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.

10:15 a.m.

Symposium Opens

Welcome

10:30 a.m.

Keynote Lecture

Matthew Neil Rasband, Ph.D., Professor and Vivian L. Smith Endowed Chair in Neuroscience
Baylor College of Medicine
"Axon-glia interactions and the assembly of Nodes of Ranvier"

11:30 a.m.

Lunch and Poster Presentations

Lunch with speakers and attendees is sponsored by ASN Neuro, the official journal of the American Society for Neurochemistry. ISI Impact factor of 4.017.
Student and fellow posters will be available for review.

1:30 p.m.

Afternoon Session - Presentation 1

30-minute presentation followed by 15-minute discussion.

Arlette Kolta, Ph.D., University of Montreal
"Astrocytic-dependent modulation of extracellular calcium and neuronal firing pattern "

Afternoon Session - Presentation 2

30-minute presentation followed by 15-minute discussion.

Ania Majewska, Ph.D., University of Rochester Medical Center
"Microglial roles during synaptic plasticity"

Afternoon Session - Presentation 3

30-minute presentation followed by 15-minute discussion.

Daniela Kaufer, Ph.D., Ohio State University
"Astrocytic TGFb signaling is activated following blood brain barrier disruption, promoting neuropathologies "

Afternoon Session - Presentation 4

30-minute presentation followed by 15-minute discussion.

Marion Buckwalter, M.D., Ph.D., Stanford University
"Adaptive immunity after stroke: B lymphocytes and post-stroke dementia "

3:10 p.m.

The Glenn Hatton Lecture

Edwin Rubel, Ph.D., University of Washington
"Studies of binaural hearing pathways suggest a new look at neural-glial interactions"

5:45 p.m

Student and Fellow Award Presentations

6 p.m.

Closing Session

Wrap-Up and Summary