Cellular and Molecular Neural Therapy Conference
Space is Limited – Register Now at http://www.neuroregeneration.org/cmt4.htm
4th Cellular and Molecular Treatments of Neurological Diseases Conference At the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Sept. 29-30, 2006
4th Conference on the prospects for neural transplantation, gene therapy and progenitor cell biologyOrganizers: Dr. Ole Isacson and Dr. Xandra Breakefield
Depts. of Neurology and Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School/McLean Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital
For additional information, please contact:
Sandra Pohlman: Phone 617-855-3283, fax 617-855-2522, email spohlman at mclean.harvard.edu
or
Yushen Chang: Phone 617-855-2440, fax 617-855-2522, email nrladmin at mclean.harvard.edu <... face=”default”>
Friday, September 29, 2006
7:00- 7:50 am Registration & Continental Breakfast
7:50- 8:00 am Welcome: O. Isacson and X.O. Breakefield
8:00- 10:00 am Theme I: Novel Clinical Therapeutics for Neurological Disease
Chairs: C.W. Olanow and A.-L. Benabid
Speakers: C.W. Olanow, M.F. Beal, I. Mendez, A.-L. Benabid
10:00-11:00 am Coffee Break and Posters
11:00-12:00 pm Theme II: Potential Biological Routes to Regeneration in Models of Neurological Disease
Chairs: C. Henderson
Speakers: M. Filbin, J. Surmeier
12:00-1:30 pm Lunch (Included with registration at AAAS)
1:30- 3:00 pm Theme III: Novel Biomaterials in Cellular and Molecular Treatments
Chairs: J. Elisseeff and C. Freed
Speakers: J. Elisseeff, S. Bhatia, Noo-Li Jeon
3:00- 3:30 pm Coffee Break
3:30- 5:00 pm Theme IV (1): Progenitor Cell Biology, Development and Connectivity
Chairs: P. Rakic and O. Isacson
Speakers: P. Rakic, C. Henderson, J. Macklis
Saturday, September 30, 2006
7:30-8:00 am Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:00 – 10:00 am Theme IV (2): Progenitor Cell Biology, Neuronal Differentiation and Functional Studies
Chairs: A. Ivinson and M. Rao
Speakers: L. Studer, D. Kerr, S. Goldman, R. Sanchez-Pernaute
10:00-10:30 am Coffee Break
10:30 – 12:00 pm Theme IV (3): Progenitor Cell Proliferation, Programming and Epigenetic Stability
Chairs: E. Arenas, K. Eggan
Speakers: K. Eggan, E. Arenas, K. Spalding
12:00- 2:00 pm Lunch (included) at AAAS
2:00 -4:00 pm Theme V: Gene Therapy against Neurological Disease
Chairs: M. Bohn, X.O. Breakefield
Speakers: B.L. Davidson, J. Kordower, H. Federoff, L. Naldini
4:00 – 4:15 pm Coffee Break
4:15- 5:00 pm Conference Summary/Discussion/Comments
Chairpersons: O. Isacson and X.O. Breakefield
5:00 pm End of Meeting
- Internationally distinguished scientists’ presentations.
- Program booklet with abstracts of speakers’ presentations.
- Information and Registration: http://www.neuroregeneration.org/cmt4.htm
Sponsored in part by the Harvard Center for Neurodegeneration & Repair, to enhance postgraduate education on the mechanisms of neurodegenerative diseases.