- 7:45 am - 8:30 am
REGISTRATION & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
- 8:30 am - 8:40 am
WELCOME
Timothy J. Kamp, M.D.
- 8:40 am - 10:00 am
SESSION 1: UNDERSTANDING NEURODEVELOPMENT
Moderator: Randolph Ashton, Ph.D.
- 8:40 am - 9:20 am
Molecular and cellular evolution of the primate dorsolateral prefrontal cortex
Andre Sousa, Ph.D.
- 9:20 am - 10:00 am
A human stem-cell model of neural tube folding morphogenesis
Eyal Karzbrun, Ph.D.
- 10:00 am - 10:20 am
BREAK
- 10:20 am - 11:40 am
SESSION 2: DETERRING DEGENERATION: USING MODELS AND GENOMICS TO DECIPHER AND PREVENT NEURODEGENERATION
Moderator: Su-Chun Zhang, Ph.D.
- 10:20 am - 11:00 am
Modeling neurodegeneration with iPSCs: challenges and opportunities
Li Gan, Ph.D.
- 11:00 am - 11:40 am
Parkinson cell atlas: Through a spatio-temporal metaverse to precision medicine
Clemens Scherzer, M.D.
- 11:40 am - 12:20 pm
Rapid Fire Poster Session
- 12:20 pm - 1:30 pm
LUNCH, POSTER SESSION & SPONSOR EXHIBITS
- 1:30 pm - 2:50 pm
SESSION 3: MODELING MOLECULAR MECHANISMS - USING ORGANOIDS TO UNDERSTAND DISEASE
Moderator: Xinyu Zhao, Ph.D.
- 1:30 pm - 2:10 pm
Human brain organoids to study neural development and disease
Momoko Watanabe, Ph.D.
- 2:10 pm - 2:50 pm
Reconciling clinical observations with retinal organoid disease phenotypes
David Gamm, M.D., Ph.D.
- 2:50 pm - 3:10 pm
BREAK
- 3:10 pm - 4:40 pm
SESSION 4: FROM BENCH TO BEDSIDE - TRANSLATIONAL ADVANCES IN TREATING DEGENERATIVE NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES
Moderator: David Gamm, M.D., Ph.D.
- 3:10 pm - 3:50 pm
iPS cell-based therapy for Parkinson's disease
Jun Takahashi, Ph.D.
- 3:50 pm - 4:30 pm
A phase I/IIA trial to test safety and feasibility of an autologous iPS cell-derived retinal pigment epithelium patch in age-related macular degeneration patients
Kapil Bharti, Ph.D.
- 4:30 pm - 4:40 pm
POSTER CONTEST AWARDS & CLOSING REMARKS
- 4:40 pm - 5:30 pm
RECEPTION