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Abstract
Submissions
are
now closed.
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 THE
ABSTRACT COMMITTEE has determined
the qualified abstracts to be presented as posters during
the Abstract Poster and Open Communications sessions. All
accepted abstracts will be published in the October edition
of the Journal of Neurotrauma, which will be distributed to
delegates at the conference.
Thank
you to the authors who participated in this years' competition...
And
special congratulations to the Travel Grant awardees,
Open
Communications Sessions presenters,
and
Top 16 Student Competition Finalists!
Click
here for Poster Number Assignments
POSTER
SESSION ASSIGNMENTS
SESSION
A |
SESSION
B |
SESSION
C |
P1 - P81 |
P82 - P147 |
P148 - P213 |
FRIDAY, JULY 7 |
SATURDAY, JULY
8 |
SUNDAY, JULY 9 |
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 STUDENT
POSTER COMPETITION FINALISTS
The Abstract Committee
reviewed and assigned a grade to each abstract submitted for the
student competition. A blind grading process was used to ensure
anonymity and equality. The Top 16 student abstracts will
be displayed onsite in a featured location for the duration of the
symposium. These sixteen abstracts will receive a final judging
onsite at the conference, after which the scores will be tabulated
to determine the winners of the competition. The top five (5) abstracts
will be recognized during the Awards Ceremony and will receive a
certificate and a cash award of $500. In addition, this
year all Top 16 Student finalists will receive an award of books
from Oxford University Press.
This years Top
16 Student Finalists are:
Serial# |
Poster
# |
Title |
Institution |
Presenting
Author |
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1
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THE EFFECTS OF
SHEAR VERSUS COMPRESSIVE LOADING IN 3-D NEURONAL-ASTROCYTIC
CO-CULTURES |
Georgia Institute
of Technology |
D. Kacy Cullen |
|
2
|
CALCIUM WAVE
PROPAGATION AND ERK ACTIVATION SURROUNDING REGIONS OF MECHANICAL
INJURY IN ASTROCYTE CULTURES |
University of
Pennsylvania |
William Miller
|
|
3
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CHARACTERIZATION
OF ADULT SPINAL CORD STEM/PROGENITOR CELLS FOLLOWING TRANSPLANTATION
INTO FOCAL DEMYELINATION LESIONS IN THE RAT SPINAL CORD |
Toronto Western
Research Institute |
Andrea Mothe
|
|
4
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NG2+ cell response
in the acutely contused murine spinal cord |
Georgetown University
|
Judith Lytle
|
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5
|
OLFACTORY ENSHEATHING
CELLS AND NOT SCHWANN CELLS EXPRESS SMOOTH MUSCLE ALPHA ACTIN.
|
Queen''s University
|
Ali Jahed |
|
6
|
Hydralazine inhibits
acrolein-mediated injury in ex vivo spinal cord |
Purdue University
|
Kristin Hamann
|
|
7
|
Structural and
Functional Repair of Dysmyelinated Axons after Transplantation
of Adult Neural Precursor Cells: Therapeutic Potential for Neurotrauma
and Demyelinating Diseases |
Toronto Western
Hospital |
Eftekhar Eftekharpour
|
|
8
|
EXOGENOUS TAT-
Bcl-xL DECREASES SPINAL CORD INJURY INDUCED- APOPTOTIC CELL
DEATH BUT IMPAIRS LONG TERM OUTCOME |
University of
Texas Medical Branch |
Diana Cittelly |
|
9
|
Time Course of
Diffusion Tensor Imaging Changes in Injured White Matter Following
Experimental Traumatic Brain Injury |
Washington University
|
C.L. Mac Donald
|
|
10
|
THE ROLE OF NUCLEAR
FACTOR NRF2-DRIVEN GENES IN ATTENUATING BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER
DISRUPTION AND BRAIN EDEMA FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
|
University of
Texas at Houston, Medical School |
Jing Zhao |
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11
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CHRONIC CEREBRAL
BLOOD FLOW DEFICITS FOLLOWING MODERATE FLUID PERCUSSION BRAIN
INJURY |
University of
Miami |
Linda Daniels |
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12
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PROTEIN DISTRIBUTION
AND TRANSCRIPTIONAL PROFILE OF PHOSPHACAN/RPTPß DURING REACTIVE
SYNAPTOGENESIS |
Virginia Commonwealth
University |
Janna Harris
|
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13
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NICOTINAMIDE
TREATMENT INDUCES RECOVERY WHEN ADMINISTERED UP TO FOUR HOURS
POST-TBI IN THE RAT |
Southern Illinois
University |
J.L Pierce |
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14
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POST TRAUMATIC
BRAIN INJURY (TBI) TREATMENT WITH 33º C BUT NOT 35º
C HYPOTHERMIA PROTECTS PIAL VASCULAR FUNCTION. |
Virginia Commonwealth
University |
Anna Baranova |
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15
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ATTENUATION OF
ACUTE MITOCHONDRIAL DYSFUNCTION BY NIM811, A NON-IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE
CYCLOSPORIN A DERIVATIVE, FOLLOWING FOCAL TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
IN MICE |
University of
Kentucky |
L.H. Mbye |
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16
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“TODDLER” PORCINE
MODEL OF RAPID NON-IMPACT HEAD INJURY |
University of
Pennsylvania |
Nicole Ibrahim
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 POSTER
PRESENTATION GUIDELINES
*TOP
STUDENT ABSTRACTS will be displayed for
the duration of the Symposium.*
All accepted posters will
be displayed in the Grand Ballroom. Please be sure
to set up and remove your posters during the times indicated on
the Scientific Program. Posters left remaining after the session
removal period will be removed and discarded. NNS is not responsible
for lost or discarded posters.
Posters must be no larger
than 4'0”h x 6'0”w (120cm height x 180cm width) and should be brought
in person by the submitting author(s) or a colleague who is attending
the conference. Posters sent via mail will not be displayed. Ideally
a poster should be self-explanatory, clear and specific, and should
present the material logically and legibly.
Please
include the poster number, title of the abstract and the names of
the presenting authors in the upper left hand corner of your poster.
For your
convenience, push pins (3/8” shaft) will be provided for your use
in displaying your poster, however please DO NOT mount or laminate
your poster, as you may experience difficulty in attaching it to
the display board . If you will be rolling up your poster for
travel, we recommend you reverse roll it upon your arrival to avoid
the tendency it may have to curl and thereby "pop" off
the poster board.
 STUDENT
TRAVEL GRANT AWARDEES
NNS is pleased to offer a limited number of travel grants for postdoctoral
fellows and graduate students presenting their exciting results.
Funding provided by an NIH grant allows for twenty (20) student
travel grants. Grant awards are given based on financial need
and merit. Travel Grant winners will be notified via email
in early May. NOTE: Travel grant winners must register by
July 1 and attend the Symposium in order to receive their award.
This years' Travel
Grant Awardees are:
| Rachel |
Allred |
University of Texas
at Austin |
| Diana |
Cittelly |
University of Texas
Medical Branch |
| Sarah |
Cutler |
Emory University |
| Laurie |
Davis |
University of Kentucky
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| Eftekhar |
Eftekharpour |
Toronto Western Hospital
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| Nicole |
Ibrahim |
University of Pennsylvania
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| Ali |
Jahed |
Queen''s University
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| Devrim |
Kilinc |
Drexel University
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| Lamin Han |
Mbye |
University of Kentucky
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| Mahlet |
Mesfin |
University of Pennsylvania
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| Brandon |
Miller |
The Ohio State University
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| Andrea |
Mothe |
Toronto Western Research
Institute |
| Virginia |
Newcombe |
Cambridge University
|
| Brett |
Postal |
University of Pittsburgh
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| Jennifer |
Spaethling |
University of Pennsylvania
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| Ravi |
Srinivas |
University of Pittsburgh
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| Maja |
Stulemeijer |
Radboud University
Nijmegen Medical Centre |
| Shiqiang |
Tian |
Baylor College of
Medicine |
| Zhe |
Yu |
Columbia University
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| Jing |
Zhao |
University of Texas at Houston,
Medical School |
 OPEN
COMMUNICATIONS SESSIONS
Several top student abstracts will
be selected by the Abstract Committee for a special 15 minute oral
presentation during the Open Communication Sessions at the symposium.
This years' abstracts selected for oral presentation are :
| OPEN
COMMUNICATIONS SESSION A - FRIDAY, JULY 7 - 11:15 -12:15 |
| P3
CHARACTERIZATION OF ADULT SPINAL CORD STEM/PROGENITOR CELLS
FOLLOWING TRANSPLANTATION INTO FOCAL DEMYELINATION LESIONS IN
THE RAT SPINAL CORD - Andrea Mothe, Toronto Western Research
Institute |
| P6
HYDRALAZINE INHIBITS ACROLEIN-MEDIATED INJURY IN EX VIVO SPINAL
CORD - Kristin Hamann, Purdue University |
| P7
STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL REPAIR OF DYSMYELINATED AXONS AFTER
TRANSPLANTATION OF ADULT NEURAL PRECURSOR CELLS: THERAPEUTIC
POTENTIAL FOR NEUROTRAUMA AND DEMYELINATING DISEASES - Eftekhar
Eftekharpour, Toronto Western Hospital |
P13
NICOTINAMIDE TREATMENT INDUCES RECOVERY WHEN ADMINISTERED
UP TO FOUR HOURS POST-TBI IN THE RAT - Jeremy Pierce,
Southern Illinois University |
| OPEN COMMUNICATIONS
SESSION B - SATURDAY, JULY 8 - 11:00 - 12:00 |
| P9
TIME COURSE OF DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING CHANGES IN INJURED WHITE
MATTER FOLLOWING EXPERIMENTAL TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY - Christine
MacDonald, Washington University |
| P10
THE ROLE OF NUCLEAR FACTOR NRF2-DRIVEN GENES IN ATTENUATING
BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER DISRUPTION AND BRAIN EDEMA FOLLOWING TRAUMATIC
BRAIN INJURY - Jing Zhao, University of Texas at Houston,
Medical School |
P105
TARGETING KEY MOLECULES EXPRESSED IN THE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX
OF THE GLIAL SCAR MAY ENHANCE THE EFFICIENCY OF CELL TRANSPLANTATION
AFTER CHRONIC SCI - Soheila Karimi-Abdolrezaee, Toronto
Western Research Institute |
P211
EVALUATION OF F2-ISOPROSTANE, GLUTATHIONE, PROTEIN
SULFHYDRYL, AND CYTOCHROME-C LEVELS IN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
FOLLOWING SEVERE TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY - Brett Postal,
University of Pittsburgh |
| OPEN COMMUNICATIONS
SESSION C- SATURDAY, JULY 8 - 1:30 - 2:30 |
| P1
THE EFFECTS OF SHEAR VERSUS COMPRESSIVE LOADING IN 3-D NEURONAL-ASTROCYTIC
CO-CULTURES - D. Kacy Cullen, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| P2
CALCIUM WAVE PROPAGATION AND ERK ACTIVATION SURROUNDING REGIONS
OF MECHANICAL INJURY IN ASTROCYTE CULTURES - William Miller,
University of Pennsylvania |
| P14
POST TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI) TREATMENT WITH 33º C
BUT NOT 35º C HYPOTHERMIA PROTECTS PIAL VASCULAR FUNCTION
- Anna Baranova, Virginia Commonwealth University |
| P146
COGNITIVE DEFICITS, TRAUMATIC AXONAL INJURY AND CALPAIN ACTIVATION
FOLLOWING DIFFUSE BRAIN INJURY IN THE IMMATURE RAT - Ashley
Widing, Drexel University |
Please refer to the
Schedule of Events page for timings.
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