ISNI DAY 2 - MONDAY AUGUST 21

WELCOME & INTRODUCTION


8:00am - 8:30am
Welcome Remarks
Luc Vallières (Canada) & LOC
ISNI President Francisco Quintana (USA)

Introduction: current challenges in Neuroimmunology
Jack Antel (Canada)

PLENARY SESSION 1


8:30am - 10:00am
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)
Coffee Break | 10:00am-10:30am

MORNING BREAKOUT SESSIONS


10:30am - 12:00pm
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
Sponsored Lunch Break Symposium - 12:00pm-1:00pm

AFTERNOON BREAKOUT SESSIONS


1:00pm - 3:00pm
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 LECTURE


3:00pm - 4:00pm
The Dale McFarlin Lecture
Chair:

Amit Bar-Or (USA)

POSTER SESSION 1


4:00pm - 6:00pm