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Neurogenesis (J7)


Organizer(s) Hongjun Song, Yukiko Gotoh, Yi Eve Sun and Gerd Kempermann
February 3—8, 2013
Santa Fe Community Convention Center • Santa Fe, New Mexico USA
Abstract Deadline: Oct 4, 2012
Late Abstract Deadline: Nov 1, 2012
Scholarship Deadline: Oct 4, 2012
Early Registration Deadline: Dec 4, 2012

Sponsored by Genentech, Inc., Pfizer Inc. and Shire Human Genetic Therapies


Summary of Meeting:
Formation of the nervous system starts with neurogenesis from neural stem cells in the developing embryo and continues throughout life in discrete regions of the adult brain. Defects in developing and adult neurogenesis have been implicated in various mental disorders and degenerative neurological diseases. In recent years, tremendous progress has been made in understanding the cellular and molecular mechanism regulating neurogenesis from neural stem cells/progenitors in the developing and adult brain. This meeting will gather an interdisciplinary group of scientists using various experimental model systems to highlight the latest advances in the neurogenesis field, including understanding of novel genetic and epigenetic mechanisms regulating developing and adult neurogenesis, disease modeling using patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells, and identification of potential functions of adult neurogenesis and its contribution to mental disorder and degenerative neurological disorders. Opportunities for interdisciplinary interactions will be significantly enhanced by the concurrent Keystone Symposia meeting on New Frontiers in Neurodegenerative Disease Research, which will share two plenary sessions with this meeting. In combination, these meetings will provide a platform for both speakers and participants to initiate extensive discussion and promote scientific collaborations on new directions.

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3

16:00—20:00
Arrival and Registration

Sweeney Ballroom Foyer

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4

07:00—08:00
Breakfast

Sweeney F, Main Level Breakouts
08:00—09:00
Welcome and Keynote Address
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Sweeney Ballroom A-B
* Hongjun Song, University of Pennsylvania, USA

Fred (Rusty) H. Gage, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, USA
Neurogenesis and Neurological Disorders: Lessons from Studies of Adult Neurogenesis and Patient-Derived iPSCs

08:00—09:00
Welcome and Keynote Address
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Sweeney Ballroom C-E
* Li-Huei Tsai, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Susan Lindquist, HHMI/Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, USA
Modeling Pathology in Simpler Cells

09:00—11:15
Neurogenesis and Gliogenesis
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Sweeney Ballroom A-B
Jonas Frisén, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Neurogenesis and Gliogenesis in the Adult CNS

Dwight E. Bergles, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA
NG2+ OPCs and their Role in ALS

Patrik Ernfors, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Neurogenesis and Cell-Type Diversification in the Sympathetic Lineage

Federico Calegari, Dresden University of Technology, CRTD, Germany
Short Talk: Transcriptomes of Proliferating Neural Stem Cells

Edmund Au, New York University Medical Center, USA
Short Talk: Directed Differentiation of ES Cells to Cortical Interneurons Demonstrates that LMO3 Biases Subtype Identity

Rebecca D. Hodge, University of Washington, USA
Short Talk: Tbr2 Expression in Cajal-Retzius Cells and Intermediate Neuronal Progenitors Is Required for Morphogenesis of the Dentate Gyrus

09:00—11:00
Protein Aggregation and Propagation of Misfolded Proteins in the Brain
Meeting has ended...abstracts no longer viewable online.

Sweeney Ballroom C-E
Virginia M. Y. Lee, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, USA
Alpha-Synuclein Transmission in Parkinson’s Disease

Mathias Jucker, Hertie-Institute for Clinical Brain Research and DZNE, Germany
Prion-Like Aspects of Cerebral beta-amyloidosis

Jeffery W. Kelly, The Scripps Research Institute, USA
Adapting the Chemical and or Biology of Protein Homeostasis to Ameliorate Aggregation-Associated Diseases

09:40—10:00
Coffee Break

Sweeney F, Main Level Breakouts
11:15—13:00
Poster Setup

Sweeney F, Main Level Breakouts
13:00—22:00
Poster Viewing

Sweeney F, Main Level Breakouts
11:15—16:30
On Own for Lunch and Recreation

16:30—17:00
Coffee Available

Sweeney F, Main Level Breakouts
17:00—19:00
Model Systems
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Sweeney Ballroom A-B
* Christopher A. Walsh, Children's Hospital Boston, USA

Andrea H. Brand, University of Cambridge, UK
Nutrient Control of Neural Stem Cells

Arnold R. Kriegstein, University of California, San Francisco, USA
OSVZ Neurogenesis in the Developing Human Neocortex

Su-Chun Zhang, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Neural Subtype Specification from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells

Simon Hippenmeyer, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Austria
Short Talk: Tracing Neurogenesis in Cerebral Cortex Using Mosaic Analysis with Double Markers (MADM)

Ryan P. Stadel, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA
Short Talk: Coexistence of Quiescent and Active Radial Neural Stem Cell Populations in the Adult Hippocampus

17:00—19:00
Mechanisms of Early Disease Intervention and Biomarkers
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Sweeney Ballroom C-E
* Michael Hutton, Eli Lilly Research Center, UK

John Q. Trojanowski, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Tau Biomarkers, Transmission and Therapies

Rosa Rademakers, Mayo Clinic, USA
Non-Coding Repeat Expansions in C9ORF72 as a Novel Cause of Frontotemporal Dementia and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Cristian A. Lasagna-Reeves, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
Short Talk: Ataxin-1 Amyloid Oligomers Form in a Mouse Model of Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1 and Correlate with Disease Pathogenesis

Kelly T. Dineley, University of Texas Medical Branch, USA
Short Talk: pERK-PPARgamma Protein Complexes In AD Cognitive Enhancement

Jessica L. Larson, Genentech, Inc., USA
Short Talk: A Meta-Analysis of Inflammation Gene Sets in Neurodegenerative Disease

19:00—20:00
Social Hour with Lite Bites

Sweeney F, Main Level Breakouts
19:30—22:00
Poster Session 1

Sweeney F, Main Level Breakouts

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5

07:00—08:00
Breakfast

Sweeney F, Main Level Breakouts
07:30—08:00
Poster Setup

Sweeney F, Main Level Breakouts
08:00—17:00
Poster Viewing

Sweeney F, Main Level Breakouts
08:00—11:00
Neurogenesis and Development: Molecular Mechanisms
Meeting has ended...abstracts no longer viewable online.

Sweeney Ballroom A-B
* Yi Eve Sun, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

Yukiko Gotoh, University of Tokyo, Japan
Regulation of Neural Precursor Cell Fate in the Developing Mouse Neocortex

Soo-Kyung Lee, Oregon Health & Science University, USA
Gene Regulatory Networks in Spinal Cord Neurogenesis

Francois Guillemot, MRC National Institute for Medical Research, UK
Regulation of Stem Cell Divisions in the Adult Brain

Jenny Hsieh, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA
Activity-Dependent Gene Transcription in Adult Neurogenesis

Sven Falk, Helmholtz Center Munich, Germany
Short Talk: Smad4 and Trim33 Redundantly Regulate Neural Stem Cells in the Developing Cortex

Felipe Mora-Bermúdez, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Germany
Short Talk: Distinct Populations of Mitotic Microtubules Regulate Mammalian Neurogenesis

08:00—11:00
Molecular Mechanisms of Neuronal Vulnerability
Meeting has ended...abstracts no longer viewable online.

Sweeney Ballroom C-E
* Rosa Rademakers, Mayo Clinic, USA

* Ronald B. DeMattos, Lilly Research Laboratories, USA

Valina L. Dawson, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA
Mechanisms of Cell Death in Neurodegeneration

Amber L. Southwell, University of British Columbia, Canada
Selective Mutant Huntingtin Gene Silencing

Sarah E. Dougherty, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Short Talk: Restricted Expression of Mutant Huntingtin to Parvalbumin-Positive Cell Populations Causes Hyperactivity and Altered Synaptic Function in the Motor Cortex

Eric J. Huang, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Role of RNA/DNA Binding Protein FUS in Neurodegeneration

Keith W. Crosby, University of Florida, USA
Short Talk: Immunophenotyping of Transgenic Mouse Models of CNS Proteinopathies

09:20—09:40
Coffee Break

Sweeney F, Main Level Breakouts
11:00—12:00
Lunch

Sweeney F, Main Level Breakouts
12:00—14:30
Poster Session 2

Sweeney F, Main Level Breakouts
14:30—16:30
Workshop (Joint): iPSC Technologies and their Application

Sweeney Ballroom A-E
* Fred (Rusty) H. Gage, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, USA
Introduction

* Su-Chun Zhang, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Introduction

Anita Bhattacharyya, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Deficits in Human Trisomy 21 iPSCs and Neurons: A Model for Down Syndrome Intellectual Disability

Beatriz C. Freitas, University of California, San Diego, USA
Contribution of Human Astrocytes to Rett Syndrome

Marisa Karow, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany
Reprogramming of Pericyte-Derived Cells of the Adult Human Brain into Induced Neuronal Cells

Yves Maury, ISTEM-CECS, France
High Throughput iPS Characterization

16:30—17:00
Coffee Available

Sweeney F, Main Level Breakouts
17:00—19:00
Stem Cell Niches in the Developing and Adult Brain
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Sweeney Ballroom A-B
* Yukiko Gotoh, University of Tokyo, Japan

Christopher A. Walsh, Children's Hospital Boston, USA
Intrinsic and Extrinsic Control of Neurogenesis in the Cerebral Cortex

Chay T. Kuo, Duke University School of Medicine, USA
Sustaining New Neuron Production in the SVZ Niche

Sebastian Jessberger, University of Zürich, Switzerland
EMBO Young Investigator Programme Lecture: Metabolic Control of Adult Neural Stem/Progenitor Cell Activity

Sohyun Ahn, NICHD, National Institutes of Health, USA
Short Talk: Gli3 Repressor Interacts with the Numb and gp130/STAT3 Pathways to Promote the Establishment of the Postnatal Neural Stem Cell Niche

Stephen C. Noctor, University of California, Davis, USA
Short Talk: Microglia Regulate the Number of Neural Precursor Cells in the Developing Cerebral Cortex

17:00—19:00
Novel Approaches for the Therapeutic Intervention of Neurodegenerative Disease
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Sweeney Ballroom C-E
* André Fischer, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Germany

Michael Hutton, Eli Lilly Research Center, UK
Towards an Understanding of tau Pathology Propagation and Spreading

Anders Björklund, Lund University, Sweden
Nurr1 as Target for Neuroprotection and Therapeutic Intervention in Parkinson's Disease

Ronald B. DeMattos, Lilly Research Laboratories, USA
The Development of Abeta Target Specific Immunotherapies for AD

Pierre Drapeau, University of Montréal, Canada
Short Talk: Chemical Genetic Screens of TARDBP and FUS Modifiers in C. elegans and Zebrafish Models of ALS

Rebecca Canter, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Short Talk: Increased Cholinergic Activity Restores Memory Function in a Mouse Model of AD

 
On Own for Dinner


WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6

07:00—08:00
Breakfast

Sweeney F, Main Level Breakouts
08:00—11:00
Epigenetics and Genomics (Joint)
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Sweeney Ballroom A-E
* Bruce A. Yankner, Harvard Medical School, USA

Yi Eve Sun, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Single Cell Transcriptome Analyses Reveal Secrets of the Adult Neurogenic Zone

André Fischer, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Germany
Epigenetic Mechanisms in Dementia

Daniel H. Geschwind, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Functional Genomic Analyses of Pathways Dysregulated in Frontal Temporal Dementia

Hongjun Song, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Neuronal Activity-Induced Changes of DNA Methylome in Neurons

Johan Holmberg, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
Short Talk: A Key Role for the Chromatin Remodeler CHD5 for Neuronal Differentiation and Tumor Suppression in the Nervous System

Matthew L. Eaton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Short Talk: Genome-Wide Analysis of DNA Methylation and Genotype in 750 Individuals Reveals Global Regulatory Changes in Brain Enhancers Associated with Alzheimer’s Disease

09:20—09:40
Coffee Break

Sweeney F, Main Level Breakouts
11:00—13:00
Poster Setup

Sweeney F, Main Level Breakouts
13:00—22:00
Poster Viewing

Sweeney F, Main Level Breakouts
 
On Own for Lunch and Recreation

16:30—17:00
Coffee Available

Sweeney F, Main Level Breakouts
17:00—19:00
Adult Neurogenesis: Regulation and Functions
Meeting has ended...abstracts no longer viewable online.

Sweeney Ballroom A-B
* Fred (Rusty) H. Gage, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, USA

Matthew T. Valley, Pasteur Institute, France
Adult-Born Neurons Integrate Behavioral States

Gerd Kempermann, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Germany
Benefits from Newborn Neurons in the Adult Hippocampus

Shaoyu Ge, SUNY Stony Brook, USA
Optogenetic Probing for the Development and Function of Adult-Born Neurons

Cristina V. Dieni, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Short Talk: Sparse Excitatory Innervation Provides High Input Specificity to Adult-Born Neurons

Mazen A. Kheirbek, Columbia University, USA
Short Talk: Control of Learning and Anxiety by Mature and Immature Granule Cells of the Dentate Gyrus

17:00—19:00
Aging and Genome Integrity
Meeting has ended...abstracts no longer viewable online.

Sweeney Ballroom C-E
* Li Gan, Gladstone Institutes and University of California, San Francisco, USA

Bruce A. Yankner, Harvard Medical School, USA
Modeling the Role of Genomic Instability in Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease

Peter J. McKinnon, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, USA
DNA Damage Signaling and Neurogenesis

Li-Huei Tsai, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Genome Integrity, Chromatin Remodeling and Neurodegenerative Disorders

19:00—20:00
Social Hour with Lite Bites

Sweeney F, Main Level Breakouts
19:30—22:00
Poster Session 3

Sweeney F, Main Level Breakouts

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7

07:00—08:00
Breakfast

Sweeney F, Main Level Breakouts
08:00—11:00
Adult Neurogenesis under Pathological Conditions
Meeting has ended...abstracts no longer viewable online.

Sweeney Ballroom A-B
* Gerd Kempermann, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Germany

Xinyu Zhao, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Adult Neurogenesis and Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Heather A. Cameron, NIMH, National Institutes of Health, USA
Adult Neurogenesis, Stress and Depression

Randall R. Reed, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Maintenance and Regeneration of Olfactory Neurons

Jack M. Parent, University of Michigan, USA
Adult Neurogenesis and Epilepsy

Beate Winner, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
Short Talk: Alpha-Synuclein in Neuronal Maturation and Adult Neurogenesis in the Dentate Gyrus

Caroline R. McKeown, The Scripps Research Institute, USA
Short Talk: Neurogenesis is Required for Behavioral Recovery after Injury in the Visual System of Xenopus laevis

08:00—11:00
Neurobiology of Disease
Meeting has ended...abstracts no longer viewable online.

Sweeney Ballroom C-E
* Valina L. Dawson, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA

David M. Holtzman, Washington University, USA
Sleep and Alzheimer’s Disease: Potential Cellular, Molecular, and Network Connections

Ted M. Dawson, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA
Understanding Molecular Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration in Parkinson’s Disease

Paula D. Ladd, University of Washington, USA
Short Talk: Expanding the Transcriptomes at Unstable Tandem Repeat Loci

Aimee W. Kao, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Short Talk: Progranulin and Granulin: Reciprocal Modulators of Organismal Stress Response

Li Gan, Gladstone Institutes and University of California, San Francisco, USA
Pathogenic Events Triggered by Tau Acetylation in Neurodegeneration

Ryan J. Watts, Denali Therapeutics Inc, USA
Targeting Neurodegeneration by Boosting Antibody Uptake in Brain

09:00—09:20
Coffee Break

Sweeney F, Main Level Breakouts
11:15—16:30
On Own for Lunch and Recreation

16:30—17:00
Coffee Available

Sweeney F, Main Level Breakouts
17:00—19:00
iPSC Modeling of Developmental and Degenerative Neurological Diseases (Joint)
Meeting has ended...abstracts no longer viewable online.

Sweeney Ballroom A-E
* Li-Huei Tsai, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

* Hongjun Song, University of Pennsylvania, USA

Guo-li Ming, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Understanding Functions of Schizophrenia Susceptibility Genes using Pluripotent Human Stem Cells

Gabsang Lee, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA
Discovery of Potential Therapeutic Compounds with Patient-Specific and Symptom-Relevant Neural Crest Derived from Familial Dysautonomia-iPSC

Stephen J. Haggarty, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA
Probing Neuroplasticity Pathways in Neuropsychiatric Disorders with Patient Specific Stem Cell Models & Small Molecules

Helen Fong, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Short Talk: Modeling Tauopathies Using Isogenic Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

Sandra Almeida, University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA
Short Talk: Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Models of Frontotemporal Dementia

19:00—20:00
Social Hour with Lite Bites

Sweeney F, Main Level Breakouts
20:00—23:00
Entertainment

Sweeney F, Main Level Breakouts

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8

 
Departure


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Keystone Symposia thanks our Sponsors for generously supporting this meeting:

Genentech, Inc. Pfizer Inc.
Shire Human Genetic Therapies
 

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