09:00- Registration & Morning Tea

09:30-09:40   Opening Remark

09:40-10:40 Dr. Thomas Lloyd (BCM, USA)   Chair: Dr. Chi-Kuang Yao (IBC,  AS)              

Crosstalk between proteostasis and nucleocytoplasmic transport regulation in ALS/FTD

10:40-11:10 Break

Neuron-Glia communication   Chair: Dr. Y. Henry Sun (IMB, AS)    

11:10-11:35 Dr. Margaret Ho (NYCU) 

Glial protein clearance and neurodegeneration

11:40-12:05 Dr. Chi-Kuang Yao (IBC, AS)

Vicious interplay of endolysosome-ceramide-BMP axis drives synaptopathy in Raynaud-Claes syndrome

12:10-13:30    Lunch

13:30-14:30 Dr. Dion Dickman (USC, USA)   Chair: Dr. Chi-Kuang Yao (IBC,  AS)              

Input-specific Mechanisms Controlling Homeostatic Synaptic Plasticity

Technological innovation                                                                       Chair: Dr. Guang-Chao Chen (IBC, AS)         

14:35-15:00 Dr. Chih-Chiang Chan (NTUCM)

Functional roles of sphingomyelinases in microcephaly

15:05-15:30 Dr. Yu-Chun Lin (NTHU)

Precise control of microtubule structure and intracellular trafficking

15:35-16:05     Break

Dendrite development                                                                             Chair: Dr. Hung-Hsiang Yu (ICOB, AS)         

16:10-16:35 Dr. Cheng-Ting Chien (IMB, AS) 

Regulation of dendrite self-avoidance by GluNAc modification of Dscam

16:40-17:05 Dr. Suewei Lin (IMB, AS) 

Dendritic targeting of the Drosophila mushroom body output neurons

17:10-17:35 Dr. Han-Hsuan Liu (NHRI)

Dendrite Degeneration and Repair in Aging

17:40 Closing Remark