Pathogenesis and Repair In Multiple Sclerosis

Thursday, June 22, 2006

 

4:00 - 6:00 pm Registration

 

6:00 pm Welcome Reception

 

Friday, June 23, 2006

 

7:00 am Breakfast

 

8:00 am Opening Remarks

Bruce D. Trapp

 

Session I - Clinical Aspects of Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

 

8:15 am Natural History of Multiple Sclerosis

Christian Confavreaux

 

9:00 am Heterogeneity of Multiple Sclerosis: The Implications of the

Evolving Neuromyelitis Optica Stody

Brian G. Weinshenker

 

9:45 am Break

 

10:00 am New Insights in Epidemiology

Alberto Ascherio

 

10:45 am Therapeutic Directions, Past, Present and Future

Howard L. Weiner

 

11:30 am Inherited Disorders of Myelin

Steven Scherer

 

12:15 pm Lunch

 

Session II - Genomics

 

1:15 pm Common Genetic Determinants in Neurodegenerative Diseases

Margaret Pericak-Vance

 

2:00 pm Genetics of Multiple Sclerosis

Stephen L. Hauser

 

2:45 pm Admixture Mapping to Find Genes for Multiple Sclerosis in

African Americans

David Reich

 

3:30 pm Break

 

3:45 pm Pharmacogenomics

Jorge R. Oksenberg

 

4:30 pm Proteomics

Lawrence Steinman

 

5:15 pm Presentation of Awards for Best Abstracts

Bruce D. Trapp

 

5:30 pm Poster Reception

 

6:30 pm Dinner and Kenote Address: Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

Jerry S. Wolinsky

 

Saturday, June 24, 2006

 

7:00 am Breakfast

 

8:00 am Opening Remarks

Stephen L. Hauser

 

Session III - Molecular Insights

 

8:15 am Axon-glia Interactions

John W. Griffin

 

9:00 am Glutamate Receptors and Axo-Glial Injury

Peter K. Stys

 

9:45 am Nitric Oxide and Axonal Degeneration

Kenneth J. Smith

 

10:30 am Break

 

10:45 am Sodium Channels in Multiple Sclerosis and Its Models

Stephen . Waxman

 

11:30 am Molecular Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration and Neuroprotection

Bruce D. Trapp

 

12:15 pm Control of Oligodendrocyte Fate in Development and Disease

Robert H. Miller

 

1:00 pm Lunch

 

Session IV - Tissue Changes in Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

 

2:00 pm Remyelination in Animal Models

Robin J.M. Franklin

 

2:45 pm Remyelination in Multiple Sclerosis

Bruce D. Trapp

 

3:30 pm Break

 

3:45 pm Imaging Remyelination and Neurodegeneration

Doulgas L. Arnold

 

4:30 pm Imaging and Brain Plasticity in Multiple Sclerosis

Paul M. Matthews

 

5:15 pm Closing Remarks

Stephen L. Hauser

 

5:30 pm Adjourn