Date and time: May 19, 2024, 9AM – 4PM
Location: Westin Bayshore Vancouver
Price: 60$ if registered for CAN; 80$ if not registered for CAN
Registration link: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/neural-stem-cells-from-model-organisms-to-brain-disorders-tickets-862571754337
Short Description
The objective of 6th satellite meeting on Neural Stem Cells (NSCs) is to bring together Canadian experts and trainees working in the fields of NSC, neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders, as well as brain tumors to exchange ideas and discuss recent data. The speakers from multiple institutions across Canada and all career stages will discuss recent advances in the field of stem cell biology and how their dysfunction is linked to distinct pathological conditions. The speakers will cover topics spanning from the use of model organisms to study NSC function (session 1), mammalian NSCs biology (session 2) and NSCs dysfunction and their therapeutic potential in various brain disorders (session 3). We hope that this meeting will further catalyze the interactions between Canadian neural stem cell researchers and provide a great platform to exchange ideas and develop novel collaborative projects.
Event Agenda
May 19, 2024; 20min talks + 5 min questions
8h30: arrival and registration
9h00 opening remarks
Session 1: Stem cells in non-mammalian organisms
- 9h05 Sarah McFarlane (University of Calgary)
Semaphorin regulation of zebrafish eye progenitors - 9h30 Ben Lindsey (University of Manitoba)
Characterizing the process of successful spinal cord repair in the zebrafish model - 9h55 Deborah Kurrasch (University of Calgary)
The neurogenic potential of tanycytes in the embryonic and adult hypothalamus - 10h20 Kaylan Burns (University of Calgary; short-talk) The Skinny on fats in brain development: A deubiquitinase bridge in Neural Stem Cells
10h35 coffee break
Session 2: Mammalian neurogenesis
- 11h00 Diane Lagace (University of Ottawa)
Dissecting the role of autophagy-related proteins in adult hippocampal neurogenesis - 11h25 Maryam Faiz (University of Toronto)
Cortical astrocyte diversity is influenced by time of birth from ventricular/subventricular progenitor cells - 11h50 Gilda Stefanelli (University of Ottawa)
H2A.Z and its chaperones: a novel epigenetic mechanism in neurodevelopment - 12h15 Robert Beattie (University of Manitoba)
Mosaic Analysis of Brain Development & Disease - 12h40 Beatrix Wang (University of Toronto, short-talk)
Single-cell approaches define two groups of mammalian oligodendrocyte precursor cells and their evolution over developmental
12h55 lunch (included with registration)
Session 3: Therapeutic potential of stem cells
- 14h00 Freda Miller (University of British Colombia) Mapping NSC niches during development and following injury
- 14h25 Soheila Karimi (University of Manitoba)
Reparative role of neural stem cell-derived astrocytes in spinal cord injury - 14h50 Weihong Song (University of British Colombia)
Diphthamide modification deficiency causes cell proliferation defect in neural crest and a rare disease DEDSHH - 15h25 Xi Huang (University of Toronto)
Potassium homeostasis regulates plasma membrane mechanics to govern brain tumor-initiating cell proliferation and medulloblastoma growth. - 15h50 Tyler Wenzel (University of Saskatchewan; short-talk)
Neuroinflammatory events are sex-dependent and precede myelin loss in brain organoid models of experimental multiple sclerosis
16h05 closing remarks
17h00 CAN opening
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