Agenda

Monday May 18th

8:30-9:00 AM: Registration.

9:00-9:20 AM: Introduction to Cortical Evolution Conference.

Session 1: Cellular evolution: Anatomy and evolution of cortical areas.

Chair: John Rubenstein.

9:20-10:00 AM: Javier de Felipe; Cajal Institute, Spain.
Pinckney-Harmon Lecture, sponsored by the Cajal Club. Introduced by Chuck Ribak.
The human nature of the human brain.

10:20-10:40 AM: Jon Kaas; Vanderbilt University, USA.
The evolution of cortical networks for specific actions in primates.

10:40 AM-11:20 AM: Leah Krubitzer; University of California, Davis, USA.
Cortical plasticity within and across lifetime.

11:20-11:50 AM: Coffee break.

11:50-12:30 PM: Gordon Shepherd; Yale School of Medicine, USA.
Principles of cortical microcircuits: their origin, evolution, and function.

12:30-1:10 PM: André Goffinet; Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium.
Axon guidance and neuron migration.

1:10-2:30 PM: Lunch break.

Session 2: Evo-Devo II: Comparative studies of cortical form and function.

Chair: Zoltan Molnar.

2:30-3:10 PM: John Rubenstein; University of California, San Francisco, USA.
Enhancer activity patterns as elemental units of the cortical protomap.

3:10-3:50 PM: Franck Polleux; Columbia University, USA.
Human-specific modifiers of cortical circuits.

3:50-4:30 PM: Luis Puelles ; University of Murcia, Spain.
Novel genoarchitectonic data suggest homology of the mammalian claustro-insular complex with the avian lateral pallium.

4:30-5:00 PM: Coffee break.

5:00-6:00 PM: Short talks (#1-3).

6:00-6:30 PM: Poster Session 1 (Posters 1 to 15).

7:00 PM: Welcome Cocktail (Ayuntamiento – City Hall).

Tuesday May 19th

Session 3: Evo-Devo I: Comparative studies of cortical form and function.

Chair: Jon Kaas.

9:00-9:40 AM: Pasko Rakic; Yale University, USA.
Neuronal migration and neocortical elaboration.

9:40-10:20 AM: Zoltan Molnar; University of Oxford, UK.
Evolution of cortical development.

10:20-11:00 AM: Suzana Herculano-Houzel; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Like crumpled paper balls: the evolution of cortical surface area, thickness and gyrification.

11:00-11:30 AM: Coffee break.

11:30-12:10 PM: Georg Striedter; University of California, Irvine, USA.
Evolution of the pallium: Conservation versus change in structure, function, and development.

12:10-12:50 PM: Robert Hevner; Seattle Children's Research Institute, USA.
Development and Evolution of the Dentate Gyrus: A Moveable Niche.

1:00-2:30 PM: Lunch break.

Session 4: Evo-Devo II: Comparative studies of cortical form and function.

Chair: Arturo Alvárez-Buylla.

2:30-3:10 PM: Arnold Kriegstein; University of California, San Francisco, USA.
Genetic features of human cortical development that bears on evolution.

3:10-3:50 PM: Stephen Noctor; University of California, Davis, USA.
Role of microglia in the evolution of the mammalian cortex.

3:50-4:30 PM: Barbara Finlay; Cornell University, USA.
Progressive change in the organization of the cerebral cortex with increasing area and neuron number.

4:30-5:00 PM: Coffee break.

5:00-6:00 PM: Short talks (#4-6).

6:00-6:30 PM: Poster Session 2 (Posters 16 to 30).

Wednesday May 20th

Session 5: Proliferation I: The role of cell genesis in cortical evolution

Chair: Stephen Noctor.

9:00-9:40 AM: Arturo Alvarez-Buylla; University of California, San Francisco, USA.
Long-Range Postnatal Neuronal Migration in the Infant Brain.

9:40-10:20 AM: Collette Dehay; Inserm, France.
Integrated mechanisms regulating primate corticogenesis.

10:20-11:00 AM: Wieland Huttner; Max Planck Institute, Germany.
Neural stem cells and progenitor cells and neocortex expansion in development and evolution.

11:00-11:30 AM: Coffee break.

11:30-12:10 PM: Verónica Martínez-Cerdeño; University of California, Davis, USA.
Evolutionary development of the subventricular zone.

12:10-12:50 PM: John Parnavelas; University College of London, UK.
Plexin A receptors in cortical interneuron migration and development.

1:00-2:30 PM: Lunch break.

Session 6: Proliferation II: The role of cell genesis in cortical evolution.

Chair: Verónica Martínez Cerdeño.

2:30-3:10 PM: Nenad Sestan; Yale University, USA.
Development and Evolution of Neocortical Projection Systems.

3:10 -3:50 PM: Miguel Marín Padilla; Geisel School of Medicine of Dartmouth, Hanover, USA.
Honorary Lecture.
The Golgi (method) reaction.

4:00-4:30 PM: Coffee break.

4:30-5:30 PM: Round table.
Pasko Rakic (chair), Stephen Noctor, Arturo Álvarez-Buylla, Wieland Huttner, Arnold Kriegstein.

5:30-6:00 PM: Poster Session 3 (Posters 31 to 46).

6:30 PM: Closing dinner (Restaurante El Cardenal).

Agenda

Speakers

Registration

Payment

Abstracts

Posters

Publications

J. of Comparative Neurology

Accommodations

Hotels

Traveling to Toledo

Transportation

Conference Center

El Alcázar

Activities

Tourism