Wednesday June 22nd

Wednesday June 22nd           
VENUE: Pieterskerk, Kloksteeg 16, Leiden
 08:00 - end
Registration Desk Available
Session I:
Development, differentiation and ageing of the blood-brain barrier
  Chairs: Richard Daneman (University of California, San Francisco, USA) &
  Arie Reijerkerk (VU University Medical Center, NL)
 08:30 - 09:00
Richard Daneman (University of California, San Francisco, USA)
  Molecular mechanisms of blood-brain barrier regulation during health and disease
 09:00 - 09:20
Arie Reijerkerk (VU University Medical Center, NL)
  MicroRNAs control the blood-brain barrier
 09:20 - 09:40
Annika Armulik (Karolinska Institute, SE)
  The role of pericytes at the neurovascular unit
 09:40 - 10:00
Stefan Liebner (Edinger Institute, DE)
  Endothelial Wnt/β-Catenin signaling reduces vascularization, barrier breakdown and tumor growth in a mouse glioma model
   
 10:00 - 10:45
Break
   
 10:45 - 11:00
Jorge Ivan Alvarez (University of Montreal, CAN)
  The hedgehog pathway sustains blood-brain barrier properties
 11:00 - 11:15   Marijke de Bock (Ghent University, BE)
  Connexin channels provide a target to manipulate brain endothelial calcium dynamics and blood-brain barrier permeability
 11:15 - 11:30  Barbara Deracinois (Université Lille Nord de France, FR)
  Proteomics of the blood-brain barrier endothelial cells: Fractionated solubilisation and LC MS/MS using label free and stable isotope labeling approaches
 11:30 - 11:45   Mark Mizee (VU University Medical Center, NL)
  Retinoic acid induces the blood-brain barrier during human brain development
   
 12:00 - 14:30
Lunch and posters
  Poster session I (presenters at posters at 12:30)
   
Session IIA:
Tight junctions of the blood-brain barrier [sponsored by JUST BRAIN]
  Chairs: Ingolf Blasig (University of Berlin, DE) &
  Britta Engelhardt (University of Bern, CH)
 14:30 - 14:55
Ingolf Blasig (University of Berlin, DE)
  Principles of the molecular organization of cerebral tight junction strands
 14:55 - 15:20
Britta Engelhardt (University of Bern, CH)
  Breaching the blood-brain barrier: the multi-step T cell adhesion cascade updated and extended
 15:20 - 15:35
Anny-Claude Luissint (Institute Cochin, FR)
  Guanine nucleotide-binding protein G alpha i2 (Gαi2): a partner of claudin-5 and a regulator of tight junction integrity in human brain endothelial cells
 15:35 - 15:50    Reiner Haseloff (Leibniz-Institute für Molekulare Pharmakologie, DE)
   Protein-protein interactions of the PDZ domains of Zonula Occludens-1
   15:50 - 16:05   Michal Toborek (University of Kentucky, USA)
GUT-Blood brain barrier axis in the enhancement of brain metastases by PCBs
   
 16:00 - 16:30
Break
   
Session IIB:
Transporters at the blood-brain barrier
  Chairs: David Miller (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, USA) &
  Lester Drewes (University of Minnesota Medical School, USA)
 16:30 - 17:00
David Miller (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, USA)
  Playing with signaling pathways that alter basal P-glycoprotein activity
 17:00 - 17:30
Tetsuya Terasaki (Tohoku University, JP)
  Reconstitution of drug distribution in the monkey brain based on the 
  blood-brain barrier MD1 protein quantification
17:30 - 17:45 Md. Tozammel Hoque (University of Toronto, CAN)
  Regulation of Breast Cancer Resistant Protein (BCRP) by Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Alpha (PPARα) in Human Brain Microvessel Endothelial Cells
17:45 - 18:00 Wangdong Zhang (Institute for Biological Sciences, CAN)
Generation and characterization of AD(Tg-SwDI)/Abcg2-knockout mice
 19:00 Invited Speakers Dinner
   
 19:00 Young Scientists Party (Restaurant Luxor, Stationsweg 19, Leiden)
Tickets can be bought at the registration desk for 35 Euro; this will include dinner and drinks. Please note that we can only accept cash payments.