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
Cost to Register: None
Breakfast & Lunch will be provided

Breakfast: 8:30am
On site Registration: CLOSED
Introductions: 9:30am

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	9:30am T. Conrad Gilliam PhD Dean for Research and Graduate Education, Biological Sciences Division Marjorie I. and Bernard A. Mitchell Professor, Department of Human Genetics The University of Chicago Opening Remarks
	9:45am Jack Gilbert PhD Faculty Director, The Microbiome Center Professor, Department of Surgery The University of Chicago Overview: Gut-Brain Axis
	10:00am Sergio Baranzini PhD Professor University of California, San Francisco The Gut Microbiome and Neuroinflammation: Evidence from Multiple Sclerosis and EAE
	10:45am Sangram Sisodia PhD Thomas Reynolds Sr. Family Professor of Neurosciences Director, Center for Molecular Neurobiology Department of Neurobiology The University of Chicago The Eileen S. Trafimow Keynote Speaker Role of the Microbiome in Modulation of Amyloid Deposition and Neuroinflammation in Mouse Models of Abeta Amyloidosis
	11:30am Lloyd Kasper MD Professor of Medicine in Neurology, Microbiology, and Immunology Dartmouth Medical School Harvesting from the Gut Microbiome: The Role of Gut Symbionts in CNS Regulation
	12:15pm Lunch Break
	1:15pm Ali Keshavarzian MD Josephine M. Dyrenforth Chair of Gastroenterology Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition Rush Medical College Microbiota Triggered Neuro-Inflammation and Dopamine Loss in Parkinson Disease
	2:00pm Karen McVey Neufeld PhD McMaster University Brain Body Institute Low-Dose Penicillin Exposure in Adolescent Mice: Implications for Psychiatric Disease
	2:45pm Break & Photos
	3:15pm Derrick MacFabe MD Director: The Kilee Patchell-Evans Autism Research Group London, Ontario Canada Faculty of Medicine, Maastricht University Netherlands Short Chain Fatty Acids: Microbial Modulators of Metabolism, Mitochondria and Mind-Implications in Autism
	4:00pm Mark Kahn MD Edward S. Cooper, M.D./Norman Roosevelt and Elizabeth Meriwether McLure Professor University of Pennsylvania The Safadi Lecturer Role of the Microbiome in Cerebral Cavernous Malformation

Symposium Steering Committee:
	Christopher M. Gomez MD PhD Albina Y. Surbis Professor Department of Neurology The University of Chicago
	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
	Jack Gilbert PhD Faculty Director, The Microbiome Center Professor, Department of Surgery The University of Chicago
	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
	Marla Scofield Education Administrator Department of Neurology