| Saturday |
| 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Keynote Session: State-Dependent Changes in Astrocytic Function |
| Discussion Leaders: Randy Stout (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, USA) and Ken McCarthy (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA) |
| 3:45 pm - 4:25 pm | Keynote: Maiken Nedergaard (University of Rochester Medical Center, USA)
"State-Dependent Changes in Astrocytic Function" |
| 4:25 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Glial Cells in Physiological Development and Function |
| Discussion Leaders: Ukpong Eyo (Rutgers University, USA) and Mary Logan (Oregon Health and Science University, USA) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Sarah Ackerman (Washington University at St. Louis School of Medicine, USA)
"The Adhesion-GPCR Gpr56 Is an Essential Regulator of Central and Peripheral Nervous System Myelination" |
| 7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Geoffrey Norris (University of Virginia, USA)
"IL-4 Signaling on Niche Microglia as a Regulator of Adult Subventricular Zone Neurogenesis" |
| 8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Chantalle Briggs (Dalhousie University, Canada)
"Astrocytic Glutamate Transporter 1 Differentially Modulates Orexin and Melanin Concentrating Hormone Neurons via Distinct Populations of Glutamate Receptors" |
| 8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Emily Lehrman (Boston Children's Hospital, USA)
"Innate Immune 'Don't Eat Me' Signals Protect Synapses from Excess Microglia-Mediated Pruning During CNS Synaptic Refinement" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| Sunday |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Glial Cells in Pathophysiology of Neurological
Disorders |
| Discussion Leaders: Elizabeth Hanson (Tufts University, USA) and Dwight Bergles (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA) |
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am | Donal Cox (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)
"Expression and Functional Analysis of Nucleic Acid Sensors in Astrocytes and Microglia" |
| 9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:50 am | Yevgeniya Mironova (University of Michigan, USA)
"Novel Insights into the Role of Endo-Lysosomal Trafficking in CNS Myelin Development, Stability, and Repair" |
| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | Stefanie Robel (University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA)
"Reactive Astrocytes Contribute to Tumor-Associated Epilepsy" |
| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | Chloe Delepine (Institut Cochin - Inserm u1016, France)
"Altered Microtubule Dynamics and Vesicular Transport in Mecp2-Deficient Astrocytes, New Insight into Rett Syndrome Physiopathology" |
| 10:50 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 | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Emerging Technologies for Studying Glial Cells In Vivo |
| Discussion Leaders: Joshua Jackson (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, USA) and Amanda Brosius Lutz (Stanford University, USA) |
| 1:30 pm - 1:45 pm | Ryan MacDonald (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
"Assaying Retinal Circuit Function and Vision in the Retina Lacking Müller Glia Cells" |
| 1:45 pm - 1:50 pm | Discussion |
| 1:50 pm - 2:05 pm | Robert Hill (Yale University, USA)
"Novel Imaging Tools to Study Cortical Oligodendrocytes and Myelin In Vivo" |
| 2:05 pm - 2:10 pm | Discussion |
| 2:10 pm - 2:25 pm | Nathan Smith (University of Utah, USA)
"Imaging Ca2+ Dynamics in Microglia" |
| 2:25 pm - 2:30 pm | Discussion |
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Seminar Concludes |
