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9:01 AM - 5:00 PM

Epstein-Barr virus infection dysregulates the MS risk miRNA expressions in B cells

Ali Afrasiabi_2022

Epstein-Barr virus infection dysregulates the MS risk miRNA expressions in B... More

Duration: 31.98 hours
9:06 AM - 5:00 PM

PEGylation of Gas6 for therapeutic use in demyelinating disease

Negar Asadian_2022

PEGylation of Gas6 for therapeutic use in demyelinating disease.   BACKGROUND Gas6 is a... More

Duration: 31.9 hours
9:09 AM - 5:00 PM

Tyro3 in myelin repair and axonal conductivity

Michele Binder_2022

  Tyro3 in myelin repair and axonal conductivity   BACKGROUND Secondary progressive... More

Duration: 31.85 hours
9:10 AM - 5:00 PM

Into the unknown – studying MS families to find the unknown genetic component of MS

Nicholas Blackburn_2022

Duration: 31.83 hours
9:10 AM - 5:00 PM

Heterozygote point mutation in transcription factor IRF4 protects from developing ascending paralysis in a MS mouse mode

Rebecca Buckland_2022

  A heterozygote point mutation in the transcription factor IRF4 protects from developing... More

Duration: 31.83 hours
9:11 AM - 5:00 PM

Whole-blood methylation as a prognostic biomarker for multiple sclerosis

Maria Pia Campagna (Poster)_2022

Whole-blood methylation as a prognostic biomarker for multiple sclerosis.BACKGROUND The lack of... More

Duration: 31.82 hours
9:12 AM - 5:00 PM

Assessing health-related quality-of-life in Australian MS Longitudinal Study participants using 6 multi-attribute ....

Julie Campbell (Poster_1)_2022

  Assessing health-related quality-of-life in Australian Multiple Sclerosis Longitudinal... More

Duration: 31.8 hours
9:13 AM - 5:00 PM

Investigating health-related quality of life impacts for participants of the Australian MS Longitudinal Study using ....

Julie Campbell (Poster_2)_2022

  Investigating health-related quality of life impacts for participants of the Australian... More

Duration: 31.78 hours
9:14 AM - 5:00 PM

Diagnostic power of rapid and objective visual testing of multiple sclerosis patients

Corinne Carle_2022

Diagnostic power of rapid and objective visual testing of multiple sclerosis... More

Duration: 31.77 hours
9:15 AM - 5:00 PM

Going beyond tokenistic: the experience of being a consumer involved in research about multiple sclerosis

Katrina Chisholm (Poster)_2022

  Going beyond tokenistic: the experience of being a consumer involved in research about... More

Duration: 31.75 hours
9:16 AM - 5:00 PM

Knowledge translation in the international MS community: evaluation of the Understanding MS free online course

Suzi Claflin_2022

  Knowledge translation in the international MS community: an evaluation of the... More

Duration: 31.73 hours
9:18 AM - 5:00 PM

Sensory enrichment during early development transiently enhances oligodendrocyte survival

Georgina Craig_2022

  Sensory enrichment during early development transiently enhances oligodendrocyte... More

Duration: 31.7 hours
9:19 AM - 5:00 PM

Delineating the role of monocarboxylate transporter 8 (MCT8) in the context of neuroinflammation-mediated ....

Mary Dass_2022

  Delineating the role of monocarboxylate transporter 8 (MCT8) in the context of... More

Duration: 31.68 hours
9:20 AM - 5:00 PM

Illness Perceptions and Coping in the Relationship between Personality, Depression, Anxiety and Illness Acceptance in MS

Rebekah Davenport_2022

  Illness Perceptions and Coping in the Relationship between Personality, Depression,... More

Duration: 31.67 hours
9:22 AM - 5:00 PM

Variability of the response to immunotherapy among sub-groups of patients with multiple sclerosis

Tomas Kalincik (Poster_1)_2022

  Variability of the response to immunotherapy among sub-groups of patients with multiple... More

Duration: 31.63 hours
9:22 AM - 5:00 PM

Comparison of multiple disease modifying therapies in multiple sclerosis with marginal structural models

Tomas Kalincik (Poster_2)_2022

  Comparison of multiple disease modifying therapies in multiple sclerosis with marginal... More

Duration: 31.63 hours
9:22 AM - 5:00 PM

A systematic review of self-concept change in Multiple Sclerosis

Holly Emery_2022

  A systematic review of self-concept change in Multiple... More

Duration: 31.63 hours
9:23 AM - 9:56 AM

Adoption of multiple lifestyle behaviours is associated with improved quality of life in people with multiple sclerosis

Alex Fidao_2022

  Adoption of multiple lifestyle behaviours is associated with improved quality of life in... More

Duration: 24.55 hours
9:24 AM - 5:00 PM

Repeated short-term demyelination events impair oligodendrocyte survival and result in remyelination failure in the ....

Jessica Fletcher_2022

  Repeated short-term demyelination events impair oligodendrocyte survival and result in... More

Duration: 31.6 hours
9:26 AM - 5:00 PM

A rare case of concurrent anti-NMDA-receptor encephalitis and first presentation Multiple Sclerosis in the setting ....

Hannah Ford_2022

  A rare case of concurrent anti-NMDA-receptor encephalitis and first presentation... More

Duration: 31.57 hours
9:27 AM - 5:00 PM

Gene expression differences identified in iPSC-derived astrocytes from people with MS

Alastair Fortune_2022

  Gene expression differences identified in iPSC-derived astrocytes from people with... More

Duration: 31.55 hours
9:30 AM - 5:00 PM

Can oligodendrocyte-derived methylation signatures in cell-free DNA help inform treatment decisions and prevent ....

Kira Groen_2022

  Can oligodendrocyte-derived methylation signatures in cell-free DNA help inform... More

Duration: 31.5 hours
9:31 AM - 5:00 PM

An interactive step training system to reduce falls in people with multiple sclerosis: a multi-centre randomised ....

Phu Hoang_2022

  An interactive step training system to reduce falls in people with multiple sclerosis: a... More

Duration: 31.48 hours
9:32 AM - 5:00 PM

United they stand, divided they fall: Machine Learning accurately predicts multiple sclerosis severity where GWAS fails

Vilija Jokubaitis_2022

  United they stand, divided they fall: Machine Learning accurately predicts multiple... More

Duration: 31.47 hours
9:33 AM - 5:00 PM

Using Amide Proton Transfer to investigate and characterize lesions and normal-appearing white matter in MS

Ibrahim Khormi_2022

  Using Amide Proton Transfer to investigate and characterize lesions and normal-appearing... More

Duration: 31.45 hours
9:33 AM - 5:00 PM

Combined Poster, 2 Abstracts

Litza Kiropoulos (Poster)_2022

Biomarkers of depression in individuals with multiple sclerosis and depression: a systematic... More

Duration: 31.45 hours
9:34 AM - 5:00 PM

Choroid plexus volume predicts expansion of chronic lesions and brain atrophy

Sammuel Klistorner_2022

Choroid plexus volume predicts expansion of chronic lesions and brain... More

Duration: 31.43 hours
9:35 AM - 5:00 PM

Acceptability study of ELEVIDA, an online intervention for fatigue in multiple sclerosis

Jo Lane_2022

  Acceptability study of ELEVIDA, an online intervention for fatigue in multiple... More

Duration: 31.42 hours
9:36 AM - 5:00 PM

Poor sleep: a new symptom of multiple sclerosis?

Laura Laslett_2022

  Poor sleep: a new symptom of multiple sclerosis?   BACKGROUND Difficulties with... More

Duration: 31.4 hours
9:40 AM - 5:00 PM

Toxin-induced demyelination alters PV immunoreactivity and increases the proportion of mature dendritic spines in ...

Thomas Lewis_2022

  Toxin-induced demyelination alters PV immunoreactivity and increases the proportion of... More

Duration: 31.33 hours
9:40 AM - 5:00 PM

Dendritic cell therapy for multiple sclerosis based on promoting Mertk signalling

Vivien Li_2022

  Dendritic cell therapy for multiple sclerosis based on promoting Mertk... More

Duration: 31.33 hours
9:41 AM - 5:00 PM

Smoking, infectious mononucleosis, early-life exposures and risk of progressive-onset Multiple Sclerosis: a case ....

Ying Li_2022

  Smoking, infectious mononucleosis, early-life exposures and risk of progressive-onset... More

Duration: 31.32 hours
9:42 AM - 5:00 PM

An attenuated murine EAE variant for evaluating Multiple Sclerosis therapies

Vernise Lim_2022

  An attenuated murine EAE variant for evaluating Multiple Sclerosis... More

Duration: 31.3 hours
9:43 AM - 5:00 PM

Novel plasma & brain proteins implicated in multiple sclerosis susceptibility as potential targets for drug repurposing

Xin Lin (Poster)_2022

Novel Plasma and Brain Proteins implicated in Multiple Sclerosis Susceptibility as Potential... More

Duration: 31.28 hours
9:44 AM - 5:00 PM

Non-pharmacological methods for reducing fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis (FAMUS)

Nicole Lingard_2022

  Non-pharmacological methods for reducing fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis... More

Duration: 31.27 hours
9:45 AM - 5:00 PM

Laquinimod as a novel regulator of Kynurenine Pathway in Neural Stem Cells and Monocytes

Michael Lovelace (Poster_1)_2022

  Laquinimod as a novel regulator of Kynurenine Pathway in Neural Stem Cells and... More

Duration: 31.25 hours
9:45 AM - 5:00 PM

The modulation of the kynurenine pathway of tryptophan metabolism by Monomethyl fumarate in mouse subventricular ....

Michael Lovelace (Poster_2)_2022

The modulation of the kynurenine pathway of tryptophan metabolism by Monomethyl fumarate in... More

Duration: 31.25 hours
9:46 AM - 5:00 PM

A 10-year longitudinal study of rapid and objective visual function testing of multiple sclerosis patients

Ted Maddess_2022

A 10-year longitudinal study of rapid and objective visual function testing of multiple... More

Duration: 31.23 hours
9:47 AM - 5:00 PM

Disease reactivation after cessation of disease-modifying therapy in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis

Charles Malpas_2022

  Disease reactivation after cessation of disease-modifying therapy in relapsing-remitting... More

Duration: 31.22 hours
9:48 AM - 5:00 PM

Cladribine: a multicentre, LOng-term efficacy and Biomarker Australian Study (CLOBAS)

Vicki Maltby_2022

  Cladribine: a multicentre, LOng-term efficacy and Biomarker Australian Study... More

Duration: 31.2 hours
9:49 AM - 5:00 PM

Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation for Multiple Sclerosis results in deletion of auto-reactive public CD4+ ....

Jennifer Massey_2022

  Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation for Multiple Sclerosis results in deletion of... More

Duration: 31.18 hours
9:51 AM - 5:00 PM

Using signatures of natural selection to focus the search for causal genetic variants in multiple sclerosis

Bennet McComish_2022

  Using signatures of natural selection to focus the search for causal genetic variants in... More

Duration: 31.15 hours
9:52 AM - 5:00 PM

Establishing MS Stem - a repository of well characterised induced pluripotent stem cell lines from people with MS

Ashish Mehta_2022

  Establishing MS Stem - a repository of well characterised induced pluripotent stem cell... More

Duration: 31.13 hours
9:53 AM - 5:00 PM

Description of Multiple Sclerosis cohorts from the Middle East between 2009 and 2019

Tomas Kalincik (Poster_3)_2022

  Description of Multiple Sclerosis cohorts from the Middle East between 2009 and... More

Duration: 31.12 hours
9:54 AM - 5:00 PM

Effect of multiple sclerosis disease modifying therapies, natalizumab, ocrelizumab, fingolimod and cladribine, on ....

Chloe Mutimer_2022

  Effect of multiple sclerosis disease modifying therapies, natalizumab, ocrelizumab,... More

Duration: 31.1 hours
9:56 AM - 5:00 PM

Low intensity repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation does not alter OL survival or demyelination during ....

Tram Nguyen_2022

  Low intensity repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation does not alter OL survival or... More

Duration: 31.07 hours
9:57 AM - 5:00 PM

Age-related decline in oligodendrogenesis is mediated by neuronal TrkB

Simon Murray_2022

  Age-related decline in oligodendrogenesis is mediated by neuronal... More

Duration: 31.05 hours
9:59 AM - 5:00 PM

Multiple sclerosis patients positive for HLA-DR15 have fewer CD14+ MERTK+ monocytes at remission, which is further ...

Eze Nwoke_2022

Multiple sclerosis patients positive for HLA-DR15 have fewer CD14+ MERTK+ monocytes at... More

Duration: 31.02 hours
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Intertwined like a double helix: a meta-synthesis of qualitative literature examining the experiences of living ....

Anne Parkinson_2022

  Intertwined like a double helix: a meta-synthesis of qualitative literature examining... More

Duration: 31 hours
10:01 AM - 5:00 PM

Defining how vitamin D promotes tolerogenic dendritic cells to enable its use in combined therapy

Grant Parnell_2022

  Defining how vitamin D promotes tolerogenic dendritic cells to enable its use in... More

Duration: 30.98 hours
10:02 AM - 5:00 PM

Towards evidence-based nutrition: Developing and interpreting targeted nutrition message among Australians with MS

Yasmine Probst (Poster)_2022

  Towards evidence-based nutrition: Developing and interpreting targeted nutrition message... More

Duration: 30.97 hours
10:03 AM - 5:00 PM

The relationship between the tryptophan-kynurenine pathway and cognitive fatigue and impairment in multiple ....

Terry Purton_2022

  The relationship between the tryptophan-kynurenine pathway and cognitive fatigue and... More

Duration: 30.95 hours
10:04 AM - 5:00 PM

GluK4-containing kainite receptors impair action potential propagation, synaptic communication & motor function in mice

Raphael Ricci_2022

  GluK4-containing kainite receptors impair action potential propagation, synaptic... More

Duration: 30.93 hours
10:06 AM - 5:00 PM

High and low efficacy therapy in secondary progressive multiple sclerosis

Izanne Roos (Poster_1)_2022

  High and low efficacy therapy in secondary progressive multiple... More

Duration: 30.9 hours
10:07 AM - 5:00 PM

Disease reactivation after cessation of disease-modifying therapy in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis

Izanne Roos (Poster_2)_2022

  Disease reactivation after cessation of disease-modifying therapy in relapsing-remitting... More

Duration: 30.88 hours
10:09 AM - 5:00 PM

A collaborative approach to designing an online nutrition education program for people with multiple sclerosis

Rebecca Russell_2022

A collaborative approach to designing an online nutrition education program for people with... More

Duration: 30.85 hours
10:09 AM - 5:00 PM

Pro-inflammatory diet is associated with worse long-term depression and anxiety levels but not fatigue in MS

Alice Saul_2022

  Pro-inflammatory diet is associated with worse long-term depression and anxiety levels... More

Duration: 30.85 hours
10:10 AM - 5:00 PM

Predicting Infection Risk in Multiple Sclerosis Patients Treated with Ocrelizumab: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Nabil Seery_2022

  Predicting Infection Risk in Multiple Sclerosis Patients Treated with Ocrelizumab: A... More

Duration: 30.83 hours
10:11 AM - 5:00 PM

Robust label-free imaging to assess demyelination

Monokesh Kumer Sen (Poster_1)_2022

  Robust label-free imaging to assess demyelination.   BACKGROUND Demyelination is... More

Duration: 30.82 hours
10:11 AM - 5:00 PM

Histological and proteomic investigations of the visual pathway using the cuprizone demyelination model

Monokesh Kumer Sen (Poster_2)_2022

  Histological and proteomic investigations of the visual pathway using the cuprizone... More

Duration: 30.82 hours
10:12 AM - 5:00 PM

Impact of high fibre diet and its combination with intermittent fasting in CNS autoimmunity

Monokesh Kumer Sen (Poster_3)_2022

Impact of high fibre diet and its combination with intermittent fasting in CNS... More

Duration: 30.8 hours
10:13 AM - 5:00 PM

Natalizumab versus fingolimod in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: a subgroup analysis from ....

Sifat Sharmin (Poster_1)_2022

  Natalizumab versus fingolimod in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: a... More

Duration: 30.78 hours
10:14 AM - 5:00 PM

Confirmed disability progression as a marker of permanent disability in multiple sclerosis

Sifat Sharmin (Poster_2)_2022

  Confirmed disability progression as a marker of permanent disability in multiple... More

Duration: 30.77 hours
10:15 AM - 5:00 PM

Prospective associations of better diet quality with improved quality of life over 7.5 years in people with MS

Steve Simpson-Yap (Poster_1)_2022

  Prospective associations of better diet quality with improved quality of life over 7.5... More

Duration: 30.75 hours
10:16 AM - 5:00 PM

Higher quality diet and non-consumption of meat are associated with less disability progression in people with MS

Steve Simpson-Yap (Poster_2)_2022

  Higher quality diet and non-consumption of meat are associated with less disability... More

Duration: 30.73 hours
10:17 AM - 10:18 AM

Prospective associations of better diet quality with health state utilities over 5 years in people with multiple scleros

Steve Simpson-Yap (Poster_3)_2022

Prospective associations of better diet quality with health state utilities over 5 years in... More

Duration: 24.02 hours
10:18 AM - 5:00 PM

The UPR preserves mature oligodendrocyte viability and function in adults by regulating autophagy of PLP

Sarrabeth Stone_2022

  The UPR preserves mature oligodendrocyte viability and function in adults by regulating... More

Duration: 30.7 hours
10:19 AM - 5:00 PM

Gray matter atrophy and axonal damage is more pronounced in males compared to females in mice with experimental ...

Sarah Thomas Broome (Poster_1)_2022

Gray matter atrophy and axonal damage is more pronounced in males compared to females in mice... More

Duration: 30.68 hours
10:20 AM - 5:00 PM

The kynurenine pathway affects social cognition in people with multiple sclerosis and healthy individuals ....

Jason Turner (Poster_1)_2022

  The kynurenine pathway affects social cognition in people with multiple sclerosis and... More

Duration: 30.67 hours
10:21 AM - 5:00 PM

MS Specialist Nurse Care: Patterns of access and impact on health outcomes

Ingrid van der Mei_2022

  MS Specialist Nurse Care: Patterns of access and impact on health... More

Duration: 30.65 hours
10:22 AM - 5:00 PM

A systematic review of the effects of lifestyle self-management regimes that improve the life quality of people ...

Olivia Wills_2022

A systematic review of the effects of lifestyle self-management regimes that improve the life... More

Duration: 30.63 hours
10:23 AM - 5:00 PM

Investigating the shared genetic architecture between multiple sclerosis and inflammatory bowel diseases

Yuanhao Yang_2022

  Investigating the shared genetic architecture between multiple sclerosis and... More

Duration: 30.62 hours
10:24 AM - 5:00 PM

Immune cell transcriptomics reveals different pathways regulated by vitamin D in multiple sclerosis

Wei Yeh (Poster)_2022

  Immune cell transcriptomics reveals different pathways regulated by vitamin D in... More

Duration: 30.6 hours
10:24 AM - 5:00 PM

Neuronal TrkB mediates differentiation and survival of oligodendroglial lineage cells in a spatiotemporal manner ....

SangWon Yoo_2022

  Neuronal TrkB mediates differentiation and survival of oligodendroglial lineage cells in... More

Duration: 30.6 hours
10:25 AM - 5:00 PM

Continued adherence to specific diets is associated with lower depression and fatigue in people with multiple sclerosis

Maggie Yu (Poster 1)_2022

  Continued adherence to specific diets is associated with lower depression and fatigue in... More

Duration: 30.58 hours
10:26 AM - 9:56 AM

The design, development and feasibility on an online lifestyle program for people with MS

Maggie Yu (Poster 2)_2022

  The design, development and feasibility on an online lifestyle program for people with... More

Duration: 23.5 hours
10:27 AM - 5:00 PM

Time to relapse after switching to cladribine is predicted by relapse during the washout period

Michael Zhong (Poster_1)_2022

  Time to relapse after switching to cladribine is predicted by relapse during the washout... More

Duration: 30.55 hours
10:41 AM - 5:00 PM

Disability and pregnancy in multiple sclerosis - relationships with leukocyte telomere length

Michael Zhong (Poster_2)_2022

Disability and pregnancy in multiple sclerosis: relationships with leukocyte telomere... More

Duration: 30.32 hours
12:59 PM - 5:00 PM

Effect of priming on the cargo and function of human amniotic epithelial cell (hAEC)-derived Extracellular Vesicles EVs

Mehri Barabadi_2022

  Effect of priming on the cargo and function of human amniotic epithelial cell... More

Duration: 28.02 hours
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Assessment of the breath of spike antibody mediated protection after CVID-19 vaccinations in patients with MS

Aleha Pillay_2022

Assessment of the breath of spike antibody mediated protection after CVID-19 vaccinations in... More

Duration: 28 hours
1:01 PM - 5:00 PM

Transcriptomic analyses of normal-appearing CNS white matter from multiple sclerosis donors reveal subtype-specific ...

Sarah Thomas Broome (Poster_2)_2022

Transcriptomic analyses of normal-appearing CNS white matter from multiple sclerosis donors... More

Duration: 27.98 hours
1:02 PM - 5:00 PM

Spike Ab seroconversion following SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in Australian people with Multiple Sclerosis

Avani Yeola_2022

Spike Ab seroconversion following SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in Australian people with Multiple... More

Duration: 27.97 hours
1:03 PM - 5:00 PM

Pro-inflammatory effects of the L-proline analogue L-azetidine-2-carboxlyic acid in microglial BV2 cells ...

Jordan Piper_2022

Pro-inflammatory effects of the L-proline analogue L-azetidine-2-carboxlyic acid in microglial... More

Duration: 27.95 hours
1:11 PM - 5:00 AM

Time & motion market research survey of three treatments for relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) in Australia

Patrick Aouad_2022

Time & motion market research survey of three treatments for relapsing remitting multiple... More

Duration: 15.82 hours
1:12 PM - 5:00 PM

Clinical and radiological features of atypical initial presentations of multiple sclerosis - a case control analysis

Simon Arnett (Poster_1)_2022

Clinical and radiological features of atypical initial presentations of multiple sclerosis... More

Duration: 27.8 hours
1:14 PM - 5:00 PM

Low vitamin D levels do not predict risk of autoimmune disease following alemtuzumab treatment for multiple sclerosis

Simon Arnett (Poster_2)_2022

Low vitamin D levels do not predict risk of autoimmune disease following alemtuzumab treatment... More

Duration: 27.77 hours
1:15 PM - 5:00 PM

Enhancing cardiorespiratory exercise response in people with advanced multiple sclerosis with hybrid functional ....

Suzie Mate_2022

  Enhancing cardiorespiratory exercise response in people with advanced multiple sclerosis... More

Duration: 27.75 hours
1:20 PM - 5:00 AM

Correlation of diffusion tensor imaging with clinical parameters of early RRMS compared to healthy controls

Abdulaziz Alshehri_2022

Correlation of Diffusion Tensor Imaging with Clinical Parameters of Early RRMS Compared to... More

Duration: 15.67 hours

Venue Map & Contact Event Organiser

Venue

Hotel Grand Chancellor Hobart
1 Davey Street
Hobart
Tasmania Australia 7000


Event Organiser

Conference Secretariat, MS Australia
08 7071 1010


Email Organiser