Program
Workshop on Steroid Hormones and Brain Function
Sunday March 6
4:00 PM – Arrival and Registration
6:00 PM – Welcome and Reception
7:30 PM – Opening Remarks, Introduction of Young Investigator Award Alumni
8:00 PM – Data Blitz
Monday March 7
7:00 - 8:00 AM – Continental breakfast
8:00 - 10:30 AM – Session #1: Development and Regulation of the Mammalian Reproductive System
Chair: Dr. Wilson Chung. Speakers: Dr. Wilson Chung, Dr. Ei Terasawa, Dr. Sally Radovick, Dr. T. John Wu, Dr. Jon Levine
12:00 - 1:00 PM – Meet the Professor lunch
4:00 - 5:00 – Technology workshop (Sponsored by Stoelting, Inc.)
5:00 - 8:30 PM – Session #2: Hormones and the Aging Brain
Chair: Dr. Rebecca Cunningham. Speakers: Dr. Farida Sohrabji, Dr. Dimitrios Karamichos, Dr. Jessica Bradshaw, Dr. Toni Pak
8:30 PM – Special Session: Tribute to Dr. Dominique Toran-Allerand (Drs. Farida Sohrabji and Meharvan “Sonny” Singh); Tribute to Dr. Bob Handa. Champagne toast.
Tuesday March 8
7:00 - 8:00 AM – Continental breakfast
8:00 - 10:30 AM – Session # 3: New understanding of provisioning to neural circuits: microbes, neurosteroids, neuroimmune signals, and neuropeptides that shape circuit development and behavior
Chairs: Dr. Luke Remage-Healey, Dr. Tracy Bale. Speakers: Dr. Katie Lenz, Dr. Tracy Bale, Dr. Scott Thompson, Dr. Luke Remage-Healey, Dr. Spool
Lunch and networking activities
5:00 - 8:30 PM – Session #4 - Robert J. Handa Young Investigator Symposium
Chair: Dr. Melinda Wilson. Speakers: Dr. Aleisha Moore, Dr. Rajae Talbi, Dr. Megan Linscott, Dr. Jessica Bolton, Dr. Richard Mccosh
Wednesday March 9
7:00 - 8:00 AM – Continental breakfast
8:00 - 10:30 AM – Session #5: Sex Steroids and the Brain: Identifying Genetic Effects, Cellular Substrates and Neural Circuitry that Underlie Differential Response
Chairs: Dr. Peter Schmidt, Dr. Shau-Ming Wei. Speakers: Dr. Peter Schmidt, Dr. Sarah Rudzinskas, Dr. Shau-Ming Wei, Dr. Katherine Cole
Lunch and networking activities
5:00 - 8:30 PM – Session #6: “Ted Talks” with group panel discussion –Environmental contaminants and the brain – sex differences and endocrine activity
Chairs: Dr. Heather Patisaul, Dr. Margaret Bell. Speakers: Katherine Walker (MSc), Dr. Jari Willing, Dr. Sagi Gillera, Dr. Robert Sargis, Dr. Serena Dudek
Thursday March 10
7:00 - 8:00 AM – Continental breakfast
8:00 - 10:30 AM – Session #7: HPA axis regulation, binding proteins, and stress-related behavior
Chairs: Dr. Bangesser, Dr. T John Wu. Speakers: Dr. Debra Bangasser, Dr. Caroline Browne, Dr. Natasha Fowler, Dr. Brent Myers, Dr. Damian Zuloaga
10:30 - 11:00 AM – coffee break
11:00 AM – Keynote Address – Dr. James P. Herman, Flor van Maanen Professor and Chair, Director, University of Cincinnati, Neurobiology Research Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
Lunch and networking activities
5:00 - 6:00 PM – Cocktails
6:00 - 8:30 PM Dinner Banquet
Friday March 11 - Departure