Workshop 2013
Methods in Experimental and Clinical Neuroscience
January 23-25, 2013
Department of Physiology, University of Bern, Bühlplatz 5, seminar room
Organizers:
Alain Kaelin, Sonja Kleinlogel, Fred Mast, René Müri, Thomas Nevian, Kaspar Schindler and Jürg Streit
Depts. of Neurology, Cognitive Psychology and Physiology, University of Bern
Speakers:
Kristoffer Aberg, University of Geneva
Marcel Arnold, Dept. of Neurology, University of Bern
Laura Ballerini, Life Science, University of Trieste
Antonny Czarnecki, Physiopathologie des Maladies du Système Nerveux Central (PMSNC), CNRS, INSERM, Université P&M Curie, Paris
Christine Capper-Loup, Dept. of Neurology, University of Bern
Bo Gao, Dept. of Neurology, University of Bern
Jürg Gertsch, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Bern
Matthias Hartmann, Dept. of Psychology, University of Bern
Alain Kaelin, Dept. of Neurology, University of Bern
István Katona, Institute of Experimental Medicine of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
Sonja Kleinlogel, Dept. of Physiology, University of Bern
Corinna Martarelli, Dept. of Psychology, University of Bern
Fred Mast, Dept of Cognitive Psychology, University of Bern
Sarah Moyle, Dept. of Physiology, University of Bern
Thomas Nevian, Dept. of Physiology, University of Bern
Christian Rummel, Dept. of Neuroradiology, University of Bern
Smita Saxena, Institute of Cell Biology, University of Bern
Kaspar Schindler, Dept. of Neurology, University of Bern
Michael Schüpbach, Dept. of Neurology, University of Bern
Tamas Szikra, Friedrich Miescher Institute, University of Basel
Keisuke Yonehara, Friedrich Miescher Institute, University of Basel
Hanns Ulrich Zeilhofer, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zürich
Participants of the BENEFRI Ph.D. Program in Neuroscience are requested to present a poster about their research projects. Please send the title and a short abstract of your presentation not later than January 18, 2013 to: streit@pyl.unibe.ch
Credits: 2 ECTS points; 1 day of continuing education for persons involved in animal experiments.
The workshop is also open for non-participants of the BENEFRI Ph.D. program in Neuroscience. Guests are welcome. No fees. Please register immediately. The number of participants is limited !
Deadline for registration : January 18, 2013
Register per email to: streit@pyl.unibe.ch
Program
Wednesday, January 23
| 09:15-09:20 | Introduction (Streit, Physiology Bern) |
| 09:20-12:00 | Epilepsy diagnostics as a window into the human brain (Schindler, Rummel, Neurology Bern) |
| 09:20-10:20 | Epidemiology, neurophysiology, classification and treatment of epilepsy |
| 10:20-10:30 | Discussion |
| 10:30-10:45 | Coffee break |
| 10:45-11:45 | Quantitative analysis of EEG in epilepsy research |
| 11:45-12:00 | Discussion |
| 12:00-13:15 | Lunch break |
| 13:15-14:15 | Student's poster session I >> |
| 14:15-17:00 | Endocannabinoid signalling at synapses (Nevian, Physiology Bern) |
| 14:15-15:00 | STORM super-resolution microscopy enables cell type- and synapse-specific quantitative molecular imaging of the endocannabinoid system. (Katona, Experimental Medicine Budapest) |
| 15:00-15:30 | Endocannabinoid membrane transport - controversies and new insights (Gertsch, Biochemistry Bern) |
| 15:30-15:45 | Coffee break |
| 15:45-16:30 | Endocannabinoid dependent synaptic plasticity in the spinal sorsal horn (Zeilhofer, Pharmacology Zürich) |
| 16:30-17:00 | Retrograde signalling in spike-timing dependent depression (Nevian, Physiology Bern) |
Thursday, January 24
| 09:15-12:00 | Optogenetic methods: Variety of tools and their applications in eye and heart (Kleinlogel, Physiology Bern) |
| 09:15-09:55 | Introduction: variety of tools (Kleinlogel) |
| 09:55-10:35 | Applications in heart (Moyle, Physiology Bern) |
| 10:35-10:50 | Coffee break |
| 10:50-11:30 | The double life of rod photoreceptors: in the dark and in the light (Szikra, FMI Basel) |
| 11:30-12:10 | The function and dysfunction of motion-sensitive retinal circuits (Yonehara, FMI Basel) |
| 12:10-13:15 | Lunch break |
| 13:15-14:15 | Student's poster session II >> |
| 14:15-17:00 | Cognitive improvement and perceptual learning (Mast, Cognitive Psychology Bern) |
| 14:15-14:45 | Introduction: Promoting Cognitive Performance (Mast) |
| 14:45-15:30 | Shared characteristics between perceptual learning and long-term potentiation (LTP): a link between synaptic plasticity and behavior(Aberg, Geneva) |
| 15:30-15:45 | Coffee break |
| 15:45-16:10 | Working memory training: transfer and regime (Hartmann, Psychology Bern) |
| 16:10-16:35 | Eye movements to blank spaces: From imagery to memory processes (Martarelli, Psychology Bern) |
| 16:35-17:00 | Discussion, outlook and visions |
Friday, January 25
| 09:15-12:00 | Clinical Neuroscience (Kaelin, Neurology Bern) |
| 09:15-10:00 | Clinical aspects of acute stroke treatment (Arnold, Neurology, Bern) |
| 10:00-10:30 | Experimental ischemic stroke in rodents: sleep modulation of stroke outcomes (Gao, Neurology, Bern) |
| 10:30-10:40 | Coffee break |
| 10:40-11:10 | Motor learning in Parkinson's disease (Kaelin, Neurology, Bern) |
| 11:10-11:35 | The 6-OHDA rat model of Parkinson's disease (Capper-Loup, Neurology, Bern) |
| 11:35-12:00 | Insight into the human brain with deep brain stimulation (Schuepbach, Neurology, Bern) |
| 12:00-13:15 | Lunch break |
| 13:15-14:15 | Student's poster session III >> |
| 14:15-17:00 | Normal and abnormal functions in spinal cord circuits (Streit, Physiology Bern) |
| 14:15-15:00 | Growing neurons integrated to conductive nanomaterial: an innovative technology to engineer neuronal signaling (Ballerini, Life Science Trieste) |
| 15:00-15:15 | Coffee break |
| 15:15-16:00 | Experimental methods to study motoneuron diseases (Saxena, Cell Biology Bern) |
| 16:00-16:45 | Giant depolarizing potentials govern motoneuron activity at the onset of synaptogenesis in the embryonic spinal cord (Czarnecki, PMSNC, Paris) |