12th ANNUAL JULIUS MARMUR SYMPOSIUM

March 27, 2008

Schedule:

9:30 am
Breakfast Reception
3rd Floor Lecture Hall, Forchheimer Bldg.

10:00 am
Student Presentations & Awards Ceremony
3rd Floor Lecture Hall, Forchheimer Bldg.

2:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Poster Session and Reception
Lubin Dining Hall

Congratulations to Boris Heifets!!! Boris is one of the 2008 recipients of the Julius Marmur Research Awards. His abstract was entitled "Molecular mechanisms for a novel form of coincidence detection at inhibitory synapses in the brain." He completed his Ph.D. thesis research in the laboratory of Pablo E. Castillo, M.D., Ph.D. in the Department of Neuroscience. Boris will present a talk at the Marmur Symposium on Thursday March 27, 2008 at 9:30 AM in theForchheimer 3rd Floor Lecture Hall.

Chevaleyre V*, Heifets BD*, Kaeser PS, Südhof TC, Castillo PE. Endocannabinoid-mediated long-term plasticity requires cAMP/PKA signaling and RIM1alpha. Neuron. 2007 Jun 7; 54(5):801-12.
*Contributed equally.

The Julius Marmur Research Awards Symposium is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Julius Marmur, a beloved member of the Einstein faculty for 38 years. It honors the outstanding accomplishments of the Einstein Graduate Students.