MEMORY DOGMAS REEXAMINED
Date: May 23, 2023
Location:
Center for Neural Science
Meyer Room 121
4 Washington Place
New York, NY 10003
PROGRAM
9:00 - 9:10 AM
Introduction
André Fenton (NYU)
9:10-11:15 AM
Session 1: Models of Memory
Chair and Moderator: Cristina Alberini (NYU)
Speakers
1. Kelsey Martin (Simons Foundation) Cell biology of synaptic plasticity: conserved mechanisms in memory
2. Tom Carew (NYU) Growth factors provide a molecular platform for pattern detection in memory formation in Aplysia
3. Eric Klann (NYU) The dogma of protein synthesis in memory consolidation
4. Xiao-Jing Wang (NYU) Does schema formation in a subspace of neural population dynamics underlie learning-to-learn?
BREAK 11:15-11:30 AM
11:30-1:30 PM
Session 2: Searching for the engram: Is there one at all?
Chair and Moderator: Yadin Dudai (NYU/Weizmann) & Tom Carew (NYU)
Speakers
1. Denise Cai (Mt. Sinai) The brain in motion: stability and flexibility of memory engrams across time and experience
2. André Fenton (NYU) Who’s in charge? Optogenetic stimulation elicits internally-generated discharge and memory
3. Lila Davachi (Columbia) The details matter: tracking dynamic changes in the 'engram' during and after event coding
4. Alex Williams (NYU) Remapping and drift of network representations in unchanging environments
LUNCH BREAK 1:30-2:30 PM
2:30-4:30 PM
Session 3: Memories are made of these
Chair and Moderator: György Buzsáki (NYU)
Speakers
1. Joseph LeDoux (NYU) Without memory there would be no mind
2. Todd Sacktor (SUNY) Memory and Thesus’ Ship: Continual KIBRA-PKMz interactions maintain LTP and long- term memory
3. Shane Liddelow: (NYU) The Astrocyte strikes back: how glial cells influence memory formation
4. Jayeeta Basu (NYU) Memory demand reduces representational drift to stabilize learned place maps
4:30-5:00 PM
Session 4: Synthesis Discussants
Cristina Alberini, György Buzsáki, Tom Carew, André Fenton
5:00 – 6:00 PM Reception
Meyer Room 102