Workshop 2008
ANIMAL MODELS IN BRAIN RESEARCH
January 16-18, 2008
Department of Biology, University of Fribourg
0.110 Auditorium Plant Biology
Rte A. Gockel 3
Organizers:
Urs ALBRECHT, Jean-Luc DREYER, Robert KRETZ, Pierre LAVENEX, Reinhard STOCKER, Beat SCHWALLER
Speakers:
Stefan EIMER, European Neuroscience Institute, Göttingen
Richard BENTON, University of Lausanne
Charlotte HELFRICH-FOERSTER, University of Regensburg
Andreas THUM, University of Fribourg
Heinrich REICHERT, University of Basel
Stephan NEUHAUSS, University of Zürich
Doron SHMERLING, Polygene AG, Rümlang ZH
Christian Lüscher, Dept. of Fundamental Neurosciences, University of Geneva
Urs MEYER, ETH Zürich
Patrick GREGORY, University of Fribourg
Pierre LAVENEX, University of Fribourg
Hans SCHERBERGER,University of Zürich & ETH Zürich
Eric ROUILLER, University of Fribourg
Participants of the BENEFRI Ph.D. Program in Neuroscience are requested to present a poster during the poster sessions describing their specific research projects. Please send the title and a short abstract of your poster not later than December 20, 2007 to : robert.kretz@unifr.ch
Transportation charges are reimbursed to all participants of the BENEFRI Ph.D. program in Neuroscience.
Credit: 2 ECTS points
No fees requested
The workshop is also open for non-participants of the BENEFRI Ph.D. program in Neuroscience. Guests are welcome. Please register immediately. The number of participants is limited !
Deadline for registration : January 11, 2008
Register per email to: robert.kretz@unifr.ch
Program
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
| Chair: R. Stocker | Morning session: C. elegans and Drosophila as Model Systems |
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| 09:15 | Welcome (Dr. R. Kretz) |
| 09:20-9:30 | Introduction: Prospects and Limits of Simple Model Systems in Neurobiology (Dr. R. Stocker) |
| 9:30-10:30 | "Studying Receptor Function and Trafficking in C. elegans" (Dr. S. Eimer, Göttingen) |
| 10:30-10:45 | Coffee break |
| 10:45-11:45 | "Drosophila Olfaction: From Genes to Perception" (Dr. R. Benton, Lausanne) |
| 11:45-12:45 | "Circadian Clocks in Drosophila" (Dr. Ch. Helfrich-Foerster, Regensburg) |
| 12:45-13:45 | LUNCH AND PUTTING UP THE POSTERS |
| 13:45-14:30 | POSTER SESSION I |
| Chair: R. Stocker, R. Kretz | Afternoon session: Drosophila and the Zebrafish as Model Systems |
| 14:30-15:30 | "Brainiac Drosophila? Olfactory Learning and Memory in Larvae and Flies" (Dr. A. Thum, Fribourg) |
| 15:30-16:30 | "Building the Brain in Drosophila" (Dr. H. Reichert, Basel) |
| 16:30-16:45 | Coffee Break |
| 16:45-17:15 | "Fishing for Gene Function: The Zebrafish Model System" (Dr. S. Neuhauss, Zürich) |
| 17:15-18:00 | "Behavioral Genetics of Vertebrate Vision Using the Zebrafish" (Dr. S. Neuhauss, Zürich) |
Thursday, January 17, 2008
| Chair: J.-L. Dreyer, U. Albrecht | Morning session: Transgenic Technologies and Animal Models of Drug Addiction |
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| 09:15-10:15 | "Transgenic Technologies 2008; Part 1" (Dr. D. Shmerling, Rümlang) |
| 10:15-10:45 | Coffee break |
| 10:45-11:45 | "Transgenic Technologies 2008; Part 2" (Dr. D. Shmerling, Rümlang) |
| 11:45-12:45 | "Animal Models of Drug Addiction" (Dr. C. Lüscher, Genève) |
| 12:45-13:45 | Lunch break |
| 13:45-14:30 | POSTER SESSION II |
| Chair: B. Schwaller | Afternoon session: Models of Psychopathology in Animals: Schizophrenia and Autism |
| 14:30-16:00 | "To Model Psychopathology in Animals: Schizophrenia as a Reality Test" (Dr. U. Meyer, Zürich) |
| 16:00-16:30 | Coffee break |
| 16:30-17:30 | "Mathematicians, Mazes and Mice. Animal Models of Autism" (Dr. P. Gregory, Fribourg) |
Friday, January 18, 2008
| Chair: P. Lavenex | Morning session: Cortical Motor Planning and Memory in Non-human Primates |
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| 09:15-10:15 | "Neuroanatomical Investigation of the Neural Network Subserving Declarative Memory in Non-human Primates" (Dr. P. Lavenex, Fribourg) |
| 10:15-10:45 | Coffee break |
| 10:45-12:45 | "Cortical Motor Planning" (Dr. H. Scherberger, Zürich) |
| 12:45-13:45 | Lunch break |
| 13:45-14:30 | POSTER SESSION III |
| Chair: P. Lavenex | Afternoon session: Multisensory and Sensomotor Integration and Social Cognition in Non-human Primates |
| 14:30-15:30 | "Behavioral, Electrophysiological and Anatomical Evidence for Early Multisensory and Sensorimotor Integration in Non-human Primates" (Dr. E. Rouiller, Fribourg) |
| 15:30-15:45 | Coffee Break |
| 15:45-16:45 | "Behavioral Investigation of the Neural Network Subserving Social Cognition in Non-human Primates" (Dr. P. Lavenex, Fribourg) |
| 16:45 | End of Workshop 2008 |