INVITED SEMINARS

1. Interactions of the p75 Neurotrophin receptor with Phosphodiesterases. Life Sciences 2007, Glasgow, UK, Scheduled for July 8-12, 2007.

2. Functional Interactions between p75 Neurotrophin receptor with Phosphodiesterases. University of West Virginia, Morgantown, WV. Scheduled for April 4 2007

3. Fibrinogen in multiple sclerosis: Novel signalling pathways, novel therapeutic targets for inflammatory demyelination.Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, November 9, 2006.

4. Targeting cAMP degradation to p75 Neurotrophin receptor via direct recruitment of Phosphodiesterases. Gordon Research Conference: Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, University of New England Biddeford, ME. June 4-9, 2006.

5. Neurogenic fibrosis: Mechanisms, Functions, Disease. NIDCR / National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, May 10, 2006.

6. Fibrin/Mac-1-mediated microglia activation: Novel ligands, novel therapeutic targets for inflammatory demyelination. Brain Research Institute, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, April 26, 2006.

7. Neurogenic Regulation of Plasminogen Activation. Gordon Research Conference: Plasminogen Activation & Extracellular Proteolysis, Ventura, CA, February 19-24, 2006.

8. Fibrin mechanisms and functions in nervous system pathology. Hillcrest Medical Center, UCSD, San Diego, CA, October 14, 2005.

9. Fibrin in Multiple Sclerosis. National Multiple Sclerosis Society, San Diego Chapter, La Jolla, CA, July 28, 2005.

10. Neurogenic fibrosis: Mechanisms, Functions, Disease. Cardiovascular Science Conference Series, La Jolla, CA, April 29, 2005.

11. Fibrin mechanisms and functions in nervous system pathology. National Multiple Sclerosis Society, San Diego Chapter, San Diego, CA, June 23, 2004.

12. Mechanisms of fibrin action in the nervous system. La Jolla Mesa Signaling Group, La Jolla, CA, March 9, 2004.

13. Neurotrophin interactions with the extracellular matrix for the regulation of tissue repair. Salk Institute for Biological Studies, San Diego, CA, December 4, 2003.

14. Neurotrophin interactions with the extracellular matrix for the regulation of tissue repair. Biomedical Sciences Research Center Alexander Fleming, Athens, Greece, September 9, 2003.

15. Fibrin functions and signaling in nervous system regeneration. VI European Meeting on Glial Cell Function in Health and Disease, Berlin, Germany, September 5, 2003.

16. Fibrin functions and signaling in nervous system regeneration. Burnham Institute, La Jolla, CA, August 18, 2003.

17. Fibrin functions and signaling in nervous system regeneration. University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, September 24, 2002.

18. Nervous system pathologies-The fibrin perspective. Gordon Research Conference: Thrombolysis, Fibrinolysis and Extracellular Proteolysis, Ventura, CA, February 17-22, 2002

19. Nervous system pathologies-The fibrin perspective. Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, February 27, 2002.

20. The role of fibrin in nervous system pathogenesis. The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, October 4, 2001.

21. The role of fibrin in nervous system damage and regeneration: Insights for therapeutic intervention. Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland, June 22, 2001.

22. Regulation of neuronal regeneration by extracellular proteolysis: Insights for therapeutic intervention. Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan, June 30, 2000.

23. The PA/plasmin system in neuronal regeneration: Insights for therapeutic intervention. State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, March 15, 2000.

24. The PA/plasmin system in neuronal regeneration: Insights for therapeutic intervention. Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Athens, Greece, September 20, 1999.

25. TNF in CNS inflammation and demyelination studied in transgenic mice. MRC, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Department of Mouse Embryology, London, November 13, 1997.

26. Application of transgenic and knock out systems to neuropathology. Molecular Pathology, Hellenic Society of Anatomic Pathology, Athens, November 1, 1997.

27. TNF-triggered CNS pathology: Differential role for the two TNF receptors. University of Stuttgart, Institute of Cell Biology and Immunology, Stuttgart, July 3, 1997.

28. TNF-triggered CNS pathology in transgenic mice. Institute of Neurology, University of Vienna, Vienna, September 27, 1996.