9:00 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.

10:15 a.m. — 11:15 a.m.

Symposium Opens

Welcome: Monica J. Carson, Ph.D., Director of Center for Glial-Neuronal Interactions, University of California, Riverside

Keynote Lecture: Baljit Khakh, Ph.D., Professor of Physiology and Neurobiology, UCLA
"Cells That Tile Your Brain: Astrocyte Roles in Neural Circuits"

11:15 a.m. — 1:20 p.m.

Lunch and Poster Presentations

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

1:20 p.m. — 1:30 p.m.

Afternoon Address & Introduction

Deborah Deas, M.D., M.P.H. , The Mark & Pam Rubin Dean, UC Riverside School of Medicine
Chief Executive Officer for Clinical Affairs

1:30 p.m. — 2:10 p.m.

Afternoon Session I

Presentation 1

Viji Santhakumar, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Neuroscience, UC Riverside

"Role of Immune Regulation of Neuronal Excitability in Acquired Epilepsy"

30-minute presentation followed by 10-minute discussion.
Iryna Ethell, Ph.D, Chair and Discussion Leader

2:10 p.m. — 2:50 p.m.

Presentation 2

Jay Gibson, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

"Audiogenic seizures in the Fmr1 knockout mouse are specifically induced by Fmr1deletion in subcortical VGLUT2-expressing neurons"

30-minute presentation followed by 10-minute discussion.
Iryna Ethell, Ph.D, Chair and Discussion Leader

2:50 p.m. — 3:30 p.m.

Presentation 3

Jyoti Watters, Ph.D., Professor of Comparative Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin
"In Utero Exposure to a Model of Maternal Sleep Disordered Breathing Alters Offspring Microglia-neuron Interactions"

30-minute presentation followed by 10-minute discussion.
Iryna Ethell, Ph.D, Chair and Discussion Leader

3:30 p.m.

Poster Session with Coffee Break

4:00 p.m. — 4:40 p.m.

Afternoon Session II

Presentation 4

Daniel Reich, M.D., Ph.D., Senior investigator at National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NIH)
"What can MRI Tell Us About Microglia in Multiple Sclerosis"

30-minute presentation followed by 10-minute discussion.
Nicholas DiPatrizio, Ph.D, Chair and Discussion Leader

4:40 p.m. — 5:30 p.m.

The Glenn Hatton Lecture

Maria Lehtinen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pathology, Harvard University
"Choroid plexus-cerebrospinal fluid based signaling in developing brain"

5:30 p.m. — 5:40 p.m.

Award Presentations

5:40 p.m. — 6:00 p.m.

Closing Session

Wrap-Up and Summary