9 a.m.

Registration & Poster Setup

Registration is free (but required) for attendees from non-profit organizations and includes program, lunch and coffee breaks. Registration is $175 for those from for-profit organizations.

10:00 a.m.

Symposium Opens

Welcome
Vice Chancellor G. Richard Olds, M.D.

10:15 a.m.

Keynote

R. Douglas Fields, Ph.D.

Chief, Nervous System Development & Plasticity Section
National Institutes of Health,  NICHD

"Activity Dependent Myelination"

11:15 a.m.

Lunch and Poster Presentations

Lunch with speakers and attendees is sponsored by EMD Millipore
Student and fellow posters will be available for review.

1:15 p.m.

Afternoon Session - Presentation 1

30-minute presentation followed by 15-minute discussion.

Regina C. Armstrong, Ph.D.,
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
"Progression of Myelin Pathology and Neuroinflammation in TBI with Traumatic Axonal Injury of the Corpus Callosum"

Afternoon Session - Presentation 2

30-minute presentation followed by 15-minute discussion.

Jeffrey Tasker, Ph.D., Tulane University
"Novel Glial-Neuronal Interactions in the Hypothalamus Coordinate Energy and Fluid Homeostasis"

Afternoon Session - Presentation 3

30-minute presentation followed by 15-minute discussion.

Stella Tsirka, Ph.D., Stony Brook University
"Microglia Regulate Synaptic Numbers and Stability"

Afternoon Session - Presentation 4

30-minute presentation followed by 15-minute discussion.

Phillip G. Popovich, Ph.D., Ohio State University
"Autonomic Dysreflexia Causes Chronic Immune Suppression after Spinal Cord Injury "

The Glenn Hatton Lecture

Bruce Ransom, M.D., Ph.D., University of Washington
"Glial Glycogen and Nervous System Energy Metabolism: The Surprises Keep Coming"

5:45 p.m

Student and Fellow Award Presentations

6 p.m.

Closing Session

Wrap-Up and Summary