General Info

Registration 

Registration is free (but required) for attendees from non-profit organizations and includes full symposium program (Zoom) and poster viewings held via SLACK. Registration is $175 for those from for-profit organizations.

9:15 a.m.

9:30 — 10:30 a.m.

Symposium Opens

Welcome and Introduction to the Center for Glial-Neuronal Interactions

Monica J. Carson, Ph.D. 

S.Sue Johnson Presidential Endowed Chair

Professor and Chair of Biomedical Sciences
Director of Center for Glial-Neuronal Interactions, University of California, Riverside

2021 CGNI Keynote Lecture

Robin Franklin, Ph.D.

Professor of Stem Cell Medicine, Wellccome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute,

University of Cambridge

Presentation: "Myelin regeneration: reversing the ravages of time"

Prof. Franklin lab website

10:30 — 11 a.m.

11 — 11:30 a.m.

11:30 a.m. — 12 p.m.

Interactive breakout session A 

Lunch and open discussion between symposium speakers and students via zoom breakout rooms (bring your lunch)

Interactive breakout session B

Lunch and open discussion between symposium speakers and students via zoom breakout rooms (bring your lunch)

Poster viewings and interactions in SLACK

Student and fellow posters will continue to be available for review via SLACK during the full lunch hour 10:30am - 12pm

12:00 — 12:10 p.m.

Afternoon Address & Introduction

Deborah Deas, M.D., M.P.H.

Vice Chancellor of Health Sciences

Mark and Pam Rubin Dean

University of California, Riverside - School of Medicine

SOM Dean Website

12:10 — 12:50 p.m.

Afternoon Session I

Presentation II

Ukpong Eyo, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Center for Brain Immunology and Glia

University of Virginia

Presentation: "Mechanisms and significance of physical interactions between microglia and neurons"

Prof. Eyo lab website

12:50  — 1:30 p.m.

Presentation III

Djurdjica Coss, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine,

University of Riverside, California

Presentation: 'Fat opens the gates to the brain: Sex differences in obesity-induced neuroinflammation'

Coss lab website

Prof. Coss faculty profile

1:30 — 2:10 p.m.

Presentation IV

Tarik F. Haydar, Ph.D.

Director, Center for Neuroscience Research

Children's National Research Center

Children's National Hospital

Presentation: 'Maturation of the oligodendrocyte lineage in Down syndrome; Lessons from forebrain, spinal cord and from stem cells'

Prof. Haydar faculty profile

2:10 — 2:40 p.m.

Afternoon break. Poster viewings and interactions via SLACK

2:40 — 3:20 p.m.

Afternoon Session II

Presentation V

Tony Wyss-Coray, Ph.D.

D.H. Chen Professor II, Neurology & Neurological Sciences, Neurology,

Stanford University

Presentation: 'Systemic regulation of brain function and aging"

Wyss-Coray lab website

Prof. Wyss-Coray faculty profile

3:20 — 4:00 p.m.

The Glenn Hatton Lecture

Alexis Stranahan, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine,

Medical College of Georgia

Augusta University

Presentation: "It's not the fat, it's where it's at: Adipose tissue distribution

determines the cognitive effect of obesity"

Prof. Stranahan lab website

Prof. Stranahan publications

4:00 — 4:10 p.m.

Award Presentations

4:10 — 4:15 p.m.

Closing Session

Wrap-Up and Summary