ISNI DAY 3 - TUESDAY AUGUST 22

PLENARY SESSION


8:30am - 10:00am
Pathological mechanisms in autoimmune diseases of the nervous system
Chairs:


B cells, BAFF and CNS inflammation
Jennifer Gommerman (Canada)

TBD
William H. Robison (USA)

TBD
Sean Pittock (USA)
Coffee Break | 10:00am-10:30am

MORNING BREAKOUT SESSIONS


10:30am - 12:00pm
Involvement of glial cells in neuroinflammation
Chairs:


Francisco Quintana (USA)

Zhigang He (USA)

Shane Liddelow (USA)


Oral Presentations
Influence of sex and age on neuroinflammation
Chairs:


TBD
Shannon Dunn (Canada)

Female sex exacerbates age-related changes in microglia
Marina Lynch (Ireland)

Sex differences in microglial metabolism and implications for neural development
Staci Bilbo (USA)

Biological sex as a determinant in inflammatory T cell responses in chronic CNS autoimmunity
Manu Rangachari (Canada)

Oral Presentations
Lunch Break | 12:00pm-1pm

AFTERNOON BREAKOUT SESSIONS


1:00pm - 3:00pm
Microglia in neural development, remodelling, and protection
Chairs:


Diverse macrophages sense and govern brain environment
Takahiro Masuda (Japan)

The many roles of microglia in the pathogenesis of neurodegeneration
Rosa Paolicelli (Switzerland)

Impact of microglia metabolic flexibility and immunometabolism on neuronal function
Brian MacVicar (Canada)

Oral Presentations
T cells in neurological diseases
Chairs:


Stranger Things about IL-12 and IL-23
Burkhard Becher (Switzerland)

TBD
Vijay Kuchroo (USA)

The role of the non-canonical NFkB signalling in the regulation of autoimmunity
Ari Waisman (Germany)

Oral Presentations
Biomarkers of neuroinflammation
Chairs:


TBD
Heinz Wiendl (Germany)

Biomarkers of relapsing course in MOG antibody-associated disease
Fabienne Brilot (Australia)

TBD
Mark Freedman (Canada)
TBD


Oral Presentations

ISNI KEYNOTE LECTURE


3:00pm - 4:00pm
The Rita Levi-Montalcini Neurobiology Lecture
Chair:


Inflammation and Neurodegeneration in multiple sclerois: A single and common pathway?
Hans Lassmann (Austria)

POSTER SESSION 2


4:00pm - 6:00pm