Workshop 2019

Methods in Experimental Neurosciences: From Animal Models to Humans

February 13 - 15, 2019

Department of Physiology, University of Bern, Seminar room 258

Organizers:

Andrea Federspiel, Thomas König, Smita Saxena, Hans Rudolf Widmer, Stéphane Ciocchi, Shankar Sachidhanandam and Jürg Streit
Depts. of Psychiatry, Neurology, Neurosurgery and Physiology, University of Bern

Speakers:

Lucie Bréchet, Laboratory of functional and metabolic imaging, EPFL, Lausanne
Dr. Stefano di Santo, DBMR, Neurosurgery, University Hospital Bern
Prof. Andrea Federspiel, Psychiatric Neurophysiology, University Hospital of Psychiatry, Bern
Dr. Frédéric Gambino, Interdisciplinary Institute for Neuroscience, CNRS, Bordeaux
Dr. Basil Grüter, Neurochirurgie, Kantonsspital Aarau
Prof. Thomas König, Psychiatric Neurophysiology, University Hospital of Psychiatry, Bern
Dr. Balint Lasztoczi, Department of Cognitive Neurobiology, University of Vienna
Dr. Kaizhen Li, Department of Physiology, University of Bern
Dr. Sabine Liebscher, Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology, Biomedical Center Munich
Andjela Markovic, Universitätsklinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie (KJP), University of Bern
Prof. Claudio Pollo, Neurosurgery, University Hospital Bern
Dr. Nelson Rebola, Brain & Spine Institute, Paris
Dr. Roger Redondo, Roche Innovation Center, Roche Pharma Research and Early Development, Basel
Dr. Shankar Sachidhanandam, Department of Physiology, University of Bern
Prof. Hans Rudolf Widmer, Neurosurgery, University Hospital Bern
Dr. Preeti Yadav, DBMR, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Bern
Prof. Daniel Zytnicki, Neurosciences (SPPIN – CNRS) University Paris Descartes

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 30, 2019 to: streit@pyl.unibe.ch

Credits: 2 ECTS points for poster presentation

The workshop is open for non-participants of the BENEFRI Ph.D. program in Neuroscience. Guests are welcome. Please register immediatly. The number of participants is limited!

Deadline for registration : January 30, 2019

Program:

Wednesday, February 13

09:15 - 09:20	Introduction (Jürg Streit, Physiology Bern)
09:20 - 12:00	Session 1: Circuit function and behavior in animal models (Stéphane Ciocchi, Physiology Bern, Abstracts )
09:20 - 10:10	The role of network oscillations in hippocampal information processing (Balint Lasztoczi, Cognitive Neurobiology Vienna)
10:00 - 10:30	Coffee break
10:30 - 11:30	Circuit dissection tools: from engrams to medicines (Roger Redondo, Roche Innovation Center Basel)
11:30 - 12:30	Dendritic mechanisms of map plasticity in somatosensory cortex (Frédéric Gambino, Interdisciplinary Institute for Neuroscience, Bordeaux)
12:30 - 13:30	Lunch break
13:30 - 14:15	Student's poster session I >>
14:15 - 17:00	Session 2: Circuits in sensory perception (Shankar Sachidhanandam, Physiology Bern, Abstracts )
14:15 - 14:50	Calcium imaging in freely behaving rodents: monitoring hippocampal mnemonic processes (Kaizhen Li, Physiology Bern)
14:50 - 15:10	Coffee break
15:10 - 15:55	Mechanisms and functional roles of synapse diversity in sensory circuits (Nelson Rebola, Brain & Spine Institute, Paris)
15:55 - 16:40	Sensory perception at the posterior parietal cortex (Shankar Sachidhanandam, Physiology Bern)

Thursday, February 14

09:15 - 12:00	Session 3: fMRI in Neuroscience (Andrea Federspiel, Psychiatry Bern)
09:15 - 10:00	Basic concepts of functional Neuroimaging (Andrea Federspiel, Psychiatry Bern, pdf )
10:00 - 10:30	Coffee break
10:30 - 11:15	Basic concepts of structural Neuroimaging (Andrea Federspiel, Psychiatry Bern, pdf )
11:15 - 12:00	Advanced Neuroimaging methods in Neurosciences (Andrea Federspiel, Psychiatry Bern, pdf )
12:00 - 13:00	Lunch break
13:00 - 14:15	Student's poster session II >>
14:15 - 17:00	Session 4: EEG in Neuroscience (Thomas König, Psychiatry Bern)
14:15 - 15:00	Sleep, Development, and Psychiatry: Insights gained from quantitative EEG analysis (Andjela Markovic, Psychiatry Bern)
15:00 - 15:30	Coffee break
15:30 - 16:15	Combined EEG and fMRI in humans (Lucie Brechet, EPFL Lausanne, pdf )
16:15 - 17:00	Human EEG analysis in Psychiatry (Thomas König, Psychiatry Bern)

Friday, February 15

09:15 - 12:00	Session 5: Animal model systems for studying neurodegeneration (Preeti Yadav, Neurology Bern, Abstracts )
09:15 - 10:00	In vivo spinal cord electrophysiology in rodent models of ALS (Daniel Zytnicki, Neurosciences Paris)
10:00 - 10:30	Coffee break
10:30 - 11:15	Patient-derived inducible pluripotent stem cells in ALS (Preeti Yadav, Neurology Bern)
11:15 - 12:00	Live in vivo imaging in mice models of neurodegeneration studying network activity (Sabine Liebscher, Clinical Neuroimmunology Munich)
12:00 - 13:00	Lunch break
13:00 - 14:15	Student's poster session III >>
14:15 - 17:00	Session 6: Therapies and approaches in disease and regeneration (Hans Rudolf Widmer, Neurosurgery Bern, Abstracts )
14:15 - 14:20	Introduction (Hans Rudolf Widmer, Neurosurgery Bern)
14:20 - 15:05	Hemorrhagic stroke: Background, mechanism and treatment strategies from animals to humans (Basil Grüter, Neurosurgery, Aarau)
15:05 - 15:30	Coffee break
15:30 - 16:15	Paracrine factors: Mechanism and effects (Stefano Di Santo, Neurosurgery, Bern)
16:15 - 17:00	The potential of deep brain stimulation (DBS) in neurological and psychiatric diseases (Claudio Pollo, Neurosurgery, Bern)

Old Workshops 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2009 , 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019 , 2020 , 2021 , 2022 and 2023