Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm
Translational Approaches in Spinal Cord Injury and Repair
Discussion Leader: Micaela O'Reilly (Drexel University, College of Medicine, United States)
3:15 pm - 3:25 pm
Jose Paz Amaya (Temple University, United States)
"Immune Response as a Potential Predictor of Locomotor Recovery: The Role of Dural Repair in SCI"
3:25 pm - 3:30 pm
Discussion
3:30 pm - 3:40 pm
Naomi Roopnarine (King's College London, United Kingdom)
"Chondroitinase ABC and Rehabilitative Training as a Combinational Therapy for Spinal Cord Injury"
3:40 pm - 3:45 pm
Discussion
3:45 pm - 3:55 pm
Markus Harrigan (The Ohio State University, United States)
"Delayed Loss of Regained or Spared Function After Spinal Cord Injury (“Neuroworsening”)"
3:55 pm - 4:00 pm
Discussion
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Poster Session
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Mechanisms of Spinal Cord Injury and Repair
Discussion Leader: Jaclyn Eisdorfer (Rutgers University, United States)
5:30 pm - 5:35 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
5:35 pm - 5:45 pm
Giulia Benedetta Calabrese (University of St Andrews, United Kingdom)
"Cholinergic Modulation of Breathing in Physiological Conditions and Post-Spinal Cord Injury"
5:45 pm - 5:50 pm
Discussion
5:50 pm - 6:00 pm
Jennifer Harmon (University of Washington, United States)
"Anatomical and Functional Microvascular Changes During Normal Aging in the Rodent Spinal Cord"
6:00 pm - 6:05 pm
Discussion
6:05 pm - 6:15 pm
Elle Scheijen (Hasselt University, Belgium)
"Role of DNA Damage and Repair Responses in Spinal Cord Injury Pathogenesis in Mice"
6:15 pm - 6:20 pm
Discussion
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm
General Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:40 pm
Laura Hechler (University of Cologne, Germany)
"A Hierarchical Genetic Strategy to Increase Corticospinal Axon Growth after SCI"
6:40 pm - 6:45 pm
Discussion
6:45 pm - 6:55 pm
Supraja Varadarajan (Stanford University, United States)
"The Role of Postsynaptic Neuronal Activity in Axon Regeneration"
6:55 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:10 pm
Jasmine Pathan (CUNY School of Medicine, United States)
"Can We Prevent Premotor Interneurons from Being 'Eaten Alive' after Motor System Injury?"
7:10 pm - 7:15 pm
Discussion
7:15 pm - 7:25 pm
Sydney Brockie (University of Toronto, Canada)
"Examining the Role of Cx3cr1 in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy"
7:25 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Preclinical Approaches to Spinal Cord Injury and Repair
Discussion Leader: Christina Marion (The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, United States)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:20 am
Alina Garbuzov (University of California, San Diego, United States)
"The Response to Injury of Corticospinal Neurons in Non-human Primates"
9:20 am - 9:25 am
Discussion
9:25 am - 9:35 am
Philip Pietryszek (DWI Leibniz Institut für Interaktive Materialien e.V., Germany)
"The Anisogel - A Dual Hydrogel System for Directed Neuronal Growth to Combat Spinal Cord Injury"
9:35 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Jana Van Broeckhoven (UHasselt - Biomed, Belgium)
"Inhibition of Phosphodiesterase 4D (PDE4D) Improves Functional and Histopathological Outcomes After Hemisection Spinal Cord Injury."
9:50 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:15 am
General Discussion
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Ana Vivinetto (Burke Neurological Institute, United States)
"Manipulating EMT Signaling after SCI: Effects on Astrocyte-mediated Wound Healing"
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 10:40 am
Caleb Wood (Baylor College of Medicine, United States)
"Electrical Silencing Activates c-Jun and Causes Degeneration in Mature Entorhinal Neurons"
10:40 am - 10:45 am
Discussion
10:45 am - 10:55 am
Olivia Wireman (University of Kentucky, United States)
"T3 Transection as a Mouse Model of Bowel Dysfunction after Spinal Cord Injury"
10:55 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Mentorship Panel
Discussion Leader: Angela Filous (The Ohio State University, United States)
1:30 pm - 1:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
1:40 pm - 1:50 pm
Martin Schwab (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
"Mentorship Panel Discussion"
1:50 pm - 1:55 pm
Discussion
1:55 pm - 2:05 pm
Dana McTigue (Ohio State University College of Medicine, United States)
"Mentorship Panel Discussion"
2:05 pm - 2:10 pm
Discussion
2:10 pm - 2:20 pm
Megan Detloff (Drexel University, United States)
"Mentorship Panel Discussion"
2:20 pm - 2:25 pm
Discussion
2:25 pm - 2:30 pm
General Discussion
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes