6th CaribeGLIA Symposium-January 15, 2016 9:30 – 9:55 9:55 – 10:00 Session 1 10:00 – 10:20 10:25 – 10:45
10:50 – 11:10
11:15 – 11:35 11:40 – 12:00
12:05 – 12:15 12:20 – 1:15 Session 2 1:20 – 1:40 1:45 – 2:05
2:10 – 2:30 2:35 – 2:55 Session 3 3:00 – 3:20
3:25 – 3:45
3:50 – 4:10
4:15 - 4:35
Registration Opening Remarks – Dr. Serguei Skatchkov Moderator – David Rivera-Aponte, B.S. Dr. Michelle l. OLSEN Assistant Professor, CDIB, School of Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA Dr. Serguei SKATCHKOV Professor and Director, Integrative Center for Glial Research, School of Medicine, UCC, Bayamon, Puerto Rico, USA Dr. Yuriy KUCHERYAVYKH Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, , UCC, Bayamon, Puerto Rico, USA Coffee Break with Posters Moderator – David Rivera-Aponte, B.S. Dr. Robert F. MILLER Professor and 3M Bert Cross Chair in Visual Neuroscience, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA ALL PARTICIPANTS Lunch Moderator – Yomarie Rivera, M.S. Dr. Hans-Gert BERNSTEIN Associate Professor, Clinic for Psychiatry, Magdeburg University, Magdeburg, Germany Dr. Gregor LAUBE Senior Scientist, Institute of Integrative Neuroanatomy, Medical University, Charite, Berlin, Germany Dr. Mami NODA Associate Professor, Pharmaceutical Graduate School, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan Coffee Break with Posters Moderator – Miguel Méndez, B.S. Dr. Timothy HENDRICKS Research Professor, Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Inter American University of Puerto Rico, Bayamón, USA. Dr. Victor ARVANIAN Professor and Project Director at Northport VAMC and Stony Brook University, New York, USA Dr. Yuriy DANILOV Senior Scientist, Co-director, Tactile Communication and Neurorehabilitation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. Closing Remarks – Dr. Serguei Skatchkov
Polyamine Sensitive Channels and Transporters CNS development requires glial Kir4.1 expression Glial Polyamines: Novel Gliotransmitters and more Intracellular spermine prevents acid-induced uncoupling of Cx43 gap junction channels
D-serine glial signaling: Neuropsychiatric importance in schizophrenia development GROUP PHOTO of CaribeGLIA-6 participants Polyamine Exchange and Thyroid Function in CNS L-homoarginine - an underestimated molecule: Possible sources and functions in the brain Polyamines in depressive disorders: does glia play a role? Possible interaction of thyroid hormones and polyamines in microglia
Cellular regeneration, Trauma and Glia Molecular mechanisms of astrocyte differentiation: Is there a functional connection? Transgene delivery of neurotrophin NT-3 to neurons and glia combined with spinal electromagnetic stimulation and exercise: novel combination therapy for spinal contusion injury Neuro-rehabilitation by non-invasive tongue stimulation: Neuronal and/or Glial Networks? Discussion on application for the SfN minisymposium “Growing Highlights on Polyamine Role in CNS Dysfunction”