ISNI DAY 2 - MONDAY AUGUST 21 |
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WELCOME & INTRODUCTION8:00am - 8:30am |
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Welcome Remarks Luc Vallières (Canada) & LOC ISNI President Francisco Quintana (USA) Introduction: current challenges in Neuroimmunology Jack Antel (Canada) |
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PLENARY SESSION 18:30am - 10:00am |
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Neuroimmune interactions in neural development, cognition, and homeostasis Chairs: TBD Gloria Choi (USA) Immunoception: central representation and regulation of immunity Asya Rolls (Israel) Microglia functions from development to neurodegeneration Florent Ginhoux (Singapore) |
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Coffee Break | 10:00am-10:30am | ||
MORNING BREAKOUT SESSIONS10:30am - 12:00pm |
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Inflammation in neurodegenerative diseases Chairs: Brain-Immune ecosystem and immunotherapy to defeat dementia Michal Schwartz (Israel) Crosstalk across brain borders regulates neuronal synaptic fate Soyon Hong (UK) Decoding chronic inflammation in multiple sclerosis Martina Absinta (Italy) Oral Presentations | Autoantibodies (good or bad) in neurological conditions Chairs: The B cell immunology underlying autoantibody-mediated CNS diseases Sarosh Irani (UK) TBD Harald Prüss (Germany) The cow conundrum – Novel insights into antibody-mediated disease mechanisms in multiple sclerosis Stefanie Kuerten (Germany) Oral Presentations |
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Sponsored Lunch Break Symposium - 12:00pm-1:00pm | ||
AFTERNOON BREAKOUT SESSIONS1:00pm - 3:00pm |
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Non-MS autoimmune diseases (e.g. cMOGAD, narcolepsy, autoimmune encephalitis) Chairs: Waking up to the immunology of Narcolepsy type 1 Roland Liblau (France) Immunopathology of NMOSD and MOGAD Kazuo Fujihara (Japan) Mechanisms governing autoantibody-mediated pathology in autoimmune neurologic diseases Kevin O'Connor (USA) Oral Presentations | Psychoneuroimmunology (e.g. stress, depression, sickness behaviour, pain, memory impairment) Chairs: TBD Nader Ghasemlou (Canada) Immune-Brain Interactions in Depression Scott Russo (USA) Sex-specific brain and gut barrier alterations underlie stress vulnerability vs resilience in mice and human depression Caroline Menard (Canada) Oral Presentations | Learning about Neuroimmunology through MS Sponsored by ACTRIMS Chairs: An unexpected role of B cells in neuromyelitis optica Thomas Korn (Germany) Age-sensitive immune markers in multiple sclerosis: relation to biological sex and treatment response Catherine Larochelle (Canada) Decoding and targeting cell type-specific signatures underlying progressive neuroinflammation Lucas Schirmer (Germany) TBD Benjamin Segal (USA) Microglia in multiple sclerosis – pathogenesis and imaging Laura Airas (Finland) |
ISNI KEYNOTE LECTURE3:00pm - 4:00pm |
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The Dale McFarlin Lecture Chair: Amit Bar-Or (USA) |
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POSTER SESSION 14:00pm - 6:00pm |