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