Workshop 2018
Experimental neuroscience:
«from invertebrate models to human brain imaging»
February 14 - 16, 2018
(Auditorium Plant Biology, Rte a. Gockel 3, CH-1700 Fribourg)
Participants of the BENEFRI Ph.D. Program in Neuroscience are requested to prepare a poster and a «Blitz» presentation (2 slides, 3 minutes) describing their specific research projects. Please send the title and a short abstract of your presentation not later than January 31, 2018 to: katrin.huber@unifr.ch
Transportation charges are reimbursed by the home university to all inscribed BENEFRI students.
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.
Deadline for registration: January 31, 2018
Register per email to katrin.huber@unifr.ch
Wednesday, February 14
| Morning session: "Genes, neurons and behaviour in worms and flies" Chair: Dominique Glauser and Boris Egger | |
| 09:00 - 09:15 | Welcome and general organization |
| 09:15 - 10:15 | Teasing apart the complexity of neural circuit function in vivo with the help of a small animal (Emanuel Busch, University of Edinburgh) |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30 - 11:30 | Plasticity of neural circuits, from development to function (Arantza Barrios, University College London) |
| 11:30 - 12:30 | Plasticity and specification during neuronal development (Tony Southall, Imperial College London) |
| 12:30 - 13:45 | Lunch break |
| Afternoon session: "Genes, neurons and behaviour in worms and flies Chair: Dominique Glauser and Boris Egger | |
| 14:00 - 14:15 | Poster "Blitz" presentations* |
| 14:15 - 15:15 | Diversification and modulation of synapse organization in young and old flies (Stephan Sigrist, Freie Universität Berlin) |
| 15:15 - 16:00 | Coffee Break and Poster** Viewing Session |
| 16:00 - 17:00 | How to perceive the world: sensory coding principle in the Drosophila larva (Simon Sprecher, University of Fribourg) |
| 17:00 - 17:15 | Closing address |
Thursday, February 15
| Morning session: "circadian rhythms" Chair: Urs Albrecht | |
| 09:00 - 09:15 | Introduction (Urs Albrecht, University of Fribourg) |
| 09:15 - 10:15 | Mammalian sleep rhythms: from cellular mechanisms to functions for sleep (Anita Lüthi, University of Lausanne.) |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30 - 11:30 | Drosophila circadian rhythms: from the molecular clock to behavioral rhythms (Emi Nagoshi, University of Geneva) |
| 11:30 - 12:30 | Regulation of sleep, circadian time and homeostasis as opposing processes (Paul Franken, University of Lausanne) |
| 12:30 - 13:45 | Lunch break |
| Afternoon session: "rodent models of neurobiological disorders" Chair: Federica Filice, Beat Schwaller | |
| 14:00 - 15:00 | Rodent models of schizophrenia (Dr. Jan-Harry Cabungcal, Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience (Department of Psychiatry, Lausanne University Hospital) |
| 15:15 - 15:30 | Poster "Blitz" presentations* |
| 15:30 - 16:30 | Mouse models of autism spectrum disorders (Beat Schwaller, University of Fribourg) |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Coffee Break and Poster** Viewing Session |
| 17:00 - 17:15 | closing address (Federica Filice, University of Fribourg) |
Friday, February 16
| Morning session: "non-human primates in neurobiology" Chair: Gregor Rainer, Marco Capogrosso | |
| 09:00 - 09:15 | Introduction Marco Capogrosso (Gregor Rainer, University of Fribourg) |
| 9:15 - 10:15 | Cognition in great apes (Christoph Dahl, University of Neuchatel) |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30 - 11:30 | Motor Planning in Primary and Pre-Motor Cortex: Reach, Grasp, and Action Observation. (Jonas Zimmermann, University of Bordeaux) |
| 10:30 - 11:30 | Prion-like dissemination of synuclein pathology using human brain-derived alpha-synuclein in monkeys (Erwan Bezard, Wyss Center for Neural and Biomedical Engineering in Geneva) |
| 12:30 - 13:45 | Lunch break |
| Afternoon session: "human brain imaging and disease" Chair: Jean-Marie Annoni, Elise Wattendorf, Juliane Britz | |
| 14:00 - 14:15 | Poster "Blitz" presentations* |
| 14:15 - 14:30 | Introduction (Jean-Marie Annoni, University of Fribourg) |
| 14:30 - 15:30 | Structural MRI based brain networks modulated by deep brain stimulation: the example of Parkinson disease (Ettore Accolla, University of Fribourg) |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee Break and Poster** Viewing Session |
| 16:00 - 17:00 | Functional and structural imaging in Parkinson's disease using the example of the olfactory system (Birgit Westermann, Basel) |
| 17:00 | End of the symposium |
*PhD students give a 3 min "Blitz" presentation (+ 2 min discussion) of their poster for the full audience in the main auditorium. A maximum of 2 power point slides are admitted. Students are advised to upload their slides on the conference-room computer 15 min before the start of the session. The posters can be visited during the coffee breaks for the duration of the workshop. Authors are encouraged to attend their posters to promote discussion.
**Format: AO Portrait, 84,1cm wide and 118,9 cm high
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