Scientific Program

7:30 a.m.	-	6:00 p.m.		Registration, Speaker Check-in and Internet Room
8:00 a.m.	-	5:00 p.m.		Workshop: Fluorescence Microscopy in Neuroscience Research
8:30 a.m.	-	5:00 p.m.		SNRP Directors Meeting (SNRP Directors, NINDS staff)
6:00 p.m.	-	8:30 p.m.		Opening Reception (Speaker to be Announced)
9:00 p.m.	-	11:00 p.m.		Speaker Check-in and Internet Room

7:30 a.m.	-	10:00 a.m.		Registration
7:30 a.m.	-	5:00 p.m.		Speaker Check-in and Internet Room
8:00 a.m.	-	8:30 a.m.		Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m.	-	9:10 a.m.		Plenary Session: Marianne Bronner-Fraser, PhD
9:15 a.m.	-	10:45 a.m.		Session 1: Neurodegeneration and Neuronal Injury
9:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.   Introduction & Moderated by: David Colman, PhD Scientific Director The Corinne Goldsmith Dickinson Center for Multiple Sclerosis The Mount Sinai School of Medicine   9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.   SNRP Investigator Oral # 1   10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.   SNRP Investigator Oral # 2   10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.   SNRP Investigator Oral # 3   10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.   SNRP Investigator Oral # 4
10:45 a.m.	-	11:00 a.m.		Break
11:00 a.m.	-	12:30 p.m.		Session 2: LTP and Plasticity
11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.   Introduction & Moderated by: Joachim Spiess, MD, PhD Max Planck Institute Goettingen, Germany   11:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.   SNRP Investigator Oral # 5   11:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.   SNRP Investigator Oral # 6   12:00 p.m. - 12:15 p.m.   SNRP Investigator Oral # 7   12:15 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.   SNRP Investigator Oral # 8
12:45 p.m.	-	1:45 p.m.		Lunch (Speaker: James A. Joseph)
2:00 p.m.	-	3:30 p.m.		Session 3: Neurotoxic Agents and Neuroprotective Agents
2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.   Introduction & Moderated by: Vesna Eterovic, PhD Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience and Biochemistry and Nutrition Universidad Central del Caribe Puerto Rico   2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.   SNRP Investigator Oral # 9   2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.   SNRP Investigator Oral # 10   3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.   SNRP Investigator Oral # 11   3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.   SNRP Investigator Oral # 12
3:30 p.m.	-	3:45 p.m.		Break
3:30 p.m.	-	5:00 p.m.		Session 4: Neuroscience of Drug Abuse
3:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.   Introduction & Moderated by: Alan Leshner PhD CEO, AAAS (former NIDA Director)   4:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.   SNRP Investigator Oral # 13   4:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.   SNRP Investigator Oral # 14   4:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.   SNRP Investigator Oral # 15   5:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.   SNRP Investigator Oral # 16
5:15 p.m.	-	6:15 p.m.		Poster Session (Posters accessible from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.)
6:30 p.m.	-	8:30 p.m.		Dinner (Speaker: Alcino Silva)
9:00 p.m.	-	11:00 p.m.		Speaker Check-in and Internet Room

7:30 a.m.	-	10:00 p.m.		Registration
7:30 a.m.	-	5:45 p.m.		Speaker Check-in and Internet Room
7:30 a.m.	-	8:30 a.m.		Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m.	-	9:30 a.m.		Session 5: Circadian Rhythm and Hibernation
8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.   Introduction & Moderated by: Rae Silver, PhD Department of Psychology Columbia University   8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.   SNRP Investigator Oral # 17   8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.   SNRP Investigator Oral # 18   9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.   SNRP Investigator Oral # 19   9:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.   SNRP Investigator Oral # 20
9:30 a.m.	-	9:45 a.m.		Break
9:45 a.m.	-	11:15 p.m.		Session 6: Neural Control of Respiration
9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.   Introduction & Moderated by: Musa A. Haxhiu, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Physiology and Biophysics Howard University College of Medicine   10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.   SNRP Investigator Oral # 21   10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.   SNRP Investigator Oral # 22   10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.   SNRP Investigator Oral # 23   11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.   SNRP Investigator Oral # 24
11:30 a.m.	-	12:45 p.m.		Lunch (Speaker: Jerome Kim)
1:00 p.m.	-	2:30 p.m.		Session 7: HIV-Virology and Related Neuropathy
1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.   Introduction & Moderated by: Edmundo Kraiselburd, Ph.D. Carribean Primate Research Center University of Puerto Rico   1:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.   SNRP Investigator Oral # 25   1:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.   SNRP Investigator Oral # 26   2:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.   SNRP Investigator Oral # 27   2:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.   SNRP Investigator Oral # 28
2:30 p.m.	-	2:45 p.m.		Break
2:45 p.m.	-	4:15 p.m.		Session 8: HIV Dementia
2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.   Introduction & Moderated by: Howard Gendelman, MD Department of Pathology and Microbiology Department of Internal Medicine and of Psychiatry University of Nebraska   3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.   SNRP Investigator Oral # 29   3:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.   SNRP Investigator Oral # 30   3:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.   SNRP Investigator Oral # 31   4:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.   SNRP Investigator Oral # 32
4:15 p.m.	-	5:00 p.m.		Panel of Senior Scientists: Keys to Successful Collaboration
5:00 p.m.	-	6:00 p.m.		Poster Session (Posters accessible from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.)
6:00 p.m.	-	6:30 p.m.		Closing Remarks: Martin D. Rayner, PhD Program Director, Hawaii - SNRP Al Gordon, PhD Director, Office of Minority Health and Research
7:00 p.m.	-	10:00 p.m.		Internet Room