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 a.m.

Symposium Opens

Welcome: Vice Chancellor G. Richard Olds
University of California, Riverside

Keynote Lecture:  Maiken Nedergaard, M.D. D.M.Sc.
University of Rochester
"Revising The Role of Astroglia in Complex CNS Functions"

11:15 a.m. — 1:15 p.m.

Lunch and  Poster Presentations

Lunch with speakers and attendees.
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

Karina Cramer, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
"Glial Influences on auditory circuit development "

Afternoon Session - Presentation 2

30-minute presentation followed by 15-minute discussion

David Kleinfield, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
"One Vessel, One Stroke: Cortical Penetrating Vessels as Loci of Vascular Dementia"

Afternoon Session - Presentation 3

30-minute presentation followed by 15-minute discussion

Andre Obenaus, Ph.D., Loma Linda University
"Advances in Diffusion Tensor Imaging for TBI "

Afternoon Session - Presentation 4

30-minute presentation followed by 15-minute discussion

Paul Patterson, Ph.D., Caltech
"Brain, Gut, Immune Connections and Autism "

4:45 p.m.

The Glenn Hatton Lecture

Staci Bilbo, Ph.D., Duke University
"Neural-Glial Interactions in the Reward Circuitry of the Brain"

5:45 p.m

Student and Fellow Award Presentations

6 p.m.

Closing Session

Wrap-Up and Summary