| SATURDAY |
| 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:15 pm - 4:00 pm | Keynote Session |
| 3:15 pm - 3:45 pm | Robin Franklin (The University of Cambridge, UK)
"Myelin Regeneration: from biology to therapy" |
| 3:45 pm - 4:00 pm | Discussion |
| 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session I (last names A-L) |
| 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Visualizing oligodendroglia and myelin |
| Discussion Leaders: Bruce Appel (University of Colorado, USA) and Lorena Arancibia-Carcamo (University College London, UK)
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| 5:30 pm - 5:50 pm | J Bradley Zuchero (Stanford University, USA)
"Actin cytoskeletal dynamics during myelination in the CNS"
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| 5:50 pm - 6:00 pm | Discussion |
| 6:00 pm - 6:20 pm | Tim Czopka (The University of Edinburgh, UK)
"In vivo imaging of the transition to myelination by individual oligodendrocytes"
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| 6:20 pm - 6:30 pm | Discussion |
| 6:30 pm - 6:50 pm | Robert Hill (The University of Connecticut, USA)
"Imaging NG2 cell division and oligodendrocyte differentiation in slice cultures"
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| 6:50 pm - 7:00 pm | Discussion |
| 7:00 pm - 7:20 pm | John Stockley (The University of Cambridge, UK)
"Methods for optogenetic manipulation and live cell imaging of oligodendrocyte myelination"
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| 7:20 pm - 7:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm | Dinner |
| SUNDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Dys / demyelinating disorders: overcoming impediments to remyelination |
| Discussion Leaders: Patrizia Casaccia (Mount Sinai School of Medicine, USA) and Mark Kotter (The University of Cambridge, UK)
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| 9:00 am - 9:20 am | Sharyl Fyffe-Maricich (Case Western University, USA)
"ERK MAP kinase signaling regulates remyelination in the CNS"
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| 9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:50 am | Anna Jonas (The University of Melbourne, Australia)
"Identification of cellular responses to autoimmune injury in neurons"
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| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | Michael Keough (The University of Calgary, Canada)
"Evaluating the impact of versican isoforms on oligodendrocyte maturation and remyelination following demyelinating injury"
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| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | Jayshree Samanta (New York University Medical Center, USA)
"Targeting the SHH signaling pathway in remyelination"
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| 10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session II (last names M-Z) |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 2:45 pm | Mechanisms regulating OL survival and myelin maintenance |
| Discussion Leader: Dana McTigue (Ohio State University, USA) and Junhua Xiao (The University of Melbourne, Australia)
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| 1:30 pm - 1:45 pm | Ao Zhang (The University of Edinburgh, UK)
"A novel Neurofascin isoform and its role in assembling nodes of Ranvier"
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| 1:45 pm - 1:55 pm | Discussion |
| 1:55 pm - 2:10 pm | Jia Liu (Mount Sinai School of Medicine, USA)
"Critical roles of histone methylation in oligodendrocyte development"
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| 2:10 pm - 2:20 pm | Discussion |
| 2:20 pm - 2:35 pm | Joseph Scafidi (Children's National Medical Center, USA)
"Cellular and behavioural rescue from developmental white matter injury with intranasal epidermal growth factor treatment"
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| 2:35 pm - 2:45 pm | Discussion |
| 2:45 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill out GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Gordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm. |