| SUNDAY |
| 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | GLIAL DIFFERENTIATION |
| Discussion Leader: James Goldman, M.D. (Columbia) |
| Chuck Stiles, Ph.D. (Dana Farber)
"Transcription factors and glial development in the vertebrate central nervous system" |
| James Angelastro, Ph.D. (UC Davis)
"Role of the ATF5 transcription in glial differentiation" |
| Tailoi Chan-Ling, Ph.D. (U. Sydney)
"Astrocyte heterogeneity: development, morphology, antigenic characterisation and function" |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | GLIAL REGULATION OF NEURONAL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION |
| Discussion Leader: Bruce Ransom, M.D., Ph.D. (U Washington) |
| Erik Ullian (Stanford)
"Identification of a glial-derived CNS synaptogenic protein" |
| Anna Dunaevsky, Ph.D. (Brown)
"The role of astrocytes in dendritic morphogenesis" |
| 10:15 am | Photo |
| Angela Giangrande, Ph.D. (Strasbourg)
"Confocal time lapse in the whole animal: Role of cell interactions in the control of fly glial cell migration and proliferation" |
| Glenn Hatton, Ph.D. (UC Riverside)
"Neuronal glial interactions in the supraoptic nucleus of the hypothalamus" |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | GLIAL REGULATION OF NEUROGENESIS |
| Discussion Leader: Tailoi Chan-Ling, Ph.D. (U Sydney) |
| Arturo Alvarez-Buylla, Ph.D. (UCSF)
"Neural stem cells disguised as glia" |
| Theo Palmer, Ph.D. (Stanford)
"Astrocytes, Vasculature and Neurons: Sage tutors of young neural progenitors in the adult hippocampus" |
| Hongjun Song, Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins)
"Regulation of adult hippocampal neural stem cells" |
| Maiken Nedergaard, M.D., Ph.D. (N.Y. Med Coll.)
"Imaging of astrocytes in vivo using 2-photon excitation" |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | ASTROCYTE INFLUENCE ON SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION |
| Discussion Leader: Philip Haydon, Ph.D. (U. Penn) |
| Ken McCarthy, Ph.D. (UNC)
"Astrocyte-Neuronal Signaling: Receptors, Ion Channels & Gap Junctions" |
| Shumin Duan, MD, Ph.D. (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
"Plasticity of neuron-glia signaling" |
| Robert Schwarcz, Ph.D. (U. Maryland)
"Glial cells as pharmacological targets in the treatment of schizophrenia: focus on kynurenic acid" |
| Pierre Magistretti, MD. Ph.D. (U. Lausanne)
"Mechanisms for neuron-glia metabolic coupling" |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Time |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | INTERACTIONS BETWEEN NEURONS AND GLIA: GROWTH FACTORS AND CYTOKINES |
| Discussion Leader: Wilma J. Friedman, Ph.D. (Rutgers) |
| Cheryl Dreyfus, Ph.D. (UMDNJ)
"Effects of Glutamate on Glial Expression of BDNF" |
| Marta Lapid de Volosin, Ph.D. (Cordoba/Rutgers)
"Cytokine and neurotrophin mediated interactions between astrocytes and neurons" |
| Etty (Tika) Benveniste , Ph.D. (U. Alabama)
"Interferon suppression of matrix metalloproteinase-9 expression: Implications for astroglioma biological functions" |
| Steve Levison, Ph.D. (UMDNJ)
"The regenerative properties of cytokine-activated glial cells" |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | INTERACTIONS BETWEEN AXONS AND GLIA |
| Discussion Leader: Cheryl Dreyfus, Ph.D. (UMDNJ) |
| Haesun Kim, Ph.D. (Rutgers)
"Receptor tyrosine kinase signaling between axons and myelinating glial cells" |
| Jim Salzer, Ph.D. (NYU)
"Regulation of PNS and CNS myelination by neuregulins" |
| Chien-Ping Ko, Ph.D. (USC)
"Roles of Schwann cells in synaptic function, growth, and maintenance at the neuromuscular junction" |
| Doug Fields, Ph.D. (NIH)
"Purinergic receptors in activity-dependent regulation of myelinating glia in the CNS and PNS" |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:00 pm | Business Meeting to elect new vice-chair |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | CALCIUM AND METABOLIC DYNAMICS IN GLIA |
| Discussion Leader: David Spray, Ph.D. (Einstein) |
| Helmut Kettenman, Ph.D. (Max Delbrück Center)
"Propagation of astrocyte activity in cortex" |
| Vladimir Parpura, M.D., Ph.D. (UC Riverside)
"Exocytosis in astrocytes" |
| Brian MacVicar, Ph.D. (U British Columbia)
"Two photon Imaging of Astrocyte Regulation of Cerebral Blood Vessels" |
| Gerry Dienel, Ph.D. (U. Arkansas)
"Sweet and sour food for thought: Fueling astrocytic work" |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | ROLE OF ASTROCYTES IN DISEASE |
| Discussion Leader: Tika Benveniste, Ph.D. (U Alabama) |
| David Weinstein, MD, Ph.D. (GliaMed)
"Blockade of astroglial tumor growth and invasion" |
| Orhan Aktas, Ph.D. (Charite Univ. Hospital)
"The Glia-T cell network: Fatal impact on neurons during neuroinflammation" |
| Linda Watkins, Ph.D. (U. Colorado)
"When Pain Goes Bad: Might glia be the culprit causing human chronic pain?" |
| James Goldman, MD (Columbia P&S)
"Alexander disease: how does astrocyte pathology cause degeneration of other CNS cells?" |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Free Time |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | GLIAL NETWORKS AND CONNECTIVITY |
| Discussion Leader: Doug Fields, Ph.D. (NIH) |
| David Spray, Ph.D. (Einstein)
"Connexin genes as nodes in gene expression regulation in brain" |
| Eliana Scemes, Ph.D. (Einstein)
"ATP release from glial progenitors" |
| Bruce Ransom, MD, Ph.D. (U Washington)
"Astrocyte-neuron interactions mediated by hemichannels: Summary of the evidence" |
| Philip Haydon, Ph.D. (UPenn)
"Glutamate-mediated astrocytic regulation of neuronal excitability and synaptic transmission" |
| Dwight Bergles, Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins)
"Synaptic signaling in CNS glia" |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Depart |
