Axonal degeneration and repair: plasticity and stem cells


2008-12-09 13:45: Opening (Professor Joe Herbert, Brain Repair Centre, Cambridge)

2008-12-09 14:00: Promoting axon regeneration in the damaged CNS (Professor James Fawcett, Brain Repair Centre, Cambridge)

2008-12-09 14:30: Glial cell transplants to promote axonal regeneration (Dr. Xavier Navarro, Institute of Neuroscience, Barcelona)

2008-12-09 15:00: Repair of interrrupted fibre connections and circuits after spinal cord and brain injury (Professor Martin Schwab, Brain Research Institute, Zurich)

2008-12-09 15:30: Semaphorins: role in axonal degeneration and plasticity (Professor. Joost Verhaagen, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam)

2008-12-09 16:30: PSA-NCAM and regeneration (Dr. Jean-Chretien Norreel, PHARMAXON, Marseille)

2008-12-09 17:00: Development and repair in the cerebellum (Dr. Ferdinando Rossi, Rita Levi Montalcini Centre for Brain Repair, Torino)

2008-12-09 17:30: Adult stem cells and biomaterials for the treatment of CNS injury (Professor Eva Sykova, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Charles University, Prague)

2008-12-09 18:00: Molecular mechanisms of activity dependent plasticity in the cerebellar cortex (Professor Piergiorgio Strata, Foundazione Santa Lucia, Rome)

2008-12-09 18:30: Round table one: meet the professor sessions (PIs and BRC PIs) (Speaker to be confirmed)

2008-12-10 14:00: Matrix metalloproteinase-9 in synaptic plasticity (Dr. Leszek Kaczmarek, Nencki Institute, Warsaw)

2008-12-10 14:30: Cell replacement therapy in Parkinson's disease (Professor Patrik Brundin, Wallenberg Neuroscience Centre, Lund)

2008-12-10 15:00: Adult neurogenesis: From molecular mechanisms towards tools for brain repair (Dr. Harold Cremer, Developmental Biology Institute, Marseille)

2008-12-10 15:30: Cell sorting strategies for improved stem cell differentiation into neural cells (Dr. Andreas Bosio, MILTENYI, Cologne)

2008-12-10 16:30: Round table two: meet the professors sessions (PIs and BRC PIs) (Speaker to be confirmed)

2008-12-10 18:00: Closing session (Professor Joe Herbert, Brain Repair Centre, Cambridge)