Spinal Cord Injury Research: Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms to Promote Neuronal Growth and Glial Reconstruction
Major advancements in the understanding of the cellular mechanisms underlying CNS Development, damage and repair are dramatically altering our ability to understand a multitude of fundamental problems in neurobiology. This Symposium will provide a focused presentation on a spectrum of advances that are receiving considerable attention at the national and international levels.
Speakers
Visiting Faculty
- John W. McDonald, MD, PhD, (Director: International Center for Spinal Cord Injury, Kennedy Krieger Institute) Dr. McDonald’s research is increasingly focusing on approaches to regeneration and restoration of function in spinal cord injury and other disorders of paralysis using activity-base therapies. Such focus includes other regenerative approaches that have the potential of being translated into human therapies in the near-term.
- Steven Davies, PhD, (Baylor College) Suppressing Scar Formation and Bridging Spinal Cord Injuries: New Solutions to Old Problems
- Marie Filbin, PhD, (Hunter College) Physiological and Molecular Approaches to Enhancing CNS Regeneration
- Neville Hogan, PhD, (MIT) Physical Therapy by Robots: A Critical Component of Future Restorative Strategies
URMC Faculty
- Roman Giger, PhD, Molecular Analysis of Inhibitors of CNS Regeneration
- Maiken Nedergaard, MD, DMSc, Purinergic Signaling in Spinal Cord Injury
- Mark Noble, PhD, Introduction and Overview of the Symposium; Biology and Physiology of CNS Progenitors in Respect to CNS Repair.
- Steven Goldman, MD, PhD, Strategies for Motor Neuron-Directed Therapies