Meeting Schedule

Friday, May 30, 2008

Time	Event
3:00-4:30 pm	Registration opens and Poster set-up available Ground and 1st Floor KLSIC Building
4:30-6:30 pm	Poster Session & Reception 1st Floor KLSIC Building (Beller Conference Center)
6:30-7:30 pm	Welcome Barbecue Ground Floor and Lawn of KLSIC Building

Time	Event
7:30-8:30 am	Bagels and Coffee
8:30-10:30 am	Slide Presentations
8:30-8:50 am	Sarah Tague "Vitamin D regulates nociceptor sprouting: A mechanism for hypovitaminosis D-induced pain"
8:50-9:10 am	Blanca Marquez de Prado "Mechanical nociception in a potential migraine mouse model"
9:10-9:30 am	Kevin Farmer "Effects of exercise on behavioral sensitivity and neurotrophic factors in female rats with diabetic neuropathy"
9:30-9:50 am	Sinyoung Kang "In vitro acid sensitivity of nociceptors from incised rat hindpaw skin"
9:50-10:10 am	Argenia Doss "The effects of female reproductive hormones on cutaneous nerve fibers in a diabetic rat model"
10:10-10:30 am	Andrew Ralya "Estrogen enhances inflammatory nociception, but is this through a spinal mechanism?"
10:30 am	Coffee Break
11:00 am	Plenary Speaker: Dr. Rob Gereau, Washington University, St. Louis "Ten years in pain (research) - From bench to bedside"
12:00 noon	Slide Presentations
12:00-12:20 pm	Megan Johnson "Quantitative measures of sensory nerve function and cutaneous nerve fiber density in patients with diabetic neuropathy"
12:20-12:40 pm	Neena Sharma "Muscular Pain and Exercise"
12:40-1:00 pm	Jun Xu "In vivo dorsal horn neuron activity in skin versus skin plus deep tissue incision in the rat hindpaw"
1:00 pm	Lunch (provided) and Closing Comments