This two-day meeting is based on the growing interest in glia biology and in its contribution to neurological and psychiatric disorders. It will bring together leading scientists in the fields of CNS metabolism, epigenetics and glia function.
Organizers:
Anne Schaefer
Patrizia Casaccia
Program
Manhattan Glia Spring Meeting
Inaugural Meeting of the Center of Glia Biology, May 13-14th 2019
Day 1: Monday May 13th
8:30 - 9:00 am
Breakfast
9:00 - 9:30 am
Opening remarks
9:30 - 10:30 am
Session 1: Astrocytes
Shai Shaham: Astrocyte control of behavior in C. elegans
Anusha Mishra: The role of Astrocytes in mediating neurovascular coupling in health and disease
10:30 - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00
Session 2: Cross-talk between CNS cells and the vascular/lymphatic system
Chenghua Gu: Neuro-vascular interactions in the CNS
Jonathan Kipnis: Meningeal immunity and lymphatic regulate glia and neuronal function
12:00 - 1:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 pm
Session 3: Microglia
Dori Schafer: A Synaptic Feast: Microglial Phagocytic Mechanisms Governing Brain Plasticity
Miriam Merad: Developmental heterogeneity of brain microglia
2:00 - 3:00 pm
Marco Colonna: The impact of microglial immunororeceptors in neurodegeneration
Frederick Geissmann: Microglia Somatic mosaicism and neurodegeneration
3:00 - 3:30 pm
Coffee Break
3:30 - 4:30 pm
Session 4: Epigenetics and metabolism
Danny Reinberg: Polycomb, Inheritance and Disease
Paolo Sassone Corsi: The Epigenetic Language of Circadian Metabolism
4:30 - 5:00 pm
General Discussion
(Speaker Dinner at 6:30pm)
Day 2: Tuesday May 14th
8:30 - 9:15 am
Breakfast
9:15 - 10:15 am
Session 5: Metabolism and neuro-glial exchange
Rochelle Buffenstein: The bare essentials of slowing aging; a naked mole-rat perspective
Klaus Nave: Oligodendroglial support of axonal energy metabolism: relevance to neurodegenerative disease
10:15 - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:45 am
Bruno Weber: Neuro-glia interaction in energy metabolism
Francisco Quintana: Regulation of CNS inflammation by astrocytes
11:45 - 12:45 pm
Session 6: Open panel discussion and future directions
Bruce Ransom, Glia Editor
Patrick Hof, Journal of Comparative Neurology Editor
Kevin Da Silva, Nature Neuroscience Editor
Pam Hines, Science Editor
Teodoro Pulvirenti, Journal of Experimental Medicine Editor
12:45 - 1:00 pm
Closing remarks
1:00 - 2:00 pm
Lunch
8:30 - 9:00 am Breakfast 9:00 - 9:30 am Opening remarks 9:30 - 10:30 am Session 1: Astrocytes Shai Shaham: Astrocyte control of behavior in C. elegans Anusha Mishra: The role of Astrocytes in mediating neurovascular coupling in health and disease 10:30 - 11:00 am Coffee Break 11:00 - 12:00 Session 2: Cross-talk between CNS cells and the vascular/lymphatic system Chenghua Gu: Neuro-vascular interactions in the CNS Jonathan Kipnis: Meningeal immunity and lymphatic regulate glia and neuronal function 12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch 1:00 - 2:00 pm Session 3: Microglia Dori Schafer: A Synaptic Feast: Microglial Phagocytic Mechanisms Governing Brain Plasticity Miriam Merad: Developmental heterogeneity of brain microglia 2:00 - 3:00 pm Marco Colonna: The impact of microglial immunororeceptors in neurodegeneration Frederick Geissmann: Microglia Somatic mosaicism and neurodegeneration 3:00 - 3:30 pm Coffee Break 3:30 - 4:30 pm Session 4: Epigenetics and metabolism Danny Reinberg: Polycomb, Inheritance and Disease Paolo Sassone Corsi: The Epigenetic Language of Circadian Metabolism 4:30 - 5:00 pm General Discussion (Speaker Dinner at 6:30pm)
Day 2: Tuesday May 14th
8:30 - 9:15 am Breakfast 9:15 - 10:15 am Session 5: Metabolism and neuro-glial exchange Rochelle Buffenstein: The bare essentials of slowing aging; a naked mole-rat perspective Klaus Nave: Oligodendroglial support of axonal energy metabolism: relevance to neurodegenerative disease 10:15 - 10:45 am Coffee Break 10:45 - 11:45 am Bruno Weber: Neuro-glia interaction in energy metabolism Francisco Quintana: Regulation of CNS inflammation by astrocytes 11:45 - 12:45 pm Session 6: Open panel discussion and future directions Bruce Ransom, Glia Editor Patrick Hof, Journal of Comparative Neurology Editor Kevin Da Silva, Nature Neuroscience Editor Pam Hines, Science Editor Teodoro Pulvirenti, Journal of Experimental Medicine Editor 12:45 - 1:00 pm Closing remarks
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