Forum Agenda

2008 International Forum on Memory and Memory Disorders

Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute Forum Agenda

October 16th, Thursday
Erickson Alumni Center
Morgantown, West Virginia

10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Introduction and Welcome

Senator Jay Rockefeller

10:30 a.m. – 11:10 a.m.

Plenary Lecture: “Our View of the Brain and its Afflictions in the 21st Century”

Professor Floyd Bloom
Professor Emeritus and Chairman of Neuropharmacology
The Scripps Institute
San Diego, CA

11:10 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.

“The Structures of Memory: Controlling the Structures of Synapses”

Professor Andrew Matus
Director Emeritus Neurobiology
Friedrich Miescher Institute
Novartis Research Foundation
Switzerland

11:50 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Lunch

12:30 p.m. – 1:10 p.m.

“The Complexities of Human Memory: Synaptic Networks in the Hippocampus the Gateway to Memory”

Professor Howard Eichenbaum
Director
Center for Memory
Boston University
Boston, MA

1:10 p.m. – 1:50 p.m.

“Neurogenesis: New Neurons during Memory and the Recovering Brain”

Professor Tracy Shors
Department of Psychology
Center for Collaborative Neuroscience
Rutgers University
Piscataway, NJ

1:50 p.m. – 2:05 p.m.

Coffee Break

2:05 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

“Synaptogenesis: Creating New Synapses during Memory and During the Treatment of Neurodegeneration in the Brain”

Dr. Daniel Alkon
Scientific Director
Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute at West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV

2:45 p.m. – 3:25 p.m.

“Molecular Genetics: Identifying the Causes and Treatment Targets in Alzheimer’s Disease”

Professor Rudi Tanzi
Director
Genetics and Aging Unit
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

3:25 p.m. – 4:05 p.m.

“Molecular Pathways in Alzheimer’s Disease: The Routes to the Treatment and Prevention of Neruodegeneration”

Professor Sangram Sisodia
Director
Center for Brain Disease
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL

4:05 p.m. – 4:35 p.m.

Coffee Break and Open Discussion

4:35 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.

“Clinical Perspectives on the Demented Patients and Current Treatment Options”

Professor James Stevenson
Chairman
Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry
West Virginia School of Medicine
Morgantown, WV

5:15 p.m. – 5:55 p.m.

“The Potential for Normal Functions in the Aging Brain and its Synaptic Networks”

Professor Carol Barnes
Director
Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute
The University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

6:00 p.m.

Closing Remarks

7:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m.

Partners in Science Reception

Waterfront Place Hotel
2 Waterfront Plaza
Morgantown, West Virginia

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