About 2022 Precision Neuroscience Conference
Advancing neuroscience-based precision medicine
The international Precision Neuroscience Conference builds on a collaboration between Nordic and Virginia universities to advance neuroscience-based precision medicine, including diagnosis and treatment. The 2022 Conference will explore four thematic areas: Mental Health, Neurodevelopment, Brain Cancer; Aging, Neurodegeneration, and Injury.
Who should attend?
- Master’s, M.D., and Ph.D. students and trainees
- Postdoctoral fellows
- Residents and attendings specializing in brain disorders
- Faculty interested in precision neuroscience research
Conference Program
Building on the success of previous Precision Neuroscience Conferences hosted in Oslo, Norway in 2018, and Roanoke in 2016, the 2022 program features 29 prominent thought leaders in mental health, brain cancer, neurodevelopment, and aging, neurodegeneration, and injury research.
Wednesday, May 25
7:30 – 8:15: Registration
8:15 – 8:30: Welcome and Conference Overview | Clive Bramham, M.D., Ph.D. and Michael Friedlander, Ph.D.
Session 1: Neurodevelopment
8:30 – 8:55: Michelle Olsen, Ph.D., Virginia Tech | “Astrocyte Dysfunction Contributes to Disordered Breathing in Rett Syndrome”
8:55 – 9:20: Anthony-Samuel LaMantia, Ph.D., Fralin Biomedical Research Institute – Virginia Tech | “The Odds of Small Things: Precision Analysis of Pathogenic Mechanisms in a Neurodevelopmental Disorder”
9:20 – 9:45: Catherine Limperopoulos, Ph.D., Children’s National Hospital | “Prenatal Origins of Neurophyschological Disorders: The Role of Quantitative Fetal MRI”
9:45 – 10:05: Break
10:05 – 10:30: Sharon Landesman Ramey, Ph.D., Fralin Biomedical Research Institute – Virginia Tech | “Intensive Early Interventions: Transforming Children’s Neurobehavioral Trajectories”
10:30 – 10:55: Ukpong Eyo, Ph.D., University of Virginia Health System| “Understanding Microglia as a Novel Target in Seizure Disorders”
10:55 – 11:20: Sharon Swanger, Ph.D., Fralin Biomedical Research Institute – Virginia Tech | “Synapse- and Cell-Type-Specific Dysfunction in a Dravet Syndrome Mouse Model”
11:20 – 12:30: Lunch and Keynote Speaker: Carol A. Mason, Ph.D., Columbia University | “Wiring the Eye to the Brain for Binocular Vision: Lessons from the Albino Visual System”
Session 2: Aging, Neurodegeneration, and Injury
12:30 – 12:55: Hilde Loge Nilsen, Ph.D., University of Oslo | “Base Excision Repair as a Risk Modulator of Parkinson’s Disease”
12:55 – 1:20: David Cifu, M.D., Virginia Commonwealth University Health| “Repetitive Concussions from Blast and Combat Exposure: Update from the Prospective, Longitudinal Study of the Long-term Impact of Military-Relevant Brain Injury Consortium, 2013-2021”
1:20 – 2:05: Break
2:05 – 2:30: Steve Finkbeiner, M.D., Ph.D., University of California San Francisco | “Finding Causes and Treatments for Neurodegenerative Disease with Stem Cells, Genomics, Robotics, and Artificial Intelligence”
2:30 – 2:55: Asta Kristina Haberg, M.D., Ph.D., Norwegian University of Science and Technology | “Building Blocks of Memory Across the Lifespan”
2:55 – 3:20: Clive Bramham, M.D., Ph.D., University of Bergen | “The Arc of Synaptic Memory: From Hub Protein to Retroviral-like Capsid”
3:20 – 3:45: Michelle Theus, Ph.D., Virginia Tech | “Eph/Ephrin Regulation of Neurovascular and Neuroimmune Health in Brain Injury Across the Age Spectrum”
3:45 – 4:30: Keynote Speaker: Jan H. J. Hoeijmakers, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Genetics at Erasmus University Rotterdam, Principal Investigator, Global Faculty University of Cologne, and at Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology | “How DNA Damage Leads to Transcription Stress, Proteinopathies and Dementia: The Impact of Nutrition”
4:30 – 5:30: Clinical Panel | Tor Haugstad, M.D., Ph.D., Kathryn L. Holloway, M.D., Karen Johnston, M.D., M.Sc., and Aashit K. Shah, M.D.
6:30 – 8:30: Reception at Center in the Square
Thursday, May 26
8:20 – 8:30: Welcome by Clive Bramham, M.D., Ph.D.
Session 3: Mental Health
8:30 – 8:55: Gretchen N. Neigh, Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University | “Adolescent Stress Causes Long-term Sex-specific Changes in Neural Metabolism and Behavior”
8:55 – 9:20: Shannon Farris, Ph.D., Fralin Biomedical Research Institute – Virginia Tech | “Gene Expression at Social Synapses”
9:20 – 9:45: Jukka-Pekka Onnela, D.Sc., Harvard University | “Smartphone-based Digital Phenotyping in Mental Health”
9:45 – 10:15: Break
10:15 – 10:40: Anders Nykjaer, M.D., Ph.D., Aarhus University | “The Neurexin Receptor Sorcs1: Another Player in Autism Spectrum Disorder?”
10:40 – 11:05: Read Montague, Ph.D., Fralin Biomedical Research Institute – Virginia Tech | “Decoding Monoamine Signaling in Conscious Humans”
11:05 – 11:50: Keynote Speaker Joshua A. Gordon, M.D., Ph.D., National Institute of Mental Health, NIH | “A Framework for Precision Psychiatry: Integrating Dimensional and Diagnostic Approaches”
11:50 – 1:00: Lunch
1:00 – 2:00: Poster Presentations
2:00 – 3:00: Break and Poster Viewing
Session 4: Brain Cancer
3:00 – 3:25: Eugene Hwang, M.D., Children’s National Hospital | “Immunotherapy: A Path Towards Fulfilling the Hope and Promise for Children with Brain Cancer”
3:25 – 3:50: Jennifer Munson, Ph.D., Fralin Biomedical Research Institute – Virginia Tech | “Interstitial Flow as a Driver of Glioblastoma Development”
3:50 – 4:15: Justin D. Lathia, Ph.D., Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic; Department of Molecular Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine | “Exploiting Sex Differences in Glioblastoma for Next Generation of Immunotherapies”
4:15 – 4:40: Rolf Bjerkvig, Ph.D., University of Bergen | “Deciphering Human Glioblastoma Invasion into Brain Organoids”
4:40 – 5:05: Rafael Davalos, Ph.D., Virginia Tech | “High Frequency Irreversible Electroporation for the Treatment of Malignant Glioma”
5:45: Dinner Reception, Hotel Roanoke
7:00: Dinner, Hotel Roanoke
Friday, May 27 (Social Activities)
8 a.m. – 12 p.m.: Guided Group Recreational Activities in Roanoke, VA. More details to be announced. Lunch will be provided.
Link for more information or to register for the event:
https://precisionneuroscience.org/