2024 CGNI Symposium Program

2024 Symposium Program and Schedule

The 17th Annual SoCal Symposium

on Glial-Neuronal Interactions in Health and Disease

Friday, February 9, 2024
Highlander Union Building, Room 302 - UC Riverside

Ali Keshavarzian MD, FRCP, FACP, AGAF, MACG - Keynote Speaker

Josephine M. Dyrenforth Chair of Gastroenterology
Professor of Medicine, Physiology, Anatomy & Cell Biology
Associate Dean for Faculty Mentoring
Director, Center for Integrated Microbiome & Chronobiology Research
Rush University Medical Center

“Role of bidirectional gut- microbiota- brain axis in Parkinson's disease pathogenesis, disease course and response to levodopa”

VISIT DR. ALI KESHAVARZIAN'S FACULTY PROFILE

Schedule subject to change

9:00-10:00 am	Registration. Badge pick-up. Poster set-up. General info: Registration is free (but required) for attendees from non-profit organizations and includes the full program, lunch, and the poster session. Registration is $175 for those from for-profit organizations.
10:00-10:05 am	Symposium Opens Welcome address Rodolfo Torres, PhD, Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development Distinguished Professor of Mathematics Research & Economic Develop Office, University of California, Riverside
10:05-10:15 am	Introduction to the 17th annual CGNI symposium Monica Carson, PhD, Director Center for Glial-Neuronal Interactions, University of California, Riverside
10:15-11:15 am	2024 CGNI Keynote Lecture “Role of bidirectional gut- microbiota- brain axis in Parkinson's disease pathogenesis, disease course and response to levodopa” Ali Keshavarzian MD, Professor of Medicine Physiology, Anatomy & Cell Biology Rush University Medical Center VISIT DR. ALI KESHAVARZIAN'S FACULTY PROFILE
11:15-1:20 pm	Lunch and Poster Presentations
1:20-1:30 pm	Afternoon Session I & Welcome Moderator: Edward Zagha, MD., PhD., Associate Professor Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside
1:30-2:10 pm	Presentation I “Mechanosensing controls myelin sheath elongation in the CNS” Marie Bechler, PhD, Assistant Professor of Cell Biology and Development Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Physiology SUNY Upstate Medical University VISIT DR. MARIE BECHLER'S LAB
2:10-2:50 pm	Presentation II “Neuronal control of peripheral inflammation” Colin Reardon, PhD, Associate Professor Neuroimmunology, School of Veterinary Medicine University of California, Davis VISIT DR. COLIN REARDON'S LAB
2:50-3:30 pm	Presentation III ”Inflammation and respiratory control: mechanisms and clinical consequence” Erica Heinrich, PhD, Assistant Professor Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine University of California, Riverside VISIT DR. ERICA HEINRICH'S FACULTY PROFILE
3:30-3:50 pm	Afternoon break and Poster viewings
	Afternoon Session II Moderator: Iryna Ethell, PhD., Professor Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine University of California, Riverside
3:50-4:30 pm	CGNI "Return Home" Lecture “Glial-immune priming: the “toll” of prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) on opioid pain therapeutics” Shahani Noor, PhD, Assistant Professor Department of Neurosciences, School of Medicine University of New Mexico VISIT DR. SHAHANI NOOR'S FACULTY PROFILE
4:30-4:40 pm	Introduction to the Glenn Hatton Lecture Moderator: Iryna Ethell, PhD., Professor Division of Biomedical Sciences
4:40-5:20 pm	Glenn Hatton Lecturer “Astrocytic modulation of synaptic activity” Nathan Smith, PhD, Associate Professor Neuroscience, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry VISIT DR. NATHAN SMITH'S LAB
5:20-5:40 pm	Award announcements
5:40-6:00 pm	Closing remarks and thank you’s!!