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Spring Brain Conference 2024 Scientific Program:

 

The scientific program for Spring Brain Conference 2024 will include the following Keynote Speakers and Plenary Sessions:

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Keynote speakers:

 

Katerina Akassoglou, Ph.D.

Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease

Department of Neurology, University of California San Francisco, USA

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Stefano Pluchino, M.D., Ph.D.

Department of Clinical Neurosciences

University of Cambridge, UK

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Malú Gámez Tansey, Ph.D.

Departments of Neuroscience and Neurology

College of Medicine

University of Florida, USA

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Plenary Sessions and Session Organizers:

 

 

• Neuroimmune Mechanisms in Health and Disease

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Susanna Rosi, Ph.D.

       Altos Labs, Bay Area Institute of Science

      

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Dimitrios Davalos, Ph.D.

Department of Neurosciences

Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic

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• Neurovascular Regulation of Brain Function

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Andy Shih, Ph.D.

Departments of Pediatrics and Bioengineering

University of Washington 

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and

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Anusha Mishra, Ph.D.

        Department of Neurology,

       Oregon Health & Science University

 

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• Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration

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John Lukens, Ph.D.

Department of Neuroscience,

University of Virginia

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and

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Jasmin Herz, Ph.D.

Department of Pathology & Immunology

Washington University in St. Louis

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• Stem Cell Reprogramming Technologies

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Nadja Zeltner, Ph.D.

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

University of Georgia

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and

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Valentina Fossati, Ph.D.

Research Institute

       The New York Stem Cell Foundation

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• Stroke and Traumatic Brain Injury

 

Selva Baltan, M.D., Ph.D.

Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine

Oregon Health & Science University

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and

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Raghu Vemuganti, Ph.D.

Department of Neurological Surgery

University of Wisconsin-Madison

 

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• Interactions of microbes with the CNS

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Conni Bergmann, Ph.D.

Department of Neurosciences

Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic

 

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• The impact of systemic stressors on CNS function

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        Niccolò Terrando, Ph.D.

Department of Anesthesiology

Duke University, School of Medicine

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and

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Ting Yang, M.D.

Department of Medicine

Duke University, School of Medicine

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• Translational Neuroimmunology

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Sam Pleasure, M.D., Ph.D.

Department of Neurology

University of California, San Francisco

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• Glial Dysfunction and Repair Mechanisms in CNS Diseases

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TBD

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• Hot Topic presentations (selected from submitted abstracts)

 

TBD

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• Trainee presentations (selected from submitted abstracts)

 

TBD

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Each plenary session will host 3 oral presentations (20 min presentation and 5 min discussion each)

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Additional sessions and speaker details will be added to the program soon

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