Life & Death in the Brain
Program
Morning Session
Greetings
Opening Remarks
Steps Toward a Molecular Biology of Memory
Eric Kandel, M.D. Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons
Experimental models of Alzheimer's disease
Karen Hsiao-Ashe, M.D., Ph.D. University of Minnesota Medical School
Mechanisms to encourage spinal axon regeneration
in vivo
Marie Filbin, Ph.D. Hunter College, CUNY
Afternoon Session
Behaviorally-Driven Neuron Survival
Erich D. Jarvis, Ph.D. Duke University Medical Center
Molecular Control of fate determination in neural stem cells
David Anderson, Ph.D. California Institute of Technology
Neuron-specific cell death pathways: potential roles in development and disease
Christopher Henderson, Ph.D INSERM - Developmental Biology Institute of Marseille
Neurotrophins: Jekyll and Hyde Growth Factors
Barbara Hempstead, M.D., Ph.D. Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Poster Session: 12:30PM & 5:30PM
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