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7th Conference of the Specialized Neuroscience Research Programs
New York, New York
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Hosted by:
Hunter College of the City University of New York
Fiscal Agent: Research Foundation of The City University of New York
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AGENDA
AGENDA SUBJECT TO CHANGE |
| Tuesday - August 19, 2008 |
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6:00 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
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REGISTRATION
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7:45 p.m.
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POSTER SETUP
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| Wednesday - August 20, 2008 |
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7:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
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REGISTRATION
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7:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
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SPEAKERS' READY ROOM AND INTERNET ROOM OPEN
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7:30 a.m.-8:55 a.m.
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REFRESHMENTS
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9:00 a.m.-4:35 p.m.
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GENERAL SESSION
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9:00 a.m.-9:15 a.m.
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WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS
Marie T. Filbin, Ph.D., SNRP Director,
Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY)
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9:15 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
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TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH PROGRAM
Chair and Moderator: Marie T. Filbin, Ph.D., SNRP Director, Hunter College, CUNY
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9:15 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
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Human Disease Models To Elucidate Genes Critical to Developmental Biology
William F. Crowley, Jr., M.D., Harvard Medical
School/Massachusetts General Hospital
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10:00 a.m.-10:15 a.m.
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Q & A
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10:15 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
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The NIH Chemical Genomics Center: Developing Chemical Probes for Neuroscience
Christopher P. Austin, M.D., National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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11:00 a.m.-11:15 a.m.
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Q & A
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11:15 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
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BREAK
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11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
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Translational Medicine: A Pharmaceutical Perspective
Frank Walsh, Ph.D., Executive Vice President,
Discovery Research, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
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12:15 p.m.-12:30 p.m.
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Q & A
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12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
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LUNCH
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1:30 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
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Traffic Accidents: Cellular Insights from Studies of the Hereditary Spastic Paraplegias
Craig Blackstone, M.D., Ph.D., Cellular Neurology Unit, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), NIH
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2:15 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
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Q & A
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2:30 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
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Breakout Sessions
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Strategies for Recruitment and Retention in Clinical Programs
Moderator: John Lynch, D.O.
Bernadette Boden-Albala, Dr.P.H., M.P.H.,
Assistant Professor of Sociomedical Sciences in
Neurology, Division of Stroke and Critical Care,
Columbia University
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NINDS Translational Programs
Moderator: David A. Jett, Ph.D.
Jill Heemskerk, Ph.D., Acting Associate Director for Technology Development, NINDS, NIH
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Professional Development Seminar -
Networking: Understanding the Village
Moderator: Michelle D. Jones-London, Ph.D.
Robert Tillman, Ph.D., Director, Science Alliance, New York Academy of Sciences
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3:45 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
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BREAK
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4:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
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NINDS DIRECTOR'S ADDRESS
Story C. Landis, Ph.D., Director, NINDS, NIH
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4:30 p.m.-4:35 p.m.
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CLOSING REMARKS
Marie T. Filbin, Ph.D., SNRP Director, Hunter College, CUNY
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4:35 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
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SNRP DIRECTORS' MEETING (CLOSED)
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6:30 p.m.
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DEPART FOR NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
Walk or Cab on Own-Picture ID Is Required
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7:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.
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KEYNOTE ADDRESS/RECEPTION
Welcome by Hunter-CUNY Officials
Keynote Speaker
Internal Representations of the Olfactory World
Richard Axel, M.D., Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Columbia University Medical Center
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| Thursday - August 21, 2008 |
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7:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
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REGISTRATION
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7:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
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SPEAKERS' READY ROOM AND INTERNET ROOM OPEN
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7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m.
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REFRESHMENTS
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8:00 a.m.-4:45 p.m.
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GENERAL SESSION
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8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
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SESSION 1: STROKE
Chair and Moderator: Chelsea Kidwell, M.D., SNRP Director, Georgetown University
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8:00 a.m.-8:45 a.m.
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Life Among the Axons: Preserving and Rebuilding Brain Connections After Stroke
Mark P. Goldberg, M.D., Washington University
School of Medicine
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8:45 a.m.-9:05 a.m.
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O-1 ePKC Activation Prolongs Ion Homeostasis in Ischemia-Tolerant Arctic Ground Squirrel Brain During Cardiac Arrest
Kelly L. Drew, Ph.D., University of Alaska Fairbanks
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9:05 a.m.-9:25 a.m.
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O-2 Barriers to Stroke Recognition and Action: Preliminary Assessment of an Underserved Urban Community
Amie Hsia, M.D., Georgetown University/ Washington Hospital Center
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9:25 a.m.-9:45 a.m.
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O-3 Incidence of Stroke in Alaska Native People
Brian A. Trimble, M.D., Alaska Native Medical Center
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9:45 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
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PANEL Q & A
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10:00 a.m.-10:15 a.m.
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BREAK
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10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
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SESSION 2: AGING, ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, NEURODEGENERATION, AND NEUROPROTECTION
Chair and Moderator: Walter R. Frontera, M.D., Ph.D., SNRP Director, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus
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10:15 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
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Human Relevance of a Common Alzheimer Mouse
Karen Hsiao Ashe, M.D., Ph.D., University of Minnesota
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11:00 a.m.-11:20 a.m.
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O-4 Cembranoids: New Neuroprotective Drugs Acting Through a Novel Nicotinic Pathway
Pedro A. Ferchmin, Ph.D., Universidad Central de Caribe
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11:20 a.m.-11:40 a.m.
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O-5 Downregulation of Ferritin Heavy Chain Prevents Neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's Disease Transgenic Mice
Guo-Huang Fan, Ph.D., Meharry Medical College
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11:40 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
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O-6 Neuroprotection by Neuregulin-1 in Acute Brain Injury
Byron Ford, Ph.D., Morehouse School of Medicine
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12:00 p.m. - 12:15 p.m.
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PANEL Q & A
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12:15 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
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CONCURRENT LUNCH MEETINGS
(1, 2, and 3)
(Pick up box lunch in Grand Ballroom area and take to meeting room)
1. NINDS Open House-Meet With Program Officials
2. Coordinators' Meeting
Lynn Morin, NINDS, NIH
Gavin Wilkom, NINDS, NIH
View posters in Financial Ballroom, if meeting ends early
3. Early Career Development (A and B)
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12:15 p.m.-1:15 p.m.
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A. "Managing Your Scientific Career" Panel
Alexander W. Dromerick, M.D.
Director of the Neuroscience Research Center and Director of the Comprehensive Stroke Research Program, National Rehabilitation Hospital
Lee E. Limbird, Ph.D.
Vice President, Office for Research and
Interim Chair, Cardiovascular Biology, Meharry Medical College
Peter R. MacLeish, Ph.D.
Professor of Neuroscience and Professor and Chairman, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Morehouse School of Medicine
Charles J. Wilson, Ph.D.
Professor, Departments of Biology and Computational Neurobiology, University of Texas at San Antonio
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1:15 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
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Panel Q & A
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1:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
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B. The Human Side of Peer Review
Phillip F. Wiethorn, Scientific Review Officer, NINDS, NIH
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2:00 p.m.-2:15 p.m.
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Panel Q & A
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2:15 p.m.-2:30 p.m.
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BREAK AND REASSEMBLE TO THE GRAND BALLROOM
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2:30 p.m.-4:25 p.m.
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SESSION 3: NEUROGENESIS, DEVELOPMENT, AND REGENERATION
Chair and Moderator: Charles J. Wilson, Ph.D., SNRP Director, University of Texas at San Antonio
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2:30 p.m.-3:15 p.m.
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Dissecting the Diverse Actions of Proneurotrophins
Barbara L. Hempstead, M.D., Ph.D., New York- Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical College
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3:15 p.m.-3:35 p.m.
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O-7 22q13 Motor and Autism Syndrome: Islet Brain-2 as a New Candidate Disease Gene
Mitchell Goldfarb, Ph.D., Hunter College, CUNY
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3:35 p.m.-3:55 p.m.
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O-8 Prostaglandin J2: A Product of Inflammation That Plays a Key Role in Neurodegeneration?
Maria Figueiredo-Pereira, Ph.D., Hunter College, CUNY
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3:55 p.m.-4:25 p.m.
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PANEL Q & A
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4:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
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GENERAL POSTER VIEWING AND PRESENTATIONS
Poster Presentations and Voting for the Haxhiu- N.E.U.R.O.N. Travel Award Recipient
- The Haxhiu-N.E.U.R.O.N. (New, Exciting, Undiscovered Research on Neuroscience) panel is composed of SNRP faculty, visiting researchers, and NINDS staff. There will be a 10-minute PowerPoint presentation from each of the top six poster selections, one from each category of graduate and postdoctoral, shown on Friday at 1:30 p.m.
- Announcement and award presentation at close of conference on Friday afternoon.
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6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
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DINNER AND KEYNOTE SPEAKER
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7:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
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Announcement of Six Poster Finalists
Keynote Speaker
From Hearing to Utterance: A Neurobiology of Courtship Song
Darcy B. Kelley, Ph.D., Columbia University
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7:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
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REGISTRATION
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7:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
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SPEAKERS' READY ROOM AND INTERNET ROOM OPEN
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7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m.
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REFRESHMENTS
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8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m
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GENERAL SESSION
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8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
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SESSION 4: AUTONOMIC SYSTEMS AND SLEEP DISORDERS
Chair and Moderator: Lawrence Duffy, Ph.D., SNRP Director, University of Alaska Fairbanks
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8:00 a.m.-8:45 a.m.
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The Role of the Circadian Dysregulation and Sleep and Metabolic Dysfunction
Fred W. Turek, Ph.D., Northwestern University
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8:45 a.m.-9:05 a.m.
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O-9 Circadian Clock and Melatonin Modulate Visual Processing in the Mouse Retina
Gianluca Tosini, Ph.D., Morehouse School of Medicine
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9:05 a.m.-9:25 a.m.
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O-10 Impact of Interrupted Neuropeptide Y (NPY) Inputs to the Hypothalamic Paraventricular Nucleus (PVN) on Cardiorespiratory Responses
Serdia Mack, Ph.D., Howard University College of Medicine
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9:25 a.m.-9:45 a.m.
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O-11 Brainstem Serotonin Neurons, Ventilatory Responses to CO2, and Insights Toward the Pathophysiology of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Michael Harris, Ph.D., University of Alaska Fairbanks
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9:45 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
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PANEL Q & A
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10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
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SESSION 5: NEUROTOXICOLOGY, ADDICTION, AND BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCES
Chair and Moderator: Linda Chang, M.D., SNRP Director, University of Hawaii School of Medicine
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10:00 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
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If Nicotine Is a Developmental Neurotoxicant in Animal Studies, Dare We Recommend Nicotine Replacement Therapy in Pregnant Women and Adolescents?
Theodore Slotkin, Ph.D., Duke University Medical Center
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10:45 a.m.-11:05 a.m.
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O-12 Prenatal Exposure to B(a)P During Neurogenesis Impairs Later Cortical Neuronal Function and Behavior
Darryl B. Hood, Ph.D., Meharry Medical College
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11:05 a.m.-11:25 a.m.
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O-13 Mesoprefrontal Dopaminergic Neurons Maintain Their Firing Pattern in the Presence of Amphetamine
Carlos A. Paladini, Ph.D., University of Texas at San Antonio
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11:25 a.m.-11:45 a.m.
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O-14 Activation of a Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Circuit in the Amygdala Facilitates the Consolidation of Emotional Memory
Lorey K. Takahashi, Ph.D., University of Hawaii at Manoa
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11:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
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PANEL Q & A
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12:00 p.m.- 1:00 p.m.
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LUNCH
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1:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
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NETWORKING AND POSTER SESSION
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1:30 p.m.-2:45 p.m.
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POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS BY HAXHIU-N.E.U.R.O.N. TRAVEL AWARD NOMINEES
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2:45 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
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BREAK
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3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
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SESSION 6: NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS OF HIV AND AIDS
Chair and Moderator: Jose Lasalde, Ph.D., SNRP Director, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus
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3:00 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
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HIV-Associated Neurological Disorders: Still Relevant After 25 Years?
Carlos A. Pardo-Villamizar, M.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
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3:45 p.m.-4:05 p.m.
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O-15 CSF Oxidative Stress Markers, Sex Hormones, and HAND in a Hispanic Cohort of HIV-Seropositive Women
Valerie Wojna, M.D., University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus
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4:05 p.m.-4:25 p.m.
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O-16 Proteomic Biomarker Discovery for HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder
Loyda Melendez, Ph.D., University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus
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4:25 p.m.-4:45 p.m.
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O-17 Activation Phenotype of Monocytes as a Mechanism Leading to HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder
Bruce Shiramizu, M.D., University of Hawaii School of Medicine
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4:45 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
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PANEL Q & A
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5:00 p.m.-5:05 p.m.
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POSTER WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT
Michelle Jones-London, Ph.D., NINDS, NIH
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5:05 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
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CLOSING REMARKS
Alfred Gordon, Ph.D., Associate Director for Office of Minority Health and Research, NINDS, NIH
Marie T. Filbin, Ph.D., SNRP Director, Hunter College, CUNY
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5:15 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
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SNRP COMMUNITY TOWN HALL
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5:30 p.m.
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MEETING ADJOURNS
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