Saturday
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Keynote Session: Neuroimmune Interaction Outside of the CNS
Discussion Leaders: Elizabeth Frost (University of Virginia, USA) and Ashley Marquardt (University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA)
3:45 pm - 4:20 pm
Isaac Chiu (Harvard Medical School, USA)
"Nociceptor Neuron Regulation of Immunity and Host Defense"
4:20 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
CNS Innate Immune Mechanisms
Discussion Leaders: Ioana Marin (Stanford University, USA) and Claudia Han (University of California, San Diego, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
Ana Falcao (Karolinska Institutet, Sweden)
"Disease-Specific Oligodendrocyte Lineage Cells Arise in MS"
7:50 pm - 7:55 pm
Discussion
7:55 pm - 8:15 pm
Christina Vogelaar (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz / University Medical Center, Germany)
"Excitatory Neuronal IL-4 Receptor Signalling Is Relevant for Brain Homeostasis"
8:15 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:40 pm
Evan Bordt (Harvard Medical School / Massachusetts General Hospital, USA)
"Early Life Immune Activation Induces Sex-Biased Mitochondrial and Behavioral Alterations"
8:40 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 9:00 pm
Anna Warden (University of Texas at Austin, USA)
"From Transcriptome to Behavior: Role of Microglia Depletion in a Neuroimmune Model of Excessive Drinking"
9:00 pm - 9:05 pm
Discussion
9:05 pm - 9:25 pm
Julia Marschallinger (Stanford University, USA)
"Lipid Droplet Accumulating Microglia: A Dysfunctional and Pro-Inflammatory Subpopulation in the Aging Brain"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Crossing the Barriers and Peripheral Immune Cells in the CNS
Discussion Leaders: Michael Wheeler (Brigham and Women's Hospital, USA) and Zhaoqi Yan (University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Charlotte Wayne (Columbia University Medical Center, USA)
"The Role of Chemokine Receptors CCR2 and CCR6 in CD4+ T Cell Infiltration into the Brain Following Multiple S. pyogenes Infections"
9:15 am - 9:20 am
Discussion
9:20 am - 9:40 am
Alexis Crockett (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
"Role of the Blood Brain Barrier in Neuroimmune Mechanisms of Schizophrenia"
9:40 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 10:05 am
Hamid Salimi (Washington University in St. Louis, USA)
"Delineating Hematogenous Routes of CNS Entry by Encephalitic Alphaviruses"
10:05 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:30 am
Ben Korin (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel)
"Effects of Short Term Sleep Deprivation on the Brain's Immune Compartment"
10:30 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 10:55 am
Sandro Da Mesquita (University of Virginia, USA)
"The Role of Meningeal Lymphatic Vessels in Alzheimer's Disease Pathophysiology"
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: The Place of Neuroimmunology in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Discussion Leaders: Alexander Nott (University of California, San Diego, USA) and Divine Nwafor (West Virginia University, USA)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
The Place of Neuroimmunology in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Noel Derecki (Janssen, USA)
Haiyan Peng (Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, USA)
Yaming Wang (Eli Lilly and Company, USA)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes
