Glia in Health & Disease
21 Jul 2016 to 25 Jul 2016
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Organizers:
Marc Freeman, HHMI/University of Massachusetts Medical School; Kelly Monk, Washington University
Sponsor:
Partial support from: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Contact:
meetings@cshl.edu, (516) 367-8346
Description:
The meeting will assemble the leaders in the field, together with junior faculty, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students, to discuss new, cutting-edge developments in the study of all aspects of glial biology in health and disease.
Sessions:
- Neural circuit assembly and plasticity
- Control of network activity and behavior
- Peripheral nerve assembly and repair
- Ensheathment and support of neurons
- Astrocyte cell fate, morphogenesis, and function
- CNS myelination, disease, and repair
- Reactive microglia and astrocytes
- Communication across the blood-brain barrier