Workshop 2014
Human Brain Research and Animal Models
January 21-23, 2014
Department of Biology, University of Fribourg
0.110 Auditorium Plant Biology
Rte A. Gockel 3
Participants of the BENEFRI Ph.D. Program in Neuroscience are requested to make a presentation describing their specific research projects. Three of these will be selected for short talks, the others will be poster presentations. Please send the title and a short abstract of your presentation not later than December 31, 2013 to: marco.celio@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, 2013
Register per email to: marco.celio@unifr.ch
Program
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
| Morning session: fMRI IN COGNITIVE RESEARCH Chair: Roberto CALDARA & Jean-Marie ANNONI | |
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| 08:40 | Welcome (Marco R. CELIO) |
| 08:45-09:35 | "Functional MRI without fMRI : Principle of Voxel Based Morphometry and Diffusion Tensor Imaging" (Roberto CALDARA, Fribourg) |
| 09:35-10:10 | "fMRI in language Research" (Jean-Marie ANNONI, Fribourg) |
| 10:10-10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30-12:30 | "Workshop of fMRI Analysis with SPM" (Michael MOUTHON, Fribourg, room B230 of the building Pérolles 2) |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30-14:15 | POSTER SESSION I (Program with abstracts) |
| Afternoon session: INSIGHTS INTO REHABILITATION Chair: W. TAUBE & J-P. BRESCIANI | |
| 14:15-14:30 | Short talk Marathe Swananda, PhD Student (Poster 20) |
| 14:30-15:30 | "The mirror paradigm: theoretical and clinical contribution" (Michel GUERRAZ, Université de Savoie) |
| 15:30-15:45 | Coffee Break |
| 15:45-16:45 | "Neurobotics: from neuroscience to robot-assisted assessment and neurotherapy" (Roger GASSERT, ETH Zürich) |
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
| Morning session: NEUROBIOLOGY OF NON-MAMMALIAN ANIMAL MODELS Chair: Dominique GLAUSER & Claire JACOB | |
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| 09:00-09:15 | Introduction: Studying neural development and function in non-mammalian model organisms (Dominique GLAUSER) |
| 09:15-10:15 | "The sensory physiology of survival tactics in arthropod vectors of disease" (Patrick GUERIN, Institute of Biology, University of Neuchatel) |
| 10:15-10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30-11:30 | "Time flies - neural mechanisms of learning and processing of fast olfactory information" (Giovanni GALIZIA, Biology, University of Konstanz) |
| 11:30-12:30 | "Analysis of neuronal circuit structure and function in zebrafish" (Rainer FRIEDRICH, Friedrich Miescher Institute, Basel) |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30-14:15 | POSTER SESSION II (Program with abstracts) |
| Afternoon session: NEUROBIOLOGY OF NON-MAMMALIAN ANIMAL MODELS Chair: Boris EGGER | |
| 14:15-14:30 | Short talk Oriane Guillermin, PhD Student (Poster 22) |
| 14:30-15:30 | "Optogenetic analyses of synaptic transmission and neural networks generating behavior in C. elegans" (Alexander GOTTSCHALK, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Frankfurt) |
| 15:30-15:45 | Coffee break |
| 15:45-16:45 | "Cellular and molecular mechanisms of asymmetric cell division" (Clemens CABERNARD, Biocenter University of Basel) |
Thursday, January 23, 2014
| Morning session: DYNAMIC ASPECTS OF CORTICAL FUNCTION IN NON-HUMAN PRIMATES Chair: Gregor RAINER & Eric SCHMIDLIN | |
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| 09:05-09:10 | Introduction (Gregor RAINER) |
| 09:10-10:10 | "Context-dependent computations by recurrent dynamics in prefrontal cortex" (Valerio MANTE, ETH Zürich) |
| 10:10-10:25 | Coffee break |
| 10:25-11:25 | "Temporal and predictive processes in motor cortex" (Alexa RIEHLE, CNRS Marseille) |
| 11:25-12:25 | "When motor cortex is active" (Alexander KRASKOV, UCL London) |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30-14:15 | POSTER SESSION III (Program with abstracts) |
| Afternoon session: RODENT MODELS TO INVESTIGATE BRAIN FUNCTION Chair: Beat SCHWALLER & Lavinia ALBERI | |
| 14:15-14:30 | Short talk Valerie Bruegger, PhD Student (Poster 7) |
| 14:30-15:30 | "Molecular mechanisms of regulated neurogenesis" (Verdon TAYLOR, Uni Basel) |
| 15:30-15:45 | Coffee Break |
| 15:45-16:45 | "Use of viral vectors to model neurodegenerative disorders and explore targets for disease-modifying treatments" (Bernard SCHNEIDER, EPFL Lausanne) |
| 16:50 | End of the symposium (Marco R. CELIO) |
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