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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

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”
 

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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
Rodolfo Torres

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
Monica Carson

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
Ali Keshavarzian

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 Cente
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11:15-1:20 pm

Lunch and Poster Presentations

1:20-1:30 pm
Edward Zagha

Afternoon Session I & Welcome

 
 
Moderator: Edward Zagha, MD., PhD., Associate Professor
Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside
1:30-2:10 pm
Marie Bechler

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
 
2:10-2:50 pm
Colin Reardon

Presentation II

“Neuronal control of peripheral inflammation”

Colin Reardon, PhD, Associate Professor
Neuroimmunology, School of Veterinary Medicine
University of California, Davis

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2:50-3:30 pm
Erica Heinrich

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
 
3:30-3:50 pm

Afternoon break and Poster viewings

 
Iryna Ethell

Afternoon Session II

 

Moderator: Iryna Ethell, PhD., Professor
Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine
University of California, Riverside
3:50-4:30 pm
Shahani Noor

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
 
 
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
Nathan Smith

Glenn Hatton Lecturer

“Astrocytic modulation of synaptic activity”

Nathan Smith, PhD, Associate Professor
Neuroscience, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

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5:20-5:40 pm

Award announcements

5:40-6:00 pm

Closing remarks and thank you’s!!