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Symposium

June 2 (MON)

June 3 (TUE)

June 4 (WED)

June 2 Grand ballroom 103
11:00-12:30
SY 01. Cerebral Small Vessel Disease Redefined: Innovative Insights Driving Future Translation
Lead organizer
Prof. Byung Gon Kim (Ajou University School of Medicine)
AIM2 inflammasome inhibition improves cognition and cerebral blood flow in a mouse model of vascular dementia
Quynh Nhu Dinh (Latrobe University, Australia)
Border-associated macrophages: emerging roles in small vessel diseases
Laibaik Park (Cornell University, Weil Medical College, United States)
Novel white matter miRNA targets for hypoperfusion
Tracy Farr (University of Nottingham, United Kingdom)
Role of oligodendrocyte precursor cells in white matter damage and repair
Ken Arai (Harvard University, United States)
13:30-15:00
SY 02. Role of the Meninges in Immune-CNS Interactions
Lead organizer
Dr. Hideyuki Yoshioka (University Of Yamanashi)
The role of glymphatic pathway during inflammation
Maiken Nedergaard (Center for Translational Neuromedicine, University Of Rochester Medical Center, United States)
Complex interactions between the immune system and the central nervous system (CNS)
Jonathan Kipnis (Department of Pathology & Immunology, Washington University in St. Louis, United States)
CNS immune surveillance in arachnoid and pia matter
Josephine Mapunda (Theodor Kocher Institute, University of Bern, Switzerland)
Cross talk between macrophage and meninge
Takahiro Masuda (Kyushu University Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Japan)
16:00-17:30
SY 03. Non-invasive Assessment of Cerebral Blood Flow and Oxygen Metabolism: Rationale and Latest Developments
Lead organizer
Prof. Turgut Durduran (ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences)
Overview of fundamental physiology and clinical needs for cerebral hemodynamics and oxygen metabolism
Costantino Iadecola (Weill Cornell MedicineUnited States)
Monitoring of cerebral blood flow autoregulation with near-infrared spectroscopy
Marek Czosnyka (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
State-of-the-art in diffuse optical methods for monitoring cerebral blood flow & oxygen metabolism
Erin Buckley (Georgia Tech & Emory University, United States)
Neurovascular coupling changes as a biomarker of cerebral health
Jana Kainerstorfer (Carnegie Mellon University, United States)
17:30-19:00
SY 04. Reprogramming the Brain after Stroke
Lead organizer
Dr. Wenlu Li (Zhejiang Chinese Medical University)
Endothelial regulation for cellular reprogramming
Wenlu Li (Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, China)
Reprogramming astrocytes to support neuroplasticity
Marcela Pekna (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
Reprogramming microglia for modulating inflammation
Yanqin Gao (Fudan University, China)
Stem cells for stroke recovery
Cesar Borlongan (University of South Florida, United States)
 Grand ballroom 101
11:00-12:30
BPSY 01. Mapping the Dynamics of Neurotransmitter Action
Lead organizer
Prof. Rupert Lanzenberger (Medical University of Vienna)
Decoding Dopamine and its Receptor Dynamics with PET/MRI
Christin Sander (Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School, United States)
Neuroimaging of classical psychedelics' target engagement
Gitte M Kn udsen (Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Denmark)
The Role of the Opioid System in Reward and Fear Processing: Insights from [11C]Carfentanil PET
Vesa Putkinen (University of Turku, Finland)
Use of the synthesis model for task-specific changes in dopamine and serotonin signaling
Andreas Hahn (Medical University of Vienna, Austria)
The program is subject to change.