T.I.G.R.
T.I.G.R. meetings
Past meetings
May 21, 2026
Mohanish Deshmukh, PhD (University of North Carolina Neuroscience Center)
"Neuroaxonal survival and degeneration"
April 16, 2026
T.I.G.R. Talk: Call for Proposal: VCU SOM Research Themes
March 19, 2026
Unsong Oh, MD
"Biomarkers of CNS demyelination and axonal loss"
February 19, 2026
Fatma Mufti, PhD (post-doc, Oh Lab)
"An animal model of aquaporin 4 autoimmunity (neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder)"
January 15, 2026
T.I.G.R. Talk
November 20, 2025
Shijun Zhang, PhD (Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, VCU)
"Discovery and therapeutic exploration of a novel mitochondrial complex I partial inhibitor"
October 16, 2025
Andrew Crowther, PhD (Department of Neuroscience and Anatomy, VCU)
"A Chronic Spinal Window: Tracking Pain and Neuroinflammation in Living Tissue"
September 18, 2025
Joseph Baker, MS (PhD candidate, Sato-Bigbee Lab, VCU Biochemistry)
"Potential Use of Nociceptin as a Novel Biomarker and Target for Remyelination in Progressive Multiple Sclerosis"
July 17, 2025
Unsong Oh, MD
"The cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway"
May 15, 2025
Unsong Oh, MD
"Remyelination in MS: update from the clinic part II"
April 17, 2025
Brian Edelson, MD PhD (Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in St. Louis)
"Regulation of T Cell Responses in Autoimmunity"
March 20, 2025
Usha Mahawar, PhD (Postdoctoral Fellow, Wattenberg lab, VCU Biochemistry)
"Understanding the importance of sphingolipid regulation in CNS myelination: mechanisms and implications in MS"
February 21, 2025
Unsong Oh, MD
"Remyelination in MS: update from the clinic"
December 19, 2024
Stephanie Buxhoeveden, PhD, MSN, Chief Scientific Officer, Accelerated Cure Project for MS
"Empowering Discovery: How People-Powered Research Drives Advances in MS"
November 21, 2024
Gregory Wu, MD PhD (Department of Neurology, Washington University in St. Louis)
"Tabula cerebrospinalis": single cell RNA sequencing of the human cerebrospinal fluid
September 19, 2024
Priyam Das, PhD (Department of Biostatics, VCU)
Clustering sequence data (multiple sclerosis EHR) by mixture Markov modeling with covariates using multiple simplex constrained optimization routine (MSiCOR)
May 16, 2024
Jing-Ping Lin, PhD , (Postdoctoral Fellow, Translational Neuroradiology Section, NINDS, NIH)
Lesion Development and Repair in the Marmoset EAE
April 18, 2024
Unsong Oh, MD
Update on biomarkers for multiple sclerosis
March 21, 2024
Stephanie Buxhoeveden, MSCN, MSN, FNP-BC (PhD candidate, Swift-Scanlon Lab)
Exploring Genetic and Epigenetic Drivers of Sex-Based Differences in Relapsing MS
February 15, 2024
Alexandra Simpson, MD (Neuroimmunology Fellow, Johns Hopkins University SOM)
Multiple Sclerosis: Exploring symptoms, interventions, and real-world insights
January 18, 2024
Maria Garcia Bonilla, PhD (Department of Neurosurgery, VCU)
How extracellular vesicles drive post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus in human neonates via immune dysregulation of the choroid plexus-CSF ventricular system
November 16, 2023
Theresa Swift-Scanlon, PhD
Biobehavioral Reserach Lab
October 19, 2023
Catherine Larochelle, MD PhD (Centre hospitalier de Universite de Montreal)
T cell-oligodendrocyte interactions in multiple sclerosis
September 21, 2023
Unsong Oh, MD
A new animal model of AQP4 autoimmunity
June 15, 2023
M. Imad Damaj, PhD and Paul Whiteaker, PhD (Pharmacology and Toxicology, VCU)
The role of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in inflammation
May 18, 2023
Babette Fuss, PhD
Update on research
February 16, 2023
Unsong Oh, MD
Animal models of CNS inflammatory disorders
January 19, 2023
Michael Olex
Update from the meeting of the International Progressive MS Alliance
November 17, 2022
Kaveh Moradi, PhD (post-doctoral fellow, Dupree Lab)
Oligodendrocyte development
October 20, 2022
Edwin van den Oord, PhD (Center for Biomarker Research and Precision Medicine, VCU)
Genomwide DNA methylation as predictive biomarkers of psychiatric illnesses
September 15, 2022
Brian Weinshenker, MD (Department of Neurology, UVA)
Pathophysiology of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder
July 18, 2022
James Nicholas Brenton, MD (Department of Neurology, UVA)
Pediatric CNS inflammatory demyelinating diseases
June 16, 2022
Amy Olex, PhD
Natural language processing
May 19, 2022
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T.I.G.R. chat... upcoming research opportunities and VCU MS Tissue Bank/Data Registry
April 21, 2022
Unsong Oh, MD
Update on Epstein Barr virus in multiple sclerosis
February 17, 2022
Elizabeth Dustin, PhD (Dupree Lab)
Adult-onset depletion of sulfatides drives structural and functional CNS abnormalities
December 16, 2021
Unsong Oh, MD
Review of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis dysfunction in multiple sclerosis
October 21, 2021
Sandeep Singh, PhD (Department of Biochemistry) and Unsong Oh, MD
Chitinase-3-like 1 (CH3L1) in CNS inflammatory disorders
September 16, 2021
Jani Udaiyappan, PhD (post-doctoral fellow, Kirsty Dixon Lab)
Selective inhibition of soluble TNF using XPro1595 reverses DFP-induced hippocampal neuroinflammation and neurological deficits in a rat model of Gulf War Illness
May 20, 2021
Laxmikant Deshpande, PhD (Department of Neurology)
Gulf War Illness: epigenetics and depression
April 15, 2021
Unsong Oh, MD
The multiple sclerosis prodrome and stress as a risk factor for multiple sclerosis.
March 18, 2021
Gretchen Neigh, PhD
Update on research
February 18, 2021
Audrey Lafrenaye, PhD (Anatomy and Neurobiology)
The role of microglia in neurodegeneration of traumatic brain injury
January 21, 2021
Unsong Oh, MD
Trans-synaptic neurodegeneration in CNS inflammatory disorders
October 15, 2020
Stephanie Buxhoeveden, MSCN, MSN, FNP-BC (Swift-Scanlon Lab)
Exploring Genetic and Epigenetic Drivers of Sex-Based Differences in Relapsing MS
September 17, 2020
Yanan Chen, PhD (Brian Popko Lab, University of Chicago)
Virtual journal club with the author: Sephin1, which prolongs the integrated stress response, is a promising therapeutic for multiple sclerosis
July 10, 2020
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