Co-sponsored by: Departments of Neuroscience, Neurology (Neuro-Oncology) and Neurosurgery
Co-chairs: Timothy C Wang, MD and Robert Wechsler-Reya, PhD
Program
1:00-1:10: Introductory remarks, Timothy C Wang, MD
1:10-2:10: Cancer neuroscience: brain
- Zhiguo Zhang, PhD: “Epigenetic regulations of communications between glioma cells and neurons”
- Brian Gill, MD: “Leveraging the mTOR pathway to Treat Tumor Induced Neurological Dysfunction”
- Peter Canoll, MD PhD: "Targeting the metabolic consequences of neuron-glioma crosstalk"
2:10-2:30: Break
2:30-3:50: Cancer neuroscience: gastrointestinal/pancreas and lung
- Timothy Wang, MD: “Neural circuits in gastrointestinal cancer”
- Christine Chio, PhD: "Pancreatic Cancer and nerves"
- Jianwen Que, MD: “Stoking the Fire: The Role of Neural Connections in Small-Cell Lung Carcinoma”
- Anastasia Maria Zavitsanou, PhD (laboratory of Ishmail Abdus-Saboor, PhD): "A vagal-brainstem circuit for lung cancer pain"
3:50-4:10: Break
4:10-4:40: Adjacent cancer neuroscience
- Lori Zeltser, PhD: “Regulation of Glucose Homeostasis by the Peripheral Nervous System”
- Nikhil Sharma, PhD: "The structure and function of the peripheral nervous system"
4:40-5:00: Open Discussion & Concluding Remarks, Robert Wechsler-Reya, PhD
5:00: Reception
