Workshop 2023

Translational bridges in Neurosciences: From neural recordings to brain repair

February 1 - 3, 2023

Gemeinschaftshörsaal (Room 220), Gertrud-Wokerstrasse 5, University of Bern. The entrance to the lecture hall is facing the Mensa Bühlplatz.

Organizers:

Steven Proulx, Maxime Baud, Athina Tzovara, Ludovic Mure, Anna-Sophia Wahl, Shankar Sachidhanandam, Antoine Adamantidis

Speakers:

Dr.Sylvain Crochet, Laboratory of Sensory Processing, EPFL, Lausanne
Dr. Yaroslav Sych, Institute of Cellular and Integrative Neuroscience, Strasbourg
Dr. Steven Proulx, Theodor Kocher Institute, University of Bern
Dr. Annika Keller, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Zurich
Dr. Timothée Proix, Department of Fundamental Neurosciences, University of Geneva
Prof. Dr. Maxime Baud, Experimental Neurology Center, University Hospital Bern
Prof. Athina Tzovara, Institute of Computer Science, University of Bern
Prof. Nicolas Myers, School of Psychology, University of Nottingham
Dr. Magdalena Renner, Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology, Basel
Dr. Ludovic Mure, Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Bern
Prof. Dr. Aiman Saab, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zurich
Prof. Dr. Anna-Sophia Wahl, Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research, University of Munich

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, 2023 to: shankar.sachidhanandam@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 27, 2023

Program:

Wednesday, February 1

09:30 - 09:45	Introduction (Antoine Adamantidis, Insel Zen, Bern; Shankar Sachidhanandam, Department of Physiology, Bern)
09:45 - 12:15	Session 1: Multi-site recordings in awake behaving rodents (Shankar Sachidhanandam, Physiology Bern)
09:45 - 10:45	Sensory, decision and motor information in the mouse cortex (Sylvain Crochet, École Polytechnique de Lausanne, Lausanne, Abstracts )
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee break
11:15 - 12:15	Multi-regional imaging of the neuromodulatory and brain activity (Yaroslav Sych, Institute of Cellular and Integrative Neuroscience, Strasbourg, Abstracts )
12:15 - 13:30	Lunch break
13:30 - 14:30	Students poster session I >>
14:30 - 17:00	Session 2: The blood-brain barrier and fluid circulation of the CNS (Steven Proulx, Theodor Kocher Institute, Bern)
14:30 - 15:30	Brain pericytes -a century of speculations and controversy (Annika Keller, Department of Neurosurgery, Zurich, Abstracts )
15:30 - 16:00	Coffee break
16:00 - 17:00	New insights into cerebrospinal fluid circulation and clearance pathways (Steven Proulx, Theodor Kocher Institute, Bern, Abstracts )

Thursday, February 2

09:30 - 09:45	Introduction (Antoine Adamantidis, Insel Zen, Bern)
09:45 - 12:15	Session 3: When, where and how do seizures start and stop? (Maxime Baud, Insel Zen, Bern)
09:45 - 10:45	Core concepts (Timothée Proix, Department of Fundamental Neurosciences, Geneva Abstracts )
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee break
11:15 - 12:15	Illustrative examples from the lab and clinics (Maxime Baud, Insel Zen, Bern)
12:15 - 13:30	Lunch break
13:30 - 14:30	Students poster session II >>
14:30 - 17:00	Session 4: EEG and computational methods (Athina Tzovara, Institute of Computer Science, Bern)
14:30 - 15:30	There's a time for everything: Tracking the temporal dynamics of memory and decision-making with time-resolved pattern analysis of neural data (Nicolas Myers, University of Nottingham, Abstracts )
15:30 - 16:00	Coffee break
16:00 - 17:00	Timing in the auditory predictive brain: electrophysiological correlates and prediction of coma outcome (Athina Tzovara, Institute of Computer Science, Bern, Abstracts )

Friday, February 3

09:30 - 09:45	Introduction (Shankar Sachidhanandam, Department of Physiology, Bern)
09:45 - 12:15	Session 5: The retina as a model of the human nervous system (Ludovic Mure, Department of Ophthalmology, Bern)
09:45 - 10:45	Retinal organoids to model development and disease (Magdalena Renner, Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology, Basel, Abstracts )
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee break
11:15 - 12:15	Non-visual responses to light in health and disease (Ludovic Mure, Department of Ophthalmology, Bern, Abstracts )
12:15 - 13:30	Lunch break
13:30 - 14:30	Students poster session III >>
14:30 - 17:00	Session 6: Brain homeostasis and repair (Anna-Sophia Wahl, Brain Research Institute, Zurich)
14:30 - 15:30	How oligodendrocytes influence axonal function and energy metabolism (Aiman Saab, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Zurich, Abstracts )
15:30 - 16:00	Coffee break
16:00 - 17:00	Studying neuronal repair on a microcircuit level (Anna-Sophia Wahl, Brain Research Institute, Zurich, Abstracts )

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