Day 5 | August 24

ISNI DAY 4 | WEDNESDAY AUGUST 23

PLENARY SESSION


8:00am - 10:00am
Neuroinflammation in degenerative diseases
Chairs:


New insights into how brain and periphery communicate
Jonathan Kipnis (USA)

TBD
Michael Heneka (Germany)

TBD
Li Gan (USA)

Honing in on the molecular orchestrators of neuroprotective microglial responses in Alzheimer’s disease
John R. Lukens (USA)
Coffee Break 10:00am-10:30am

MORNING BREAKOUT SESSIONS


10:30am - 12:00pm
CNS barriers (e.g. blood-brain barrier, CNS lymphatics, meninges, ependyma)
Chairs:


Regulation of the blood-brain barrier in health and disease
Richard Daneman (USA)

Ependymal cell dysregulation during neuroinflammatory events
Jo Anne Stratton (Canada)

TBD
Alexandre Prat (Canada)

Oral Presentations
Infection and neuroinflammation
Chairs:


Christopher Power (Canada)

Robyn Klein (USA)

Cornelia Bergmann (USA)


Oral Presentations
Lunch Break & Novartis Sponsored Symposium (starts at 12:15pm) 12:00pm-1:00pm
Novartis Sponsored Symposium | Understanding the Unique Features of Anti-CD20 Monoclonal Antibodies for B-Cell Depletion in MS
Chairs:


TBD
Dr Amit Bar-Or

TBD
Dr. Virginia Devonshire

AFTERNOON BREAKOUT SESSIONS


1:00pm - 3:00pm
From basic to translational and clinical Neuroimmunology: contributions from young scientists
Chairs:


13:00-13:15 | Introduction
ISNI Young Committee & JNI

13:15-13:30 | TBD
TBD

13:30-13:45 | TBD
TBD

13:45-14:00 | Fighting friendly fire: immunobiology, diagnostics, and therapeutics in antibody-mediated CNS disorders
Sudarshini Ramanathan (Australia)

14:00-14:15 | Immune regulation of stress
Chao Wang (Canada)

14:15-14:30 | TBD
TBD

14:30-14:45 | TBD
TBD

14:45-15:00 | TBD
TBD
Peripheral Neuroimmunology
Chairs:


Nociceptor neuron recognition of microbes in host defense and immunity
Isaac Chiu (USA)

TBD
Hai Qi (China)

Neuro-immune interactions in the gut
Daniel Mucida (USA)

Oral Presentations
Learning about Neuroimmunology through ALS
Sponsored by ALS Society of Quebec
Chairs:


The title of my talk will be: Microglia and macrophages for ALS progression.
Séverine Boillée (France)

TBD
Bahareh Ajami (USA)

TBD
Jasna Kriz (Canada)

TBD
Cristina Limatola (Italy)

Role of endogenous retroviruses in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Avindra Nath (USA)

Restoring glial functions at the neuromuscular synapse: a clinical target in ALS
Richard Robitaille (Canada)

ISNI KEYNOTE LECTURE


3:00pm - 4:00pm
The Immunology Lecture
Chair:


Alexander Flügel (Germany)

POSTER SESSION 3


4:00pm - 6:00pm