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Applications of Gene Knockout Techniques
to Alcohol Research

Satellite Symposium to the 1998 Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience Sponsored by The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
  • Saturday, November 7, 1998
    8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
    Los Angeles Convention Center, Room 406 A & B
    Los Angeles, California, USA
Are you an expert on gene knockouts and looking for genetic-related brain disorders as research projects? Are you an investigator studying the molecular targets of alcohol and have an immediate need for gene knockouts? If so, this satellite symposium is designed for you. This symposium will introduce the most recent molecular genetic engineering techniques, including tissue-specific knockouts, inducible knockouts and the "hit and run" techniques. It will discuss how to apply these techniques successfully to explore the roles of various gene products in alcohol- induced brain dysfunctions and behaviors, and in the cause of alcoholism. Leading scientists in the gene knockout field, and alcohol researchers who either have already applied these techniques or have a need for knockouts are invited as speakers and discussants, in order to stimulate fruitful collaborations.

Program

  • Opening Remarks Enoch Gordis, Director, NIAAA, NIH
  • Session I Knockout Techniques
    • Alcino J. Silva UCLA, CA
      Unraveling the Cellular and Molecular Basis of Learning and Memory: The Role of Gene Targeting
    • Howard Federoff Univ. of Rochester, NY
      Somatic Mosaic Analysis in Mice: An Approach to Study Gene Product Function in the CNS
    • Lee Limbird Vanderbilt Univ., TN
      Gene Substitution Strategies Delineate the Role of the a2 Adrenergic Receptor Subtype in Mediating Central Effects of the Catecholamine, Norepinephrine and Epinephrine
  • Session II Applications of Knockout Techniques to Alcohol-related Research
    • Jeanne M. Wehner Univ. of Colorado, CO
      A Potential Role for g-Protein Kinase C in Regulating Behavioral and Physiological Effects of Alcohol
    • Gregg Homanics Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA
      Knockouts of GABAa Receptors and Alcohol-Related Behaviors
    • Robert Messing UCSF, CA
      Knockout Mice to Study the Role of Intracellular Signaling Pathways in Behavioral Responses to Alcohol
  • Session III Potential Gene Targets of Alcohol-induced Behavior and Disorders
    • David Lovinger Vanderbilt Univ., TN
      The Use of Genetically Altered Mice to Examine the Role of Neurotransmitter Receptors and Ion Channels in Acute Alcohol Actions
    • Fulton Crews Univ. North Carolina, NC
      CNS Genes Regulated by Alcohol: Relationship to Neurotoxicity
    • Christopher L. Cunningham Oregon HS Univ., OR
      Alcohol-Seeking Behaviors and Genotype: Top-down to Bottoms-up
  • Epilogue Yuan Liu , NIAAA, NIH
Organizers:
Dr. Yuan Liu, Program Director for Neuroscience Research, NIAAA, NIH
Dr. Robert Karp, Program Director for Genetics, NIAAA, NIH

Discussants:
Ivan Diamond, Gallo Center, UCSF, CA
Elias K. Michaelis, Univ. of Kansas, KS
Leslie A. Morrow, Univ. of North Carolina, NC
Boris Tabakoff, Univ. of Colorado, CO
Hermes H. Yeh, Univ. of Connecticut, CT


The symposium is free. Prior registration is recommended. Please email, fax or mail the following registration form to:
Dr. Yuan Liu
DBR, NIAAA, NIH
Willco Building, Suite 402
6000 Executive Blvd. MSC7003 Bethesda
MD 20892-7003 U. S. A.

Email: yliu@willco.niaaa.nih.gov
Fax: (301) 594-0673

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Future Meetings

  • 1999
    JUNE 27 - JULY 1   SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA
    Fess Parker's Doubletree Hotel
  • 2000
    JUNE 24 - JUNE 29   DENVER, COLORADO
    Marriott Downtown Denver
  • 2001
    JUNE 23 - JUNE 28   MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA
    Hilton Bonaventure


    Conference arrangements by: SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE PLANNERS.
    SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE PLANNERS For more information please contact:
    Kenneth C. Taylor
    11661 San Vicente Blvd., Suite 304, Los Angeles, CA 90049
    Phone: (310) 207-4345, Fax (310) 826-6934
    e-mail: ktscicon@ix.netcom.com


    Program Committee

    Mark Goldman - Co-Chair
    Bob Messing - Co-Chair
    Ray Anton
    Howard Becker
    Sandy Brown
    Raul Caetano
    Thomas Dunwiddie
    Cindy Ehlers
    Charles Goodlett
    Adrienne Gordon
    Thomas Johnson
    Mike Sayette
    Ken Sher
    Gary Wand
    Bob Zucker

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