AIM 2012 – 4th Ataxia Investigators’ Meeting
Agenda
TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 2012
3-7:00 PM
Registration opens
3-4:00 PM
Junior Lecturer Welcome Reception
4-6:00 PM
Welcome Reception and Registration
6-7:00 PM
Dinner
7:00 PM
Opening Remarks:
Henry Paulson, M.D., PhD
University of Michigan
7:00 PM
Keynote Address:
"Toward Therapy in SCA1"
Huda Zoghbi, M.D.
Baylor University
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2012
7:00 AM
Breakfast
Theme 1 – Cerebellar function and dysfunction
in ataxia
(Chairs: Drs. Gomez & Bushara)
8:00 AM
Keynote Address:
“New insights into the role of the cerebellum in health and disease.”
Christian De Zeeuw, M.D., Ph.D.
ErasmusMC, Netherlands
8:30 AM
Jeremy Schmahmann, M.D.
Massachusetts General Hospital
9:00 AM
Vikram Shakkottai, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Michigan
9:30 AM
Break - 30 Minutes
10:00 AM
Joanna Jen, M.D, Ph.D.
UCLA
10:30 AM
Mandy Jackson, Ph.D.
University of Edinburgh
11:00 AM
Junior Lecturer 1
11:25 AM
Junior Lecturer 2
11:50 AM
Discussion – All participants
12:20 PM
Lunch - 40 Minutes
Theme 2 – Pathogenesis of dominant ataxias
(Chairs: Drs. Orr & Savitt)
1:00 PM
Keynote Address:
“Multiple triggers to neuronal death”
Nancy Bonini, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania
1:30 PM
Hirokazu Hirai M.D., Ph.D.
Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
2:00 PM
Hidehiro Mizusawa, M.D.
Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo
2:30 PM
Laura Ranum, Ph.D.
University of Florida, Gainesville
3:00 PM
Break - 15 minutes
3:15 PM
Patricia Maciel, Ph.D.
University of Braga, Portugal
3:45 PM
Junior Lecturer 3
4:10 PM
Junior Lecturer 4
4:35 PM
Discussion – All Participants
5-6:45 PM
Poster Session
Evening
Networking Dinner:
On your own in
San Antonio
THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2012
7:00 AM
Breakfast
Theme 3 – Pathogenesis of recessive and
other ataxias
(Chairs: Drs. Wilson and Jen)
8:00 AM
Keynote Address:
"New insights into mechanisms of recessive ataxias"
Helene Puccio, Ph.D.
Research Director
INSERM,IGBMC
8:30 AM
Marek Napierala, Ph.D.
University of Texas MD Cancer Center
9:00 AM
Yosef Shiloh, Ph.D.
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
9:30 AM
Peter Todd, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Michigan
10:00 AM
Break - 30 Minutes
10:30 AM
Tetsuo Ashizawa, M.D.
University of Florida
11:00 AM
Junior Lecturer 5
11:25 AM
Junior Lecturer 6
11:50 AM
AM Discussion – All Participants
12:20 PM
Lunch and Posters - 40 Minutes
Theme 4 – Toward therapies through
disease mechanisms
(Chairs: Drs. Ying & LaSpada)
1:00 PM
Luis Pereira Almeida, Ph.D.
University of Coimbra, Portugal
1:30 PM
Robert Wilson, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania
2:00 PM
Edgardo Rodriguez-Lebron, Ph.D.
University of Iowa
2:30 PM
Puneet Opal, M.D., Ph.D.
Northwestern University
3:00 PM
Break - 30 Minutes
3:30 PM
Gulin Oz, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota
4:00 PM
Junior Lecturer 7
4:25 PM
Junior Lecturer 8
4:50 PM
Discussion – All Participants
5:15-6:15 PM
Poster Session for Patients
6:30 PM
Dinner
7:00 PM
Keynote Address:
"Designing Clinical Trials for
Rare Diseases"
Dr. Robert (Berch) Griggs, M.D.
University of Rochester
FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2012
7-8:00 AM
Breakfast
Theme 5 – Working together to advance ataxia
research and therapy
(Chairs: Drs. Subramony and Galpern)
8:00 AM
Thomas Klockgether, M.D.
University Hospital Bonn, Germany
8:30 AM
Stephen Groft, Pharm.D.
Office of Rare Disease Research, NIH
9:00 AM
Ludger Schöls, M.D.
Hertie-Institute for Clinical Brain Research
Tuebingen, Germany
9:30 AM
Shoji Tsuji, M.D., Ph.D.
University of Tokyo
10:00 AM
Break - 30 Minutes
10:30 AM
David Lynch, M.D.
University of Pennsylvania
11:00 AM
Theresa Zesiewicz, M.D., FAAN
University of South Florida
11:30 AM
Junior Lecturer 9
11:55 AM
Junior Lecturer 10
12:20 PM
Discussion – All Participants
12:50 PM
Closing Lunch
2-5:00 PM
Opportunity to participate in small patient groups (Birds of a Feather sessions)
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