Conferences and symposiums Cellular ecosystems in CNS injury and repair - Symposium
Welcome to a symposium with leading international experts in CNS regenerative medicine
Wednesday, 11th of September in Biomedicum, Campus Solna.
International speakers:
Seth Blackshaw, Johns Hopkins, US
Ariel Levine, NIH, US
Naomi Habib, Hebrew University, Israel
Homaira Nawabi, Inserm, France
Claudia Kathe, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Thomas Hutson, EPFL, Switzerland
Ana Molofsky, UCSF, US
Leonor Saude, iMM, Portugal
The symposium is part of a Phd course in which the invited speaker will teach!
Sign up now for the doctoral course: CNS injuries and repair
Schedule:
08:30-09:00 Registration
09:00-09:10 Welcome address: ENRIC LLORENS, CHRISTIAN GÖRITZ
Session 1: Neuron and axon regeneration
09:10-10:00
SETH BLACKSHAW, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA
“Glia to neuron reprogramming in the mammalian retina”
10:00-10:50
HOMAIRA NAWABI, Grenoble Institute of Neuroscience, INSERM, France
“Axon Guidance During CNS Regeneration”
10:50-11:20 Coffee break
Session 2: Single cell approaches to understand degeneration
11:10-12:00
ARIEL LEVINE, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, USA
“Spinal Cord Cells & Circuits for Motor Control”
12:00-12:50
NAOMI HABIB, Center for Brain Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
“Neuro-glia interactions shaping the Alzheimer's cascade”
12:50-14:00 Lunch break
Session 3: Developmental and repair niches
14:00-14:50
ANNA MOLOFSKY, University of California-San Francisco, USA
“Shaping brain development and plasticity with cytokines”
14:50-15:40
LEONOR SAUDE, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Portugal
“Innate modulation of spinal cord regeneration in zebrafish”
15:40-16:00 Coffee break
Session 4: Novel therapeutic approaches for CNS disorders
16:00-16:40
TOM HUTSON, Wyss Center for Bio and Neuroengineering, Switzerland
“Optogenetic therapies for the peripheral nervous system”
16:40-17:20
CLAUDIA KATHE, Université de Lausanne, Switzerland
“The neurons that restore walking after paralysis”
17:20-17:30 Closing remarks: ENRIC LLORENS, CHRISTIAN GÖRITZ
Host
Enric Llorens Bobadilla
Assistant ProfessorChristian Göritz
Principal ResearcherStratRegen supports researchers, research programs and infrastructure at the Karolinska Institutet (KI) within the field of stem cells and regenerative medicine based on scope, quality, and the potential to strengthen and develop the field.