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Symposium on Axonal Degeneration and Regeneration

On May 12, the Jungers Center sponsored a Symposium on Axonal Degeneration and Regeneration.  Speakers included Marc Freeman from the University of Massachusetts, Julie Pinkston-Gosse from Genentech, Marie Filbin from Hunter College, and Martin Kerschensteiner from Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich. The audience of nearly 100 investigators, students, and postdocs heard presentations concerning the signaling pathways that initiate axonal degeneration in response to withdrawal of trophic factors, genetic strategies that protect axons from degeneration, live cell imaging of immune-mediated axonal damage, and strategies to overcome myelin-mediated growth inhibition and to stimulate axonal regeneration.  Following the talks, the speakers met with students from the Neurobiology of Disease course and other interested students and postdocs. 

All in all, this was a great opportunity for the OHSU community to hear the latest findings from leading experts on the neurobiology of axonal injury and for the speakers to meet OHSU students and faculty and learn about our research programs. Plans are underway to make the Jungers Center Symposium an annual event.