Discovery Strategies: The Laboratory Mouse in the Development of New Therapeutic Approaches to the Treatment of Neurological Disease

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Discovery Strategies Conference 2006
“The Laboratory Mouse in the Development of New Therapeutic Approaches to the Treatment of Neurological Disease”
September 18 – September 19, 2006

For more information, please contact Laura Lelansky, laura.lelansky@jax.org

All events will be held The Bar Harbor Club unless otherwise specified

Monday, September 18, 2006

7:00-8:00 a.m. Event Registration &Continental Breakfast

8:00-8:15 a.m Opening Remarks
Rick Woychik, Ph.D. - The Jackson Laboratory

Session I: Nociception
Session Chair: John Macauley, Ph.D. – The Jackson Laboratory

8:15-9:10 a.m. Shad B. Smith – McGill University

9:10-10:05 a.m. Development of Novel Analgesics for Acute and Chronic Pain: Challenges and Opportunities
Edward Bilsky, Ph.D. – University of New England

10:05-10:15 a.m. Session Chair – Q/A
John Macauley, Ph.D – The Jackson Laboratory
Overall Question for this session

10:15-10:30 a.m. Break

Session II: Tools Applicable to Neuroscience Mouse Models
Session Chair: Irene Nunes, Ph.D. – Merck & Co., Inc.

10:30-11:25 a.m. Raymond E. Gibson, Ph.D. - Merck & Co., Inc.

11:25-12:20 p.m. Douglas Wahlsten, Ph.D. – University of Alberta

12:20 – 1:15 p.m. Lunch

Session III: Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Session Chair: Jerry Jonak, Ph.D. - AstraZeneca

1:15 – 2:10 p.m. Gary E. Duncan, Ph.D. – The University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill

2:10 – 3:05 p.m. Akira Sawa, M.D., Ph.D. – Johns Hopkins University

3:05 – 4:00 p.m. Mark Von Zanstrow, M..D., Ph.D. - University of California,
San Francisco

4:00 – 4:15 p.m. Break

4:15 – 5:10 p.m. Eduardo David Leonardo, M.D., Ph.D. – Columbia University

5:10 – 6:05 p.m. Guoping Feng, Ph.D. – Duke University

6:05-6:20 p.m. Session Chair – Q/A
Jerry Jonak, Ph.D. – AstraZeneca

6:30-7:15 p.m. Social Hour and Poster Viewing

7:15-8:30 p.m. Banquet

Keynote Speaker
8:30-9:30 p.m. Wayne N. Frankel, Ph.D. – The Jackson Laboratory

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

7:00-8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast

Session IV: Sleep
Session Chair: Christine Dugovic, Ph.D. – Johnson & Johnson

8:00-8:55 a.m. Fred W. Turek, Ph.D.-Northwestern University

8:55-9:50 a.m. Brain Organization of Sleep
James Krueger, Ph.D. – Washington State University

9:50-10:00 a.m. Break

10:00-10:55 a.m. Seiji Nishino, M.D., Ph.D. – Stanford University
10:55-11:50 a.m. Allan Pack, M.B, Ch.B., Ph.D. – University of Pennsylvania

Session Chair – Q/A
11:50-12:00 a.m. Christine Dugovic, Ph.D. – Johnson & Johnson

12:00-12:45 p.m. Lunch

Session V: Neurodegeneration, Models, and Mechanisms
Session Chair: Robert Burgess, Ph.D. – The Jackson Laboratory

12:45 – 1:40 p.m. David R. Borchelt, Ph.D. - Evelyn F. & William L. McKnight Brain Institute of the University of Florida

1:40-2:35 p.m. Frank M. LaFerla, Ph.D. – University of California, Irvine

2:35-3:30 p.m. Sue Ackerman, Ph.D. – The Jackson Laboratory

Session Chair – Q/A
3:30-3:45 p.m. Robert Burgess, Ph.D. – The Jackson Laboratory

Meeting Adjourns

4:00 – 6:30 p.m. Exploring Acadia Park – Weather Permitting

Susan Ackerman, The Jackson Laboratory

David Borchelt, Evelyn F & William L McKnight Brain Institute of University of Florida

Frank LaFerla, University of California, Irvine

Micro-imaging

Ray Gibson, Merck

Strain Differences

Doug Wahlsten, Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research

Neuropsychiatric Discorders

Gary Duncan, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Guoping Feng, Duke University

Eduardo David Leonardo, Columbia University

Akira Sawa, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Mark Van Zastrow, University of California, San Francisco

Sleep

James Krueger, Washington State University

Seiji Nishino, Stanford University School of Medicine

Allan Pack, University of Pennsylvania

Fred Turek, Northwestern University

Pain

Edward J. Bilsky, University of New England

Shad Smith, McGill University