Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Axonal Injury Response: Preparation for Regeneration
7:40 pm - 8:05 pm
"Retrograde Injury Response and Mechanism in Axons"
8:05 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:40 pm
"Local Axonal Translation"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Genetic/Epigenetic Preparation for Regeneration
9:00 am - 9:30 am
"Epigenetic Signatures Discriminate Between Regenerative Failure and Growth"
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:15 am
"The Corticospinal Regeneration Transcriptome"
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Group Photo / Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:30 am
"Epigenetics and Bioinformatics"
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
"Optic Nerve Regeneration in the Larval Zebrafish Reveals Mechanisms Promoting Spontaneous CNS Regeneration"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
"Single Cell Profiling of the Mouse Spinal Cord"
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
"Enhancing Corticospinal Regeneration After SCI"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢ is designed to address challenges women face in science and issues of diversity and inclusion. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Transcriptional and Intrinsic Control of Regeneration
7:30 pm - 7:55 pm
"Intrinsic Growth Programs"
7:55 pm - 8:05 pm
Discussion
8:05 pm - 8:30 pm
"DLK in Spinal Cord Regeneration"
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:05 pm
"Degeneration of a Drosophila Axon"
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
"Promoting Axonal Regrowth After Acute Spinal Cord Injury by Synergizing Redox Signaling and Electrical Stimulation with Gas Plasma"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Molecular Mediators of Axonal Growth
9:00 am - 9:30 am
"Wnt Signaling in Axon Guidance and Spinal Cord Injury"
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:15 am
10:15 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 10:55 am
Coffee Break
10:55 am - 11:30 am
"Tubulins in Regeneration"
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
"Biomarkers of Spontaneous Recovery from Traumatic SCI"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
"Spleen Tyrosine Kinase Augments Acute Neutrophil Activation and Worsens Long-Term Functional Recovery Following Spinal Cord Injury"
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
"Injury Induced Drebrin Controls Astrogliosis and Scar Formation by Controlling Tubular Endosomes and Adhesion Responses"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Neuroinflammation and Systemic Mechanisms
7:30 pm - 7:55 pm
"Systemic Inflammatory Processes"
7:55 pm - 8:05 pm
Discussion
8:05 pm - 8:30 pm
"Immune Mechanisms in Neural Repair"
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:05 pm
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
"Intermittent Hypoxia Enhances Connectivity of Transplanted Neural Cells with the Injured Cervical Spinal Cord"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Neuro-Glial Interactions and Extracellular Matrix
9:00 am - 9:25 am
"Astrocytes and Growth Factors to Bridge Spinal Cord Lesions"
9:25 am - 9:35 am
Discussion
9:35 am - 10:00 am
"Role of Glia in the Formation of Functional Bridges Across Large Spinal Cord Lesions"
10:00 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:35 am
Coffee Break
10:35 am - 11:00 am
"Chondroitinase in Spinal Cord Injury"
11:00 am - 11:10 am
Discussion
11:10 am - 11:35 am
"Chondroitinase in Primate Spinal Cord Injury"
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
"Longitudinal Neurophysiological Observations After Autologous Schwann Cell Transplantation in Sub-Acute Complete Thoracic Spinal Cord Injury"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
"How Thrombin Limits the Capacity for Neural Repair After SCI"
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
"The Atr-Chek1 Pathway Inhibits Axon Regeneration Independent of DNA Damage"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Experience-Dependent Plasticity
7:30 pm - 7:55 pm
"Reticulospinal Plasticity After Incomplete SCI"
7:55 pm - 8:05 pm
Discussion
8:05 pm - 8:30 pm
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:05 pm
"Patterned Epidural Stimulation After SCI"
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
"Exercise-Reversible Nociceptive Plasticity and Peripheral Alterations in Relation to Spinal Cord Injury-Induced Neuropathic Pain"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Stem Cells: Endogenous and Transplanted
9:00 am - 9:30 am
"KLF7 and Neural Stem Cells in Regeneration"
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:05 am
"Spinal Interneurons, Plasticity and Repair After Cervical Spinal Cord Injury"
10:05 am - 10:15 am
Discussion
10:15 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:15 am
11:15 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:40 am
"Bioengineered Scaffold Containing Neural Stem Cell in SCI"
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
"Role of Sox2+ Cells in Spinal Cord Regeneration in the Frog Xenopus laevis "
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
"The Primate Corticospinal Projectome"
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
"Oxygen Transport Mediates Rapid Recovery of Diaphragm Function Following Chronic Spinal Injury"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Poster Session
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Translational Neuroscience
5:30 pm - 5:55 pm
"Surrogate Markers in SCI Clinical Trials"
5:55 pm - 6:05 pm
Discussion
6:05 pm - 6:30 pm
"Anti-Nogo-A Antibody Clinical Trials"
6:30 pm - 6:40 pm
Discussion
6:40 pm - 7:05 pm
"The Way Forward in SCI Clinical Trials"
7:05 pm - 7:15 pm
Discussion
7:15 pm - 7:30 pm
General Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure