Hoover: Would you kindly post the enclosed announcement on CVNet? Thanks
David Copenhagen
FASEB Summer Research Conference: Retinal Neurobiology and Visual Processing
July 13-18, 1996
Saxtons River . Vermont
Dear Fellow Scientist:
Under the auspices of the Federation of American Societies for
Experimental Biology, we have organized a six day summer research
conference on retinal neurobiology and visual processing. This meeting will
take place in Saxtons River, Vermont, at the Vermont Academy from July 13
to July 18, 1996. We would like to invite you and any other interested
scientists to the meeting. Graduate students and postdoctoral fellows are
encouraged to attend.
The attached schedule lists the topics and speakers. The formal
scientific program consists of 9 separate thematic sessions plus poster
sessions. Invited speakers present their work in the platform sessions, and
both speakers and participants are encouraged to present posters. The
platform sessions are held mornings and evenings. The selection of topics
and speakers gave consideration to having a good mix of contemporary areas
of investigation and to inclusion of speakers who specifically did not give
platform presentations at the 1994 FASEB meeting on retina. The talks will
be about 30 to 40 minutes in duration and plenty of time is left for
questions from the audience. Posters are usually displayed for at least one
day to give adequate time to discuss them with the authors.
In addition, three informal workshops will be held in the
afternoons. Each workshop will consist of 4 brief "chalk talks". These
presentations should be 10-15 minutes in length, and introduce a current
topic for general discussion. At this point, we are soliciting ideas for
workshop topics. If you would like to propose a subject, volunteer a chalk
talk presentation, or offer to coordinate one of the workshops, please send
your ideas to Markus Meister, Harvard University, MCB Dept., 16 Divinity
Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138, email "meister@biosun.harvard.edu", fax (617)
495-9300.
To register for the meeting, please complete the application form
that can be obtained from the FASEB office or can be obtained from the
FASEB web site. The contact person is Adele Hewitt at FASEB Summer
Research Conferences, 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD, 20814-3998, e-mail
"ahewitt@osmc.faseb.org", phone (301) 530-7094, fax (301) 571-0650. FASEB
has a web page at http://www.faseb.org. Look under Summer Research
Conferences. Completed applications are forwarded from FASEB to the
organizing committee on a weekly basis. In the event that we have more
applicants than spaces for attendees we would have to accept participants
in the order of their applications. Please submit your applications at your
earliest convenience.
The conference fee is $465 for double occupancy housing. This includes
registration and lodging and meals at the meeting. Single occupancy room
rates are $530.
Sincerely,
David R. Copenhagen Peter Sterling Markus Meister
RETINAL NEUROBIOLOGY AND VISUAL PROCESSING
July 13-18, 1996
David Copenhagen, Chair
Peter Sterling, Vice Chair
Markus Meister, Vice Chair
14 July. (Morning) Visual Performance. M. Banks, S. Smirnakis, T.
Reuter, D. Brainard. (Evening) Signal Transduction and Modulation in
On-Bipolar Cells. S. Nawy, R. Duvoisin, L. Frishman.
15 July. (Morning) Mechanisms and Functions of Gap Junctional
Coupling. S. Mills, J. Schnapf, D. McMahon and R. Smith. (Evening) Insect
Vision; Ionic Channels to Machines. S. Laughlin, R. Hardie, A. Borst and N.
Franceschini
16 July (Morning) Synaptic Mechanisms in the Outer Plexiform Layer.
P. Witkovsky, D. Dixon, S. Barnes and R. Rao-Mirotznik. (Evening) Open
Topics: Speakers to be chosen from poster abstract submissions.
17 July. (Morning) GABAC Receptors. R. Enz, D. Zhang, H. Qian, T-L.
Wang (Evening) Synaptic Processes in the Inner Plexiform Layer. R.
Heidelberger, M. Wilson, P. Lukasiewicz
18 July. (Morning) Ecology of Vision. B. Chang, G. Buchsbaum, S.
McCarthy, E. Pugh
Informal workshops on selected topics will be organized during the
afternoons.
Vermont Academy
Vermont Academy is a private boarding school located in the foothills of
southeastern Vermont in the picturesque New England village of Saxtons
River. Vermont Academy is approximately 130 miles from Boston,
Massachusetts, and 110 miles from Hartford, Connecticut. Attendees may fly
to Boston Logan Airport and obtain a rental car to drive to the conference
or may reserve a space on the FASEB shuttle bus that leaves Logan Airport
at 2:30 PM on July 13, 1996. Arrangements can be made for a rental car at
Bradley International Airport, north of Hartford, but there is no shuttle
bus service from this airport.
The peaceful, serene atmosphere of a rural New England locale encourages
scientific interaction among the scientists during their free time. In
addition, there are many opportunities for other activities on the campus,
as well as in the surrounding area. A swimming pond, tennis courts,
gymnasium, track, hiking trails and other open areas are available for use
on or near the Academy grounds. Two 9-hole golf courses are located within
10-20 minutes of the Academy and canoeing is available on the Connecticut
River. Art galleries, craft and antique stores can be found in Saxtons
River as well as in nearby towns.
Participants are housed in dormitory rooms that are furnished with single
beds and can accommodate one or two paid participants. Each floor has one
or two communal bathrooms. A list of alternative housing will be provided
for those who do not wish to stay at the Academy.
David Copenhagen, Ph.D., Professor
Department of Ophthalmology
Box 0730
UCSF School of Medicine
Sna Francisco, CA 94143
Telephone: (415) 476-2527; Fax (415) 476-6289
e-mail: cope@phy.ucsf.edu