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The Inaugural Americas School of Neuroimmunology (ASNI) - Calgary, Canada · October 1-2, 2015

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Registration fees: Until June 20 - $350 CAN; Until August 30 - $450 CAN (includes two nights accommodation).  Travel award applications due August 1.

Co-hosted by V. Wee Yong (Canada) and Phillip Popovich (USA)

Day 1: General Themes

Principles of Neuroimmunology (Shalina Ousman, University of Calgary, Canada)

The microglia in health and pathology (Astrid Cardona, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA)

Interactions of innate and adaptive immunity for CNS executive functions

(Jonathan Kipnis, University of Virginia, USA)

Environmental and lifestyle modulators of neuroimmunology

(Jorge Correale, Raul Carrea Institute for Neurological Research, Argentina)

Immune responses to viral infections of the CNS (Christopher Power, University of Alberta, Canada)

Neuroimmunology in repair of the nervous system (V. Wee Yong, University of Calgary, Canada)

Day 2: Diseases

Neuroimmunology in multiple sclerosis (Amit Bar-Or, McGill University, Canada)

Neuroimmunology in brain tumors (Amy Heimberger, University of Texas

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, USA)

Neuroimmunology in stroke (Kyra Becker, University of Washington, USA)

Neuroimmunology in ALS (Brian Kaspar, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, USA)

Neuroimmunology in neurodegenerative disorders (Gary Landreth, Case Western Reserve University, USA)

Neuroimmunology in spinal cord injury (Phillip Popovich, Ohio State University, USA)

Organizing Committee 

• V.Wee Yong PhD; University of Calgary, Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary | Canada
• Phillip Popovich PhD, Center for Brain and Spinal Cord Repair, Department of Neuroscience, Wexner Medical Center at the Ohio State University Columbus, OH | U.S.A
• Jessie Trufyn MSc, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary | Canada