Example Schedule:

Date Morning Session Afternoon Session

TBD

Overview of excitability (Rosenthal)

Lab Rotations: Molecular Biology od Synapses

Overview of synapse (Rosenthal)

Lab Rotations: Molecular Biology od Synapses

Neurotransmitter Release and the Squid Giant Synapse (Morgan)

Afternoon Off

Vesicle Endocytosis at Squid Synapses (Morgan)

Lab Rotation: Imaging Synapses

Synaptic Vesicle Clustering (Morgan)

Lab Rotation: Imaging Synapses

Postsynaptic Receptors (Rosenthal)

Lab Rotations: Choose Independent Projects

Neuromuscular Junction (Rosenthal)

Independent Projects

Synaptic Plasticity - Part 1 (LTP/LTD) (Morgan)

Afternoon Off

Synaptic Plasticity - Part 2 (Rosenthal)

Independent Projects

Synapse Regeneration (Morgan)

Team Meeting and Project Discussion

Synapse Regeneration (Morgan)

Independent Projects

Modeling Parkinson’s Disease at Lamprey Synapses (Morgan)

Independent Projects

SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATION SKILLS WORKSHOP (Morgan)

Independent Projects)

Synaptic plasticity - Part 2:

Afternoon Off

Synaptic homeostasis

Preparation Final Presentations

Synapse development:

Finish Independent Projects

Group Consultations with Instructors

Wrap up session and celebration