As a special addition to the 2006 program, we are pleased to announce the return of the highly successful Sanofi-Aventis Networking Center, which will act as a central gathering place for attendees to check in and pick up their registration credentials, meet for breakfast, check their email at the Internet Cafe, or just sit and chat about the latest neurotrauma news.

Special Thanks to

the Official Scientific Session Supporter of NNS 2006

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Speaker CVs are available by clicking photos on the Faculty & Chairs page.                   Updated 6/28/06

THURSDAY, JULY 6 - Main Arrivals

2:00 - 6:00 PM

Registration Desk Open

 Grand Hall Registration Desk
3:00 - 6:00 PM EXHIBITOR INSTALLATION Grand Ballroom D
5:00 - 6:00 PM Speaker Rehearsals

Regency

Ballroom A/B

After 6:00 PM

POSTER MOUNTING

Grand Ballroom D/E/F

7:15 - 9:30 PM

NNS Officers and Councilors Dinner Meeting

The Link Room
 

FRIDAY, JULY 7

7:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Registration Desk Open

Grand Ballroom A

7:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Sanofi-Aventis Networking Center,Internet Cafe & Exhibits Open

Grand Ballroom
7:00 - 8:00 AM CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST Grand Ballroom B/C

8:00 - 8:15 AM

WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS

Douglas S. DeWitt, Ph.D., President

National Neurotrauma Society

Regency A/B

8:15 - 9:45 AM

 

SESSION 1 - Injury at the Synapse: Biology of Short and Long Term Memory

Chair: Pramod Dash          Co-Chair: Nobuhide Kobori

 Regency A/B
8:15 - 8:45
L1 Aberrant Memory Signal Transduction & TBI - Pramod Dash, Univ. of Texas  
8:45 - 9:15
L2 Cognitive Dysfunction, Phosphatases & TBI - Edward Dixon, Univ. of Pittsburgh  
9:15 - 9:45
 L3 THE MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE HIPPOCAMPAL SYNAPTIC MEMORY TRACE- Todd C. Sacktor, SUNY Medical Center  

9:45 AM - 11:15 AM

POSTER SESSION A

JUDGING SESSION A: TOP STUDENT POSTERS 1-8

 Grand Ballroom D/E/F
9:45 AM - 11:15 AM BREAK & VISIT EXHIBITS

Grand Ballroom

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

OPEN COMMUNICATIONS SESSION A

Chair: Linda Phillips, PhD

 Regency A/B

11:15 - 11:30

 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  
11:30 - 11:45
 P6 HYDRALAZINE INHIBITS ACROLEIN-MEDIATED INJURY IN EX VIVO SPINAL CORD - Kristin Hamann, Purdue University  
11:45 - 12:00
 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  
12:00 - 12:15

P13 NICOTINAMIDE TREATMENT INDUCES RECOVERY WHEN ADMINISTERED UP TO FOUR HOURS POST-TBI IN THE RAT - Jeremy Pierce, Southern Illinois University

  

12:15 - 1:30 PM

NNS NETWORKING LUNCH

Included for all attendees

Regency Ballroom C

1:30 - 3:30 PM

SESSION 2 - Injury Biomarkers: Proteomic and Non-Proteomic Approaches

Chair: Dalton Dietrich

Co-Chair: Andrew Ottens

 Regency A/B

1:30 - 2:00

 L4 C-TAU: Biomarker of Traumatic Brain Injury - Frank Zemlan, Univ. of Cincinnati  
2:00 - 2:30
L5 ALPHAII-SPECTRIN AND PROTEOMIC DERIVED NEW BIOMARKERS FOR TBI - Kevin Wang, Univ. of Florida  
2:30 - 3:00
L6 NMDA RECEPTORS AS BIOMARKERS OF MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY - Svetlana Dambinova, Emory University  
3:00 - 3:30
L7 NEUROINFLAMMATORY BIOMARKERS AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY - Dalton Dietrich, Univ. of Miami  

3:30 - 3:45 PM

BREAK & VISIT EXHIBITS

Grand Ballroom

3:45- 5:15 PM

 

SESSION 3 - New Approaches to Discovery in CNS Injury

Chair: Vance Lemmon

Co-Chair: Jonathan Lifshitz

 Regency A/B
3:45 - 4:15
  
4:15 - 4:45
 L9 Genetic Models in CNS Trauma - Ramesh Raghupathi, Drexel University  
4:45 - 5:15
 L10 NANOTECHNOLOGY- Fredrik Johannson, Lund Univ.  

5:00 - 6:00 PM

"WINTRbrainSTORM" BUSINESS MEETING                   Open to all delegates

Wabash Cannonball

5:00 - 5:30 PM

5:30 - 6:00 PM

POSTER REMOVAL (session A)

POSTER MOUNTING (session B)

 Grand Ballroom D/E/F

6:00 - 7:30 PM

WELCOME RECEPTION
Included with all delegate and accompanying spouse registrations. 

Grand Hall & Balcony

(in hotel main lobby)
 

SATURDAY, JULY 8

7:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Registration Desk Open

Grand Ballroom A

7:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Sanofi-Aventis Networking Center, Internet Cafe & Exhibits Open

 Grand Ballroom
7:00 - 8:00 AM

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

Grand Ballroom B/C

8:00- 9:30 AM

SESSION 4A: Cellular and Molecular Modifications of Glutamate Receptors

Chair: Jean Wrathall

Co-Chair: Anthony Kline

 Regency A/B
8:00 - 8:30
 L11 Changes in Expression Patterns - Jean Wrathall, Georgetown University  
8:30 - 9:00
 L12 ROLE OF NMDA RECEPTOR SUBUNIT COMPOSITION ON NEURONAL FATE AFTER TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY - David Meaney, Univ. of Pennsylvania  
9:00 - 9:30
 L13 MODIFICATIONS OF GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR FUNCTION BY PROTEOLYSIS - Michael Baudry, Univ. of Southern California  

8:00- 9:30 AM

SESSION 4B: Behavioral Outcomes in Experimental TBI/SCI Research

Chair: Tim Schallert

Regency Ballroom C
8:00 - 8:30
 L14 WHAT DO MAZES MEASURE?- Robert Hamm, Virginia Commonwealth University  
8:30 - 9:00
 L15 COGNITIVE TESTS FOR RATS AND MICE: USER-FRIENDLY MODIFICATIONS TO IMPROVE THE ASSESSMENT OF SPATIAL LEARNING AND RECOGNITION MEMORY - Tim Schallert, Univ. of Texas  
9:00 - 9:30
 L16 Behavioral Measures in Large Animals: Can Pigs Swim? - Paul Mullins, Univ. of New Mexico  

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM

POSTER SESSION B JUDGING SESSION B: TOP STUDENT POSTERS 9-16

Grand Ballroom D/E/F
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM BREAK & VISIT EXHIBITS

Grand Ballroom

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

OPEN COMMUNICATIONS SESSION B

Chair: Linda Phillips, PhD

 Regency A/B
11:00 - 11:15
 P9 TIME COURSE OF DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING CHANGES IN INJURED WHITE MATTER FOLLOWING EXPERIMENTAL TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY - Christine MacDonald, Washington University  
11:5 - 11:30
 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  
11:30 - 11:45

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

  
11:45 - 12:00

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

  

12:00 - 1:15 PM

DELEGATE LUNCH

Box Lunches will be provided for ALL attendees. 

Those attending the WINTR Session may take their lunches into the meeting room.

Pick up location:

Grand Ballroom/

Ballroom Foyer
12:05 - 1:15 PM

WINTR SPECIAL SESSION:

L17  Lessons in Grant Writing: A Captivating Specific Aims Page - Phyllis Wise, Univ. of Washington

Open to all delegates

Regency C

1:30- 2:30 PM

OPEN COMMUNICATIONS SESSION C

Chair: Linda Phillips, PhD

Regency Ballroom A/B
1:30 - 1:45
 P1 THE EFFECTS OF SHEAR VERSUS COMPRESSIVE LOADING IN 3-D NEURONAL-ASTROCYTIC CO-CULTURES - D. Kacy Cullen, Georgia Institute of Technology  
1:45 - 2:00
 P2 CALCIUM WAVE PROPAGATION AND ERK ACTIVATION SURROUNDING REGIONS OF MECHANICAL INJURY IN ASTROCYTE CULTURES - William Miller, University of Pennsylvania   
2:00 - 2:15
 P14 POST TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY (TBI) TREATMENT WITH 33º C BUT NOT 35º C HYPOTHERMIA PROTECTS PIAL VASCULAR FUNCTION - Anna Baranova, Virginia Commonwealth University    
2:15 - 2:30
 P146 COGNITIVE DEFICITS, TRAUMATIC AXONAL INJURY AND CALPAIN ACTIVATION FOLLOWING DIFFUSE BRAIN INJURY IN THE IMMATURE RAT - Ashley Widing, Drexel University  

2:30 - 3:00 PM

BREAK & VISIT EXHIBITS

Grand Ballroom

3:00- 5:00 PM

SESSION 5A: New Approaches to CNS Injury Modeling

Chair: Michelle LaPlaca

Co-Chair: Ramona Hicks

 Regency A/B
3:00 - 3:30
 L18 Combat Relevant TBI Models: Ballistic Injury - Frank Tortella, WRAIR  
3:30 - 4:00
 L19 TBI in a Dish:  Cell & Tissue Culture Models - Michelle LaPlaca, Georgia Tech  

4:00 - 4:30

 L20 In Vivo and In Vitro Models of Axonal Injury - Bryan Pfister, NJIT  
4:30 - 5:00
 L21 FLEXIBLE MICROELECTRODE ARRAYS - Barclay Morrison  

3:00- 5:00 PM

SESSION 5B: Mediators of Glial Activation in SCI/TBI: ATP, et al.

Chair: Michele Basso

Co-Chair: Candace Floyd

 Regency Ballroom C
3:00 - 3:30
L22 ATP, Astrocytes & Ca Waves - Philip Haydon, NIH  
3:30 - 4:00
 L23 ATP-Mediated Microglial Activation - Weng-Biao Gan, NYU  
4:00 - 4:30
L24 MICROGLIAL CHANGES REMOTE TO THE SPINAL CORD INJURY SITE MAY PROMOTE NEUROPATHIC PAIN - Michele Basso, Ohio State  
4:30 - 5:00
 L25 GLIAL ACTIVATION IN TBI: ACUTE ASTROCYTE PATHOLOGY - Bruce Lyeth, UC Davis  

5:00 - 5:30 PM

5:30 - 6:00 PM

POSTER REMOVAL (session B)

POSTER MOUNTING (session C)

 Grand Ballroom D/E/F

6:00 - 8:00 PM

WINTR WELCOME RECEPTION & MENTORING PROGRAM   * Ticket Required

Grand Ballroom C
 

SUNDAY, JULY 9

7:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Registration Desk Open

Grand Ballroom A

7:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Sanofi-Aventis Networking Center, Internet Cafe & Exhibits Open

 Grand Ballroom
7:00 - 8:00 AM

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

Grand Ballroom B/C

8:00 - 10:00 AM

SESSION 6 - Extracellular Matrix Regulation of Injury/Recovery - Support provided by Acorda Therapeutics

Chair: Linda Phillips        Co-Chair: Andrew Blight

 Regency A/B
8:00 - 8:30
L26 ECM & Recovery: Spinal Cord - Lyn Jakeman, Ohio State  
8:30 - 9:00
 L27 NEURONAL GROWTH CONES DETECT SUBTLE VARIATIONS IN CHONDROITIN SULFATE PROTEOGLYCAN STRUCTURE - Diane Snow, Univ. of Kentucky  
9:00 - 9:30
 L28 Matrix Metalloproteinases: Mediators of Synaptic and Axonal Recovery Following Traumatic Brain Injury - Linda Phillips, Medical College of Virginia  
9:30 - 10:00
 L29 EMMPRIN - FROM CANCER METASTASIS TO AXONAL REGENERATION?- Maria Crowe, Med. Col. Wisconsin  

10:00 - 11:30 AM

POSTER SESSION C

 Grand Ballroom D/E/F
10:00 - 11:30 AM BREAK & VISIT EXHIBITS

Grand Ballroom

11:30 - 12:45 PM

NNS BUSINESS MEETING

Open to all NNS Members in good standing

Regency Ballroom C

11:30 - 12:45 PM

DELEGATE LUNCH

Box Lunches will be provided for ALL attendees. 

Those attending the NNS Business Meeting may take their lunches into the meeting room.

Pick up location:

Grand Ballroom/

Ballroom Foyer

12:45 - 2:45 PM

SESSION 7 - Therapies & Trials

Chair: Douglas Anderson

Co-Chair: Ronald Hayes

Regency A/B

12:45 - 1:15
 L30 Stem Cell Therapy in TBI - Evan Snyder, MD, PhD, The Burnham Institute  
1:15 - 1:45
 L31 Stem Cell Therapy in SCI - Philip Horner, Univ. of Washington  
1:45 - 2:15
 L32 New Developments in the Early Management of Acute Spinal Cord Injury: Updates from the STACIS & Cethrin Clinical Trials - Michael Fehlings, Toronto Western Research Institute  
2:15 - 2:45
L33 Patient Perspective - TBA  
2:30 - 3:00 PM BREAK & VISIT EXHIBITS Grand Ballroom

3:00 - 3:30 PM

AWARDS CEREMONY & CLOSING REMARKS

 Regency A/B

4:00 PM

Registration/Information Desk Closes


All completed Evaluation forms, CME certificates and other materials must be turned in prior to this time.

Grand Ballroom A

BY 4:00 PM

POSTER REMOVAL 

Grand Ballroom D/E/F
     
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