2026 Symposium Archive

The 19th Annual Regional Symposium
on Glial-Neuronal Interactions in Health and Disease

Friday, February 13, 2026
School of Medicine Education Building II, Rooms 104/106 - UC Riverside

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Matthew J. Campen, PhD, MSPH - Keynote Speaker

Distinguished Professor, College of Pharmacy
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center

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9-9:45am	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.
9:45-10am	Symposium Opens Welcome and opening remarks "19th Annual Regional CGNI Symposium" Monica Carson, PhD. Professor and Chair, Division of Biomedical Sciences, School of Medicine S. Sue Johnson Presidential Endowed Chair in Glial-Neuronal Interactions Center Director, Center for Glial-Neuronal Interactions University California, Riverside
10-11am	2026 CGNI Keynote Lecture “Minding the Nanoplastics” Matthew J. Campen, PhD., MSPH Distinguished Professor, College of Pharmacy University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
11-11:45am	Presentation I "Windows of Vulnerability: Air Quality and the Adolescent Brain" Megan M. Herting, PhD. Associate Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California
11:45am-1:15pm	Lunch and Poster Session
	Afternoon Session I, Moderator: Dr. Viji Santhakumar, Vice Chair & Professor Molecular Cell & Systems Bio Department
1:15-2pm	Presentation II "Beyond the Airways: The Neural Effects of Asthma” Melissa Rosenkranz, PhD. Associate Professor of Psychiatry Distinguished Chair in Contemplative Neuroscience at the Center for Healthy Minds University of Wisconsin-Madison
2-2:45pm	Presentation III "Evolving role of microglia following acute organophosphate intoxication: time and phenotype matter" Pamela J. Lein, PhD. Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Molecular Biosciences University of California, Davis
2:45-3:15pm	Afternoon break and poster viewings
	Afternoon Session II, Moderator: Dr. Andre Obenaus, Professor Division of Biomedical Sciences
3:15-4pm	Presentation IV "Influence of Sex and Cytokines on Microglia and their Modulation of Amyloid Pathology" M. Kerry O'Banion, MD., PhD. Professor of Neuroscience Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry
4-4:45pm	Glenn Hatton Lecture "Microglia in retinal degeneration and pathological angiogenesis" Prof. Dr. Thomas Langmann Professor and Chair, Laboratory for Experimental Immunology of the Eye Department of Ophthalmology University of Cologne
4:45-5pm	Trainee awards and closing remarks