Program

                     Thursday 3rd September

16:00 – 19:00 Scientific Committee Meeting

                     Friday 4th September

08:45             Session 1 – Growth cone signalling

George Smith: Constructing molecular highways to direct axon growth

Britta Eickholt: Requirement and control of the Pl3K signalling pathway in axonal growth and regeneration

Derryck Shewan: Epac promotes axon regeneration in vitro

Ann Logan: A role for EGFR in axon regeneration?

11:15             Session 2 – Plasticity

11:15                                                                             Karim Fouad: Plasticity following spinal cord injury: where does it occur, what does it do, and when is it useful

Lyn Jakeman: Injured mice at the gym: Running wheels and chondroitinase trials

Irin Maier: The influence of physical activity on plastic processes within the injured spinal cord 

Ronaldo Ichiyama: Locomotor training and (in)activity dependent plasticity after SCI

14:30             Session 3 – Clinical Initiative

Peter Ellaway: The Clinical Initiative – a quest for reliable and sensitive assessments

of outcome after treatments for spinal cord injury 

Huub van Hedel: Advanced assessment of sensory and motor changes in SCI:

complementary readouts to clinical standards 

Arthur Prochazka: Motor and electrophysiological tests evaluating upper-extremity tele-rehabilitation 

Bernie Conway: Comprehensive evaluation of the physiological and functional

adaptations induced by Lokomat training in incomplete spinal cord injured subjects

16:00             NRB Students

16:20             Discussion Forum

18:00             Poster Session (wine and cheese)

                     Saturday 5th September

08:00 - 11:30 Visit the Queen Elizabeth National Spinal Injury Centre  - minilectures

Keynote speaker Michael Fehlings

11:30             Session 4 - Stem Cells

Stephen Minger: Therapeutic and research potential of human stem cells

11:45                                                                             Tom Okarma: Human embryonic stem cell therapy: pathway to the clinic

Frank Walsh: Activation of endogenous stem cells          

14:00             Session 5 – Neuroprotective strategies

Liz Bradbury: Chondroitinase ABC treatment is neuroprotective for descending

spinal projection neurons following spinal cord injury

Adina Michael-Titus: Omega-3 fatty acids and neurological injury 

R John Hurlbert: Minocycline in acute spinal cord injury

16:00             Session 6 - Cavitation and angiogenesis

Andrew Brodbelt: Post traumatic Syringomyelia – how does fluid flow up hill?

Hans Keirstead: Spinal cord injury is accompanied by chronic progressive degeneration

Theo Hagg: Targeting the vasculature for neuroprotection after SCI

17:30             Summary/Closing Remarks            Naomi Kleitman/John Priestley

19:00             Reception Dinner, Scottish themed evening with Ceilidh band