalom Weizmann Istitute of Science hadas.j@gmail.com Benjamin Schattling ZMNH, Hamburg benjamin.schattling@zmnh.uni-hamburg.de Susanne Schmidt CRBM CNRS, Montpellier susanne.schmidt@crbm.cnrs.fr Dietmar Schmucker Vesalius Research Center, VIB Leuven, Belgium dietmar.schmucker@vib-kuleuven.be Oren Schuldiner Weizmann Institute of Science oren.schuldiner@weizmann.ac.il Michal Schwartz Weizmann Institute of Science Michal.Schwartz@weizmann.ac.il Rosalind Segal Harvard Medical School rosalind_segal@dfci.harvard.edu Uri Seroussi Tel Aviv University uriser@gmail.com 9 Vered Shacham Weizmann Institute of Science vered.shacham@weizmann.ac.il Maya Shelly Stony Brook University maya.shelly@stonybrook.edu Ana Maria Soto Prior-Boulanger CNRS, Montpellier ana.boulanger@igh.cnrs.fr Karen Nadiza Stanic Aguilera University of Concepción, Chile kstanic@udec.cl Beth Stevens Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School Beth.Stevens@childrens.harvard.edu Gohar Ter-Avetisyan Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin gohar.teravetisyan@mdc-berlin.de Marc Tessier-Lavigne The Rockefeller University marctl@mail.rockefeller.edu Wesley Thompson Texas A&M University wthompson@bio.tamu.edu Tracy Tran Rutgers University tstran@rutgers.edu Mengzhe Wang Technical University of Munich Mengzhe.Wang@lrz.tu-muenchen.de Darren Williams King's College London darren.williams@kcl.ac.uk Rachel Wong University of Washington wongr2@uw.edu Shiri Yaniv Weizmann Institute of Science shirit.yaniv@weizmann.ac.il Avraham Yaron Weizmann Institute of Science avraham.yaron@weizmann.ac.il Giuseppe Zaccai Institut Laue Langevin, France zaccai@ill.fr Eitan Erez Zahavi Sackler School for Medicine, Tel Aviv University automatic.ze@gmail.com Hongyan Jenny Zou Mount Sinai School of Medicine hongyan.zou@mountsinai.org 10 POSTER LIST Number Presenter Institution Title P1 Alyagor, I Weizmann Institute of Science Systematic approach to uncover the genetic program underlying axon regrowth during development P2 Avraham, O Hebrew University Motor and DRG axons serve as choice-points for the ipsilateral turning of dl3 axons P3 Barnes, A Oregon Health and Science University STRAD pseudokinases regulate morphogenesis in the developing cerebral cortex P4 Behar, O Hebrew University Astrogliosis induced by brain injury is regulated by Sema4B phosphorylation P5 Bornstein, B Weizmann Institute of Science The JNK pathway and the adhesion molecule Fasciclin 2 converge to regulate developmental pruning P6 Boulanger, A CNRS/ Montpellier Characterization of a novel gene involved in Drosophila mushroom body ƴ neuron remodeling P7 Bozek, K CAS/MPG Shanghai Role of lipidome in neural development and in autism P8 Bradley, P Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich The role of postsynaptic activity-related signaling in de novo synapse formation after spinal cord injury P9 Breckwoldt, M Technische Universität München Multi-parametric optical analysis of mitochondrial redox signals during neuronal physiology and pathology in vivo P10 Chen, L Penn State University Drp1 and caspases negatively regulate Nmnatmediated Trauma-Activated Neuroprotection (TANP) P11 Daniel, M Ben Gurion University of the Negev The effect of novel telomerase activators on tert regulation by specific miRNAS using in vitro and in vivo models: mouse motor neurons like cells and ALS mice P12 de Curtis, I San Raffaele University Functions of Rac1 and Rac3 GTPases during GABAergic interneuron maturation and dendritic spine development P13 Dębski, J Polish Academy of Science Phosphoproteomic profiling of Alzheimer diesease mouse model synaptosomes 11 Number Presenter Institution Title P14 Degreef, M Vesalius Research Center The role of cell surface receptors in the development and regeneration of the Xenopus tropicalis nervous system P15 Doror-Mandel, E Weizmann Institute of Science Differential subcellular regulation of importin β1 in nerve injury response P16 Eggert, B Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf Contribution of spatial redistribution of TRPM4 to inflammation-induced axonal degeneration P17 Emde, A Weizmann Institute of Science MicroRNA dysregulation in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis P18 Engerer, P Technische Universität München Uncoupling of mitosis and differentiation allows for fast and synchronous CNS development in vivo P19 Feinberg, K The Hospital for Sick Children Identification of new molecular mechanisms underlying axonal degeneration P20 Furlan, A Karolinska Institutet Unbiased classification of sensory neuron types by large-scale single-cell RNA sequencing P21 Gershoni-Emek, Tel Aviv University N microRNA transport in axons of motor neurons: implications in health and disease P22 Ghosh, M Ludwig-Maximilians-University Role of pericytes in maintenance of vascular architecture in CADASIL P23 Gluska, S Tel Aviv University Rabies virus exploits the p75NTR retrograde axonal transport machinery to accelerate its transport to the CNS P24 Gobert, D McGill University Role of TORC1 in dendritic development and excitatory synaptic maturation in vivo in the retinotectal system of Xenopus laevis P25 Guiretti, D Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante Characterization of a potential novel therapeutical tool to reverse histone hypoacetylation in neuropathologies P26 Gutman, I Weizmann Institute of Sciences Glia induce growth arrest of Drosophila α/β neurons through Myoglianin TGF-β P27 Hadas, Y Hebrew University Functional organization and activity patterns of spinal dorsal interneurons 1 (dI1) population P28 Haimson, B Hebrew University Deciphering the neuronal circuits that control patterned limbs versus wings movements in birds 12 Number Presenter Institution Title P29 Hoon, M University of Washington Development and maintenance of dendritic and axonal inhibitory synapses: selective effects of perturbed neurotransmission P30 Ibegbu, A Ahmadu Bello University Oxidative stress-induced effects on pattern and pattern formation in cortical B50 neuronal cells in culture P31 Jacobi, A Ludwig-Maximilians-University FGF signaling dependent synapse formation during injury-induced induced spinal remodelling P32 Kapoor, S National Brain Research Centre Neuronal remodelling using endogenous stem cells post ischemic injury: A multidisciplinary approach P33 Kaur, R Vienna University Molecular mechanisms coordinating sensory axon branching and targeting in the drosophila olfactory system P34 Kleele, T & Brill, M Technical University Munich Cellular mechanisms of neuromuscular synapse elimination P35 Kollet, N Weizmann Institute of Science Sprouting assay of primary dissociated Drosophila mushroom body neurons is instrumental in assessing intrinsic axon growth potential P36 Lepeta, K Polish Academy of Science MMP-9 3’UTR polymorphism and its role in the onset of schizophrenia. The role in the local translation P37 Magiera, M. M. Université Paris-Sud Role of tubulin polyglutamylation in neuronal survival P38 Maor-Nof, M Weizmann Institute of Science Axonal pruning is actively regulated by the microtubule - destabilizing protein kinesin superfamily protein 2A P39 Matho, K Institut de la Vision Comprehensive analysis of connectivity in a central nucleus P40 Minis, A Weizmann Institute of Science LKB1 couples axonal maintenance and energy homeostasis P41 Rotem, N Tel Aviv University High-Throughput screening for axonal RNAomes along the process of axon degeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis P42 Rumpf, S UCSF/ HHMI VCP and ubiquitin regulate dendrite pruning through a proteolysis-independent role in mRNA biogenesis 13 Number Presenter Institution Title P43 Saad, Y Tel-Aviv University Early growth enhancement and elevated apoptosis in neuronal cultures of transgenic flies expressing amyloid-beta 1-42 P44 Sakharchuk, O Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology The impact of matrix metalloproteinase 9 on alcohol-addiction related mouse behavior P45 Sar Shalom, H Weizmann Institute of Science Epigenetic control of axon elimination P46 Schmidt, S CNRS DOCK10 is a Rac1 and Cdc42 activator critical for dendritic spine morphogenesis P47 Shacham, V Weizmann Institute of Science, Phosphatidylserine exposure marks degenerating axons P48 Stanic, K Universidad de Concepción Chile Formation of the posterior commissure: a multistep journey of commissural axons P49 Ter-Avetisyan, G Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine Role of a cGMP-dependent signaling pathway in axonal branching of mesencephalic trigeminal neurons during the midbrain development P50 Thompson, W Texas A&M University Participation of glia in synapse elimination at the developing neuromuscular junction P51 Yaniv, S Weizmann Institute of Science Dissecting the role of nuclear receptors in developmental axon regrowth of mushroom body neurons P52 Zahavi, E Tel Aviv University Spatial-temporal receptors localization along the cell membrane as a novel sorting mechanism for long vs. local signaling P53 Zou, H Mount Sinai School of Medicine Differential phosphorylation of Smad1 integrates BMP and neurotrophin pathways through Erk/ Dusp in axon development 14 15