Eighth Annual McKnight Brain Research Foundation Inter-Institutional Meeting
SESSION 1
EPIGENETICS- THE MCKNIGHT INTER-INSTITUTIONAL EPIGENETICS OF AGING INITIATIVE
Chair: J. David Sweatt, Ph.D.
“Overview of the Epigenetics Core, data generated at UF and UA on aged animals, samples prepped, and general experimental design for the entire project”
Tom Foster, Ph.D., Professor
Evelyn F. McKnight Chair for Research on Cognitive Aging and Memory
Evelyn F. and William L. McKnight Brain Institute
University of Florida
“Identification of “Memory Genes”
David Sweat, Ph.D., Professor
Department of Neurobiology
Evelyn F. McKnight Endowed Chair
Director, Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute
University of Alabama
“Numbers and Neurons: Initial Bioinformatic Analysis of the McKnight Collaborative Data”
Matt Huentelmen, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Neurogenomics Division
Co-Director of Center for Rare Childhood Disorders
University of Arizona
“What the Core can do for you, translational potential”
Juan Young, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
The John T. MacDonald Department of Human Genetics
University of Miami
SESSION 2
MRI IMAGING- INTER–INSTITUTIONAL NEUROIMAGING CORE AND BRAIN AGING REGISTRY UPDATE
Chair: Clinton B. Wright, M.D., M.S.
“Brain networks defined by functional connectivity: relating cortical thickness to executive function performance in older adults.”
Kristina Visscher, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Department of Neurobiology
Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute
University of Alabama at Birmingham
“Cerebral metabolic factors associated with cognitive aging”
Adam Woods, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Department of Aging and Geriatric Research
University of Florida
“Imaging methods to understand the impact of cerebrovascular damage in age related cognitive decline”
Clinton Wright, M.D., M.S., Associate Professor
Evelyn F. McKnight Chair for Learning and Memory in Aging
Scientific Director, Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute
Department of Neurology
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
SESSION 3
TRANSLATIONAL THERAPIES; BENCH TO BRAIN
Chair: Ronald A. Cohen, Ph.D.
“Cardiovascular influences on cognition in the aging brain: An Introduction”
Ralph L. Sacco, M.D., M.S., F.A.A.N., F.A.H.A., Professor
Executive Director, Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute
Olemberg Chair of Neurology
Chairman, Department of Neurology
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
BLITZ SESSIONS: Moderator: Carol A. Barnes, Ph.D
“Linking executive function and transcription in the medial prefrontal cortex”
Lara Ianov, B.S.
Department of Neuroscience
Evelyn F. and William L. McKnight Brain Institute
University of Florida
“Opening the therapeutic window for estrogen treatment through hippocampal ER-alpha overexpression”
Linda Bean, B.S.
Doctoral Candidate/Graduate Assistant
Department of Neuroscience
Evelyn F. and William L. McKnight Brain Institute
University of Florida, College of Medicine
“The Influence of Aging on the Variability of Neuronal Activity”
Stephen L. Cowen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute
University of Arizona
“Measuring brain plasticity using non-invasive brain stimulation–a potential tool for the study of aging.”
Joyce Gomes-Osman, P.T., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Departments of Physical Therapy and Neurology
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
