The final schedule is now available for download in PDF file.
The tradition of the Hershey conference is to start with an opening reception that will be held on Wednesday June 2nd 2010. There will be two full days of sessions and a final session on Saturday morning. The conference ends with a lunch on Saturday.
The tentative schedule with speakers is as follows:
Wednesday, June 2, 2010: Registration and opening reception (dinner). Site: Snowbird Mountain Conference Center in Snowbird, UT.
Thursday, June 3, 2010:
Welcome and Opening Remarks (8:15 AM)
Keynote Speaker (8:30 AM): Richard J. Traystman, PhD, Professor, Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Colorado, Denver, CO.
Translational research: From animal models to humans and clinical practice
*Session 1: Cellular and Molecular Biology of Cerebral Development (9:30 AM-12:30 PM)
Henrik Hagberg, M.D., Ph.D.
Apoptotic mechanisms
in hypoxia-ischemia: influence of developmental age and
gender.
Pierre Gressens, M.D. Ph.D.
Negative studies: what are they
trying to tell us?
These talks will be followed by selected abstract presentations.
*Session 2: Age-Dependent Response to Brain Injury: Experimental Models (2 PM-5 PM)
Donna Ferriero, M.D.
Timing Issues in Perinatal Brain Injury: Impact on Therapy
Selected abstract presentations.
*Session 3: Poster Symposium (8PM - 9:30 PM)
Friday, June 4, 2010:
*Session 4: NEW TOOLS FOR SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION (8:30-9:30 AM)
This is a new format for the Hershey Conference. This year, for the first time, several of our invited speakers will be asked to deliver 2 presentations- the first being a didactic presentation included in the “new tools” session, and the second being the more customary scientific/data presentation.
Mark Mehler, M.D. Alpern Professor
and University Chairman, The Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology, Director,
Institute for Brain Disorders and Neural Regeneration, Albert Einstein College
of Medicine, Bronx, NY.
Research in
Epigenetics and Epigenomic Medicine: Emerging Experimental Strategies and
Translational Neuroscience Applications and
Challenges.
David H. Rowitch, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Pediatrics and Neurological Surgery, Investigator, Howard Hughes
Medical Institute, Chief of Neonatology, UCSF Medical Center and The Eli and
Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, San
Francisco, CA.
Patient-specific Models of
Pediatric Neurological Disorders Using Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
*Session 5:
Keynote Speakers (10 – 11:10AM)
Mark Mehler, M.D.
Epigenetics and the Developing Nervous
System.
David H. Rowitch, M.D., Ph.D.
A ‘Developmental
Perspective’ on Neonatal Neurological Injury
*Session 6: Stem Cells and Progenitor Cells (11:20 – 12:30AM)
Selected abstract Presentations
*Session 7: Age Dependent Response to Injury in Infants and Children: Biomarkers and Functional Outcome (2-5 PM)
Petra S. Hüppi, M.D., Director Child Development Unit, Dept. of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland.
Imaging Biomarkers in the Premature brainSelected Abstract Presentations
Saturday, June 5, 2010:
*Session 8: NEW TOOLS FOR SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION (8:30 – 9:00AM):
Barbara C. Tilley, Ph.D. Lorne C. Bain Distinguished Professor and
Director, Division of Biostatistics, University of Texas Health Science Center
at Houston, School of Public Health, Houston,
TX.
Using Futility Study Designs to Improve Early
Laboratory Studies.
*Session 9: Enrichment and Discovery: New Advances in Neuroprotection (9:00 - 11 AM)
Selected Abstract Presentations
*Session 10: Panel Discussion of Future Directions and International Collaboration (11:30 – 12:30 AM)
Keynote speakers, Invited Speakers, Representatives from NIH and funding agencies.
General Discussion