# 2021 Central Nervous System Injury and Repair Gordon Research Conference and Gordon Research Seminar

> **NIH NIH R13** · GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCES · 2021 · $12,000

## Abstract

The goal of this new Gordon Research Conference (GRC) series, entitled “Central Nervous System Injury and
Repair”, together with its accompanying Gordon Research Seminar (GRS), is to provide a forum for the exchange
of the most exciting and cutting edge scientific data and novel ideas in the rapidly advancing fields of injury,
regeneration, and repair of the central nervous system, with particular emphasis on spinal cord injury. Spinal
cord injury is a major medical challenge since it leaves millions of people worldwide paralyzed and with loss of
sensation, cardiorespiratory, bladder and sexual dysfunction as well as pain for their lifetime. Despite many years
of efforts, an effective treatment or cure is still lacking. This is in part due to the complexity of this disorder where
in addition to the damage of axons, spinal cord injury leads to profound changes of the cellular and molecular
environment, involving neurons, glia, immune cells, etc. An emerging consensus is that combinatorial
approaches targeting multiple cellular and molecular aspects of the injury response will be necessary to treat
spinal cord injury and induce functional recovery. As spinal cord is an essential part of the central nervous system
and spinal cord injury is a challenging disorder, we think a current focus on the spinal cord will help facilitate
communications and advance the cutting-edge science. Because many issues of the central nervous system are
shared between the spinal cord and the brain, the current focus on spinal cord injury will benefit the research of
central nervous system injury and repair in general. The 2021 Central Nervous System Injury and Repair GRC
will feature the most exciting work on the molecular, cellular, and systems-level changes that affect the injured
spinal cord and neural repair. There will be 9 sessions of oral presentations ranging in topics from basic science
to clinical translation. Each presentation will be accompanied by ample time to query results and discuss the
implications for the larger health community, including patients, healthcare professionals, and policy-makers.
This interactive forum can collectively accelerate discovery and translation of treatments that will lead to
functional recovery. We further aim to have attendance, including oral and poster presenters, from basic and
physician scientists and from industry, as well as a breath of diversity across gender, geographical locations and
age groups to enable a broad communication of the scientific content. We will be aggressively sensitive to the
goal of diversifying attendance by disseminating conference information to organizations and institutions with
under-represented individuals. Perhaps one of the most exciting developments will be the introduction of a GRS
that accompanies the GRC, which will be essential for the future success of the field. The GRS is a symposium
held immediately preceding the GRC that provides a platform for young scientists to discuss their r...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10225691
- **Project number:** 1R13NS122148-01
- **Recipient organization:** GORDON RESEARCH CONFERENCES
- **Principal Investigator:** YIMIN ZOU
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $12,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2021-07-01 → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10225691

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10225691, 2021 Central Nervous System Injury and Repair Gordon Research Conference and Gordon Research Seminar (1R13NS122148-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10225691. Licensed CC0.

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