2018 Chicago Symposium on Translational Neuroscience
"The Brain-Gut Connection: Assessing the Evidence for Microbial Influence"
May 4, 2018
The University of Chicago Medicine
Knapp Center for Biomedical Discovery (KCBD)
900 E 57th St.
Chicago, IL 60637
First Floor Auditorium (KCBD 1103)
Registration Deadline: April 15, 2018
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Breakfast: 8:30am
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9:30am Opening Remarks |
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9:45am Overview: Gut-Brain Axis |
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10:00am The Gut Microbiome and Neuroinflammation: Evidence from Multiple Sclerosis and EAE |
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10:45am Role of the Microbiome in Modulation of Amyloid Deposition and Neuroinflammation in Mouse Models of Abeta Amyloidosis |
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11:30am Harvesting from the Gut Microbiome: The Role of Gut Symbionts in CNS Regulation |
12:15pm |
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1:15pm Microbiota Triggered Neuro-Inflammation and Dopamine Loss in Parkinson Disease |
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2:00pm Low-Dose Penicillin Exposure in Adolescent Mice: Implications for Psychiatric Disease |
2:45pm |
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3:15pm Short Chain Fatty Acids: Microbial Modulators of Metabolism, Mitochondria and Mind-Implications in Autism |
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4:00pm Role of the Microbiome in Cerebral Cavernous Malformation |
Symposium Steering Committee: | |
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Christopher M. Gomez MD PhD Albina Y. Surbis Professor Department of Neurology The University of Chicago |
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Issam A. Awad MD John Harper Seeley Professor, Surgery Director, Neurovascular Surgery Director, Safadi Program of Excellence in Clinical and Translational Neuroscience The University of Chicago |
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Jack Gilbert PhD |
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Sangram S. Sisodia PhD Thomas Reynolds Sr. Family Professor of Medicine Director, Center for Molecular Neurobiology Department of Neurobiology The University of Chicago |
Symposium Organizer | |
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Marla Scofield Education Administrator Department of Neurology |