SATURDAY, MARCH 14
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7:00 am - 6:00 pm |
ASN Registration Desk Open
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8:30 am - 5:00 pm Transportation provided to Emory and Yerkes
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Pre-Meeting Workshop Optogenetics Tools, Techniques and Applications in Neuroscience and Neurochemistry Chair: Ling Wei (Emory)Co-Chair: Robert Gross (Emory)
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In the afternoon, the Delegates will be given the option to visit the Yerkes National Primate Research Center Field Station. Transportation will be provided from the Hyatt.
PMW01-01 - Development of Optogenetics Tools and Techniques Ken Berglund, Research Associate, Department of Neurosurgery
PMW01-02 - Application of Optogenetics in Neuroscience and Neurochemistry Research
Arthur English, Ph.D., Professor of Cell Biology and Rehabilitation Medicine
PMW01-03 - Optogenetics and Epilepsy Treatment Robert Gross, M.D. Ph.D., Professor, Departments of Neurosurgery, Neurology, Biomedical Engineering, and Neuroscience and Director Translational, Neuroengineering Laboratory
PMW01-04 - Stem Cells and Optogenetics: Novel Approaches for the Treatment of Focal Ischemic Stroke Ling Wei, M.D., Professor and John E. Steinhaus Endowed Chair in Anesthesiology
PMW01-05 - In vivo Optogenetic Control of Striatal and Thalamic Neurons in Non-human Primates Adriana Galvan, PhD, Emory
PMW01-06 - Optogenetic Modulation of Basal Ganglia Circuit Activity in Rodents Teresa Sanders, PhD, Emory
PMW01-07 - Precision Light Patterning for Microscopy-based Optogenetics Michael Mohammadi, Andor
PMW01-08 - Multiwell Optogenetic Stimulation for High-throughput Disease Modeling and Drug Discovery Isaac Clements, PhD, Axion Biosystems
Sponsored by:   Registration is limited Faculty-$100 / Students-$50
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12:00 am - 5:00 pm
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ASN Council Meeting I
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4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Hyatt Regency Atlanta
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ASN Public Forum The Social Brain: From the Chemistry of Relationships to Autism Spectrum Disorder Chair: Anne Murphy Speakers & Panelists include:
- Ami Klin, PhD, Director, Marcus Autism Center and NIH Autism Center of
Excellence in Atlanta
- Celine Saulnier, PhD, Clinical Director, Research, Division of Autism & Related Disorders, Emory
- Larry Young, PhD, Director, Emory Center for Translational Social
Neuroscience
- Greg Abowd, PhD, President, Atlanta Autism Consortium
Sponsored by: 
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7:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
ASN President's Welcome Reception Sponsored by University of Alabama Dean's Office
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SUNDAY, MARCH 15
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7:00 am - 6:00 pm |
ASN Registration Desk Open

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8:00 am - 8:15 am |
President’s Welcome & Introductions Tika Benveniste, PhD, President 2013-2015 New Member Recognition Travel Awardees Recognition
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8:15 am - 9:15 am
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Plenary Lecture 01 Looking at the Epigenomic Landscape of Developing Oligodendrocytes
 Patrizia Casaccia, MD, PhD
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9:15 am - 10:00 am
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View Posters & Visit Exhibitors - Coffee Break
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10:00 am - 12:00 pm |
S01- microRNAs (miRNAs) in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and age-related macular degeneration (AMD) Chair: Walter Lukiw Co-Chair: Debomoy Lahiri Introduction to microRNA in AD and AMD Walter Lukiw
S01-01 - ROLE OF MicroRNA-346 IN IRON HOMEOSTASIS AND ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE Debomoy Lahiri
S01-02 - MicroRNA-650 MODULATES THE PATHOGENESIS OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE THROUGH REGULATING CDK Peng Jin
S01-03 - MicroRNA THERAPY FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE Sebastien Hebert
S01-04 - MicroRNA: SPECIATION & COMPLEXITY, SEQUENCE & STABILITY, VIROID-LIKE PROPERTIES & DISEASE PROPAGATION WITHIN THE HUMAN CNS Walter Lukiw
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C01 - Proinflammatory Mechanisms in Neurodegeneration Chair: Michael Nichols
C01-01 - TARGETING SIGNALING PATHWAYS THAT LEAD TO INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINE DYSREGULATION IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS Linda Van Eldik
C01-02 - THE CONTRIBUTION OF APP TO MICROGLIAL ACTIVATION IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE Colin Combs
C01-03 - EFFECTS OF COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION FRAGMENT C5A IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE MOUSE MODELS. Andrea Tenner
C01-04 - INFLUENCE OF AMYLOID-BETA AGGREGATION STATE ON INNATE IMMUNE PATHWAYS Michael Nichols
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S02 - Glial Vesicular, Metabolic and Morphologic Function in Health and Disease Chair: Robert Zorec Co-Chair: Vladimir Parpura
S02-01 - ADRENERGIC CONTROL OF ASTROCYTE MORPHOLOGY, EXCITABILITY AND METABOLISM Nina Vardjan
S02-02 - DUAL ROLE OF MICROGLIA IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES Michela Matteoli
S02-03 - METABOLIC REGULATION OF VESICULAR GLUTAMATE RELEASE FROM CULTURED ASTROCYTES Vedrana Montana
S02-04 - THE TRIPARTITE SYNAPSE - A DEVELOPMENTAL RESTRICTED PHENOMENON? Maiken Nedergaard
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12:00 pm - 1:00 pm |
Lunch with the Plenary Speaker - Dr. Patrizia Casaccia Ticket Required ($15) - Limited to 20 Student/Post Docs
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1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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S03 - RNA Toxicity in Neurodegeneration Chair: Rita Sattler Co-Chair: Christopher Donnelly
S03-01 - ROLE OF SYNAPTIC DYSFUNCTION IN C9ORF72-MEDIATED PATHOGENESIS IN PATIENT-DERIVED IPS NEURONS AND IN VIVO ANIMAL MODELS Rita Sattler
S03-02 - NUCLEAR TRANSPORT DEFECT UNDERLIES C9ORF72 ALS/FTD NEURONAL INJURY Christopher Donnelly
S03-03 - RAN TRANSLATION IN C9ORF72 FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA AND AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS Tania Gendron
S03-04 - CUG RNA TOXICITY DISRUPTS THE DEVELOPMENTALLY REGULATED MICRORNA PROGRAM IN MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY Auinash Kalsotra
S03-05 - YEAST GENETIC SCREENS REVEAL NEW INSIGHTS INTO NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASE MECHANISMS: TDP-43, FUS/TLS, C9ORF72, AND BEYOND Aaron Gitler
S03-06 - TDP-43 DEPENDENT TRANSLATION DYSREGULATION IN AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS Daniela Zarnescu
S03-07 - ALS-CAUSING MUTATIONS IN THE FUS PRION-LIKE DOMAIN BLOCK TRANSCRIPTION-COUPLED PRE-MRNA SPLICING Robin Reed
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S04 - Frontiers of Neurolipids Chair: Stefka Spassieva Co-Chair: Glyn Dawson
S04-01 - DEFICIENCY OF GM1 AS CAUSE OF IDIOPATHIC PARKINSON’S DISEASE: RESTORATION OF GM1-GDNF INTERACTION AS CURE IN PD MOUSE. Robert Ledeen
S04-02 - TOXICITY OF LONG CHAIN BASES: ACCUMULATION OF LONG CHAIN BASES UNDERLIES NEURODEGENERATION CAUSED BY CERS1 DEFICIENCY Lihong Zhao
S04-03 - CERAMIDE HOMEOSTASIS IN THE BRAIN Glyn Dawson
S04-04 - CERAMIDE-ENRICHED COMPARTMENTS IN NEURAL STEM CELL DIFFERENTIATION AND NEURODEGENERATION Erhard Bieberich
S04-05 - CELL DEATH SPREADING BY EXOSOME SHEDDING: THE ROLE OF CERAMIDE-ENRICHED SECRETED MICROVESICLES IN SYNERGISTIC CYTOKINE TOXICITY Narayan Bhat
S04-06 - PACLITAXEL TREATMENT GENERATES NEUROTOXIC DEOXYSPHINGOLIPIDS Stefka Spassieva
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S05 - Novel Strategies in Stem Cell Therapy and Clinical Potentials Chair: Michael Chopp Co-Chair: Shan Ping Yu
S05-01 - NEUROPROTECTION AND GENE-STEM CELL THERAPY FOR ISCHEMIC STROKE Koji Abe
S05-02 - CO-TRANSPLANTATION OF GLIAL RESTRICTED PROGENITOR AND SCHWANN CELLS IN PROMOTING REPAIR AFTER SPINAL CORD INJURY Xiao-Ming Xu
S05-03 - MICRO RNA AND SIGNALING PATHWAYS IN STEM CELL THERAPY AFTER ISCHEMIC STROKE Michael Chopp
S05-04 - IPS CELL TRANSPLANTATION AND COMBINATIONAL THERAPY FOR THE REGENERATIVE TREATMENT AFTER ISCHEMIC STROKE Ling Wei
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3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
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S06 - Autophagy in Neurodegeneration: Role in Disease and Therapy Target Chair: Kenneth Hensley Co-Chair: Marni Harris-White
S06-01 - CELL-PENETRATING LANTHIONINE KETIMINE DERIVATIVE ACTIVATES AUTOPHAGY THROUGH A NOVEL MECHANISM INVOLVING CRMP2 AND MTORC1 Kenneth Hensley
S06-02 - THE ELUSIVE ROLE OF AUTOPHAGY IN TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY Mami Harris-White
S06-03 - AUTOPHAGY-ENDOSOMAL-LYSOSOMAL PATHWAY DYSFUNCTION IN Aβ(1-42) DEPENDENT NEURODEGENERATION Paul Salvaterra
S06-04 - AUTOPHAGOSOME BIOGENESIS IN PRIMARY NEURONS FOLLOWS AN ORDERED AND SPATIALLY REGULATED PATHWAY Sandra Maday
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S07 - Central and Peripheral Inflammatory and Immune Responses in Parkinson's Disease Chair: Malú Tansey Co-Chair: Etty (Tika) Benveniste
S07-01 - DESTRUCTIVE OR PROTECTIVE IMMUNITY IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE Howard Gendelman
S07-02 - ROLES FOR MICROGLIAL LRRK2 EXPRESSION AND FUNCTION IN PARKINSON’S DISEASE Matt LaVoie
S07-03 - CRITICAL GASTROINTESTINAL FUNCTIONS AND DISEASE MARKERS IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE Kathleen Shannon
S07-04 - A COMMON GENETIC VARIANT IS ASSOCIATED WITH ALTERED MHC-II EXPRESSION AND SYNERGIZES WITH PYRETHROID EXPOSURE TO INCREASE PD RISK Malu Tansey
S07-05 - INHIBITION OF THE JAK/STAT PATHWAY PROTECTS AGAINST ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN-INDUCED NEUROINFLAMMATION AND DOPAMINERGIC NEURODEGENERATION Etty Benveniste
Sponsored by: Parkinsons Disease Coalition of the South
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S08 - Wiring of the Nervous System: From Molecular Mechanisms to Complex Behaviors Chair: Tracy Tran
S08-01 - A MOLECULAR PATHWAY REGULATING AXOGENESIS Anthony Barnes
S08-02 - COMBINATORY CIS AND TRANS RET SIGNALING CONTROLS THE SURVIVAL AND CENTRAL PROJECTION GROWTH OF RAPIDLY ADAPTING MECHANORECEPTORS Wenquin Luo
S08-03 - ROLES FOR NEUROPILIN 2 SIGNALING IN HIPPOCAMPAL- AND CORTICO-STRIATAL-DEPENDENT LEARNING AND MEMORY Tracey Tran
S08-04 - EXTRINSIC MECHANISMS GOVERNING INJURY-INDUCED AXON DEGENERATION Christopher Deppmann
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5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
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Poster Session I - Authors Present Wine & Cheese

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7:00 pm
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Neurochemical Research Editorial Board Dinner
Location: TBA
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MONDAY, MARCH 16
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7:00 am - 5:00 pm
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ASN Registration Desk Open
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8:00 am - 8:15 am |
General Session - Opening Remarks Jordi Folch-Pi Award Presentation by Eric Murphy ASN NEURO Award Presentation by Monica Carson
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8:15 am - 9:15 am |
Plenary Lecture 02 The Teen Brain
 Jay Giedd, PhD
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9:15 am - 10:00 am
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View Posters & Visit Exhibitors - Coffee Break
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10:00 am - 12:00 pm
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S09 - Astrocytes as Obligatory Partners in Purinergic and Glutamatergic Neurotransmission Chair: Arne Schousboe Co-Chair: Vladimir Parpura
S09-01 - ASTROCYTES AS OBLIGATORY PARTNERS IN PURINERGIC AND GLUTAMATERGIC NEUROTRANSMISSION Alex Verkhratsky
S09-02 - ON VESICULAR FUSIONS IN ASTROCYTES: SINGLE VESICLE/MOLECULE APPROACHES Vlad Parpura
S09-03 - ASTROGLIAL GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT: AT THE INTERSECTION OF EXCITATORY SIGNALING AND BRAIN ENERGETICS Michael Robinson
S09-04 - GLUTAMATE AS A KEY ENERGY SUBSTRATE FOR SUPPORTING ASTROCYTIC GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT AND NEURONAL-GLIAL INTERACTIONS Mary McKenna
S10 - Neuropsychiatric Disorders: New Mechanisms and Models Chair: Cristina Ghiani Co-Chair: Antonieta Lavin
S10-01 - CIRCADIAN RHYTHM DISRUPTION IN A MOUSE MODEL OF RETT SYNDROME Dawn Loh
S10-02 - A NATURAL PRODUCT AS A TOOL TO EXPLORE NOVEL THERAPEUTIC TARGETS FOR STRESS-INDUCED IMMUNE CHANGES AND DEPRESSIVE BEHAVIORS Atsushi Kamlya
S10-03 - GENETIC RISK FACTORS AND BRAIN MALDEVELOPMENT Cristina Ghiani
S10-04 - MOLECULAR AND GENETIC STUDIES OF A SCHIZOPHRENIA SUSCEPTIBILITY INTERACTOME Victor Faundez
S10-05 - DURABLE CONSEQUENCES OF SOCIAL ADVERSITY IN ADOLESCENCE: NEUROBIOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIORAL OUTCOMES FOLLOWING ISOLATION Shannon Gourley
S10-06 - EFFECTS OF FINGOLIMOD ADMINISTRATION IN DYSBINDIN DEFICIENT MICE: A GENETIC MODEL FOR COGNITIVE DEFICITS Antonieta Lavin
S11 - Dissecting the Molecular Mechanisms of Acute Neurologic Injury Chair: Carol Troy
S11-01 - INTRA-AXONAL PROTEIN SYNTHESIS AS A MEDIATOR OF LONG-RANGE NEURODEGENERATIVE SIGNALS Ulrich Hengst
S11-02 - THE ROLE OF BETA AMYLOID AND TAU IN THE RESPONSE TO TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY Russell Nicholls
S11-03 - NEUROTROPHIN REGULATION OF NEURONAL DEATH AFTER INJURY Wilma Friedman
S11-04 - MECHANISMS OF AND THERAPIES FOR BRAIN INJURY AND NEURODEGENERATION Carol Troy
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12:00 pm - 1:00 pm |
Women in Neurochemistry Lunch Ticket Required ($25 Faculty / $15 Student)

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Lunch with the Plenary Speaker - Dr. Giedd Ticket Required ($15) - Limited to 20 Student/Post Docs
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1:00 pm - 3:00 pm |
S12 - Signaling Pathways Regulating Remyelination Chair: Teresa Wood
S12-01 - SOX17 IN WHITE MATTER REPAIR: VENTURING BEYOND WNT Li-Jin Chew
S12-02 - ERK2 MAP KINASE REGULATES TIMELY REMYELINATION IN THE ADULT BRAIN Sharyl Fyffe-Maricich
S12-03 - GLIA-DERIVED BDNF AFFECTS RECOVERY FROM A DEMYELINATING INJURY Cheryl Dreyfus
S12-04 - THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION TO INDUCE OLIGODENDROCYTE SURVIVAL AND DIFFERENTIATION IN MOUSE MODELS OF DEMYELINATION Seema Tiwari-Woodruff
C02 - Post-translational Prenylation of GTPases in Neurodegeneration and Repair Chair: Evan Stubbs Co-Chair: DiAnna Hynds
C02-01 - PROTEIN PRENYLATION AND SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY: IMPLICATIONS FOR ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE Ling Li
C02-02 - TRICKING THE CHOLESTEROL PATHWAY TO TARGET NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS: ISOPRENOID DYSFUNCTION IN AN ANIMAL MODEL OF AUTISM MariVi Tejada-Simon
C02-03 - FUNCTIONAL ROLE OF NATIVE, NON-PRENYLATABLE GTPASES IN NEURON MORPHOLOGY AND NEURITE OUTGROWTH Jairus Reddy
C02-04 - CDC42 AND RALA GTPASES AS NOVEL THERAPEUTIC TARGETS IN INFLAMMATORY AUTOIMMUNE NEUROPATHY Kelly Langert
C02-05 - PRENYLATION OF RHO GTPASES: A NOVEL MECHANISM REGULATING GENE EXPRESSION AND PROTEIN STABILITY Cynthia Pervan
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S13 - Mechanisms of Cell Death and Diseases Chair: Elias Aizenman Co-Chair: Shan Ping Yu
S13-01 - CONVERGENT ZINC AND CALCIUM SIGNALING CASCADES IN KV2.1-ENABLED NEURONAL CELL DEATH Elias Aizenman
S13-02 - THE SOMATODENDRITIC K+ CHANNEL KV2.1 IS A CRITICAL REGULATOR OF NEURONAL SURVIVAL AND DEATH Durga Mohapatra
S13-03 - MITOCHONDRIAL BASE EXCISION REPAIR ATTENUATES REPERFUSION INJURY IN ISCHEMIC STROKE Roger Simon
S13-04 - THE Sur1-Trpm4 CHANNEL IN CNS INJURY Marc Simard
S13-05 - WNK3-SPAK/OSR1-NKCC1 SIGNALING PATHWAY IN ISCHEMIC BRAIN INJURY Dandan Sun
S13-06 - DYSFUNCTION OF MEMBRANE TRANSPORTER/EXCHANGER AND HYBRID CELL DEATH IN NEURONAL AND CANCER CELLS Shan Ping Yu
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3:00 pm - 3:30 pm |
Coffee Break
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3:30 pm - 5:30 pm |
S14 - Retromer and Neurodegenerative Diseases Chair: Wen-Chen Xiong
S14-01 - CHEMICAL CHAPERONES AS AN APPROACH TO TREATMENT OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE Dagmar Ringe
S14-02 - VPS10-FAMILY RECEPTORS IN NEURODEGENERATION AND INSULIN RESISTANCE Samuel Gandy
S14-03 - VPS35-DEFICIENCY IS A RISK FACTOR FOR THE PATHOGENESIS OF BOTH ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND PARKINSON’S DISEASE Wen-Cheng Xiong
S14-04 - PARKINSON DISEASE-ASSOCIATED MUTANT VPS35 CAUSES ABNORMAL MITOCHONDRIAL DYNAMICS AND MITOCHONDRIAL DYSFUNCTION Xiongwei Zhu
S15 - Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Myelin Disorders Chair: Wensheng Lin
S15-01 - IMPAIRED EIF2B ACTIVITY IN OLIGODENDROCYTES CONTRIBUTES TO VANISHING WHITE MATTER DISEASE PATHOGENESIS Wensheng Lin
S15-02 - OLIGODENDROCYTE PROTECTION BY THE INTEGRATED STRESS RESPONSE: A POTENTIAL PHARMACOLOGICAL TARGET Brian Popko
S15-03 - ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS IN CHARCOT MARIE TOOTH NEUROPATHY Lawrence Wrabetz
S15-04 - ER STRESS AND SPINAL CORD INJURY Scott Whittemore
S16 - Wiring Axons by mRNA Regulation in Neuronal Health and Disease Chair: Jeffery Twiss Co-Chair: Gary Bassell
S16-01 - OPPOSING ROLES OF HUD AND KSRP IN SHARED TARGET MRNA STABILITY AND AXONAL GROWTH Nora Perrone-Bizzozero
S16-02 - FUTSCH/MAP1B IS A TRANSLATIONAL TARGET OF TDP-43 AND IS NEUROPROTECTIVE IN A DROSOPHILA MODEL OF ALS Daniela Zarnescu
S16-03 - RNA PROTEIN INTERACTIONS FOR AXONALLY TRANSPORTED MRNAS Jeffery Twiss
S16-04 - IMPAIRED MRNP COMPLEX ASSEMBLY AND AXONAL MRNA LOCALIZATION IN A MOUSE MODEL OF SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY Gary Bassell
S16-05 - COORDINATING SYNTHESIS OF AXONAL CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS WITH CELL SIGNALING PATHWAYS THROUGH RNA REGULATION BY HNRNP K Ben Szaro
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5:45 pm - 8:00 pm
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Young Investigators Funding Opportunities & Mingle Chair: Sanoj K. Suneja, PhD, National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
Presentation followed by Pizza & Beer
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5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
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ASN Business Meeting All Members Welcome!
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TUESDAY, MARCH 17
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7:00 am - 5:00 pm |
ASN Registration Desk Open
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8:00 am - 9:15 am |
General Session - Opening Remarks
Plenary Leture 03 BDNF Proteins: Three Forms, Many Functions
 Barbara Hempstead, PhD
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9:15 am - 10:00 am
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View Posters & Visit Exhibitors - Coffee Break
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10:00 am - 12:00 pm
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S17 - Stress Organelles and Neurodegenerative Diseases Chair: Zixu Mao Co-Chair: Michael Lee
S17-01 - INHIBITING HISTONE DEACETYLASE 6 AS A THERAPEUTIC STRATEGY FOR TAUOPATHIES Leonard Petrucelli
S17-02 - ROLE OF C-ABL AND P53 IN AUTOPHAGIC DEFECTS ASSOCIATED WITH ALPHA-SYNUCLEINOPATHY IN VIVO Michael Lee
S17-03 - REGULATION AND FUNCTION OF NEURONAL SURVIVAL FACTOR BY MULTIPLE STRESS ORGANELLES IN PARKINSON’S DISEASE Zixu Mao
S17-04 - MITOCHONDRIAL HOMEOSTASIS AND DENDRITIC STABILIZATION: BEYOND MITOPHAGY Charleen Chu
S18 - Cys -loop Receptors in Neurotransmission: Structural Aspects of Regulation by Exogenous and Endogenous Compounds Chair: Victor Tsetlin Co-Chair: Jerrel Yakel
S18-01 - GABA-A RECEPTOR SUBTYPES - RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN PHARMACOLOGY Margot Ernst
S18-02 - INTERACTION OF NICOTINIC RECEPTORS WITH THREEE-FINGER NEUROTOXINS AND LY6 PROTEINS Victor Tsetlin
S18-03 - PRESYNAPTIC α7 NICOTINIC ACH RECEPTORS ENHANCE HIPPOCAMPAL MOSSY FIBER GLUTAMATERGIC TRANSMISSION VIA PKA ACTIVATION Jerrel Yakel
S18-04 - BACTERIAL AND BACTERIAL-HUMAN CHIMERAS AS MODELS TO STUDY THE MOLECULAR MECHANISMS GOVERNING PENTAMERIC LIGAND-GATED ION CHANNELS Pierre-Jean Corringer
S19 - Mechanisms of Cell Death in Inflammatory Processes Chair: Malú Tansey
S19-01 - NEUROPROTECTIVE EFFECTS VIA PERIPHERAL ADMINISTRATION OF XPRO1595 TO BLOCK SOLUBLE TNF SIGNALING IN A RAT MODEL OF PD Malú Tansey
S19-02 - CELL DEATH PATHWAYS IN HOST DEFENSE, INFLAMMATION, AND DEVELOPMENTAL FAILURE William Kaiser
S19-03 - TARGETING ASTROCYTE SIGNALING PATHWAYS PROTECTS HIPPOCAMPAL SYNAPTIC FUNCTION FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY Christopher Norris
Sponsored by: Parkinsons Disease Coalition of the South
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12:00 pm - 1:00 pm |
Lunch with Plenary Speaker - Dr. Hempstead Ticket Required ($15) - Limited to 20 Student/Post Docs
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1:00 pm - 3:00 pm |
S20 - Neuron-Oligodendrocyte Interactions in Development and Disease Chair: Vittorio Gallo Co-Chair: David Pleasure
S20-01 - ACTIVITY-BIASED SELECTION OF AXONS FOR MYELINATION IN VIVO Bruce Appel
S20-02 - NEONATAL BRAIN INJURY CAUSES ABNORMALITIES IN NEURON-NG2 CELL SYNAPTIC COMMUNICATION Vittorio Gallo
S20-03 - IMMUNE-MEDIATED DEMYELINATION AND NEURONOPATHY IN AN AUTOIMMUNE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS MODEL David Pleasure
S20-04 - OLIGODENDROCYTE SUPPORT OF NEURONS AS A BASIS FOR NEURODEGENERATION INITIATION Jeff Rothstein
S21 - Glia Amino Acid Transporters in Health and Disease Chair: Arturo Ortega
S21-01 - FUNCTIONAL CROSS-TALK BETWEEN DIFFERENT SYSTEMS OF GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT AND METABOLISM IN THE SPINAL CORD Georgi Gegelashvili
S21-02 - THE SLC38 FAMILY OF GLUTAMINE TRANSPORTERS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE GLUTAMATE/GABA-GLUTAMINE CYCLE Farruka Chaudry
S21-03 - GLAST-DEPENDENT CONTROL OF THE GLUTAMATE/GLUTAMINE SHUTTLE: MOLECULAR TARGETS OF POLLUTANTS Arturo Ortega
S21-04 - GPR30 REGULATES GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER GLT-1 EXPRESSION IN RAT PRIMARY ASTROCYTESITLE Michael Aschner
S22 - Calpain Inhibitors in Preclinical Models of Neurodegenertion and Neurotrauma Chair: Naren Banik Co-Chair: Supriti Samantaray
S22-01 - EFFECTS OF CALPAIN INHIBITION IN TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND AXONAL DEGENERATION Kathryn Saatman
S22-02 - ISCHEMIA ACTIVATES CALPAINS IN EXPERIMENTAL RETINAL NEUROPATHIES Yoshiyuki Tamada
S22-03 - CHRONIC INTERMITTENT ETHANOL-INDUCED AXON AND MYELIN DEGENERATION IS ATTENUATED BY CALPAIN INHIBITION Supriti Samantaray
S22-04 - CALPAIN INHIBITORS: A SURVEY OF COMPOUNDS IN THE PATENT AND SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE Isaac Donkor
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3:30 pm - 5:30 pm |
C03 - Stroke and Mitochondria Chair: Selva Baltan Co-Chair: Richard Morrison
C03-01 - LOSS OF BAX-INTERACTING FACTOR-1 INCREASES NEURONAL SENSITIVITY TO ISCHEMIC INJURY Richard Morrison
C03-02 - ROLE OF MITOCHONDRIA IN POST STROKE NEUROGENESIS AND INFLAMMATION Ludmila Voloboueva
C03-03 - MITOCHONDRIAL DYNAMICS IN WHITE MATTER STROKE Selva Baltan
C03-04 - ROLE OF PBEF IN MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTION AND BIOGENESIS AFTER ISCHEMIA Shinghua Ding
S23 - Inflammation and Myelination: A Match Made in Heaven? Chair: Dana McTigue
S23-01 - LATENT HERPESVIRUS 6 INFECTION IMPAIRS HUMAN GLIAL PROGENITOR CELL FUNCTIONS IN VITRO AND IN VIVO Margot Mayer-Proschel
S23-02 - HARNESSING THE BENEFITS OF INFLAMMATION FOR REMYELINATION Voon Wee Yong
S23-03 - GLIAL INTERACTIONS IN INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATION AND MYELIN REPAIR: ROLE OF GALECTIN-9 Jianrong Li
S23-04 - LEVERAGING MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION TO PROMOTE OLIGODENDROCYTE GENESIS Dana McTigue
R. Wayne Albers Memorial Symposium S24 - Modulaton of ABC Transporters and APOE Levels as Therapeutic Targets for Alzheimers Chair: Danny Michaelson Co-Chair: Mary Jo LaDu
S24-01 - KEY FUNCTIONS OF ABCA1 IN MULTIPLE TISSUES John Parks
S24-02 - THE THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL OF ABCA1 FOR ALZHEIMER DISEASE Cheryl Wellington
S24-03 - APOLIPOPROTEIN E LIPIDATION AS A MECHANISTIC THERAPEUTIC TARGET FOR LOWERING SOLUBLE AMYLOID-β LEVELS IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE Mary Jp LaDu
S24-04 - ABCA1 DIRECTED TREATMENT OF APOE4 DRIVEN NEURODEGENERATION IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE Daniel Michaelson
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5:30 pm - 7:00 pm |
Poster Session II - Authors Present Wine & Cheese

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18
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7:00 am - 5:00 pm |
ASN Registration Desk Open |
8:00 am - 9:15 am |
General Session - Opening Remarks |
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Plenary Lecture 04 Life in the Fast Lane: Regulation of Fast Axonal Transport and Neurodegeneration
 Scott Brady, PhD
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10:00 am - 12:00 pm |
S25 - Neurodegeneration and Oxidative Stress Chair: Mohammed Akbar Co-Chair: Byoung-Joon Song
S25-01 - SYNAPSE LOSS: AN INITIAL EVENT IN THE PROGRESSION AND PATHOGENESIS OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE Rukhsana Sultana
S25-02 - AN OVERVIEW ON THE MECHANISMS OF MITOCHONDRIAL DYSFUNCTION AND TISSUE INJURY IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES Mohammed Akbar
S25-03 - DIETARY SUPPLEMENTATION OF FRUITS ALLEVIATE OXIDATIVE STRESS AND INFLAMMATION IN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE TRANSGENIC MICE MODEL Mohamed-Essa Musthafa
S25-04 - EARLY ACTIVATION OF STAT3 REGULATES REACTIVE ASTROGLIOSIS INDUCED BY DIVERSE FORMS OF NEUROTOXICITY James O'Callaghan
S25-05 - INDUCTION OF NEURONAL DEATH BY MICROGLIAL AGE-ALBUMIN: COMMON IMPLICATIONS FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES Bonghee Lee
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S26 - CDK5 Signaling: A Double-edged Sword in Normal and Diseased Brain Chair: Yue Feng
S26-01 - IMPORTANT ROLE OF CDK5 IN PAIN MODULATION Ashok Kulkami
S26-02 - INTEGRATION OF EXCITATORY AND METABOTROPIC SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION James Bibb
S26-03 - CONTROLLING CDK5 FUNCTION IN NEURONAL AND GLIAL LINEAGES Yue Feng
S26-04 - PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS ALTER THE ROLE OF PHOSPHORYLATED JIP1 BY CDK5 Dianbo Qu
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OP01 - Oral Presentations I
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12:00 pm - 1:00 pm |
Lunch with Plenary Speaker - Dr. Brady Ticket Required ($15) - Limited to 20 Student/Post Docs
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1:00 pm - 3:00 pm |
S27 - Sex-Specific Effects of Adolescent Drugs and Stressors on Neural, Metabolic, Immune and Behavioral Outcomes Chair: Kyle Frantz Co-Chair: Gretchen Neigh
S27-01 - SEX DIFFERENCES IN THE AMYGDALA AS A RISK FACTOR FOR MOOD DISORDERS Bradley Cooke
S27-02 - INCUBATION AND REVERSAL OF ADOLESCENT COCAINE-INDUCED HABITS Shannon Gourley
S27-03 - STRESS AND PUBERTY: THE PERFECT STORM OR A CHANGE OF COURSE? Gretchen Neigh
S27-04 - ADOLESCENT (IN)VULNERABILITY TO ENDURING EFFECTS OF DRUGS OF ABUSE Kyle Frantz
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S28 - Contribution of Environmental Chemicals to Neurodegenerative Disease Chair: Mike Caudle
S28-01 - SLC30A10 IS A CELL SURFACE-LOCALIZED MANGANESE EFFLUX TRANSPORTER Michael Aschner
S28-02 - THE BMAA/CYANOBACTERIAL THEORY AND ALS/PDC IN GUAM Paul Cox
S28-03 - MECHANISMS OF GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS IN ALZHEIMER DISEASE Jason Richardson
S28-04 - THE STRIATAL SYNAPSE AS A TARGET FOR DAMAGE BY FLAME RETARDANT COMPOUNDS William Caudle
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OP02 - Oral Presentations II
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3:30 pm - 5:30 pm |
S29 - Neuroinflammation and Immune Responses in Autoimmune Demyelination Diseases Chair: Jae Kyung Lee Co-Chair: Kareem Graham
S29-01 - ACTIVATION OF INNATE IMMUNITY BY BLOOD-CLOTTING FACTORS: MECHANISMS, IMAGING, THERAPEUTICS Katerina Akassoglou
S29-02 - REGULATION OF CNS INFLAMMATION BY A NORMAL LIPID-METABOLIZING ENZYME Kareem Graham
S29-03 - THE NOVEL FUNCTION OF RGS10 IN EFFECTOR T LYMPHOCYTES TO AUGMENT MOUSE EAE Jae-Kyung Lee
S29-04 - FREQUENCY AND AFFINITY OF T CELLS IN THE CNS DETERMINES EXTENT OF NEUROINFLAMMATION Brian Evavold
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S30 - Pharmacologically Induced Hypothermia and Clinical Implications Chair: Shan Ping Yu Co-Chair: Thomas A. Dix
S30-01 - NEUROTENSIN RECEPTOR 1 AGONISTS INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA FOR THE TREATMENT OF STROKE AND TBI Shan Yu
S30-02 - TRANSLATING DRUG-INDUCED HIBERNATION TO THERAPEUTIC HIBERNATION Kelly Drew
S30-03 - DO CHILI PEPPERS PROVIDE THE SPICE OF LIFE? HOW TRPV1 AGONISM PROMOTES REVERSIBLE HYPOTHERMIA AND NEUROPROTECTION FOLLOWING STROKE Sean Marrelli
S30-04 - MULTI-TARGET TREATMENT IN ACUTE ISCHEMIC STROKE Flemming Fryd Johansen
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S31 - Revisit Mitochondria in Neurodegeneration Chair: Wenzhen Duan Co-Chair: Xin Qi
S31-01 - IMPAIRED MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN IMPORT IN NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES Hiroko Yano
S31-02 - LOSS OF BAX-INTERACTING FACTOR-1 EXACERBATES ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE PATHOLOGY Richard Morrison
S31-03 - REGULATION OF MITOCHONDRIAL FISSION IN HUNTINGTON’S DISEASE Xin Qi
S31-04 - MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN DEACETYLATION AND NEURODEGENERATION Wenzhen Duan
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7:30 pm - 11:30 pm |
ASN Closing Reception / Dinner / Dancing
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