<p>Section I: Neuroinformatics, Computational Models and Data Analysis<br>1. Neurological Biomarkers and NeuroInformatics: The Role of The Virtual Brain<br>2. Informatics for Interoperability of Molecular-Genetic and Neurobehavioral Databases<br>3. The Allen Brain Atlas: Towards understanding brain behavior and function through data acquisition, visualization, analysis and integration<br>4. ExAtlas: On-line tool to integrate gene expression and gene set enrichment analyses <br>5. Computational Models: How do they help to understand neurological diseases?<br>6. The Use of Recombinant Inbred Strains in Systems Genetics and Functional Analyses in Behavioral Pharmacology <br>Section II. Searching for New Genes: Natural Genetic Variation<br>7. Spontaneous versus induced mutations: Conceptual and methodological considerations for the neurobehavioral geneticist<br>8. Reduced complexity cross design for behavioral genetics<br>9. Collaborative Cross as the next-generation mouse genetic reference population designed for dissecting complex traits<br>10. Discovery of novel genes and other lineage-specific features through comparative genomics<br>11. Using signatures of directional selection to guide discovery<br>Section III: Discovery of New Genes and New Functions of Genes Using Gene Expression Analyses<br>12. Using Transcriptomics to Study Behavior<br>13. Genes, Behavior and Next-Generation Sequencing – The First Ten Years<br>14. Abnormal social behaviors and dysfunction of autism-related genes associated with daily agonistic interactions in mice<br>15. Epigenetic mechanisms of learning and memory <br>Section IV: Discovery of Genes and Biological Mechanisms: Forward Genetics and Other Screening-Based Methods<br>16. Systematic screens in zebrafish shed light on cellular and molecular mechanisms of complex brain phenotypes<br>17. The transition of zebrafish functional genetics from random mutagenesis to targeted integration<br>Section V: Manipulating Known Genes to Understand Biological Function: Reverse Genetics<br>18. Molecular Techniques Used to Explore Glutamate Receptors in Synaptic Plasticity and Memory<br>19. Using Herpes Simplex Virus Type-1-Based Amplicon Vectors for Neuroscience Research and Gene Therapy of Neurological Diseases<br>20. Cre-lox neurogenetics: history, present and future <br>21. Functional Analysis of Proteins Involved in Neurodegeneration Using the Model Organism Dictyostelium: Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s and Batten Disease <br>22. The role of human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) in the pathologies of nervous system<br>23. Optogenetics dissection of sleep circuits and functions<br>24. The use of DREADDs for dissecting the contribution of cellular and neural circuit mechanisms in models of neurodegenerative disease<br>Section VI: Ethical Considerations<br>25. Genes and human behavior: Ethical implications<br>26. Ethical Considerations for Animal use in Behavioral and Neural Research</p> <p><br> <br></p>
