12th Annual
Southern California Symposium on Glial-Neuronal Interactions in Health and Disease
Friday, January 11, 2019
Highlander Union Building, Room 302
The symposium is a forum for individuals with neuro-centric, glial-centric or disease-centric research focus (as well as for all who find themselves in between) to present their ongoing research and initiate collaborations across disciplines and between organizations.
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Keynote Speaker: Bal Khakh, Ph.D.
Director, UCLA Physiology Outreach Program; Vice Chair, Neuroscience; Associate Director of Research, Brain Research Institute; Professor of Physiology and Neurobiology
"Cells That Tile Your Brain: Astrocyte Roles in Neural Circuits"
2019 Symposium Schedule
9:00 a.m. |
Registration & Poster SetupRegistration 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.
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![]() Symposium OpensWelcome: 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 |
11:15 a.m. — 1:20 p.m. |
Lunch and Poster PresentationsLunch with speakers and attendees is sponsored by CGNI. Student and fellow posters will be available for review.
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1:20 p.m. — 1:30 p.m. |
![]() Afternoon Address & IntroductionDeborah Deas, M.D., M.P.H. , The Mark & Pam Rubin Dean, UC Riverside School of Medicine |
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. |
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. |
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 30-minute presentation followed by 10-minute discussion. |
3:30 p.m. |
Poster Session with Coffee Break
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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) 30-minute presentation followed by 10-minute discussion. |
4:40 p.m. — 5:30 p.m. |
![]() The Glenn Hatton LectureMaria Lehtinen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pathology, Harvard University |
5:30 p.m. — 5:40 p.m. |
Award Presentations |
5:40 p.m. — 6:00 p.m. |
Closing SessionWrap-Up and Summary |