7:30 am 8:30 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 am 10:30 am
Session VII: Changes in Mitochondria
Important for Neurodegenerative
Processes
Session Chair: Giovanni Manfredi, Ph.D., Weill Medical College of
Cornell University
Mitochondrial Fission and Fusion in Huntington's Disease
Ella Bossy-Wetzel, Ph.D., University of Central Florida
Control of Mitochondrial Function and Oxidative Metabolism through
PGC-1 Coactivate
Bruce Spiegelman, Ph.D., Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Harvard
Medical School
Oxygen-Dependent Redox-Regulation of the Respiratory Chain
of Mitochondria
Johannes M. Herrmann, Ph.D., University of Kaiserslautern
Progress on the Mitochondrial Permeability Transition
Paolo Bernardi, M.D., University of Padova
10:30 am 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 am 12:30 pm
Session VIII: Mitochondrial Effects on
Genes and Gene Expression
Session Chair: Ambreena Siddiq, Ph.D., Burke Medical
Research Institute
The Mitochondria and the Hypoxia Induced Gene Expression
Mediated by Hypoxia Inducible Factors
Juan C. Chavez, Ph.D., Weill Medical College of Cornell University;
Burke Medical Research Institute
Nuclear Control of Respiratory Chain Expression
Richard C. Scarpulla, Ph.D., Northwestern University Medical School
Response of TCA Cycle Genes to Metabolic Alterations
Ronald Butow, Ph.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
12:30 pm 2:00 pm
Lunch
2:00 pm 3:00 pm
Session IX: Genes of Energy
Metabolisms and Neurodegenerative
Disease
Session Chair: Chenjian Li, Ph.D., Weill Medical College of
Cornell University
Genome-Wide Expression Analysis of Energy Metabolism Related
Genes and Their Role in Glucose-Mediated -Amyloidosis in
Alzheimer's Disease
Giulio Maria Pasinetti, M.D., Ph.D., The Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Mitochondrial DNA Mutations in Aging and Neurodegeneration
Michael T. Lin, M.D., Weill Medical College of Cornell University
What Have the Mendelian PD Genes Told us About the Role of
Mitochondria in Neuronal Degeneration?
Nicholas W. Wood, MB.ChB, Ph.D., University College London,
Institute of Neurology
How Iron Accumulates in Parkinson's Disease: The Mitochondrial
Connection
J. Timothy Greenamyre, M.D., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
4:00 pm 4:15 pm
Coffee Break
4:15 pm 5:45 pm
Session X: From Animals to People
Session Chair: Gunnar Gouras, Ph.D., Weill Medical College of
Cornell University
Mitochondria and HD Pathogenesis: Insight from Genetic and
Chemical Models
Susan E. Browne, Ph.D., Merck Research Laboratories
Small Molecule Activation of Adaptive Gene Expression: Promise for
Neurological Therapeutics
Rajiv R. Ratan, M.D., Ph.D., Weill Medical College of Cornell University;
Burke Medical Research Institute
Mitochondrial Approaches to Neuroprotection
M. Flint Beal, M.D., Weill Medical College of Cornell University
5:45 pm 6:00 pm
Closing Comments
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