Workshop 2012
ANIMAL MODELS and HUMAN BRAIN RESEARCH
January 18-20, 2012
Department of Biology, University of Fribourg
0.110 Auditorium Plant Biology
Rte A. Gockel 3
Organizers:
Urs ALBRECHT, Jean-Marie ANNONI, Roberto CALDARA, Boris EGGER, Dominique GLAUSER, Robert KRETZ, Gregor RAINER, Eric M. ROUILLER, Eric SCHMIDLIN, Beat SCHWALLER, Simon SPRECHER
Speakers:
Dominique GLAUSER, University of Fribourg
Cédric MAURANGE, BDML Marseille
Stephan NEUHAUSS, University of Zürich
Rainer FRIEDRICH, FMI Basel
Jean-Marc MATTER, University of Geneva
Anita LÜTHI, University of Lausanne
Irene KNÜSEL, University of Zürich
Patrick FRAERING, EPFL Lausanne
Alan CARLETON, University of Geneva
Markus WÖHR, University of Marburg
Frédéric CHAVANE, CNRS Marseille
Melanie WILKE, DPZ Göttingen
Thomas BROCHIER, CNRS Marseille
Micah MURRAY, University of Lausanne
Guillaume ROUSSELET, University of Glasgow
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 31, 2011 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 : December 31, 2011
Register per email to: robert.kretz@unifr.ch
Program
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
| Morning session: Worms, Flies and Fishes as Model Systems Chair: Simon Sprecher & Boris Egger | |
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| 09:00 | Welcome (Dr. Robert Kretz) |
| 09:05-09:15 | "Introduction: Simple Animal Models" (Dr. Simon Sprecher, Fribourg) |
| 09:15-10:15 | "Worms don’t like it Hot: Genetic Dissection of an Escape Behavior" (Dr. Dominique Glauser, Fribourg) |
| 10:15-10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30-11:30 | "Regulation of Cell Numbers in the Drosophila Brain" (Dr. Cédric Maurange, BDML Marseille) |
| 11:30-12:30 | "Swimming into the Mainstream: Studying Vertebrate Vision in the Zebrafish" (Dr. Stephan Neuhauss, University of Zürich) |
| 12:30-13:30 | LUNCH AND PUTTING UP THE POSTERS |
| 13:30-14:15 | POSTER SESSION I |
| Afternoon session: Fishes and Chicken as Model Systems Chair: Dominique Glauser & Boris Egger | |
| 14:15-15:15 | "Neuronal Circuits and Computations in the Olfactory System" (Dr. Rainer Friedrich, FMI Basel) |
| 15:15-15:35 | Coffee Break |
| 15:35-16:35 | "Interkinetic Nuclear Migration and Neurogenesis in the Chick Retina" (Dr. Jean-Marc Matter, University of Geneva) |
Thursday, January 19, 2012
| Morning session: Genetically Modified Mice as Animal Models I Chair: Beat Schwaller & Urs Albrecht | |
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| 09:10-10:10 | "Molecular and Cellular Biology of Alzheimer’s Disease" (Dr. Patrick Fraering, EPFL Lausanne) |
| 10:10-10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30-11:30 | "Ion Channels in Sleep" (Dr. Anita Lüthi, University of Lausanne) |
| 11:30-12:30 | "Modelling Sporadic Alzheimer’s Disease in Mice" (Dr. Irene Knüsel, University of Zürich) |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch break |
| 13:30-14:15 | POSTER SESSION II |
| Afternoon session: Genetically Modified Mice as Animal Models II Chair: Urs Albrecht & Beat Schwaller | |
| 14:15-15:15 | "Mouse Models to investigate Olfaction" (Dr. Alan Carleton, University of Geneva) |
| 15:15-15:35 | Coffee break |
| 15:35-16:35 | "Rodent Ultrasonic Communication: Genes, Brain and Behavior" (Dr. Markus WÖHR, University of Marburg) |
Friday, January 20, 2012
| Morning session: Transforming Sensation to Action in the Cortex Chair: Gregor Rainer & Eric Schmidlin | |
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| 09:10-10:10 | "Thalamo-cortical Interactions underlying Spatial Awareness and Decision Making" (Dr. Melanie Wilke, DPZ Göttingen) |
| 10:10-10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30-11:30 | "How does a Population of Cortical Neurons represent Sensory Information ?" (Dr. Frédéric Chavane, CNRS Marseille) |
| 11:30-12:30 | "Cortical Control of Movement in Primates" (Dr. Thomas Brochier, CNRS Marseille) |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch break |
| Afternoon session: EEG Signal Analysis and Single-trial EEG Analysis Chair: Jean-Marie Annoni & Roberto Caldara | |
| 13:30-14:30 | "Prinicples of Topographic ERP Analyses" (Dr. Micah Murray, University of Lausanne) |
| 14:30-15:30 | "Single-trial Event-related Potential Analysis" (Dr. Marzia De Lucia, University of Lausanne) |
| 15:30-15:50 | Coffee Break |
| 15:50-16:50 | "EEG Analyses: Robust Estimators and Hierarchical Modelling" (Dr. Guillaume Rousselet, University of Glasgow) |
| 16:50 | End of Workshop 2012 |