Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
June 26 - July 16, 2009
This laboratory/lecture course is intended for researchers at all levels from beginning graduate students through established primary investigators who want to use Drosophila as an experimental system for nervous system investigation. The three-week course is divided into the study of development, physiology/function and behavior. Daily seminars introduce students to a variety of research topics and develop those topics by including recent experimental contributions and outstanding questions in the field. Guest lecturers bring original preparations for viewing and discussion and direct laboratory exercises and experiments in their area of interest. The course provides students with hands-on experience using a variety of experimental preparations that are used in the investigation of current neurobiological questions. The lectures and laboratories will focus on both the development of the nervous system and its role in controlling larval and adult behaviors. In addition to an exposure to the molecular genetic approaches available in Drosophila, students will learn a variety of techniques including: embryo in situ hybridization, labeling of identified neurons, electrophysiology (intracellular recording and patch clamping), optical imaging of neuronal activity, and the analysis of larval and adult behavior. Collectively, the course will provide a comprehensive and practical introduction to modern experimental methods for studying the Drosophila nervous system.
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2009 Speakers to be announced Last year's lecturers included:
Cori Bargmann, The Rockefeller University
Richard Benton, University of Lausanne
Heather Broihier, Case Western University
Vivian Budnik, University of Massachusetts
John Carlson, Yale University
Sarah Certel, Harvard Medical School
Yick-Bun Chan, Harvard Medical School
David Deitcher, Cornell University
Josh Dubnau, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Aki Ejima, Brandeis University
Tanja Godenschwege, Florida Atlantic University
Stephen Goodwin, University of Glasgow
Wesley Grueber, Columbia University
Randall Hewes, University of Oklahoma
Gregory Jefferis, MRC LMB
Haig Keshishian, Yale University
Edward Kravitz, Harvard Medical School
Cheng-Yu Lee, University of Michigan, Life Sciences Institute
Edwin Levitan, University of Pittsburgh
Dennis Mathew, Yale University
Jill Penn, Harvard Medical School
Adrian Rothenfluh, UCSF
Dinara Shakiryanova, University of Pittsburgh
Stephan Sigrist, University of Würzburg
Sean Speese, University of Massachusetts
Glenn Turner, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Troy Zars, University of Missouri
J. Lynn Zimmerman, University of Maryland Baltimore County
John Zimmerman, University of Pennsylvania
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