The event Neuroinflammation Symposium will take place on November 2, 2006 from 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. at Johnson & Johnson PRD, 3210 Merryfield Row, in San Diego, CA. The speakers will include:

*Floyd Bloom, M.D. – Scripps Research Institute and Neurome, Inc., who will be speaking on “New Approaches to Neurodegenerative Disease Models”.

*Lawrence Steinman, M.D. – Stanford University, who will be speaking on “A Long and Winding Road: The Quest for Antigen Specific Therapy of Autoimmune Disease”.

*Linda Watkins , Ph.D. – University of Colorado, who will be speaking on “Listening and Talking to Neurons: Clinical Implications of Immune & Glial Regulation of Pain”.

*Wolfgang J. Streit , Ph.D. – University of Florida, who will be speaking on “Role of Microglia in Neuronal Regeneration and Degeneration”.