2025 Symposium Archive

18th Annual Regional Symposium on Glial-Neuronal Interactions in Health & Disease

Friday, February 7, 2025

9:30am-5:30pm

Highlander Union Building, 302 - UC Riverside

Sue Griffin, PhD. (Honorary Presentation)

Alexa and William T. Dillard Professor in Geriatric Research
Director of research at the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Founding Chief Editor of the Journal of Neuroinflammation

Schedule subject to change

9-9:30am	Onsite registration. Badge pickup. Poster set-up.
9:30-9:40am	Introduction to the 18th annual CGNI symposium Welcome opening remarks Monica Carson, PhD. , Center Director Center for Glial Neuronal Interactions UC Riverside
9:40-10:10am	Honorary presentation "When… two worlds collide: Neuroinflammation (IL-1b) and The Alzheimer Gene (APOEe 4)" Sue Griffin, PhD. Alexa and William T. Dillard Professor in Geriatric Research Director of research at the Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Founding Chief Editor of the Journal of Neuroinflammation
10:10-10:50am	Presentation I "Neuroinflammation and Staphylococcus aureus craniotomy infection- an epic battle" Tammy Kielian, PhD. Professor and Choudari Kommineni Endowed Professor of Pathology University of Nebraska Medical Center
10:50-11:30am	Presentation II "NOXious inflammation in the aged and injured brain" David J. Loane, PhD. Associate Professor, Neuroscience School of Biochemistry and Immunology Trinity College Dublin The University of Dublin
11:30am-1:30pm	Lunch and Poster Session
	Afternoon session I, moderator: Djurdjica Coss, PhD., Professor, Biomedical Sciences
1:30-2:10pm	Presentation III "Fractalkine-Mediated Neuroprotection in the Diabetic Retina" Astrid E. Cardona, PhD. Professor and Department Chair Molecular Microbiology and Immunology University of Texas at San Antonio
2:10-2:50pm	Presentation IV “Dynamic regulation of microglial metabolism and function in the CNS injury and repair” Dandan Sun, MD., PhD. UPMC Endowed Chair Professor of Brain Disorders Research Professor of Neurology Department of Neurology, School of Medicine University of Pittsburgh
2:50-3:20pm	Afternoon break and poster viewing
	Afternoon session II, moderator: Iryna Ethell, PhD., Professor, Biomedical Sciences
3:20-4:00pm	Glenn Hatton Lecture "Targeting Invariant Chain (CD74) in Glia and Immune Cells to Improve Post-Traumatic Syndromes" Lee A. Shapiro, PhD. Associate Professor Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics Texas A&M University School of Medicine Associate Editor, Journal of Neuroinflammation
4-4:40pm	Presentation V “Role of Innate Immune Dysfunction in Neurodegenerative Disease” John Lukens, PhD. Director, Harrison Family Translational Research Center in Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor of Neuroscience Center for Brain Immunology and Glia University of Virginia
4:40-5:15pm	Neuroinflammation Panel Discussion - Editors of the Journal of Neuroinflammation
5:15-5:30pm	Awards & Closing Remarks!