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2024 Symposium Archive
17th Annual Regional Symposium on Glial-Neuronal Interactions in Health & Disease
Friday, February 9, 2024 I 9am-6pm
Highlander Union Building, room 302 - UC Riverside
Ali Keshavarzian, MD. Professor of Medicine
Physiology, Anatomy & Cell Biology
Rush University Medical Center
Rush University Medical Center
Schedule subject to change
| 9-10am | Registration. Badge pick-up. Poster set-up. |
| 10-10:15am |
Symposium Opens & Welcome AddressMonica Carson, PhD. Director, Center for Glial-Neuronal Interactions
Professor & Chair, Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine
S. Sue Johnson Presidential Endowed Chair in Glial-Neuronal Interactions UC Riverside
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| 10:15-11:15am |
Keynote SpeakerAli Keshavarzian, MD. Professor of Medicine
Physiology, Anatomy & Cell Biology
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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| 11:15am-1:20pm |
Lunch & Poster Presentations |
| 1:20-1:30pm |
Afternoon Session I & WelcomeEdward Zagha, MD., PhD., Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
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| 1:30-2:10pm |
Presentation IMarie Bechler, PhD., Assistant Professor of Cell Biology and Development
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Physiology
SUNY Upstate Medical University
"Mechanosensing controls myelin sheath elongation in the CNS"
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| 2:10-2:50pm |
Presentation IIColin Reardon, PhD., Associate Professor
Neuroimmunology, School of Veterinary Medicine
University of California, Davis
"Neuronal control pf peripheral inflammation"
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| 2:50-3:30pm |
Presentation IIIErica Heinrich, PhD., Assistant Professor
Division of Biomedical Sciences, UC Riverside
"Inflammation and respiratory control: mechanisms and clinical consequence"
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| 3:30-3:50pm |
Afternoon Break & Poster Viewings |
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Afternoon Session II& IntroductionIryna Ethell, PhD., Professor, Division of Biomedical Sciences |
| 3:50-4:30pm |
CGNI "Return Home" LectureShahani Noor, PhD., Assistant Professor
Department of Neurosciences, School of Medicine
University of New Mexico
"Glial-immune priming: the "toll" of prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) on opioid pain therapeutics"
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| 4:30-4:40pm |
Introduction to the Glenn Hatton LectureIryna Ethell, PhD., Professor, Division of Biomedical Sciences
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| 4:40-5:20pm |
Glenn Hatton LectureNathan Smith, PhD., Associate Professor
Neuroscience, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
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| 5:20-5:40pm | Award Announcements |
| 5:40-6pm | Closing Remarks |