APSN symposium on “Glial Activation and Function”
Dalian, P.R. of China 2007
Final Program October 18, 2007 12:00-18:00 | Registration (Dalian Kempinski Hotel) | 14:00-17:00 | Special Educational Lecture - Douglas Fields (USA)
(Basic Medical College Lecture Hall, Dalian Medical University) | 18:00-20:30 | Welcome Reception (Dalian Kempinski Hotel) |
October 19, 2007
(Basic Medical College Lecture Hall, Dalian Medical University) Symposium 1. Oligodendrocyte Development (Chaired by A. Wanaka) 9:00-9:30 | Hirohide Takebayashi (Japan) Olig genes and development of oligodendrocytes | 9:30-10:00 | Hae Chul Park (Korea) Generation of oligodendrocytes in postembryonic zebrafish |
10:00-11:30 | Tea Break and Poster Presentation | | | | 11:30-12:30 | Working Lunch |
Symposium 2. Neuron-Glia Interaction (Chaired by K. Ikenaka) 12:30-13:00 | Zhi-Cheng Xiao (Singapore) Nodes of Ranvier: An important domain closely related to the CNS regeneration and degeneration. | 13:00-13:30 | Douglas Fields (USA) Activity-Dependent Myelination | 13:30-14:00 | Jean-Leon Thomas (France) New roles for TAG-1 in axon-glia interactions during visual pathway development | 14:00-14:30 | Melitta Schachner (China, Germany) Glial cell adhesion molecules and synaptic plasticity |
Symposium 3. Astrocyte and Synaptic Transmission (Chaired by A. Stadelin) 14:45-15:15 | Seiji Ozawa (Japan) Glutamate transporters: their roles in glutamatergic synapses | 15:15-15:45 | Yoshihisa Kudo (Japan) Roles of astrocyte-neuron interaction on synaptic plasticity | 15:45-16:15 | Beth Stevens (USA) How are CNS synapses eliminated? A new role for astrocytes and the classical complement cascade | 16:15-16:45 | Seung U Kim (Canada, Korea) Production of cytokines and chemokines in human astrocytes and microglia |
Symposium 4. Microglia and Pain Sensation, Injury Response (Chaired by P. Wong) 17:00-17:30 | Kazuhide Inoue (Japan) Up-regulation of microglial P2X4 receptors in neuropathic pain state | 17:30-18:00 | Won-Ki Kim (Korea) Detrimental and beneficial roles of microglia and monocytes in cerebral ischemia | 18:00-18:30 | Wen-Biao Gan (USA) ATP mediates rapid microglial response to local brain injury | | 18:30-19:00 | Hiroshi Kiyama (Japan) Glia-Neuron interaction in neuronal regeneration and degeneration |
October 20, 2007
(Basic Medical College Lecture Hall, Dalian Medical University) Symposium 5. Glia in Development and Disease (Chaired by P. Babu) 8:30-9:00 | Jae Sang Kim (Korea) Functional analysis of the transcription factor Sox10 in the development of peripheral glia | | 9:00-9:30 | Chulhee Choi (Korea) Apoptosis of Astrocytes | 9:30-10:00 | Hiroshi Kiyama (Japan) Glia-Neuron interaction in neuronal regeneration and degeneration |
Symposium 6. Regeneration, Gliosis (Chaired by W. Sun) 10:30-11:00 | Joel Levine (USA) The many mysteries of the adult oligodendrocyte precursor cell | 11:00-11:30 | Kouko Tatsumi (Japan) Glial progenitor and its response to CNS injury in adult | 11:30-12:00 | Roger Chung (Australia) Metallothionein is an injury dependent, astrocyte-derived promoter of axonal regeneration in the CNS |
Programme in Word Document
(as at 11-October 2007) | 
