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