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 |
| Discussion Leader: Andrew Jarjour (University of Edinburgh, UK) |
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Klaus-Armin Nave (Max Planck Institute, Göttingen, Germany)
"Novel Roles of Myelinating Glial Cells in Axonal Energy Metabolism"
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4:15 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Oligodendrocyte and Progenitor Dynamics and Plasticity |
| Discussion Leaders: Kelly Monk (Washington University, St. Louis, USA) and Michelle Monje (Stanford University, USA) |
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Ethan Hughes (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
"Oligodendrocyte Dynamics in Cortical Gray Matter"
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7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Erin Gibson (Stanford University, USA)
"Adaptive White Matter: Neuronal Activity Promotes Oligodendrogliogenesis and Myelination in the Mammalian Brain"
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8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Francesca Vigano (Ludwig-Maximilians University, Germany)
"New Insights into the Heterogeneity of Adult NG2-Glia"
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8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Cody Smith (University of Virginia, USA)
"CNS-Derived Glial Cells Restrict the Myelinating Glial Cells of the CNS/PNS Transition Zone to Their Domains"
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9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
SUNDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 10:30 am | Cell Biological Mechanisms of Myelination |
| Discussion Leaders: Sharyl Fyffe-Maricich (University of Pittsburgh, USA) and Stacey Wahl (Rutgers University, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:20 am | Yannick Poitelon (Hunter James Kelly Research Institute, University at Buffalo, USA)
"Spatial Mapping of Juxtacrine Axo-Glial Interactions Reveals Novel Molecules in Myelination"
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9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
9:30 am - 9:50 am | Ruani Fernando (Institut des Neurosciences de Montpellier, INSERM, France)
"Myelin Sheath Extension in Schwann Cells is Linked to Limb Elongation via YAP"
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9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:20 am | Emily Mathews (University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, USA)
"The Cholesterol Biosynthetic Pathway is Required for Oligodendrocyte Migration, Axon Wrapping and Myelin Gene Expression"
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10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am - 10:50 am | Sarah Petersen (Washington University, St. Louis, USA)
"The Adhesion GPCR Gpr126 Has Distinct, Domain-Dependent Functions in Schwann Cells During Radial Sorting and Myelination Governed by Interaction with Laminin-211"
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10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session II |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 2:45 pm | Novel Approaches to Study Myelin Disease and Regeneration |
| Discussion Leaders: David Rowitch (University of California, San Francisco, USA) and Andrew Robinson (Northwestern University, USA) |
1:30 pm - 1:45 pm | Abbe Crawford (University of Cambridge, UK)
"Does the Developmental Heterogeneity of Oligodendrocyte Origin Influence Remyelination of the Adult Central Nervous System?"
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1:45 pm - 1:55 pm | Discussion |
1:55 pm - 2:10 pm | Feng Mei (University of California, San Francisco, USA)
"Micropillar Arrays as a High-Throughput Screening Platform for Therapeutics in Multiple Sclerosis"
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2:10 pm - 2:20 pm | Discussion |
2:20 pm - 2:35 pm | Robert Fledrich (Max Planck Institute, Göttingen, Germany)
"Soluble Neuregulin1 Targets Schwann Cell Dysdifferentiation in Rodent Models of Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease 1A (CMT1A)"
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2:35 pm - 2:45 pm | Discussion |
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms |
3:00 pm | Seminar Concludes |