Workshop 2017

Methods in Fundamental and Clinical Neuroscience

February 15 - 17, 2017

Department of Physiology, University of Bern

Bühlplatz 5, Seminar room 258

Organizers:

Dario Cazzoli, Sonja Kleinlogel, René Müri, Kirsten Guse, Marta Roccio, Thomas Nevian and Jürg Streit.
Depts. of Neurology, Clinical Research, Physiology, and ARTORG Centre for Biomedical Engineering Research, University of Bern

Speakers:

Mario Acuña, Department of Pharmacology, University of Zürich
Prof. Antoine Adamantidis, Center for Experimental Neurology, University of Bern
PD Dr. Dario Cazzoli, ARTORG Center, University of Bern
Dr. Magdalena Chechlacz, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, UK
Prof. Pascal Darbon, Institute of Cellular and Integrative Neurosciences, CNRS UPR 3212, University of Strasbourg
Prof. Nicole Déglon, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Neurotherapies, CHUV, University of Lausanne
Dr. Seray Demir, Laboratory for Neuroimmunology, University of Bochum
Prof. Céline Gillebert, Laboratory for Experimental Psychology, University of Leuven
Kirsten Guse, PhD candidate, Center for Experimental Neurology, University of Bern
Dr. Robert Hoepner, Center for Experimental Neurology, University of Bern
Dr. Sonja Kleinlogel, Department of Physiology, University of Bern
Dr. Vincent Magloire, Department of Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, University College London
Prof. Thomas Nevian, Department of Physiology, University of Bern
Prof. Tania Rinaldi Barkat, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel
Dr. Marta Roccio, Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern
Lisa Schrewe, PhD candidate, Center for Experimental Neurology, University of Bern
PD Dr. Pascal Senn, Dept. Clinical Research, University of Bern; University Hospital and Dept. Clinical Neurosciences, Geneva
Dr. Shafaq Sikandar, Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London
Prof. Jürg Streit, Department of Physiology, University of Bern

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 27, 2017 to: streit@pyl.unibe.ch

Credits: 2 ECTS points for BENEFRI Neuroscience, GHS and GCB students.

1 1/2 days of continuing education for persons involved in animal experiments.

The workshop is open for non-participants of the BENEFRI Ph.D. program in Neuroscience. Guests are welcome. No fees requested.

Deadline for registration : January 27, 2017

Program

Wednesday, February 15

09:15 - 09:20	Introduction (Jürg Streit, Physiology Bern)
09:20 - 12:00	Optogenetic gene therapy (Sonja Kleinlogel, Physiology Bern)
09:20 - 10:00	Customizing optogenetics and gene therapy, exemplified in an attempt to restore vision (Sonja Kleinlogel, Physiology Bern)
10:00 - 10:30	Coffee break
10:30 - 11:15	Optogenetic dissection of sleep circuit and sleep function (Antoine Adamantidis, Neurology, Bern)
11:15 - 12:00	Neurodegenerative diseases in the age of genetic engineering (Nicole Déglon, CHUV, Lausanne)
12:00 - 13:15	Lunch break
13:15 - 14:15	Student's poster session I >>
14:15 - 17:00	Peripheral sound perception and central processing in the auditory system (Marta Roccio, Clinical Research Bern)
14:15 - 15:00	Inner ear development, degeneration and regeneration (Marta Roccio, DCR, Bern)
15:00 - 15:30	Coffee break
15:30 - 16:15	Making sense of sounds (Tania Rinaldi Barkat, Biomedicine Basel)
16:15 - 17:00	Cochlear Implants - state of the art and beyond (Pascal Senn, DKF Bern and ORL Geneva)

Thursday, February 16

09:15 - 12:00	Translational Neuroimmunology – a view on animal models and their clinical relevance (Kirsten Guse, Neurology Bern)
09:15 - 10:00	Animal models for Multiple sclerosis (Seray Demir, Neuroimmunology, Bochum)
10:00 - 10:20	Coffee break
10:20 - 11:20	Understanding neuroinflammation – Lessons from in vivo and in vitro experimentation (Lisa Schrewe and Kirsten Guse, Neurology, Bern)
11:20 - 12:00	From bench to bedside - and vice versa (Robert Hoepner, Neurology, Bern)
12:00 - 13:15	Lunch break
13:15 - 14:15	Student's poster session II >>
14:15 - 17:00	The analysis of ‘real’ and ‘virtual’ cerebral lesions and its contribution towards understanding human cognition (Dario Cazzoli, ARTORG Center, Bern)
14:15 - 15:00	Lesion-symptom mapping (Céline Gillebert, Experimental Psychology, KU Leuven)
15:00 - 15:30	Coffee break
15:30 - 16:15	Lesion-symptom mapping: rethinking critical lesion sites, white matter damage and disconnection syndromes (Magdalena Chechlacz, Psychology, Birmingham)
16:15 - 17:00	Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and ‘virtual lesions’ to understand the neural underpinnings of cognitive processes: the example of visual attention (Dario Cazzoli, ARTORG Centre, Bern)

Friday, February 17

09:15 - 12:00	Chronic pain: from the periphery to the cortex (Thomas Nevian, Physiology Bern)
09:15 - 10:00	Peripheral and central mechanisms of nociception (Shafaq Sikandar, UCL London)
10:00 - 10:30	Coffee break
10:30 - 11:15	Restoring spinal inhibition for pain therapy (Mario Acuña, Pharmacology, Zürich)
11:15 - 12:00	Plasticity of cortical neuronal networks in chronic pain (Thomas Nevian, Physiology Bern)
12:00 - 13:30	Lunch break
13:30 - 16:15	Using cellular electrophysiology to search new therapies for CNS diseases (Jürg Streit, Physiology Bern)
13:30 - 14:15	Investigating in vivo and in vitro spinal pain processing in healthy and neuropathic animals (Pascal Darbon, Cellular and Integrative Neurosciences, Strasbourg)
14:15 - 15:00	Deciphering beneficial effects of cell transplantation in an in vitro model of spinal cord injury (Jürg Streit, Physiology, Bern)
15:00 - 15:30	Coffee break
15:30 - 16:15	The role of interneurons in epilepsy (Vincent Magloire, Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy, UCL London)

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