Friday, Mar. 8, 1 - 9 p.m.

Mini-symposium on Neuroinflammation and the Aging Brain

1 p.m. | Mini-sypmposium keynote: Treatment strategies to prevent and reverse cognitive decline associated with aging and traumatic brain injury 

Susanna Rosi, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator, Altos Labs Bay Area Institute

Adjunct Professor, Departments of Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Science and Neurological Surgery

University of California, San Francisco

1:40 p.m. | Environmental challenges, immune and neuroinflammatory measures, and behavioral and cognitive measures in animal models

Jacob Raber, Ph.D., Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience, OHSU 

 

2:05 p.m. | Thrombin generation: gate keeper or grim reaper of the blood-brain barrier

Owen McCarty, Ph.D., FAHA, Professor and Chair, Biomedical Engineering, OHSU 

 

2:30 p.m. | The influence of maternal nutrition, metabolic state and inflammation on child risk for psychiatric disorders

Elinor Sullivan, Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, OHSU



2:55 p.m. | Understanding the role of microglial cells in motor neuron vulnerability in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

Bahareh Ajami, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology and Behavioral Neuroscience, OHSU 

 

3:20 p.m. | Break

3:40 p.m. | Ferroptosis drives microglial cell death following white matter injury in the aging brain

Philip Adeniyi, Ph.D., Post Doctoral Fellow, OHSU 

4:05 p.m. | Will chronic inhibition of dual leucine zipper kinase (DLK) be neuroprotective and restore neuronal function in aged demyelination?

Katie Emberley, Department of Neurology, Jungers Center for Neurosciences Research, OHSU

4:20 p.m. | Elevated expression of a5-integrin by myeloid cells in motor areas provides a potential target for therapeutics in ALS

Audie Chiot, Departments of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology and Behavioral Neuroscience, OHSU

4:35 p.m. | Role of peripheral inflammation in driving central nervous system inflammatory signature in pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s Disease

Paula Sanchez Molinam, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, OHSU

4:50 p.m. | Poster Session I and Networking Social Hour

Elias M. Wisdom, OHSU

Jay C. Adams, Oregon State University

Kaitlyn Kim, Oregon State University

Rachel Morrill, OHSU

Ibrahim A. Abou-Seada, Oregon State University

Benjamin Bui, Legacy Research Institute

Mariel Kristine Micael, Vollum Institute

Will Liguore, Oregon National Primate Research Center

Kaylee Ha, OHSU

William S. Griesar, Ph.D., and Jeff Leake, Portland State University

6 p.m. | Dinner

6:45 p.m. | Meeting Keynote: Determinants and mechanisms of neuroinflammation-induced memory deficits in aging

Ruth M. Barrientos, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

Ohio State University College of Medicine

Saturday, Mar. 9, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m.

7 a.m. | Continental Breakfast

8 a.m. | Las neuronas son bacanes: Interdisciplinary neuroscience in Valparaiso Chile

William S. Griesar, Ph.D., and Jeff Leake Department of Psychology, Portland State University

8:30 a.m. | The mouse olfactory bulb tracks breathing rhythms and place  

Matt Smear, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology, University of Oregon

 

9 a.m. | Effects of amyloid beta peptides on platelet hemostatic function and procoagulant platelet generation

Yiheng Zhang, Department of Biomedical Engineering, OHSU

9:15 a.m. | T cell receptor-based cell therapy for central nervous system injury

Taitea Dykstra, OHSU

9:30 a.m. | Effects of TFEB gene therapy on hippocampal-dependent learning and molecular signaling in obese female and male 5xFAD mice

Danielle Osborne, Legacy Research Institute

9:45 a.m. | Structural insight into heteromeric assembly in epithelial sodium channels

Isabelle Baconguis, Ph.D., Assistant Scientist, Vollum Institute 

10:15 a.m. | Poster Session II

Kadi Rae Smith, Portland State University

Natalie Robison, Portland State University

Emilee Brnusak, Portland State University

Connor Hilts, OHSU

Benjamin Zimmerman, OHSU

Brooke Rogers, OHSU

Olivia Monestime, OHSU

Joshua Karpf, Oregon National Primate Research Center

Opal Stayer-Wilburn, Oregon National Primate Research Center

Anahit Grigorian, Oregon National Primate Research Center

William S. Griesar, Ph.D., and Jeff Leake, Portland State University

11:15 a.m. | Electrophysiological characterization of immortalized ovine hypothalamic kisspeptin neurons

Anna Nielson, Oregon State University

11:30 a.m. | Assessing the role of inattention, response latency, and perseveration in predicting behavioral flexibility in rhesus macaques

Daniel Smith, Oregon National Primate Research Center

11:45 a.m. | Impact of ketamine and novelty on cue-induced reinstatement of cocaine self-administration in rats

Angela Gonzalez, Washington State University

12 noon | Molecular mechanisms of maternal care in a mouthbrooding cichlid fish

Suzy Renn, Ph.D., Professor of Biology, Reed College 

12:30 | Lunch

1 p.m. | Awards and Adjournment

Abstract submissions

Awards will be given for the best student and postdoctoral posters and talks. Submit your abstract to Larry Sherman no later than Friday, Mar. 1, 2024.

The poster boards are 4 feet tall by 6 feet wide. Please make sure your poster will fit in this space.

Please follow these guidelines when submitting your abstract:

• Use Arial font, 12 point. 
• The first line should be the title, and should be BOLD.
• The following line should be the author list, with the presenting author listed first (and also BOLD).
• The next line should include the affiliations of all of the authors (name of institution, city, state, country).
• The body of the abstract should be a single paragraph, 2,300 characters (including punctuation but not spaces).

Here is a sample:

PV-expressing cells in the mouse spinal dorsal horn gate the transmission of innocuous tactile input to lamina I 

A. DICKIE¹, K. A. BOYLE¹, T. YASAKA², V. E. ABRAIRA³, A. L. ZIMMERMAN³, D. D.GINTY³, M. A. GRADWELL⁴, R. J. CALLISTER⁴, B. A. GRAHAM⁴, D. I. HUGHES¹;

¹Univ. of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom; ²Dept. Immunol., Kagoshima Univ., Kagoshima, Japan; ³Harvard Med. Sch., Boston, MA; ⁴Univ. of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia

Chronic pain presents a major unmet clinical problem. ...

Location

McMenamin's Edgefield Winery Ballroom

2126 SW Halsey Street

Troutdale, OR 97060

Ph.: 503 669-8610

We have a small block of rooms for participants who would like to stay the night, Friday, March 8. Individual reservations for the group room block are required no later than Friday, Feb. 23, 2024. Please indicate you are with the OHSU Society for Neuroscience group when booking your room.

McMenamins Edgefield is a unique facility featuring 114 overnight rooms. Some guest rooms are equipped with private baths, however the majority of the guest rooms are European style with bathrooms located in the hall. Please note, there are no televisions or telephones in the guest rooms and all rooms are non-smoking.

Thank you for your interest in becoming a member of the Society for Neuroscience Oregon/SW Washington Chapter.



There is no fee or eligibility requirements associated with joining our membership, and the term is for three academic years. If you are not a member of the national SfN, we do ask that you have a sponsor to join our Chapter. A sponsor is a current Chapter member or member of the national organization. The purpose of having a sponsor is to ensure there is a mentoring relationship upon your membership commencement. If you don't have a sponsor, please indicate so in the form and we can help!



Benefits of membership are: 1) a discount to the annual Chapter meeting; 2) the ability to nominate and vote for members to the board; 3) submit an abstract to the annual Chapter meeting at no cost; 4) join members-only networking events; 5) include on your CV.



If you have any questions, please contact Kate Stout (stoutk@ohsu.edu).