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SATURDAY, MARCH 19
9:00 am - 6:00 pm	ASN Registration Desk Open
9:00 am - 12:00 pm Sponsored by	PMW01 - Abcam Session & Networking Lunch Maroon Peak Probing Outside the Synapse: Astrocyte-Neuron Regulation of Excitatory Signaling $10 Workshop Fee (includes lunch) More details Chair: David Baker, PhD PMW1.01 – Circuit-Specific Synaptic Regulation by Astrocytes Alfonso Araque, PhD - University of Minnesota PMW1.02 - Nicotinic Input Promotes Glutamatergic Synapses Via Astrocytes Darwin Berg, PhD - University of California, San Diego PMW1.03 - Control Your Excitement: Astrocyte Regulation of Glutamate Signaling in the Developing and Injured Brain Chris Dulla, PhD - Tufts University
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm	ASN Council Meeting I Torreys Peak
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Sponsored by	PMW02 - Allen Institute Symposium: Maroon Peak FROM SINGLE CELL TRANSCRIPTOMES TO FUNCTIONAL CIRCUITS: NEW FINDINGS FROM THE ALLEN INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN SCIENCE FRONTLINE $No Charge More details Chair: Jane Roskams, PhD PMW02-01 - Mapping Cortical Areas in GCaMP6 Reporter Mice with Widefield Imaging Jack Waters, PhD PMW02-02 - Adult Cortical Cell Taxonomy by Single Cell Transcriptomics Vilas Menon, PhD PMW02-03 - Mapping Structural Connectivity of the Mouse Brain Julie Harris, PhD PMW02-04 - Human- and Primate-Specific Features of Neocortical Development, Structure and Function Ed Lein, PhD
3:00 pm - 3:30 pm	Coffee Break
3:30 pm - 6:30 pm Sponsored by	PMW03 - Allen Institute Workshop: Maroon Peak HANDS-ON WORKSHOP: NAVIGATING THE ALLEN BRAIN ATLAS RESOURCES $10 Workshop Fee More details Chair: Jane Roskams, PhD Speaker: Terri Gilbert, PhD
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm	ASN Public Forum on MS Mt. Sopris Chair: Wendy Macklin, MD, PhD Timothy Vollmer, MD - University of Colorado Enrique Alvarez, MD, PhD - University of Colorado Topics to be discussed will include new understanding of the disease, new advances in efficacy, and access to therapies.
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Sponsored by	ASN President's Welcome Reception Capital Peak, 38th floor Hosted by
SUNDAY, MARCH 20
7:00 am - 6:00 pm	ASN Registration Desk Open
8:15 am - 8:30 am	President’s Welcome & Introductions Aspen Ballroom ASN President 2015 - 2017 New Member Recognition Travel Awardees Recognition
8:30 am - 9:30 am	Presidential Lecture 01: Aspen Ballroom SAVING THE SYNAPSE: DEVELOPMENTAL CRITICAL PERIODS AND ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE Chair: Tika Benveniste, PhD Speaker: Carla J. Shatz, PhD - Stanford University
9:30 am - 10:00 am	Coffee Break: View Posters & Visit Exhibits
10:00 am - 12:00 pm	Plenary Lecture PL01: Aspen Ballroom MECHANISMS REGULATING MAMMALIAN BRAIN DEVELOPMENT Chair: Bruce D. Carter, PhD Co-Chair: Carla J. Shatz, PhD PL01-01 - Cortical Interneuron Fate, A Tale of Two Proliferative Zones Stewart A. Anderson, MD - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia PL01-02 - Epigenetic Regulation of Neuronal Connectivity in the Mammalian Brain Azad Bonni, MD, PhD - Washington University School of Medicine PL01-03 - Control of Cortical Progenitor Potential by Shh Signaling Sam Pleasure, MD, PhD - University of California San Francisco PL01-04 - Chromatin Regulation of Neuronal Differentiation Anne West, MD, PhD - Duke University
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch with Plenary Speaker: Carla Shatz, PhD Torreys Peak Ticket Required ($15) - Limited to 20 Student/Post Docs
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Sponsored by	Student / Post Doc Luncheon Mt. Elbert Ticket Required - Limited to Students / Post Docs only
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm Sponsored by	S01 - Myelination: Aspen Ballroom A Biological Process Driven by the Cytoskeleton Chair: Donna J. Osterhout, PhD Co-Chair: J. Bradley Zuchero, PhD S01-01 - Submembranous Cytoskeleton Stabilizes Specialized Membrane Domains at Nodes of Ranvier Keiichiro Susuki, PhD - Wright State University S01-02 - How Does the Actin Cytoskeleton Drive Myelin Wrapping? J. Bradley Zuchero, PhD - Stanford University S01-03 - A Glutamate Transporter-CaMKIIbeta Signaling Axis as a Regulator of Oligodendrocyte Morphogenesis and CNS Myelination Babette Fuss, PhD - Virginia Commonwealth University S01-04 - Fyn Signaling and the Cytoskeleton in Oligodendroglia Donna J. Osterhout, PhD - Upstate Medical University
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm	S02 - Axon-Glia Interactions in Development and Disease Mt. Sopris Chair: Tara M. DeSilva, PhD Co-Chair: Marc R. Freeman, PhD S02-01 - Axon-Glia Interaction in Drosophila Marc R. Freeman, PhD – Howard Hughes Medical Institute S02-02 - Genetic Dissection of Schwann Cells, Oligodendrocytes and Microglia in Zebrafish William Talbot, PhD – Stanford University S02-03 - Glutamatergic Signaling in Myelination and Demyelination in Rodent Models of Development and Disease Tara M. DeSilva, PhD - University of Alabama, Birmingham S02-04 - Mechanisms of Neuroglial Damage in Mouse Models of Multiple Sclerosis Martin Kerschensteiner, PhD - University of Munich
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Coffee Break: View Posters & Visit Exhibits
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm	C01 - Keeping Time: Roles of Circadian Genes Aspen Ballroom in the Formation & Repair of Neural Circuits Chair: Gregorio Valdez, PhD C01-01 - Clock Plays a Key Role in the Timely Development and Repair of Neuromuscular Synapses Gregorio Valdez, PhD - Virginia Tech C01-02 - Loss of Clock Results in Dysfunction of Brain Circuits Underlying Focal Epilepsy Judy Liu, MD, PhD - Children's National Health System C01-03 - Cell Type-Specific Functions of the Circadian Clock in Neuroiflammation and Neurodegeneration Eric Musiek, PhD – Washington University in St. Louis C01-04 - Secreted Glial Proteins that Regulate Adult Drosophila Behavior F. Rob Jackson, PhD – Tufts University
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm	C02 - Astrocytes as Excitation-Energy Coupling Hubs Mt. Sopris Chair: Robert Zorec, PhD Co-Chair: Arne Schousboe, DSc C02-01 - Noradrenaline and Aerobic Glycolysis in Astrocytes Gerald Dienel, PhD - University of Arkansas C02-02 - Regulation of Glycogen Breakdown in Astrocytes by Distinct Glycogen Phosphorylase Isoforms Helle Waagepetersen, PhD - University of Copenhagen C02-03 - Lactate Receptor in the Brain Linda H. Bergersen, PhD - University of Copenhagen C02-04 - Adrenergic Control of Astrocyte Function Robert Zorec, PhD - University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm	OR01 - Oral Session I: Presentation of Selected Abstracts Maroon Peak Chair: Michael A. Fox, PhD OP01-01 - OLFACTORY BULB BUT NOT CORTICAL CAPILLARIES ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO VIRUS-INDUCED VASCULAR LEAK AND PROMOTE VIRAL NEUROINVASION Clayton Winkler OP01-02 - AN AUTOMATED BEHAVIORAL PARADIGM REVEALS CEREBELLAR DEFICITS IN A MOUSE MODEL OF PREMATURE BIRTH INJURY Aaron Sathyanesan OP01-03 - DIFFERENTIAL PERIPHERAL AND CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM REGULATION OF SELF-REACTIVE CD4 TCELLS DURING VIRAL ENCEPHALOMYELITIS Carine Savarin OP01-04 - CHEMOGENETIC ACTIVATION OF SATELLITE GLIAL GQ-GPCR SIGNALING ENHANCES CARDIAC FUNCTION IN VIVO Alison Xie OP01-05 - BRAIN ENDOTHELIAL CXCL10 MEDIATES LPS-INDUCED MICROGLIAL ACTIVATION AND NEUROPROTECTION IN MICE Zhihong Chen
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm	Poster Session I - Authors Present Colorado Ballroom Wine & Cheese Served
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm	Student / Post Doc Mingle Wynkoop Brewery Ticket Required - Limited to Students / Post Docs only

MONDAY, MARCH 21
7:00 am - 5:00 pm	ASN Registration Desk Open
8:15 am - 8:30 am	General Session - Opening Remarks Aspen Ballroom Jordi Folch-Pi Award Presentation ASN NEURO Award Presentation
8:30 am - 9:30 am	Presidential Lecture 02: Aspen Ballroom REGULATION OF NEURAL-IMMUNE INTERACTIONS FOLLOWING CNS INJURY AND INFECTION Chair: Wendy Macklin, MD, PhD Speaker: Dorian McGavern, PhD - NIH / NINDS
9:30 am - 10:00 am	Coffee Break: View Posters & Visit Exhibits
10:00 am - 12:00 pm	Plenary Lecture PL02: Aspen Ballroom FROM THE SYNAPSE TO THE BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER, GLIA’S UNIQUE ROLES IN BRAIN FUNCTION AND DYSFUNCTION Chair: Michael A. Fox, PhD Co-Chair: Dorian McGavern, PhD PL02-01 - title tba Brian K. Kaspar, Ohio State University PL02-02 - Adhesion Molecules of the BBB and Neuroinflammation Alexandre Prat, University of Montreal PL02-03 - Biological Adaptions of Malignant Glia Tika Benveniste, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham PL02-04 - Glia Targets for Cognitive Enhancement and the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease Philip Haydon, Tufts University
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm	Women in Neurochemistry Lunch Mt. Oxford Ticket Required ($25 Faculty / $15 Student) Chair: Marion S. Buckwalter, MD, PhD The theme of this year's women in Neurochemistry luncheon is confidence. You will learn what the "confidence gap" is, how lack of confidence hampers the advancement of women, and learn how to be more confident. There will be a short presentation, followed by a lively discussion and opportunity for all to share how you gain confidence. Prizes will be awarded for the most useful faculty, postdoc, and student tips on confidence.
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch with Plenary Speaker: Dorian McGavern, PhD Torreys Peak Ticket Required ($15) - Limited to 20 Student/Post Docs
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm	S03 - Complement in CNS Health and Disease Aspen Ballroom Chair: Robyn S. Klein, MD, PhD S03-01 - Repair from the Perspective of an Inflammatory Niche and the Complement Cascade Aileen Anderson, PhD – University of California, Irvine S03-02 - How Complement Eliminates Specific Synapses in Health & Disease Beth Stevens, PhD – Harvard University S03-03 - Complement as a Modulator of Neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's Disease Andrea Tenner, PhD – University of California, Irvine S03-04 - A Complement-Microglial Axis is Required for Synapse Elimination During Virus-Induced Memory Impairment Robyn S. Klein, MD, PhD - Washington University, St. Louis
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm	S04 - Astrocyte Heterogeneity: From Molecular Mt. Sopris Subtypes to Function and Pathology Chair: Michael B. Robinson, PhD S04-01 - Decoding Molecular and Functional Diversity of Astrocytes in the Normal and Pathological Brain Benjamin Deneen, PhD - Baylor College of Medicine S04-02 - Astrocyte Molecular and Functional Heterogeneity in Neural Circuit Formation Anna Victoria Molofsky, MD, PhD - University of California, San Francisco S04-03 - Genetic Control of Morphogenesis and Function of Astrocytes in Drosophila Tobias Stork, PhD - University of Massachusetts S04-04 - Molecularly Defined Astrocyte Subpopulations in Adult Rodent and Human CNS and Response to Neurodegenerative Disease Injury Jeffrey D. Rothstein, MD, PhD - Johns Hopkins University
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Coffee Break: View Posters & Visit Exhibits
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm	C03 - Neural Development and Regeneration Mt. Sopris Chair: Wenqin Luo, MD, PhD Co- Chair: Tracy Tran, PhD C03-01 - Floor Plate-Derived Neuropilin 2 Functions as a Secreted Semaphorin Sink to Facilitate Commissural Axon Midline Crossing Tracy S. Tran, PhD - Rutgers University C03-02 - Midline Radial Glial-Like Cells Promote Ipsilateral Longitudinal Growth of Spinal Cord Dorsal Column Axons During Development Wenqin Luo, MD, PhD - University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine C03-03 - Seeing is Believing: Peripheral Nerve Regeneration in Zebrafish Michael Granato, PhD - University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine C03-04 - AKT Coordinates the Signaling of mTORC1 and mTORC2 To Promote CNS Axon Regeneration Yang Hu, MD, PhD - Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm	C04 - Dissecting the Effects of Chronic Stressors Maroon Peak on Glial Activation and Neurological Disorder in the CNS Chair: Justin Brooks, PhD Co-Chair: Yelena Grinberg, PhD C04-01 - Multiple Drivers of Pathogenesis In CD4 T Cell-Driven Epilepsy Yelena Grinberg, PhD – University of California, Riverside C04-02 – Role of Exosomes in Promoting CNS Myelination / Remyelination Aya Pusic, PhD - University of Chicago C04-03 - CNS Effects of Opiate Exposure in a Mouse Model of NeuroAIDS: Selective Vulnerability of D1 And D2-Expressing Medium Spiny Neurons Christina Schier, PhD - Virginia Commonwealth University C04-04 - Toxoplasma Gondii Infections Alter GABAergic Synapses and Signaling in the CNS Justin Brooks, PhD - State University of New York at Buffalo
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm	C05 - Functions of Astrogliosis Aspen Ballroom Chair:Joshua Burda, PhD- Marian Kies awardee C05-01 - Reactive Astrocytes and Synaptic Plasticity Giulia Tyzack, PhD – University of Cambridge C05-02 - Dissecting Region-Specific Forms of Trauma-Reactive Astrogliosis In Vivo by Cell-Type Specific Analysis of Translating mRNA Joshua Burda, PhD - University of California, Los Angeles C05-03 – Novel In Vitro Systems to Study Reactive Astrocytes Shane Liddelow, PhD - Stanford University C05-04 – Glial Engulfment Function in the Developing and Mature Brain Marc Freeman, PhD – University of Massachusetts
5:30 pm - 6:00 pm	New and Early Stage Investigators Funding Opportunities Aspen Ballroom Sanoj K. Suneja, PhD, National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm	ASN Business Meeting - All Members Welcome! Maroon Peak
TUESDAY, MARCH 22
7:00 am - 5:00 pm	ASN Registration Desk Open
8:15 am - 8:30 am	General Session - Opening Remarks Aspen Ballroom Sanofi Award, presented by Babette Fuss
8:30 am - 9:30 am	Presidential Lecture 03: Aspen Ballroom EPIGENETIC MECHANISMS IN MEMORY FUNCTION Chair: George DeVries, PhD Speaker: J. David Sweatt, PhD - University of Alabama at Birmingham
9:30 am - 10:00 am	Coffee Break: View Posters & Visit Exhibits
10:00 am - 12:00 pm	Plenary Session PL03: Aspen Ballroom DOWN THE MEMORY LANE Chair: Vladimir Parpura, MD, PhD Co-Chair: J. David Sweatt, PhD PL03-01 - Mechanism of Rapid Antidepressant Action Lisa Monteggia, PhD - UT Southwestern Medical Center PL03-02 - Dynamic DNA Methylation Regulates Neuronal Flexibility Hongjun Sun, PhD - Johns Hopkins Medical Institute PL03-03 - Novel Nucleobase Modifications Associated with Memory Formation Timothy Bredy, PhD - University of California, Irvine PL03-04 - Targets of Histone Acetylation Important for Memory Storage Ted Abel, PhD - University of Pennsylvania
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch with Plenary Speaker: David Sweatt, PhD Torreys Peak Ticket Required ($15) - Limited to 20 Student/Post Docs
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm	S05 - Paradoxical Role of Interleukin-1beta in Aspen Ballroom Central Nervous System Pathology Chair: James Hewett, PhD S05-01 - Inflammasome Activation and IL-1β Affect Neurodegeneration in Juvenile Batten Disease Tammy L. Kielian, PhD - University of Nebraska S05-02 - Bimodal Actions of IL-1β in Stroke-Related Models Sandra Hewett, PhD - Syracuse University S05-03 - Sustained IL-1β Over Expression Reduces Amyloid Plaques via Alternative Microglial Activation M. Kerry O’Banion, PhD - University of Rochester S05-04 - Endogenous Interleukin-1β Suppresses Acute Epileptic Seizures and Status Epilepticus James Hewett, PhD - Syracuse University
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm	S06 - Emerging Role of Glia in Neuronal Mt. Sopris Connectivity and Neurodegeneration Chair: Wenzhen Duan, MD, PhD - Johns Hopkins S06-01 - Juvenile Striatal White Matter is Resistant to Ischemia-Induced Damage Wendy Macklin, MD, PhD - University of Colorado, Denver S06-02 - New Tools to Explore Astrocyte Signaling in Neural Circuits Baljit S. Khakh, PhD - University of California, Los Angeles S06--03 - An NFκB/Complement-Mediated Neuron-Glia Signaling Pathway in Neuronal Health and Alzheimer’s Disease Hui Zheng, PhD - Baylor College of Medicine S06-04 - Dysmyelination in Huntington’s Disease Wenzhen Duan, MD, PhD – Johns Hopkins
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Coffee Break: View Posters & Visit Exhibits
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm	C06 - Dynamics of DNA Damage Responses, Aspen Ballroom Brain Aging and Neurodegenerative Diseases Chair: Muralidhar Hegde, PhD Co-Chair: Sankar Mitra, PhD C06-01 - New Evidence for RNA/DNA Binding Proteins'-Mediated Genome Repair Defects in Motor Neuron Disease Muralidhar Hegde, PhD - Houston Methodist Research Institute C06-02 - DNA Repair Gone Wrong: Mechanisms of Trinucleotide Expansion in Human Neurodegenerative Disease Cynthia McMurray, PhD - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory C06-03 - Studies on Synuclein Induced DNA Conformation/Damage in Relevance to Parkinson Disease Jagannatha Rao, PhD - Institute for Scientific Research and Technology Services C06-04 -Nuclear to Mitochondrial DNA Damage Signaling in Neurodegeneration Vilhelm Bohr, MD, PhD - Gerontology Research Center of the National Institutes of Health C06-05 - Oxidative Genome Damage and Its Response in Proliferating vs. Postmitotic Cells: Implications in Neurodegenerative Diseases Sankar Mitra, PhD - Houston Methodist Research Institute
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm	C07 - Glia-Neuron Interactions in CNS Injury Mt. Sopris Chair: Shinghua Ding, PhD Co-Chair: Long-Jun Wu, PhD C07-01 - Microglia-Neuron Communication in Epilepsy Long-Jun Wu, PhD - Rutgers University C07-02 - Mechanisms of Spreading Depolarization-Induced Cytotoxic Edema Sergei Kirov, PhD - Georgia Regents University C07-03 - The Immune Response to CNS Injury is Orchestrated by Oligodendrocyte-Derived IL-33 Sachin Gadani - University of Virginia C07-04 - Microglia, Neurogenesis and Stroke Stella E. Tsirka, PhD - Stony Brook University C07-05 - Role of Astrocytic GDNF in Neurogenesis and Brain Damage after Ischemic Stroke Shinghua Ding, PhD - University of Missouri
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm	OR02 - Oral Session II: Presentation of Selected Abstracts Maroon Peak Chair: Gregorio Valdez, PhD OP02-01 - MICROGLIAL LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR LRP1 REGULATES NEURO-INFLAMMATION: APPLICATIONS FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS S. Tzu-Ying Chuang OP02-02 - GPR126/ADGRG6 HAS SCHWANN CELL AUTONOMOUS AND NON-AUTONOMOUS FUNCTIONS IN PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY AND REPAIR Amit Mogha OP02-03 - A PIVOTAL ROLE OF TESTOSTERONE AND THE ANDROGEN RECEPTOR IN MYELIN REGENERATION Michael Schumacher OP02-04 - NOVEL ROLES FOR SPON1 IN ESTABLISHING CIRCUITS AND BEHAVIORS ASSOCIATED WITH CIRCADIAN PHOTOENTRAINMENT Gabriela Carrillo OP02-05 - MYELIN REMODELING AND EXPERIENCE-DEPENDENT OLIGODENDROGENESIS PERSIST IN THE MIDDLE-AGED BRAIN Ethan Hughes
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm	Poster Session II - Authors Present Colorado Ballroom Wine & Cheese Served
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm	ISN Business Meeting Maroon Peak
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23
7:00 am - 5:00 pm	ASN Registration Desk Open
8:15 am - 8:30 am	General Session - Opening Remarks Aspen Ballroom
8:30 am - 9:30 am Sponsored by	Presidential Lecture 04: Aspen Ballroom DECONSTRUCTING SMELL George Siegel Basic NeurochemistryTextbook Lecture Chair: Scott T. Brady, PhD Speaker: Linda B. Buck, PhD - Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
9:30 am - 10:00 am	Coffee Break: View Posters & Visit Exhibits
10:00 am - 12:00 pm Sponsored by	Plenary Lecture PL04: Aspen Ballroom CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF NEURODEGENERATION Chair: Bruce Appel, PhD Co-Chair: Linda B. Buck, PhD PL04-01 - Identification, Validation and Targeting of Human Molecular Networks Contributing to Neurodegeneration and Cognitive Decline Philip De Jager, MD, PhD - Harvard University PL04-02 - Insights into Human Neurodegenerative Disease and Aging from Drosophila Nancy M. Bonini, PhD - University of Pennsylvania PL04-03 - Regulation of CNS Inflammation by Astrocytes Francisco J. Quintana, PhD - Harvard University PL04-04 - Dynamics of Autophagy in Neurons Erika L. F. Holzbaur, PhD - University of Pennsylvania
12:00 pm - 3:30 pm	ASN Council Meeting II Mt. Yale
12:15 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch with a Plenary Speaker Torreys Peak Ticket Required ($15) - Limited to 20 Student/Post Docs
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm Sponsored by	S07 - Enhancing Remyelination During Multiple Sclerosis Aspen Ballroom Chair: Alban Gaultier, PhD Co-Chair: Benjamin Deneen, PhD S07-01 - Glial Interactions Modulating Demyelination and Remyelination Robert Miller, PhD - George Washington University S07-02 - Developmental Gliogenesis: New Perspectives and Paradigms for Repairing the CNS Hyun-Kyoung Lee, PhD - Baylor College of Medicine S07-03 - LRP1 Function During Remyelination Alban Gaultier, PhD - University of Virginia S07-04 - In Vitro Generated Oligodendrocyte Progenitor Cells Provide a Platform for Discovery of Remyelinating Therapeutics Paul Tesar, PhD - Case Western Reserve University
	S08 - Mechanisms of Mutant C9ORF72 Pathogenesis Mt. Sopris in ALS and FTD Chair: Rita G. Sattler, MS, PhD Co-Chair:Tania Gendron, PhD S08-01 - Synaptic Dysfunction in C9ORF72 ALS and FTD Rita G. Sattler, MS, PhD - Barrow Neurological Institute S08-02 - Dipeptide Repeat Proteins in C9ORF72 Frontotemporal Dementia and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Tania Gendron, PhD - Mayo Clinic S08-03 - Nucleocytoplasmic Trafficking Deficits Underlie C9ORF72ALS/FTD Neural Injury Christopher Donnelly, PhD - University of Pittsburgh S08-04 -Insights from Drosophila and iPSC Models of C9ORF72 Repeat Expansion Fen-Biao Gao, PhD - University of Massachusetts S08-05 -Mechanisms of Neurotoxicity Mediated by C9ORF72-linked Dipeptide Repeat Proteins Davide Trotti, PhD - Thomas Jefferson University
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm	Coffee Break: Visit Exhibits
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Sponsored by	C08 - Non-Traditional Approaches to Study Glial Cell Biology Mt. Sopris Chair: Kelly Monk, PhD Co-Chair: Sarah Kucenas, PhD C08-01 - Genetic Screens in Zebrafish Uncover New Regulators of Myelinating Glial Cell Development Kelly Monk, PhD – Washington University of St. Louis C08-02 - Glia Establish Structural and Functional Set Points in the Nervous System Shai Shaham, PhD - Rockefeller University C08-03 - Transcriptional Profiling of Drosophila Glia Responding to Injury Mary Logan, PhD - Oregon Health and Science University C08-04 - Engineering Pseudo-Axonal Scaffolds for Myelination: Implications for Development, Disease and High Throughput Screening Jonah Chan, PhD - University of California, San Francisco C08-05 - Peering Through the Looking Glass: The Role of Glial-Glial Interactions Across Transition Zones in Development and Disease Sarah Kucenas, PhD - University of Virginia
	C09 - Unmyelinated and Unappreciated: Novel Roles of Aspen Ballroom Non-Myelinating Peripheral Glia Chair: Marion S. Buckwalter, MD, PhD Co-Chair: Brian D. Gulbransen, PhD C09-01 - Development and Function of Drosophila Wrapping Glia Megan Corty, PhD - University of Massachusetts Medical School C09-02 - Regulation of Enteric Neural Networks by Enteric Glia in Health and Disease Brian Gulbransen, PhD - Michigan State University C09-03 - Enteric Glia Protect the Mucosal Barrier Tor Savidge, PhD - Baylor College of Medicine C09-04 - Understanding and Targeting Dysfunctions of the Digestive Neuro-Glio- Epithelial Unit in Digestive and Brain Disorders Michel Neunlist, PhD - Université de Nantes, Inserm C09-05 - Pulmonary Glia Marion Buckwalter, MD PhD - Stanford Medical School
	C10 - Old Friends and New Roles: Brain Patterning Maroon Peak and Signal Transduction Chair: Anthony P. Barnes, PhD C10-01 - Functions of ERK/MAP Kinase Signaling in Developing Cortical Circuits Jason Newbern, PhD - Arizona State University C10-02 - JNK Signaling: A Molecular Compass for Migratory Cortical Interneurons Eric S. Tucker, PhD - West Virginia University C10-03 - New Insight into NCL-Associated Proteins: Novel Regulators of Cargo Transport in Neurons Jill M. Weimer, PhD - Children’s Health Research Center at Sanford Research C10-04 - Endolysosomal Trafficking and Signaling During Brain Development Anthony Barnes, PhD - Oregon Health & Science University
7:30 pm - 11:00 pm Sponsored by	ASN Closing Reception / Dinner / Dancing Capital Peak, 38th floor Hosted by All registered delegates are invited to attend the closing reception, which will be a celebration of the Japanese Spring Equinox called " Haru no Higan", during which ancestors are honored. Join us as we celebrate with Takara Sake tastings and honor those who came before us in the field of neurchemistry research.

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