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.

9:45 a.m.

Symposium Opens

Welcome: Deborah Deas, M.D., M.P.H., Director of Center for Glial-Neuronal Interactions, University of California, Riverside

Keynote Lecture:  Greg Lemke, Ph.D., Salk Institute
"TAM Receptor Regulation of Microglial Physiology"

11 a.m.

Morning Session - Presentation 1

Tallie Z. Baram, M.D., Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
"MicroRNA, Microglia, Neurons and Epilepsy: a Multi-Faceted story"

11:45 a.m. — 1:45 p.m.

Lunch and  Poster Presentations

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

1:45 p.m.

Afternoon Session - Presentation 1

30-minute presentation followed by 15-minute discussion, led by Nicholas DiPatrizio, Ph.D., University of California, Riverside

Raymond Swanson, M.D., University of California, San Francisco
"Metabolic Regulation of Microglia "

Afternoon Session - Presentation 2

30-minute presentation followed by 15-minute discussion, led by Nicholas DiPatrizio, Ph.D., University of California, Riverside

Tim Sampson, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco
"Gut Microbes Regulate Pathophysiology in a Model of Parkinson's Disease "

Afternoon Session - Presentation 3

30-minute presentation followed by 15-minute discussion, led by Seema Tiwari-Woodruff,  Ph.D., University of California, Riverside

Dana McTigue, Ph.D., Ohio State University
"Oligodendrocyte Progenitor Fate after Spinal Cord Injury "

Afternoon Session - Presentation 4

30-minute presentation followed by 15-minute discussion, led by Seema Tiwari-Woodruff,  Ph.D., University of California, Riverside

Paul Ashwood, Ph.D., University of California, Davis
"Immune Regulation in Autism "

3:10 p.m.

The Glenn Hatton Lecture

Tore Eid, M.D., Ph.D., Yale University
"Novel Role of Astroglial Glutamine Synthetase in Brain Physiology and Disease"

Discussion leader: Iryna Ethell, Ph.D., University of California, Riverside

5:45 p.m

Student and Fellow Award Presentations

6 p.m.

Closing Session

Wrap-Up and Summary