{"id":19,"date":"2006-04-11T21:00:12","date_gmt":"2006-04-12T02:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/neurovista\/2006\/04\/11\/cellular-and-molecular-neural-ther"},"modified":"2006-11-22T22:26:31","modified_gmt":"2006-11-23T03:26:31","slug":"cellular-and-molecular-neural-therapy-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/neurovista\/2006\/04\/11\/cellular-and-molecular-neural-therapy-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Cellular and Molecular Neural Therapy Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

Space is Limited – Register Now at http:\/\/www.neuroregeneration.org\/cmt4.htm<\/a><\/font><\/strong>\u00a0<\/font><\/p>\n

<\/font>4th Cellular and Molecular Treatments of Neurological Diseases Conference<\/font><\/strong>\u00a0<\/font>At the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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\nSept. 29-30, 2006 <\/strong><\/font>\u00a0<\/font><\/p>\n

<\/font>4th Conference on the prospects for neural transplantation, gene therapy and progenitor cell biology<\/font>Organizers: Dr. Ole Isacson and Dr. Xandra Breakefield<\/p>\n

Depts. of Neurology and Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School\/McLean Hospital\/Massachusetts General Hospital\u00a0<\/p>\n

<\/font>For additional information, please contact:
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\n<\/strong>Sandra Pohlman: Phone 617-855-3283, fax 617-855-2522, email spohlman@mclean.harvard.edu
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\nYushen Chang: Phone 617-855-2440, fax 617-855-2522, email nrladmin@mclean.harvard.edu\u00a0<\/font><\/p>\n

<\/font>Friday, September 29, 2006
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\n7:00- 7:50 am Registration & Continental Breakfast<\/p>\n

7:50- 8:00 am Welcome: O. Isacson and X.O. Breakefield<\/p>\n

8:00- 10:00 am Theme I: Novel Clinical Therapeutics for Neurological Disease
\nChairs: C.W. Olanow and A.-L. Benabid
\nSpeakers: C.W. Olanow, M.F. Beal, I. Mendez, A.-L. Benabid<\/p>\n

10:00-11:00 am Coffee Break and Posters<\/p>\n

11:00-12:00 pm Theme II: Potential Biological Routes to Regeneration in Models of Neurological Disease
\nChairs: C. Henderson
\nSpeakers: M. Filbin, J. Surmeier<\/p>\n

12:00-1:30 pm Lunch (Included with registration at AAAS)<\/p>\n

1:30- 3:00 pm Theme III: Novel Biomaterials in Cellular and Molecular Treatments
\nChairs: J. Elisseeff and C. Freed
\nSpeakers: J. Elisseeff, S. Bhatia, Noo-Li Jeon<\/p>\n

3:00- 3:30 pm Coffee Break<\/p>\n

3:30- 5:00 pm Theme IV (1): Progenitor Cell Biology, Development and Connectivity
\nChairs: P. Rakic and O. Isacson
\nSpeakers: P. Rakic, C. Henderson, J. Macklis<\/p>\n

Saturday, September 30, 2006 <\/strong><\/p>\n

7:30-8:00 am Registration & Continental Breakfast<\/p>\n

8:00 \u2013 10:00 am Theme IV (2): Progenitor Cell Biology, Neuronal Differentiation and Functional Studies
\nChairs: A. Ivinson and M. Rao
\nSpeakers: L. Studer, D. Kerr, S. Goldman, R. Sanchez-Pernaute<\/p>\n

10:00-10:30 am Coffee Break<\/p>\n

10:30 \u2013 12:00 pm Theme IV (3): Progenitor Cell Proliferation, Programming and Epigenetic Stability
\nChairs: E. Arenas, K. Eggan
\nSpeakers: K. Eggan, E. Arenas, K. Spalding<\/p>\n

12:00- 2:00 pm Lunch (included) at AAAS<\/p>\n

2:00 -4:00 pm Theme V: Gene Therapy against Neurological Disease
\nChairs: M. Bohn, X.O. Breakefield
\nSpeakers: B.L. Davidson, J. Kordower, H. Federoff, L. Naldini<\/p>\n

4:00 – 4:15 pm Coffee Break<\/p>\n

4:15- 5:00 pm Conference Summary\/Discussion\/Comments
\nChairpersons: O. Isacson and X.O. Breakefield<\/p>\n

5:00 pm End of Meeting<\/p>\n

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