Dalian 2007 APSN Symposium on
“Glial Activation and Function”
18-20th October, 2007
Basic Medical College Lecture Hall
Dalian Medical University
Detailed Programme
October 18, Thursday
12:00-18:00 Registration (Dalian Kempinski Hotel)
14:00-17:00 Special Educational Lecture-Douglas Fields (USA)
(Basic Medical College Lecture Hall, Dalian Medical University)
18:00-20:30 Welcome Party (Dalian Kempinski Hotel)
October 19, Friday
(Basic Medical College Lecture Hall, Dalian Medical University)
Symposium 1.Oligodendrocyte Development (Chaired by A. Wanaka)
9:00-9:30 Hirohide Takebayashi (Japan)Olig genes and development of oligodendrocytes
9:30-10:00 Hae Chul Park (Korea) Generation of oligodendrocytes in postembryonic zebrafish
10:00-11:30 Tea Break and Poster Presentation
11:30-12:30 Working Lunch
Symposium 2.Neuron-Glia Interaction
(Chaired by K. Ikenaka)
12:30-13:00 Zhi-Cheng Xiao (Singapore)Nodes of Ranvier: An important domain closely related to the CNS regeneration and degeneration.
13:00-13:30 Douglas Fields (USA) Activity-dependent myelination
13:30-14:00 Jean-Leon Thomas (France) New roles for TAG-1 in axon-glia interactions during visual pathway development
14:00-14:30 Melitta Schachner (USA, China) Neuron-glia interactions in the regenerating peripheral nervous system
14:30-14:45 Tea Break
Symposium 3.Astrocyte and Synaptic Transmission (Chaired by A. Stadlin)
14:45-15:15 Seiji Ozawa (Japan) Glutamate transporters: their roles in glutamatergic synapses
15:15-15:45 Yoshihisa Kudo (Japan) Roles of astrocyte-neuron interaction on synaptic plasticity
15:45-16:15 Beth Stevens (USA)How are CNS synapses eliminated? A new role for astrocytes and the classical complement cascade
16:15-16:45 Seung U Kim (Canada, Korea) Production of cytokines and chemokines in human astrocytes and microglia
16:45-17:00 Tea Break
Symposium 4.Microglia and Pain Sensation, Injury Response
(Chaired by P. Wong)
17:00-17:30 Kazuhide Inoue (Japan)Up-regulation of microglial P2X4 receptors in neuropathic pain state
17:30-18:00 Won-Ki Kim (Korea)Detrimental and beneficial roles of microglia and monocytes in cerebral ischemia
18:00-18:30 Wen-Biao Gan (USA) ATP mediates rapid microglial response to local brain injury
18:30-19:00 Ru-Rong Ji (USA) Spinal glia activation and pathological pain
19:00- Dinner
October 20, Saturday
(Basic Medical College Lecture Hall, Dalian Medical University)
Symposium 5.Glia in Development and Disease (Chaired by P. Babu)
8:30-9:00 Jae Sang Kim (Korea) Functional analysis of the transcription factor Sox10 in the development of peripheral glia
9:00-9:30 Chulhee Choi (Korea)Apoptosis of astrocytes
9:30-10:00 Hiroshi Kiyama (Japan) Glia-Neuron interaction in neuronal regeneration and degeneration
10:00-10:30 Tea Break
Symposium 6.Regeneration, Gliosis
(Chaired by W. Sun)
10:30-11:00 Joel Levine (USA)The many mysteries of the adult oligodendrocyte precursor cell
11:00-11:30 Kouko Tatsumi (Japan)Glial progenitor and its response to CNS injury in adult
11:30-12:00 Roger Chung (Australia) Metallothionein is an injury dependent, astrocyte-derived promoter of axonal regeneration in the CNS
12:00- Lunch
Binhai Road Sightseeing