Program of IANRAC III & Chinese Seminar
of Neurorestoratology in 2010
23 April-25 April, 2010
 
April 232010 (Friday) :
800-1700  Registrations
 
800-1300  Chinese Seminar of Neurorestoratology in 2010
800-810  Opening Ceremony
Prof. Tiansheng Sun will host, Prof. Huanzong Zuo will present the opening speech
810-910  Cell and Tissue Transplantation ()
Session Chair: Huancong Zuo, Zuo Luan
810-820  Anmin Li  The Treatments of mental retardation with transplantation of Autologous peripheral blood mononuclear cells
820-830  Wenming Chen  The analysis of treatments of 12 patients with stroke by transplantation of autologous bone morrow stem cells
830-840  Yong Man  The treatment of vascular dementia with transplantation of human cord blood mononuclear cells
840-850  Han Zhang  Function of injured rabbit facial nerve was improved by transplanted complex of neural stem cells, hyaluronic scid-collagen-scaffold and NT-3
850-910  Discussion
910-1010  Cell and Tissue Transplantation ()
Session Chair: Xijing He, Guoming Luan
910-920  Like Wu  The use of umbilical cord blood mesenchymal stem cell transplantation for 20 patients with multiple system atrophy
920-930  Bo Yang  Human umbilical cord blood mesenchymal stem cells inhibit C6 glioma cells in vivo
930-940  Xiaoming Guo  Clinical research on treating sequela of central nervous system with cerebral arterial perfusion of autologous peripheral blood mononuclear cells
940-950  Haitao Xi  Cell transplantation for nervous system diseases in 1518 patients
950-1000  Yixin Shen  Guidance of olfactory ensheathing cells growth and migration on electrospun silk fibroin scaffolds
1000-1020  Discussion
1020-1105  Medicine, Factors, Acupuncture and Engineering
Session Chair: Tiansheng Sun, Jianjun Li
1020-1030  Yanchao Qi  Effects of acupuncture and nerve growth factor on the overall function of rats with cerebral palsy
1030-1040   Zhenhuan Liu  Action of acupuncture, neurodevelopment and neurorestoratolo of brain
1040-1050  Lingling Wang  The compatibility of self-assembly hydrogel from the amphipathic peptide containing IKVAV with rat olfactory ensheathing cells
1050-1105  Discussion
11:05-11:15  Coffee Break
1115-1200  Special Topics on Spinal Cord Injury ()
Session Chair: Hongyun Huang, Shaocheng Zhang
1115-1125  Chunlin Hou  Severing normal lumb and sacral anterior nerve root to reconstruct the atonic bladder function : clinical observation
1125-1135  Shaocheng Zhang  Microsurgical method in the treatment of chronic and complete spinal cord injury
1135-1145  Zuncheng Zheng  Clinical research on the treatment of patients with spinal cord injury with olfactory ensheathing cells
1145-1200  Discussion
1200-1255  Special Topics on Spinal Cord Injury (Ⅰ)
Session Chair: Changman Zhou, Peng Liang
1200-1210  Xiaodong Guo  Neural stem/progenitor cell-coated chitosan channels, growth factors and soluble Nogo66 peceptor protein promote long-term transplant survival and axonal regeneration after complete transection of rat spinal cord
1210-1220  Peng Liang  Neural stem cell conditioned culture medium adminstration protects neurons, oligodendrocytes and promotes axon regeneration after spinal cord injury
1220-1230   Shiqing Feng  Experiment study on repairing spinal cord injury by human umbilical cord blood CD34+ cells transplantation
1230-1240   Chaoqun Ye  Olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs) transplantation combined step training on treadmill promotes functional recovery from rats with spinal cord contusion
1240-1255  Discussion
1255-1300  Closing Ceremony
 
1300-1700  Neurorestoratological Youth Forum
Session Chair: Lin Chen, Changman Zhou
Select outstanding papers from the IANRAC III submissions for the Youth Forum presentation. Selection criteria: less than 35 years old, engaged in basic and clinical research of neurorestoratology and as the first author of the paper. IANR will award the top 6 winners selected by the Academic Committee, who will be presented trophy cup and cash award, which is separately RMB3,000 (1st) , 2,000 (2nd) and 1,000 (3rd).
13:00-13:15  Jingwei Shang  Anti-apoptotic and anti-autophagic effects of GDNF and HGF after transient MCAO in rats
13:15-13:30  Jia Li         Implanted olfactory ensheathing cells ameliorated experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis
13:30-13-45  Hui Liu      The altered expression of aquaporin-4 is related with that of its anchoring proteins in rat brain after traumatic brain injury
13:45-14:00  Hong Shao    Research on adult neurogenesis of phrynocephalus przewalskii
14:00-14:15  Xue Li       Research of exercises on NEDA5-HT and 5-HIAA in different cerebral areas of rats with depression
14:15-14:30  Yongming Liu  Neurogenesis of adipose-derived stem cells in hydrogel
14:30-14:45  Haodong Lin  Reconstruction of physiological reflex pathways to the atonic bladder after conus medullaris injury: experimental and clinical study
14:45-15:00  Ying Wang  Experimental therapy of rat stroke model by tissue engineering with hyaluronic acid based scaffold seeded with neural stem cells
15:00-15:15  Di Chen    Intracranial transplant of olfactory ensheathing cells in children and adolescent with Cerebral Palsy: A Random Controlled Clinical Trial
15:15-15:30  Ying Li    Olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs) transplantation in co rona radiate prolongs the survival of mutant SOD1 (G93A) ALS rats through neuroprotection
15:30-15-45  Yang Liu   Ability of novel multifunctional PEG-TAT-modified liposomes to cross the blood-spinal cord barrier after spinal cord injury
15:45-16:00  Shen Liu   The expression levels of neurite growth inhibitors on different periods after spinal cord injury
16:00-16:15  Lei Zhao   Valproic acid exerts neuoprotective effect on APP/PS transgenic mouse model through inhibition of GSK-3β activity
16:15-16:30  Yisong Liu  Secreted proteome profiling and potential neuronal repair biomarker discovery of olfactory ensheathing cells
16:30-16:45  Duan Da    Electrophysiological characterization of neural stem/progenitor cells during in vitro differentiation and enhanced recovery of the motor function of traumatic brain injury rats with combined transplantation of neural stem cells and olfactory ensheathing cells
16:45-17:00  Shengli Hu   In vitro and in vivo MRI of superparamagnetic iron oxide labeled human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells
17:00-17:20  Koji Abe (Japan)  Neuroprotection and gene-stem cell therapy for ischemic stroke     
 
1800– 2000  Council and invited experts meeting of IANR
Session Chair:Ziad M. Al Zoubi (Jordan)
1.         President’s presentation on “2009-2010 IANR Council Annual Work Report” will be deliberated by council members and invited experts. Invited experts and council members and candidate members will provide different views as well as suggestions for IANR of 2010-2011.
2.         Discuss the schedule of IANRAC IV, time and venue the conference to be held, list the name of organization council members and scientific council members.
Hold IANR Council Expansion Meeting
3.         Establish IANR Specialized Committees and IANR Professional Committee.
4.         Establish <Neurorestoratology> (English Version) Editorial Committee, and assign writing and editorial duties.
5.         Vote co-opted members
   
April 24, 2010 (Saturday):
800 – 830  Opening Ceremony
President of the Organizing Committee: Hongyun Huang, President of the Scientific Committee: Geoffrey Raisman and Editor-in-Chief of IANR Official Journal, Cell Transplantation, will present the opening speeches.
Photo Session: Representatives will take collective photo
 
830 – 1000  Discipline Introduction
Session Chair:Ziad M. Al Zoubi
830-850 Hongyun Huang (China): Achievements, obstacles, falsehoods, and directions in the era of CNS Neurorestoratology
850-910 Geoffrey Raisman (UK): The achievements of today are an incomplete foundation for those of the future: it is the passing on of unsolved questions to enquiring young minds that creates progress
910-930 Ziad M Al Zoubi (Jordan): How to strengthen the IANR
930-945 Discussion
945-1000 Coffee Break
 
1000-1200  Cell and Tissue Transplantation (I)
Session Chair:Paul R. Sanberg, Foo-Chiang Lee
1000-1020 Paul R. Sanberg (USA): Novel cell therapies for brain repair
1020-1040 Adeeb Al-Zoubi (Jordan): Ex Vivo Differentiation of CD34+ and CD133+ Human Stem Cells Into Neuronal cell Lineages
1100-1120 David A. Howe (USA): Scientific rationale for using mesenchymal stem cells for neurological repair in patients suffering from ischemic stroke
1120-1140 Foo-Chiang Lee (Malaysia): Multicentre phase II study assessing the safety and efficacy of intracerebral autologous mesenchymal stem cells in chronic stroke patients
1140-1150 Chih-Min Lin (USA): Chicken embryonic brain: an in vivo model for verifying neural stem cell potency
1150-1210 Discussion
12:10-13:00  Lunch
 
1300– 1455  Cell and Tissue Transplantation (II)
Session Chair: Christine Radtke, Siwei You
1300-1320 Christine Radtke (Germany): Transplantation of olfactory ensheathing cells as adjunct cell-therapy for peripheral nerve injury
1320-1340 Siwei You (China): Death of axotomized retinal ganglion cells delayed after intra-optic nerve transplantation of olfactory ensheathing cells in adult rats
1340-1400 Ashish K. Rehni (India): Potential of stem cell therapy in controlling ischemic neuronal damage
1400-1420 Ping Wu (USA): Stem cell therapy for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
1420-1435 Lin Chen (China): Cell therapy in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Evidence from the results of long-term follow-up and multiple transplants in patients
1435-1455 Discussion
1455-1505 Coffee Break
 
1505-1630  Cell and Tissue Transplantation (III)
Session Chair:Zuo Luan, Elena Chernykh
1505-1525 Andrey S.Bryukhovetskiy (Russia): Epigenetically reprogrammed cell systems of hematopoiesis precursors: From cell therapy to neurorestoration and neuroregulation of brain and spinal cord cells
1525-1540 Hua Feng (China): Functional recovery in traumatic spinal cord injury after transplantation of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells
1540-1550 Zuo Luan (China): Efficacy evaluation of human neural precursor cells transplantation for treating children with cerebral palsy
1550-1610 Elena Chernykh (Russia): Immune cells in the regulation of neural regeneration
1610-1630 Discussion
1630-1640 Coffee Break
 
1640-1800  Cell and Tissue Transplantation (IV)
Session Chair: Patrik Brundin, Roger Barker
1640-1700 William Freed & Jia Chen (USA): A rapid method for feeder-free differentiation of dopaminergic neurons from human embryonic stem cells
1700-1720 Patrik Brundin (Sweden): Lessons learnt from experimental and clinical transplantation of dopamine neurons
1720-1740 Roger Barker (UK): Where next with cell therapies with Parkinson's disease
1740-1800 Discussion
 
1800 – 1830  Neural Plasticity
Session Chair: Lin Chen
1800-1820 Dajue WangUK):Neural plasticity and neural restoration
1820-1830 Discussion
18:30-19:00  Dinner  
 
1900– 2030  The Second Meeting of the Preparatory Committee of CANR                 
            
April 25, 2010 (Sunday):
800 – 950  Neural Rehabilitation and Neural Restoration (I)
Session Chair: Dimitrijevic Milan, Justin Brown
800-820 Albert Bohbot (France): Olfactory ensheathing glia transplantation combined with LASERPONCTURE® in human spinal cord injury: Results measured by electromyography monitoring
820-840 Justin Brown (USA): Recovery of spinal cord motor functions after spinal cord injury: neurocontrol aspects
840-900 Dimitrijevic Milan (USA & Slovenia): Spinal Cord Injury Repair: where we are today and where we could be?
900-920 Laurance Johnston (USA): New & emerging therapies for SCI: an overview
920-930 Thakur Gurjeet Singh (India): Embryonic neuronal stem cell treatment ameliorates spinal nerve ligation and vincristine induced neuropathy in rats
930-950 Discussion
950-1000 Coffee Break
 
1000-1100  Neural Rehabilitation and Neural Restoration (II)
Session Chair: Ying Li, Patty Phelps
1000-1020 Ying Li (UK): Transplanted olfactory mucosal cells restore paw reaching function without regeneration of severed corticospinal tract fibres across the lesion
1020-1030 Daqing Li (UK): Obtaining OECs from adult olfactory mucosa for autologous repair of spinal root avulsion
1030-1050 Patty Phelps (USA): Functional reconnectivity in adult rats after a complete spinal cord transaction: Effect of olfactory bulb-derived olfactory ensheathing glia (OEG) transplantation
1050-1100 Discussion
1100-1110 Coffee Break
 
1110– 1210  Neural Rehabilitation
Session Chair: Victor Mark, Romain Meeusen
1110-1140 Victor Mark (USA): Constraint-induced movement therapy for post-stroke limb paralysis: From basic neuroscience research to efficacious treatment in the clinic
1140-1200 Romain Meeusen (Belgium): Is exercise good for the brain?
1200-1210 Discussion
12:10-13:30   Lunch
 
1330 –1440  Neuromodulation and neural stimulation
Session Chair: Russell J Andrews, Levon Gasparyan
1330-1350 Anu Makela (Finland): The neurological growth factors regulated by light and laser and blue light and laser treatment of Alzheimer’s dementia and Parkinson’s disease
1350-1410 Levon Gasparyan (Finland): Neural low level laser therapy and neural photo dynamic therapy
1410-1430 Russell J Andrews (USA): Neurorestoratology: Novel techniques at the nano-neuronal level 
1430-1440 Discussion
 
1440 – 1220  Cell and Tissue Transplantation (V)
Session Chair: Francesca Cicchetti, Poon Wai Sang
1440-1500 Shinn-zong Lin (Taiwan): CD34 stem cell implantation enables the regeneration of the corticospinal tract in the chronic stroke patients
1500 -1520 Poon Wai Sang (Hong Kong of China): Cell therapy in treatment for intracerebral hemorrhage
1520-1540 Francesca Cicchetti (Canada): Neural transplants in patients with Huntington's disease undergo disease-Like neuronal degeneration
1540-1555 Fuzhai Cui (China): Fate of neural stem cells controlled by chemical functional groups of its niche
1555-1610 Discussion
1610-1620 Coffee Break
 
1620 -1730  Tissue engineering and bioengineering
Session Chair: Weiming Duan, Jianxing Song
1620-1640 Jeffrey H. Kordower (USA): Gene therapy for Parkinson’s disease
1640-1700 Jianxing Song (Singapore): Discovery and design of molecules to enhance CNS regeneration by targeting eph-ephrin signaling interface
1700-17: 15 Weiming Duan (USA): Therapeutic potential of AAV9-mediated erythropoietin gene delivery in a rat model of Parkinson’s disease
1715-1730 Discussion
 
1730-1820  Medicine, Neural Restoration and Protection
Session Chair: Hari S Sharma
1730-1750 Hari S Sharma (Sweden): Neurotrophic factors in combination: a possible new therapeutic strategy to influence pathophysiology of spinal cord injury and repair mechanisms.
1750-1810 Yasuo Iwasaki (Japan): Levetiracetam protects spinal motor neurons from glutamate mediated neurotoxicity
1810-1825 Satomi Onoue (Japan): Neurotrophic activities of pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide in central and peripheral nervous systems
1825-1835 Discussion
 
1840– 2030  Closing Ceremony
1840– 1910 Youth Forum Award Presentation
1910– 1920 Closing Ceremony Speeches (Organizing Committee Chief of the IANRAC )
1920– 1940 Entertainment
1940– 2030 Closing Ceremony Dinner
 
April 26, 2010 (Monday):
Foreign professors will go on a local tour: Choices including the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, and the Temple of Heaven.

 

 

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