GREAT LAKES GLIA 2022 SCHEDULE
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Sunday, October 9
4:30 pm – Opening Reception (Top of the Park)
6:00 pm – Dinner (Top of the Park)
7:30 pm – Session 1: Oligodendrocyte Development and Myelination: Molecular Mechanisms In Health and Disease (Grandview I)
Chair: Pablo Paez, University of Buffalo
- Leandro Marziali (University of Buffalo) – A Novel Stress-Activated Inhibitor of Myelination
- Yannick Poitelon (Albany Medical College) – Role of YAP and TAZ in Oligodendrocytes
- Yungki Park (University of Buffalo) – Regulatory Mechanism Governing Plp1 Expression for Central Nervous System Myelination
- Pablo Paez (University of Buffalo) – Modulation of Oligodendrocyte Development and Myelination by Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels
Monday, October 10
8:00 am – Breakfast (Top of the Park)
8:45 am – Keynote 1: Astrocyte Heterogeneity and Nanoarchitecture in the CNS (Grandview I)
Speaker: Keith Murai, McGill University
9:45 am – Break
10:00 am – Session 2: Astrocyte Heterogeneity in Health and Disease (Grandview I)
Co-Chairs: Keith Murai, McGill University; Doug Feinstein, University of Illinois – Chicago
- Zila Martinez (The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia) – Generation of Astrocyte Diversity: Lessons from Transcriptional Regulation of the Glutamate Transporter 1 (GLT1)
- José Otero (The Ohio State University College of Medicine) – Brainstem Astrocytes and Their Regulation of Autonomic Homeostasis
- Ryan Gilbert (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) – Biomaterial Approaches to Augment Astrocyte Reactivity
- Isobel Scarisbrick (Mayo Clinic) – Modulating Astrocyte Metabolism to Promote CNS Regeneration
Noon – Free Time
3:30 pm – Poster Session (Grandview II)
4:30 pm – Session 3: Microglia in Health and Disease (Grandview I)
Chair: Tyler Ulland, University of Wisconsin – Madison
- Kathryn Lenz (The Ohio State University) – Prenatal Allergic Inflammation, Mast Cell-Microglia Interactions, and Sex-Specific Programming of Motivated Behavior
- Tyler Ulland (University of Wisconsin – Madison) – Inhibition of the Nlrp3 Inflammasome by 6-Hydroxybutyrate Decreases Alzheimer’s Disease Pathology
- Sebastian Werneburg (University of Michigan) – Microglia and the Elimination and Recovery of Synapses in Demyelinating Disease
- Subhash Pandey (University of Illinois – Chicago) – Neuroinflammation Signatures in the Pathophysiology of Alcohol Use Disorder
7:00 pm – Dinner (Top of the Park)
8:30 pm – Poster Session & Refreshments (Grandview II)
Tuesday, October 11
7:30 am – Breakfast (Top of the Park)
8:15 am – Keynote 2: Regulation of Myelin and Conduction Velocity by Action Potentials (Grandview I)
Speaker: R. Douglas Fields, NICHD
9:15 am – Break
9:30 am – Session 4: Contribution of Glia-Associated Mechanisms to Pathological Endophenotypes of Complex Behaviors (Grandview I)
Chair: Sinead O’Donovan, The University of Toledo
- Sarah Elzinga (University of Michigan) – Metabolism and Obesity Effects on Microglia
- Marissa Smail (The University of Toledo) – Animal Model Characterizing the Consequences of Microglial Loss
- Sinead O’Donovan (The University of Toledo) – Effects of Psychotropic Medications on Astrocytes Using a Bioinformatics Approach
- Hayley McLoughlin (University of Michigan) – Non-neuronal Contributions to Neurodegeneration: A Role for Oligodendrocytes in Spinocerebellar Ataxia
11:30 am – Lunch break out (Grandview I)
12:00 pm – Session 5: Glial Responses to Disease and Therapy in Demyelinating Conditions (Grandview I)
Chair: Ernesto Bongarzone, University Illinois – Chicago
- Sarah Lutz (University Illinois – Chicago) – Glial Response to Respiratory SARS-CoV-2 Infection is Modified by Age
- Stephen Crocker (University of Connecticut) – Impact of Cellular Aging on Glial Responses and CNS Remyelination
- Anne Boullerne (University Illinois – Chicago) – Rediscovery of Pio del Rio Hortega Myelinic Channel System using Fluorescent Markers
- Ernesto Bongarzone (University Illinois – Chicago) – Adult-Onset Focal Demyelination after Neonatal AAV-Gene Therapy in Leukodystrophies