General Information Headquarters is at the Baytowne Conference Center, which is conveniently located within walking distance of all hotel rooms. SRBR Information Desk and Message Center is in the Foyer of the Baytowne Conference Center main level. The desk hours are as follows: Friday 5/21 2:00–6:00 PM Saturday 5/22 7:30 –11:00 AM 2:00–8:00 PM Sunday 5/23 7:00–11:00 AM 4:00–7:00 PM Monday 5/24 7:30–11:00 AM 4:00–6:00 PM Tuesday 5/25 8:00–11:00 AM 4:00–6:00 PM Wednesday 5/26 8:00–10:00 AM Messages can be left on the SRBR message board next to the registration desk. Meeting participants are asked to check the message board routinely for mail, notes, and telephone messages. Hotel check-in will be at the individual properties. Posters will be available for viewing in the Magnolia B/C/D/E rooms. Poster numbers 1–93 Sunday, May 23, 10:00 AM–10:30 PM Poster numbers 94–183 Monday, May 24, 10:00 AM–10:30 PM Poster number 184–275 Tuesday, May 25, 10:00 AM–10:30 PM All posters must be removed by 10:00 am on Wednesday, May 26. The Village of Baytowne Wharf—Indulge your senses at Sandestin’s charming Village of Baytowne Wharf, a picturesque pedestrian village overlooking the Choctawatchee Bay. Discover a unique collection of more than 40 specialty merchants ranging from quaint boutiques and intimate eateries to lively nightclubs, all set up against a backdrop of vibrant special events. Special Events Saturday, May 22 Trainee Professional Development Day • 9:00 AM–4:00 PM • Bayside & Linkside Conference Centers The Trainee Professional Development Day is an entire day devoted to scientific and career development activities for trainees. The day consists of a keynote address, an activity consisting of one-on-one blitz discussions, and a series of workshops on various topics. The goal of the Trainee Professional Development Day is to allow the next generation of biological rhythm researchers to learn from and interact with faculty members in a more informal and intimate setting. Trainees should attend the workshops they preselected during the registration process. Welcome Reception • 7:00–9:00 PM, Grand Lawn In case of inclement weather, the reception will be held in the Azalea Ballroom. SOCIETY FOR RESEARCH ON BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS 3 Sunday, May 23 Meet the Professors • 10:30–11:00 AM daily • Magnolia A • All trainees welcome to attend (See “Meeting at a Glance” pages xx–xx for more details) Meet the Professor Sessions are meant to provide trainees (students and postdocs) the opportunity to interact with experienced faculty members in the field and to foster scholarly conversation. Each day a number of faculty researchers (see lists below) will make themselves available to discuss with trainees, in a dedicated room of the conference center. Any trainee interested in meeting these investigators can go to the meeting location (to be announced, check for signs) and be part in this informal gathering. Town Hall Meeting on the future of NIH grant review • 3:00-4:00 PM • Magnolia F Monday, May 24 Executive Committee Meeting • 12:30–2:30 PM • Jasmine Presidential Symposium: Sydney Brenner, Nobel Laureate • 4:30–6:00 PM • Azalea Ballroom Tuesday, May 25 JBR Editors’ Meeting • 2:00–4:00 PM • Jasmine Wednesday, May 26 Business Meeting • 4:00–5:00 PM • Azalea Ballroom All attendees are invited to attend Pittendrigh/Aschoff Lecture: Michael Rosbash, Brandeis University • 5:30–6:30 PM • Azalea Ballroom Cocktail Reception • 7:00 PM • Magnolia Foyer Cash bar Closing Banquet • 8:00 PM • Magnolia Ballroom All guests need to purchase a banquet ticket in advance at the registration desk. 4 SRBR 2010 PROGRAM AND ABSTRACTS Meeting at a Glance All events will take place in the Baytowne Conference Center, with the exception of the Trainee Professional Development Day. It will be held at the Bayside & Linkside Conference Centers. ISaturday, May 22I 9:00 AM–5:00 PM Trainee Professional Development Day • Bayside & Linkside Conference Centers 7:00–9:00 PM Welcome Reception • Grand Lawn ISunday, May 23I 8:00–10:00 AM Poster Setup (P1–P93) • Magnolia B/C/D/E 8:30–10:30 AM Symposium 1: Transcriptional Regulation of Circadian Clocks • Azalea Ballroom Symposium 2: Circadian Neural Networks • Camellia I & II 10:30–11:00 AM Refreshment Break — Meet the Professors • Magnolia A Steve Brown (Rodents, humans, peripheral clocks, clock genes) Martha Gillette (Rodents, SCN, signaling, coupling peptides) Carla Green (Rodents, clock output) Paul Hardin (Drosophila, clock genes, sensory system rhythms) Erik Herzog (Rodents, neuronal circuits, SCN) John Hogenesch (Systems biology) Louis Ptacek (Humans, genetics of sleep and circadian rhythmicity) Ueli Schibler (Rodents, clock genes, peripheral clocks) 11:00 AM–12:30 PM Slide Sessions A: S1–S6 • Azalea Ballroom B: S7–S12 • Camellia I & II C: S13–S18 • Magnolia F 12:30–4:30 PM Free Time 3:00–4:00 PM Town Hall Meeting on the future of NIH grant review • Magnolia F 4:30 PM–6:30 PM Symposium 3: Circadian Clocks and Sleep • Azalea Ballroom Symposium 4: Entrainment of Clocks • Camellia I & II Symposium 5: The Transcription/Translational Feedback Model in Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes • Magnolia F 8:00–10:30 PM Poster Session I (P1–P93) • Magnolia B/C/D/E SOCIETY FOR RESEARCH ON BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS 5 IMonday, May 24I 8:30–10:30 AM Symposium 6: Seasonal and Reproductive Rhythms • Camellia I & II Symposium 7: Clocks and the Immune System • Azalea Ballroom 10:30–11:00 AM Refreshment Break—Meet the Professors • Magnolia A Dieter Kunz (Sleep medicine and clinical chronobiology, light, melatonin) Francis Lévi (Chronotherapy of cancer) Michael Menaker (Rodents, central and peripheral clocks) Till Roenneberg (Human chronotypes, entrainment, Neurospora) Paolo Sassone-Corsi (Rodents, post-translational events, transcription, epigenetics) Rae Silver (rodents, SCN) Joe Takahashi (Mouse genetics, clock genes) Hiroki Ueda (Systems biology) 11:00 AM–12:30 PM Slide Sessions D: S19–S24 • Azalea Ballroom E: S25–S30 • Camellia I & II F: S31–36 • Magnolia F 12:30–2:30 PM Executive Committee Meeting • Jasmine 12:30–4:30 PM Free Time 4:30–6:00 PM Presidential Symposium: “Time Flies (in memory of Seymour Benzer)” • Azalea Ballroom 8:00–10:30 PM Poster Session II (P94–P183) • Magnolia B/C/D/E ITuesday, May 25I 8:30–10:30 AM Symposium 8: Ionic Mechanisms Underlying Circadian Oscillations • Camellia I & II Symposium 9: Peripheral Circadian Clocks • Azalea Ballroom 10:30–11:00 AM Refreshment Break— Meet the Professors • Magnolia A Dirk-Jan Dijk (Humans, sleep and circadian rhythms) Russell Foster (Mammals, photic input pathways) Michael Hastings (Rodents, SCN, molecular mechanisms) Jennifer Loros (Neurospora, clock genes, output) Bill Schwartz (Rodents, circadian behavior, SCN) Fred Turek (Rodents and humans, genetics of sleep and rhythms) David Weaver (Rodents, molecular mechanisms) 11:00 AM–12:30 PM Slide Sessions G–I G: S37–S42 • Azalea Ballroom H: S43–S48 • Magnolia F I: S49–S54 • Camellia I & II 2:00–4:00 PM JBR Editors’ Meeting • Jasmine 12:30–4:30 PM Free Time 6 SRBR 2010 PROGRAM AND ABSTRACTS 4:30–6:30 PM Symposium 10: Post-translational Regulation of Circadian Clocks • Camellia I & II Symposium 11: Rhythms in Space or Altered Gravity • Magnolia F Symposium 12: Circadian Rhythms and Disease • Azalea Ballroom 8:00–10:30 PM Poster Session III (P184–P275) • Magnolia B/C/D/E IWednesday, May 26I 8:30–10:30 AM Symposium 13: Comparative Clocks • Magnolia F Symposium 14: Interplay between Circadian Clocks and Metabolism • Camellia I & II Symposium 15: Systems Biology of Circadian Rhythms • Azalea Ballroom 10:30–11:00 AM Refreshment Break—Meet the Professors • Magnolia A Vincent Cassone (Birds, mammals, Neuroendocrine pathways, melatonin) Carl Johnson (cyanobacteria, mammals, clock genes) Beth Klerman (human, circadian rhythms, sleep, mood and performance, modeling) Bambos Kyriacou (Drosophila genetics, circadian behavior) Andrew Loudon (Mammals, circadian and circannual rhythms) Martha Merrow (Entrainment in humans and Neurospora, molecular mechanisms) Hitoshi Okamura (mammals, clock genes) Chuck Weitz (mammalian clocks, mechanism, physiology) 11:00 AM–12:30 PM Slide Sessions J: S55–S60 • Magnolia F K: S61–S66 • Camellia I & II L: S67–S72 • Azalea Ballroom 12:30–4:00 PM Free Time 4:00–5:00 PM Business Meeting • Azalea Ballroom 5:30–6:30 PM Pittendrigh/Aschoff Lecture • Azalea Ballroom Introduction by: Charalambos Kyriacou, University of Leicester Michael Rosbash, Brandeis University 7:00 PM Cocktail Reception • Magnolia Foyer 8:00–11:00 PM Closing Banquet • Magnolia Ballroom SOCIETY FOR RESEARCH ON BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS 7 Trainee Professional Development Day 8:00 AM Bus departs from Grand Sandestin, approximately every 10–15 minutes. Last bus will depart at approximately 9:00 AM. 8:00 AM Registration • Bayside Ballroom 9:00–9:20 AM Welcome and Orientation • Bayside Ballroom 9:20–10:20 AM Keynote Address • Michael Menaker, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA • Bayside Ballroom 10:35–11:25 AM Session 1 The peer review process and how to get published • Linkside Ballroom A Martin Zatz, Editor, Journal of Biological Rhythms, Bethesda, MD, USA This workshop will address a range of issues to enhance your chances of getting articles published in peer-reviewed journals, including: how to choose the most appropriate journal for your work, effectively write and publish data papers and review papers, what reviewers and editors are looking for, and responding to reviewer comments. The transition from postdoc to independent research • Linkside Ballroom B Megan Mahoney, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA & Erik Herzog, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA This workshop will address the following questions: 1) How to prepare to ensure the smoothest transition possible between postdoc and independent research positions? 2) What are the crucial steps to successfully initiate an independent research program? Post-doc position: the right place and environment to achieve your goals • Linkside Ballroom C Steven Brown, University of Zurich, SWITZERLAND & Valérie Mongrain, University of Montréal, CANADA This workshop will discuss how to select a research laboratory and the right mentor for postdoctoral training.