NPAS Mini-Symposium on Aging and Adult Neurogenesis
Venue: B1 Auditorium , IMB
Date: March 9~11th, 2026 (Monday~Wednesday)
NPAS Mini-Symposium on Aging and Adult Neurogenesis
Venue: B1 Auditorium , IMB
Date: March 9~11th, 2026 (Monday~Wednesday)
March 9, 2026 (Monday)
Chair: Hwai-Jong Cheng (IMB, AS)
16:00-16:30 Registration
16:30-16:40 Opening Remarks
16:40-17:30 Keynote: Rene Hen (Columbia University, USA)
Harnessing hippocampal plasticity to improve cognition and mood
March 10, 2026 (Tuesday)
Chair: Hwai-Jong Cheng (IMB, AS)
09:00-09:40 Orly Lazarov (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA)
Hippocampal neurogenesis in aging and Alzheimer’s disease
09:40-10:10 Hsien-Sung Huang (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
Alternative Splicing: A Key Player in Neurodevelopmental Disorders
10:10-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-11:10 Saul Villeda (UC San Francisco, USA)
Blood based approaches to boost neurogenesis in the aging brain
11:10-11:40 Wei-Li Wu (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan)
The Double-Edged Role of a Commensal Microbe: Mitigating Stress Vulnerability and Implications for Levodopa Efficacy in Parkinson’s Disease
11:40-12:10 Guo-Jen Huang (Chang Gung University, Taiwan)
Effects of sex and social isolation on anxiety, learning, and adult neurogenesis in adult mice
12:10-13:30 Lunch
Chair: Victor Luna (Temple U.)
13:30-14:10 Masanori Sakaguchi (Kobe University, Japan)
Transient reactivation of small ensembles of adult-born neurons during REM sleep supports memory consolidation
14:10-14:40 Jin-Wu Tsai (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)
Transcriptional Control of Cortical Development: Insights from FOXG1 and FOXJ3
14:40-15:20 Sebastian Jessberger (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
Stem cell-associated plasticity in the hippocampus across lifespan
15:20-15:40 Coffee Break
15:40-16:20 Amar Sahay (Harvard Medical School, USA)
Re-engineering inhibition to enhance cognition
16:20-16:50 Wei-Li Chang (Columbia University, USA)
TBA
16:50-17:20 Shen-Ju Chou (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
From maintaining chromosome integrity to neuronal survival: the function of Wuho/Wdr4 in regulating cortical size
March11, 2026 (Wednesday)
Chair: Shen-Ju Chou (ICOB, AS)
09:00-09:40 Nora Abrous (Neurocenter Magendie Bordeaux Neurocampus, France)
Long-lived adult-born neurons and resilience in cognitive aging
09:40-10:10 Hung-Chih Kuo (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
Harnessing pluripotency for better understanding of human brain development
10:10-10:30 Coffee Break
10:30-11:10 Victor Luna (Temple University, USA)
How age, sex, and Alzheimer's genetic risk impact hippocampal function
11:10-11:50 Hwai-Jong Cheng (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
Integration of progenitor cells from the adult brain into mature neural circuits
11:50-12:00 Closing Remarks