Sunday
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Contribution of Glia to Brain Wiring
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
"How Does Neuronal Activity Regulate CNS Myelination?"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
"Sex
Differences in Microglial Maturation
in Mice and in Human Disease"
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:00 pm
"Microglial
Cells Control the Functional Maturation of Synapses in the Developing
Somatosensory Cortex
"
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
"Microglia: Dynamic Regulators of Brain Plasticity"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Glial Contributions to Synaptic Plasticity and Neuromodulation
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"IP3Rs in Astrocytes: Contribution to Ca2+ Signaling and Hippocampal Plasticity"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"Glio-Protection and Neuroprotection via an Orphan G-Protein-Mediated Signalling Pathway"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
"Astrocyte-Microglia Crosstalk in Developmental Synapse Remodeling"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
"Stress-Induced Structural and Functional Plasticity in Astrocytes"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am
"Astrocyte Regulation of Neuronal Glutamate Receptors"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
"Metabolic Regulation of Microglia Immunosurveillance"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Glia as Mediators of Circuit Dysfunction
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Sex Differences in Microglia-Neuron Signaling in Chronic Pain"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
"Progranulin
and Microglia-Neuron Interactions in the Aging Brain"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
"Glia Dysfunction in Epilepsy"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
"How Microglia Mediate Early Synapse Loss in Alzheimer's Disease"
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
"What Do Reactive Astrocytes Do?"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Metabolic Control by Glia
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"In Vivo Investigations of Neuron-Glia Interaction in Energy Metabolism"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"Powering Axons: Novel Functions of Oligodendrocytes"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
"What's Happening with Biogen's Microglia"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
"Synapse Development Is Dependent on Lipids Derived from Astrocytes and Diet"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am
"Mitochondrial
Dynamics and Ca Signals in Astrocyte Processes"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
"Localization and Activity Dependent Regulation of Translation in Astrocytes"
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
"Insulin Modulates Cytoplasmic Glucose and Glycogen Levels in Astrocytes"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Glial Contributions to Neurovascular Coupling
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Behavioral State Dependence of Cortical Astrocyte Ca2+ Signals During Neurovascular Coupling"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
"Glial Cell Regulation of Blood Flow: Fact or Fantasy"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
"Glial and Neuronal Control of Brain Blood Flow"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
"The Role of the Vascular Endothelium in Neurovascular Coupling – A Unifying Model?"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Structural and Functional Heterogeneity Among Glia
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Diversity of Signalling in Oligodendrocytes"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"What Do Human Astrocytes Do?"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
"Role of Histone Methylation in Oligodendrocyte Function"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
"Role of Hoxb8-Microglia on Neural Circuitry"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am
"Creating Astrocyte Diversity in the Mature Brain: Implications for Circuit Function and Brain Disease"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
"CNS Glia in Neural Circuit Assembly and Function"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Microglia in the Early Wiring of Cortical Circuits"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
"Microglia-Extracellular Matrix-Oligodendrocyte Cross-Talk in Myelin Development and Repair"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
"How Do Synapses Control Astrocyte Development?"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
"Glial Development in C. elegans "
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
New Technologies for Understanding Glial Cell Function
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Neuron-Astrocyte Communication in Spinal Cord of Behaving Mice"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"Diversity Among and Within Multiple Classes of Glia"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
"Epigenetic Control of Microglia Specification"
10:20 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:20 am
"Astrocyte Calcium Signaling in Neural Circuits Explored with a Novel Calcium Silencing Approach"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am
"Optogenetic Control of Astrocytes and Mind"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
"New Conditional Mouse Lines for Studying Glial Cell Physiology"
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
General Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Gliogenesis in Health and Disease
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Homeostatic Interaction Among OPCs as the Basis of Cell Competition that Drives Gliomagenesis"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm
"Neuronal Activity Promotes Proliferation of Healthy and Malignant Glial Cells"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
"Schwann Cell Orchestration of Nerve Regeneration"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
"Reactive Astrocytes as 'Drivers' of Epilepsy"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure