April 9, 2008, Wednesday, 1:10pm – 5:00pm

Session I: Brain and Neuroscience

Moderators:
Jen-Chuen Hsieh, M.D., Ph.D., Professor & Director, Brain Sci. Research Ctr., NYMU Gabriel Silva, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Bioengineering & Ophthalmology, UCSD

1:10-1:30

Welcome and Opening Remarks
Kim Barrett, Ph.D., Dean of Graduate Studies, UCSD; Professor of Medicine
Ming-Ta Hsu, Ph.D., Vice president, NYMU; Professor and Director, Genomic Research Center

1:30-2:00

Application of Information Technology in Clinical Electrophysiology (I.1)
Terry B.J. Kuo, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Director, Institute of Brain Science, NYMU

2:00-2:30

Bioengineered Matrices to Support Axonal Regeneration in the Nervous System (I.2)
Mark H. Tuszynski, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Neuroscience, UCSD

2:30-3:00

Neuroscience and Neuroinformatics in NYMU (I.3)
Jen-Chuen Hsieh, M.D., Ph.D., Professor & Director, Brain Sci. Research Ctr., NYMU

3:00-3:30

Intermission

3:30-4:00

Imaging Structure and Function in Cellular Neural Networks (I.4)
Gabriel Silva, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Bioengineering and Ophthalmology, UCSD

4:00-4:30

Brain Imaging in Bipolar Disorders (I.5)
Tom Su, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, NYMU; Director, Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital

4:30-5:00

Neuroimaging Studies of Aging and Mental Illness: Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder (I.6)
Lisa Eyler, Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, UCSD