Program

Monday, November 7th, 2011:
Is Plasticity relevant in vivo?

9.05 – 9.10	Welcome
9.10 – 9.50 9.50 – 9.55 9.55 – 10.35 10.35 – 10.40	Huib Mansvelder, Neuroscience Campus, Amsterdam STDP in adult human synapses and modulation in disease Discussions Fred Wolf, Max-Planck-Institut, Göttingen Discussions
10.40 – 11.00	Coffee Break
11.00 – 11.40 11.40 – 11.45 11.45 – 12.25 12.25 – 12.30	Rob Froemke, NYU, New York *Long-term cortical synaptic plasticity improves sensory perception* Discussions Henning Sprekeler, Humboldt University zu Berlin, Institute for Theoretical Biology Balancing excitation and inhibition with inhibitory plasticity Discussions
12.30 – 14.00	Lunch
14.00 – 14.40 14.40 – 14.45 14.45 – 15.25 15.25 – 15.30	John Lisman, Brandeis University, Waltham, USA LTP—-Solved and Unsolved Problems about this Memory Mechanism Discussions Wulfram Gerstner, EPFL, Lausanne Modeling Synaptic Plasticity across Multiple Timescales Discussions
15.30 – 15.50	Coffee Break
15.50 – 16.30 16.30 – 16.35 16.35 – 17.15 17.15 – 17.20	Jason Kerr, MPI Tubingen, Germany *Changing a visual cortex neuron’s outlook using in vivo STDP: rules of engagement* Discussions Klaus Pawelzik, University of Bremen, Institute of Theoretical Neurophysics *Synaptic Learning as Dynamic Filter* Discussions
17.20	Break and later dinner

Tuesday, November 8th, 2011:
Role of Neuromodulation and Reward

9.00 – 9.40 9.40 – 9.45 9.45 – 10.25 10.25 – 10.30	Wolfram Schultz, University of Cambridge, UK Neuronal correlates for basic terms of reward prediction, reinforcement learning and value updating. Discussions Yonatan Loewenstein, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Covariance-based synaptic plasticity and the dynamics of reinforcement learning Discussions
10.30 – 11.00	Coffee Break
11.00 – 11.40 11.40 – 11.45 11.45 – 12.25 12.25 – 12.30	Eugene Izhikevich, Braincorporation, San Diego, California Reward-modulated STDP Discussions Walter Senn, University of Berne STDP modulated by global signals: the more factors, the better Discussions
12.30 – 14.00	Lunch
14.00 – 14.40 14.40 – 14.45 14.45 – 15.25 15.25 – 15.30	Guo-Quiang Bi, University of Science and Technology of China Modulation of Synaptic Plasticity Discussions Andrew Barto, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Closed-Loop Learning Rules Discussions
15.30 – 15.50	Coffee Break
15.50 – 16.20 16.20 – 16.25 16.25 – 17.05 17.05 – 17.10 17.10 – 17.50 17.50 – 17.55	Nicolas Fremaux, EPFL Lausanne Functional Requirements for Reward-modulated STDP Discussions Harel Shouval, University of Texas, Houston Learning Reward Timing Using Reinforced Expression of Synaptic Plasticity Discussions James Di Carlo, MIT, Boston Title Discussions
17.55	Break and later dinner

Wednesday, November 9th, 2011:
Getting detailed

9.00 – 9.40 9.40 – 9.45 9.45 – 10.25 10.25 – 10.30	Jesper Sjöström, UCL London Synaptic Plasticity in Cortical Circuits Discussions Carson C. Chow, University of Pittsburgh Calcium time course as a signal for spike timing-dependent plasticity Discussions
10.30 – 11.00	Coffee Break
11.00 – 11.40 11.40 – 11.45 11.45 – 12.25 12.25 – 12.30	Jack Mellor, Bristol University, School of Physiology and Pharmacology Regulation of postsynaptic excitability by muscarinic receptors and the facilitation of synaptic plasticity Discussions Nicolas Brunel, CNRS and University of Paris A calcium-based plasticity model explains sensitivity of synaptic changes to spike pattern, rate and dendritic location Discussions
12.30 – 13.40	Lunch
13.40 – 14.10 14.10 – 14.15 14.15 – 14.55 14.55 – 15.00	Jean-Pascal Pfister, University of Berne A triplet STDP model generalizes the BCM rule to higher-order spatio-temporal correlations Discussions Upinder Bhalla, ncbs, Bangalore, India Orchestrating learning: signaling across scales in synaptic plasticity Discussions
15.00	Free time (hike in the hills or go downtown Marseille)

Thursday, November 10th, 2011:
Plasticity for Memory

9.00 – 9.40 9.40 – 9.45 9.45 – 10.25 10.25 – 10.30	Mate Lengyel, University of Cambridge, UK The morning after: the consequences of synaptic plasticity for memory retrieval Discussions Paul Miller, Brandeis University, Waltham, USA Memory, associations and solving cognitive tasks by plasticity in randomly connected neural circuits Discussions
10.30 – 11.00	Coffee Break
11.00 – 11.40 11.40 – 11.45 11.45 – 12.25 12.25 – 12.30	Stefano Fusi, Columbia University, New York A multi-stage memory model: the computational advantage of memory consolidation processes Discussions Christian Leibold, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München *Synaptic Tagging, Evaluation of Memories, and the Distal Reward Problem* Discussions
12.30 – 14.00	Lunch
14.00 – 14.40 14.40 – 14.45 14.45 – 15.25 15.25 – 15.30	Dominique Debanne, UnivMed, Marseille *Activity-dependent regulation of intrinsic excitability in hippocampal neurons: Hebbian plasticity and homeostatic regulation* Discussions Mark van Rossum, University of Edinburgh Stochastic approaches to plasticity Discussions
15.30 – 16.00	Coffee Break
16.00 – 16.40 16.40 – 16.45 16.45 – 17.15 17.15 – 17.20	Ole Paulsen, University of Cambridge, UK Role of NMDA receptors in Hebbian and non-Hebbian cortical synaptic plasticity Discussions Matthieu Gilson (replacing A. Burkitt), RIKEN Brain Science Institute Spike-timing-dependent plasticity in recurrently connected networks Discussions
17.20	Break and later dinner
21.00	Evening Talk: Henry Markram, EPFL, Lausanne Plasticity of the Neocortical Microcircuitry

Friday, November 11th, 2011:
Cerebellar Plasticity

9.00 – 9.40 9.40 – 9.45 9.45 – 10.25 10.25 – 10.30	Carole Levenes, CNRS and University of Paris The control of cerebellar long-term depression by NMDA receptors of mature Purkinje cells Discussions Mariano Casado, ENS, Paris Presynaptic NMDA receptors as burst detectors. How the biophysical properties of a receptor define a plasticity rule Discussions
10.30 – 11.00	Coffee Break
11.00 – 11.30 11.30 – 11.35 11.35– 12.15 12.15– 12.20	Claudia Clopath, CNRS and University of Paris Storage of correlated patterns in binary Purkinje cell models Discussions Christian Hansel, University of Chicago Calcium-dependent plasticity in cerebellar Purkinje cells Discussions
12.30	Lunch