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This meeting is supported by the National Institute On Aging of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R13AG101878.  The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. 


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MONDAY, JUNE 29                                                                                                    Updated 6/19/2026


 14:00 - 18:00 ICBEM Registration Desk Open / poster mounting Auditorium Hall 
 16:00 - 16:30

WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS

Chairs: Jordi Duran, PhD & Joao Duarte, PhD

  • Welcome & Acknowledgements from the Organizing Committee
  • Welcome from IQS Director
  • Information about ISN 
  • Information about ISCBFM 
  • Welcome from the Program Committee & Presentation of the Safety Plan
  Auditorium
 16:30 - 17:30

S-01: PLENARY LECTURE

  • Capillary Pericytes as Metabolic Sentinels: An Electro-Metabolic Energy Switch and Its Failure in Alzheimer's Disease - Thomas Longden, PhD, University of Maryland
  Auditorium
 17:30 - 18:00

S-02: POSTER BLITZ I

Presentations of student and postdoc posters (26 pitches; 1 slide/1 min)

Chairs: Jordi Duran, PhD & Caroline Lindy Rae, PhD

P-01 / P-02 / P-03 / P-04 / P-05 / P-06 / P-09 / P-10 / P-11 / P-14 / P-15 / P-18 / P-19

P-20 / P-21 / P-24 / P-25 / P-26 / P-27 / P-28 / P-30 / P-31 / P-32 / P-33 / P-35 / P-36

  Auditorium
 18:00 - 20:00

NETWORKING RECEPTION with Refreshments

Group Photos:  Program Committee, Local Organizing Committee, Plenary Speaker, Travel Awardees,

and Short Talk presenters

 Cafeteria 

TUESDAY, JUNE 30

 8:30  ICBEM Registration Desk Open / poster mounting Auditorium Hall 
 9:00 - 11:00 S-03: Brain Drain: Unclogging the Mysteries of Neurovascular Coupling

Chairs: Gary Yellen, PhD & Chloe Lucido, student

  • Oxygen delivery and consumption in cerebral microvascular domains - Sava Sakazdik, PhD, Harvard University
  • Cerebrovascular endothelial cell mitochondrial dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease - Rebecca Parodi-Rullán, PhD, University of Puerto Rico
  • Unique interactions between perivascular fibroblasts and macrophages in cerebrovascular homeostasis - Stephanie Bonney, PhD, CU Anschutz
  • Mitochondrial dysfunction in astrocytes: Linking neurodegeneration and systemic metabolic imbalance - Eduardo Balsa, PhD, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
 Auditorium
 11:00 - 11:30 Refreshment Break  Cafeteria 

 11:30 - 13:00

 S-04: Short Talks (8 speakers; 7 min talks + 3 min discussion (1 min transition)

Chairs: Joao Duarte, PhD & Maite Solas, PhD

  • Sara Langberg, Penn State College of Medicine. P-42: Investigating altered glycolysis at the synapse in the context of TDP-43 proteinopathies
  • Chloe Lucido, University of Kentucky.  P-47: Defining cell-specific and spatially resolved cerebral metabolic profiles across the lifespan using targeted, high-resolution spatial transcriptomics 
  • Alexander Mascarenas, University College of London.  P-50: Astrocytic sulfite oxidase participates in mitochondrial electron transport and hypoxic NO production via ROS scavenging and nitrite reduction 
  • Isaura Maria Suarez Uribe, Université de Sherbrooke.  P-68: Ketogenic diets partially restore bioenergetic pathways in the hippocampus of an Alzheimer’s disease mouse model 
  • Annelise Francisco, Lund University.  P-22: β-Adrenergic and activity-dependent regulation of neuronal hormone-sensitive lipase 
  • Nguyen Mai, University of California, San Francisco. P-49: Bioenergetic of determinants of cofilactin rod formation in hypoxic and excitotoxic neurite injury 
  • Elena Morin, University of Rochester. P-52: Mapping mitochondrial membrane potential and metabolic coupling in neurons
  • Gokhan Uruk, University of California San Francisco and San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center.  P-73: Transcriptional and neuroprotective effects of hexokinase-2 inhibitors administered after stroke 
                  		 Auditorium
                    13:00 - 14:30 Group Lunch (included) Cafeteria 
                    14:30 - 15:00 S-05: POSTER BLITZ II

                      Presentations of student and postdoc posters (26 pitches, 1 slide; 1 min)

                      Chairs: Nina Vardjan, PhD & Nguyen Mai, postdoc

                      P-37 / P-38 / P-39 / P-41 / P-43 / P-46 / P-48 / P-53 / P-54 / P-55 / P-57 / P-59 / P-60
                      P-62 / P-63 / P-64 / P-66 / P-67 / P-71 / P-74 / P-75 / P-77 / P-78 / P-79 / P-80 / P-82 / P-14                      		 Auditorium 
                      15:00 - 17:00 POSTER SESSION 1 (Odd #s)  FCC Auditorium
                      17:00 - 18:30

                      S-06: The Unexpected Roles of Neuronal Glycolysis in Normal and Aging Brain

                      Chairs: Doug Rothman, PhD & Sara Langberg, grad student

                      • Inorganic phosphate and the rapid mobilization of metabolic energy in neurons - Gary Yellen, PhD, Harvard Medical School
                      • Aberrant upregulation of glycolysis mediates a neurodegenerative disorder - Marina Garcia Macia, PhD, University de Salamanca
                      • Glycolytic shifts in neurodegeneration and aging -  Ken Nakamura, PhD, Gladstone Institute/UCSF
                        		 Auditorium 
                         18:30 - 20:30 WELCOME RECEPTION & DINNER  Outdoor Courtyard 

                          WEDNESDAY, JULY 1

                           8:30 ICBEM Registration Desk Open  Auditorium Hall 
                           8:30Poster MountingFCC Auditorium
                           9:00 - 10:30

                          S-07: Lipid Metabolism and Alterations in Aging Brain

                          Chairs: Maria Ioannou, PhD & Annelise Francisco, postdoc

                          • Targeting astrocytic fatty acid degradation to mitigate neuroinflammation and Alzheimer's pathology - Fei Yin, PhD, University of Arizona
                          • Unlocking the metabolic mysteries of sleep: metabolism as a driver and effector of sleep - Amita Sehgal, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
                          • Assessing the role of omega-3 fatty acids and mitochondrial function in synucleinopathy -Jessica Ellis, PhD, Wake Forest University
                          		  Auditorium
                           10:30 - 12:30 POSTER SESSION 2 (Even #s) FCC Auditorium
                           12:30 - 14:00 Group Lunch (included)  Cafeteria
                           14:00 - 15:30

                          S-08: Microglial Metabolism: Fueling the Fire or Fighting It?

                          Chairs: Ray Swanson, MD & Nicholas Gabriel Gonzalez Perez, student

                          • Integrated multi-omics profiling reveals metabolic features during microglial development and disease - Zhihua Gao, PhD, Zhejiang University

                          • Halting smouldering neuroinflammation through immunometabolic modulation of microglia - Luca Peruzzottti-Jametti, MD, PhD, University of Cambridge

                          • Locked in Lipid: How APOE4 Reprograms Microglia and How PLIN2 Might Set Them Free - Lance Johnson, PhD, University of Kentucky
                          		  Auditorium
                           15:40 - 16:40

                          S-09: Panel Discussion on Microglial Metabolism

                          Chairs: Ray Swanson, MD

                          		  Auditorium
                          16:45 - 17:45 EARLY CAREER MENTORING

                          with established investigators for students, postdocs and early career investigators

                          Chairs: Kelly Drew, Caroline Lindy Rae, Gary Yellen

                          		  Cafeteria

                          THURSDAY, JULY 2

                           8:30 ICBEM Registration Desk Open
                          		  
                           9:00 - 10:30

                          S-10: Ketones, MCTs and Fatty Acids: Novel Roles for Brain’s Alternative Substrates

                          Chairs: Carlos Diaz-Garcia, PhD & Leigh-Ana Rossitto, student

                          • Metabolic regulation of proteostasis by the ketone body β-hydroxybutyrate in aging and Alzheimer's models - John Newman, MD, PhD, Buck Institute of Aging
                          • Medium-chain triglycerides improve cognition and systemic metabolism in mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease - Karl Fernandes, PhD, University of Sherbrooke
                          • ApoE4 impairs astrocytic lipid droplet formation via endolysosomal dysfunction - Maria Ioannou, PhD, University of Alberta
                          		 Auditorium 
                           10:30 - 11:00 Refreshment Break Cafeteria 
                           11:00 - 12:30 S-11: SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS - Topics suggested from the attendees Auditorium 
                           12:30 - 14:00 Group Lunch (included) Cafeteria 
                           14:00 - 15:30

                          S-12: The Glia-Neuron Gossip: Secrets of Cellular Communication

                          Chairs: Mary C. McKenna, PhD & Alexander Mascarenhas, student

                          • Metabolic interactions between astroglial CB1R receptors, the lactate receptor HCA1R and serine: Who’s in control? - Ignacio Fernandez-Moncada, PhD, INSERM
                          • Inhibition of IDO1 restores astrocyte lactate production in models of Alzheimer’s disease - Katrin Andreasson, PhD, Stanford University
                          • Adenosine signaling to astrocytes coordinates brain metabolism and function - Alexander Gourine, PhD, University College of London
                          		 Auditorium 
                           15:30 - 16:00 Refreshment Break
                          		 Cafeteria 
                           16:00 - 17:00

                          S-13: Targeting Bioenergetics in the Aging Neuron

                          Chairs: Robert Zorec, PhD & Isaura Maria Suarez Uribe, student

                          • Cognitive aging and its sex-specific regulation: mechanisms and insights - Huan Ma, PhD, Zhejiang University, China
                          • Neurovascular function in mouse models of mixed disease (AD and atherosclerosis) - Clare Howarth, PhD, University of Sheffield
                          		 Auditorium 
                           17:00 - 17:15 Quick break to remove posters  
                           17:15 - 18:15

                          S-14: Interactive Discussion on key and/or emerging areas that need more research

                          Facilitators: Ray Swanson, Caroline Lindy Rae, and Joao Duarte

                          		 Auditorium 
                           18:15 - 18:45

                          S-15: SPECIAL AWARDS SESSION 

                          Chair: Mary McKenna, PhD

                              • Presentation of awards for best student short talks and student/postdoc posters - Mary McKenna, PhD
                              • Meeting wrap up & closing comments - Jordi Duran, PhD
                          		 Auditorium 
                          19:30Buses depart for dinnerIQS 
                          20:00 - 23:00 FAREWELL DINNER Mirabe Restaurant 
                          23:00 & 0:30Buses return to the venueIQS 

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