Photographs from Barrels-2002

Session 3 - Patterning, Development, and Modification of Barrels

Reha Erzurumlu introduces the final session topic	John Rubenstein speaks on "patterning of the neocortex"	rapt audience members
Dr. Rubenstein fields a question.	Elizabeth Grove, after introduction by Reha.	Dr. Grove's talk was entitled "the barrel fields can be shifted in the area map or partially duplicated by embryonic FGF8 manipulations."
Dr. Grove's slide showing how abnormal embryonic expression of Fibroblast Growth Factor 8 (FGF8) can, among other things, alter barrel morphology	During a coffeebreak, attendees took the opportunity to either relax, or continue the discussion from the previous evening's poster session.	Dr. Erzurumlu helps Dr. Hui-Chen Lu get set up for her talk on "the roles of calcium/calmodulin-dependent adenylyl cyclase I in mice barrel map formation and synaptic plasticity."

	Karel Svoboda talks about "cellular aspects of experience-dependent plasticity in the barrel cortex."

Panel-led discussion of final session.	Panel discussants are (l-r): Brad Miller, Tom Woolsey, and Pete Land.
general, free-for-all discussion	Malcolm...er...Dan Simons...in the middle

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