University of Glasgow Meeting, 7-9 April 1999

Themed Meeting, centred around: "Complex Protein Assemblies as Molecular Machines"

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Meeting Programme

Wednesday 7 April/ Thursday 8 April 1999

Neuroscience Group Colloquium:
Membrane Signalling Complexes

Organiser:
T. Sihra (London)
S. Moss (London)
Speakers:
09.00 R. Huganir (Baltimore)
Organisation of synaptic structure in the brain
09.55 M. Sheng (Massachusetts)
The molecular organization of the post-synaptic membrane in excitatory synapses
10.40 Coffee
11.00 Society Medal Lecture
12.10 S. Grant (Edinburgh)
Mouse mutant analysis an NMDA receptor - PSD95 complex in synaptic plasticity and learning
12.55 H. Betz (Max-Planck Institute, Frankfurt)
13.40 Lunch
Gephyrin and its partners: multifunctional organiser proteins of post-synaptic membrane specialisations
14.40 S. Moss (London)
Synaptic targeting and regulation of ionotropic GABA receptors
15.25 F. Marshall (GlaxoWellcome)
Heterodimerisation of GABAB receptors
16.10 Discussion
16.30 Poster Session
Speakers:
09.00 W. Catterall (Washington)
Interaction of calcium channels and SNARE proteins in neurotransmitter release
09.45 O. Dolly (London)
Building K-channels
10.30 Coffee
11.00 Society Medal Lecture
12.10 P. Worley (Baltimore)
Immediate early gene modulation of synaptic function; Homer and metabotrophic signalling
12.55 S. Foord (Glaxo Wellcome, UK)
RAMPs: single transmembrane proteins regulating CGRP and adrenomedullin receptors
13.40 Lunch
14.40 J. Scott (Oregan)
Neuronal targeting of kinases and phosphatases
15.25 P. Allen (Rockefeller)
Protein phosphatase control in the dendrite
16.10 S. Arkinstall (Geneva)
Inactivation of MAP kinases by dual specificity phosphatases
16.55 Discussion & Poster Session
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