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  • 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