2:00 - 6:00 PM

ICBEM Registration open

4:00 - 4:20 PM

WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Welcome and Presentation of the Safety Plan
• Acknowledgment of Sponsors
• Information about the International Society for Neurochemistry, and the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism

4:20 - 4:30 PM

TRIBUTE TO ARNE SCHOUSBOE

4:30 - 5:30 PM

PLENARY LECTURE:  Biomarkers and early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease

Agneta Nordberg, MPharm, MD, PhD, Karolinska Institute, Sweden

5:30 - 6:00 PM

POSTER BLITZ (20) pitches of student and postdoc posters

6:00 - 8:30 PM

WELCOME RECEPTION & DINNER

8:00 - 9:00 AM

Breakfast at your hotel

9:00 - 10:00 AM

SYMPOSIUM 1: Coordination of neurometabolic and neurovascular coupling and homeostasis of energy metabolism in healthy aging and Alzheimer's disease

Chair: Doug Rothman, PhD     Co-Chair: student/postdoc TBD

• Oxygen imaging of hypoxic pockets in the mouse cerebral cortex - Felix Beinlich, PhD, University of Copenhagen
• Interventions for neurovascular and neurometabolic coupling in healthy aging - Ai-Ling Lin, PhD, University of Missouri, USA
  

10:00 - 10:30 AM

Refreshment break in poster area

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

TRAVEL AWARDEE SHORT TALKS

Chairs: Ami Raval, PhD, Maya Kaelberer, PhD

• 9 speakers TBD

12:00 - 12:30 pm

POSTER BLITZ (10) pitches of student and postdoc posters

12:30 - 2:00 PM

Lunch Break

2:00 - 3:30 PM

SYMPOSIUM 2: In vivo imaging modalities for study of neurometabolic and neurovascular coupling

Chair: Lindy Rae, PhD     Co-Chair: student/postdoc TBD

• MRI methods for studying neurovascular and neurometabolic coupling - D.S. Fahmeed Hyder, PhD, Yale School of Medicine, USA
• Functional MRS & MRI measurements of neurovascular & neurometabolic coupling - Silvia Mangia, PhD, Univ. of Minnesota, USA
• Monitoring rapid metabolic changes in brain cells using MALDI mass spectrometry - Elisa York*, PhD, Harvard Brain Science Initiative, USA
  

3:30 - 4:00 PM

Refreshment break in poster area

4:00 - 5:30 PM

SYMPOSIUM 3: Mitochondrial and metabolic alterations and resilience in injured and aging brain

Chair: Bill Shuttleworth, PhD     Co-Chair: student/postdoc TBD

• Alterations in fatty acid and ketone metabolism after brain injury - Susanna Scafidi, MD, Johns Hopkins Medical Institute, USA
• Cellular and mitochondrial adaptations contributing to resistance to injury - Neel Singhal, MD, PhD, University of California San Francisco, USA
  
• NAD⁺ mitophagy axis- a target to treat Alzheimer's disease - Evandro F. Fang, PhD, University of Oslo/Akershus University Hospital, Norway
  

5:30 - 7:30 PM

Dinner Break

7:30 - 9:00 PM

SPECIAL SESSION: Emerging therapies for brain injury and regeneration

Chairs: Jon Storm-Mathisen, PhD and Phil Lee, PhD

• TBD - 
• Exercise as a treatment to reverse cognitive impairment after cerebral ischemia - Miguel Perez-Pinzon, PhD, University of Miami, USA
  
• Neuron-glia cross talk via lactate in axon regeneration - YuanQuan Song, PhD, University of Pennsylvania, USA
  
• Facilitated Group Discussion
  

8:00 - 9:00 AM

Breakfast at your hotel

9:00 - 10:30 AM

SYMPOSIUM 4:  Astrocyte metabolism in Alzheimer's and neurodegenerative disease

Chair: TBD     Co-Chair: student/postdoc TBD

• Clinical imaging and biomarkers of astrocyte function in Alzheimer's disease - Elena Rodriguez-Vieitez, PhD, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
  
• Functional consequences of impaired astrocyte metabolism in AD models - Jens Andersen*, PhD, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
  
• Interactions between lysosomes and mitochondria in neurodegeneration - Dimitri Krainc, MD, PhD Northwestern University, Chicago, US

10:30 - 12:30 PM

POSTER SESSION 1 / Refreshment break in poster area

12:30 - 2:00 PM

Lunch Break

2:00 - 4:00 PM

SYMPOSIUM 5: Microglial support of neuronal metabolism and role in neurodegeneration

Chair: Maya Kaelberer, PhD     Co-Chair: student/postdoc TBD

• Microglia in brain and microvasculature function - Ukpong B. Eyo*, PhD, University of Virginia, USA

• Microglia-specific metabolic changes in neurodegeneration - Blanca Aldana*, PhD, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

• Acute and chronic stress induced by age affect microglia in a sex-specific manner - Virginia Mela*, PhD, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
• Facilitated Group Discussion
  

4:00 - 6:00 PM

POSTER SESSION 2 / Refreshment break in poster area

6:00 - 7:00 PM

EARLY CAREER MENTORING SOCIAL / Location TBD

7:00 - 10:00 PM

INFORMAL MENTORING WALK & DINNER

Explore the Historic Tivoli Park Forest area, followed by Dinner

8:00 - 9:00 AM

Breakfast at your hotel

9:00 - 10:00 AM

SYMPOSIUM 6: Neuronal mitochondria and disease

Chair: Mary C. McKenna, PhD     Co-Chair: student/postdoc TBD

• Investigating the molecular adaptations of brain energy supply- Vidhya Rangaraju, PhD, Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience, USA
• Metabolic enzyme compartmentalization for efficient energy generation in neurons - Gülçin Pekkurnaz*, PhD, UC San Diego, USA

10:00 - 10:30 AM

Refreshment break in poster area

10:30 - 12:00 PM

SYMPOSIUM 7:  Lipids and transporters in brain function, metabolism and Alzheimer's disease

Chair: Nina Vardjan, PhD     Co-Chair: student/postdoc TBD

• Neuron-astrocyte metabolic coupling and fatty acid toxicity - Maria Ioannou*, PhD, University of Alberta, Canada
• GLUT1 in astrocytes and systemic glucose metabolism and cognition - Maite Solas*, PhD, University of Navarra, Spain
• Lysosomal control of senescence and inflammation through cholesterol partitioning - Chanhee Kang, PhD. Seoul National University, S. Korea

12:00 - 1:30 PM

Lunch Break

1:30 - 2:30 PM

SYMPOSIUM 8: Metabolic regulation of cognition

Chair: Carlos Diaz-Garcia, PhD     Co-Chair: student/postdoc TBD

• Mitochondrial contributions to cognitive heterogeneity in aging- Sreemathi Logan*, PhD, University of Oklahoma HSC, USA
• Implication of reactive oxygen species in long-term memory formation: a connection to Alzheimer's disease? - Thomas Preat, PhD, ESPCI, France

2:30 - 3:00 PM

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: Hot topics and gaps in knowledge

Chair: Mary C. McKenna, PhD    Co-Chair: Carlos Diaz-Garcia, PhD

7:00 - 9:30 PM

GALA DINNER

8:00 - 9:00 AM

Breakfast at your hotel

9:00 AM - 2:00 PM

OPTIONAL EXCURSIONS:

Karst Cave Tour  / Ljubljana Castle / Lipica Stud Farm (all tours meet for lunch)

2:00 - 3:30 PM

ONE-ON-ONE NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY

This optional informal networking event will offer young scientists the opportunity to engage in discussions and consultations with senior scientists and other meeting participants. It's a chance to discuss their research, explore potential collaborations, or seek advice from more experienced scientists.