Sponsored by: Norton Healthcare and the Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Trust

Organized by: The University of Louisville’s Department of Neurological Surgery and the Kentucky Spinal Cord Injury Research Center

When: Wednesday, June 8, 9, 10

Where: Seelbach Hilton Hotel Medallion Room

Presentations by:

Yimin Zou, Ph.D.

University of Chicago

“Axon guidance cues along the longitudinal axis of the spinal cord"

Mary Bartlett Bunge, Ph.D.

University of Miami School of Medicine

“Combination strategies to repair the injured spinal cord”

Joseph R. Fetcho, Ph.D.

Cornell University

“Imaging Regeneration and Functional recovery in vivo”

Brant M. Weinstein, Ph.D.

Laboratory of Molecular genetics NICHD/NIH

“Assembly of vascular networks during early development”

Robert P. Yezierski, Ph.D.

University of Florida

"What have we learned about the central mechanism(s) responsible for pain following spinal injury?”

Fred Lenz, M.D.

Johns Hopkins University

“Central Pain Syndromes: Mechanisms of spontaneous and evoked pains”

Claire E. Hulsebosch, Ph.D.

University of Texas Medical Branch

“Mechanisms of chronic central pain after spinal cord injury”

Timothy J. Ness, M.D., Ph.D.

University of Alabama Birmingham

“Spinal cord injury and visceral pain”

Monica Driscoll, Ph.D.

Rutgers University

“Dissecting necrotic cell death mechanisms and defining physiological strategies for necrosis suppression in C. elegans”

Dale Bredesen, M.D.

Buck Institute for Age Research

“Regeneration or degeneration? The cellular decision-making process”

David Kaplan, Ph.D.

Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto

“Signal transduction proteins regulating neuronal survival, apoptosis, and growth”

David Rowitch, Ph.D.

Harvard Medical School

“Olig genes in CNS development and disease”

Timothy K. Vartanian, M.D., Ph.D.

Beth Israel-Deaconess/Harvard Medical School

“Molecular mechanisms of myelination”

Robin J. Franklin, Ph.D.

University of Cambridge

“Remyelination - a success story for adult neural precursors"

Henriette Van Praag, Ph.D.

Salk Institute

“Regulation and function of neurogenesis in the adult hippocampus.”

Vivian Mushahwar, Ph.D.

University of Alberta

“Taming the spinal cord after injury: Intraspinal microstimulation”

Serge Rossignol, M.D., Ph.D.

University of Montreal

“Optimization of locomotion after spinal cord injury in animal models”

 

Special thanks to the University of Louisville Organizing Committee

Dr. Scott R. Whittemore, Chair

Dr. Christopher B. Shields, Co-Chair

Dr. Theo Hagg

Dr. Michal Hetman

Dr. Charles Hubscher

Dr. David S.K. Magnuson

Dr. Stephen M. Onifer

Dr. Matthew Qiu

Dr. Xiao Ming Xu

 

Registration fees:

Professional - $225

Faculty - $225

Students/Technicians - $75

Residents/Post-Doctoral Fellows - $125

Community - $125

 

Registration will be available on-line March 25 at: www.nortonhealthcare.com