Agenda: 7:00 am – Open coffee and breakfast (provided) 7:45 am – Opening remarks 8:00 am – Speaker #1 – Dr. Mariko Bennett: Realizing microglia as neurotherapies in genetic leukoencephalopathies 9:00 am – Speaker #2 – Dr. Shane Bobrycki – Genetics and the history of the plague 10:00 am – Break 10:15 am – Speaker #3 – Dr. Jeff Statland: The changing muscular dystrophy landscape: RNA therapeutics and beyond 11:15 am – Speaker #4 - Dr. Rob Piper: Structural insights into PMP22 function in health and disease 12:30 pm – Lunch (provided) & Poster Session 1:30 pm – Awards Ceremony 2:00pm – Resident case presentations 2:30 pm – Closing Remarks

Stimulating retinal regeneration in mammals by reprogramming glia: it’s never too late to change their fateTom Reh, PhDProfessorDepartment of Neurobiology and BiophysicsUniversity of Washington School of Medicine

Seminar Series

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Documentary livestream premiere

Characterization of Hypothalamic A11 Dopamine NeuronsPresented by Angela SmithGraduate Student in Dr. Kathleen Sluka's lab

Sachin Ghag, a PhD Student from the Shyam Lab will present a seminar titled "Effects of Substrate Stiffness on Corneal Endothelial Cells."https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/93045907736?pwd=HCUQxDBFbVsOjb0XynVf5OWDOf7a9V.1

This event is open to the public."Functional characterization of plasma lipids"Judith Simcox, PhDHHMI Freeman Hrabowski ScholarUniversity of Wisconsin-MadisonFaculty Host: Brandon Davies, PhD (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology/FOEDRC)Simcox Lab | https://biochem.wisc.edu/people/simcox/

Bruce L. Miller & M. Joyce Miller Memorial Award and Visiting Professorship: "Management of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis in 2025: Challenges and New Horizons" by David N. Assis, MD (Yale University)