Workshop 2015
From basic science to clinics: Methods in Neuroscience
February 4 - 6, 2015
Department of Physiology, University of Bern, Bühlplatz 5, seminar room 258
Organizers:
Antoine Adamantidis, Volker Enzmann, Hans-Rudolf Widmer, Andrea Federspiel, Thomas Koenig, Anne Tscherter, René Müri and Jürg Streit
Depts. of Neurology, Ophthalmology, Neurosurgery, Psychiatry and Physiology, University of Bern
Credit: 2 ECTS points, no fees requested.
The workshop is open for non-participants of the BENEFRI Ph.D. program in Neuroscience. Guests are welcome. Please register immediately. The number of participants is limited!
Speakers:
- Prof. Antoine Adamantidis, Center for Experimental Neurology, University Clinic of Neurology Bern
- PD Dr. Robert Andres, Neurosurgery, Clinic Hirslanden Bern
- Prof. Marcel Arnold, University Clinic of Neurology Bern
- Dr. Douglas Bakkum, Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH-Zürich, Basel
- Dr. Stefano Di Santo, University Clinic of Neurosurgery Bern
- PD Dr. Volker Enzmann, Laboratory for Experimental Ophthalmology, University of Bern
- Prof. Andrea Federspiel, Department of Psychiatric Neurophysiology, University Hospital of Psychiatry Bern
- Prof. Michele Giugliano, Theoretical Neurobiology, University of Antwerp
- Prof. Christian Grimm, Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital Zürich
- Prof. Reto Huber, Sleep Center, Children’s Hospital, University of Zürich
- Dr. Sonja Kleinlogel, Department of Physiology, University of Bern
- Prof. Thomas Koenig, Department of Psychiatric Neurophysiology, University Hospital of Psychiatry Bern
- Marta Pace, Center for Experimental Neurology, University Clinic of Neurology Bern
- Miriam Reisenhofer, Laboratory for Experimental Ophthalmology, University of Bern
- Dr. Simon Schwab, Department of Psychiatric Neurophysiology, University Hospital of Psychiatry Bern
- Dr. Leila Tarokh, University Hospital of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Bern
- Dr. Anne Tscherter, Department of Physiology, University of Bern
- Prof. Hans Rudolf Widmer, University Clinic of Neurosurgery Bern
Program
Wednesday, February 4
| 09:15 - 09:20 | Introduction (Jürg Streit, Physiology Bern) |
| 09:20 - 12:00 | Sleep, brain plasticity, and stroke (René Müri, Antoine Adamantidis, Neurology Bern) |
| 09:20 - 10:05 | Optogenetic dissection of sleep-wake circuits in the brain (Antoine Adamantidis) |
| 10:05 - 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30 - 11:15 | Sleep and brain plasticity (Reto Huber, Children’s Hospital Zürich) |
| 11:15 - 12:00 | Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke (Marcel Arnold, Neurology Bern) |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch break |
| 13:00 - 14:15 | Student''s poster session I |
| 14:15 - 17:00 | Functional brain states from the EEG perspective (Thomas König, Psychiatric Neurophysiology Bern) |
| 14:15 - 15:00 | The basal nature of EEG (Thomas König and Leila Tarokh) |
| 15:00 - 15:45 | Sleep EEG: Principles and practices (Leila Tarokh, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Bern) |
| 15:45 - 16:15 | Coffee break |
| 16:15 - 17:00 | Microarchitecture of global brain states and some of its functional significance (Thomas König, Psychiatric Neurophysiology Bern) |
Thursday, February 5
| 09:15 - 12:00 | Advanced Neuroimaging Methods in Neurosciences (Andrea Federspiel, Psychiatric Neurophysiology Bern) |
| 09:15 - 10:00 | From MR Physics to MR image (Andrea Federspiel) |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30 - 11:15 | Functional and structural MRI (Andrea Federspiel) |
| 11:15 - 12:00 | Advanced Analysis in fMRI (Simon Schwab, Psychiatric Neurophysiology Bern) |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch break |
| 13:00 - 14:15 | Student''s poster session II |
| 14:15 - 17:00 | Models to study Disease and Regeneration (Hans Rudolf Widmer, Neurosurgery Bern) |
| 14:15 - 14:25 | Introduction (Hans Rudolf Widmer, Neurosurgery Bern) |
| 14:25 - 15:00 | In vitro and in vivo models to study Parkinson’s disease (Hans Rudolf Widmer, Neurosurgery Bern) |
| 15:00 - 15:20 | Coffee break |
| 15:20 - 15:55 | Rodent stroke models (Marta Pace, Neurology Bern) |
| 15:55 - 16:25 | Experimental therapies for stroke (Robert Andres, Neurosurgery Bern) |
| 16:25 - 17:00 | Conditioned Medium: Production and assessment of effects (Stefano Di Santo, Neurosurgery Bern) |
Friday, February 6
| 09:15 - 12:00 | Degeneration and regeneration in the retina (Volker Enzmann, Ophthalmology Bern) |
| 09:15 - 09:30 | Introduction – Retina as part of the brain (Volker Enzmann) |
| 09:30 - 10:15 | LIF for Life: How the retina fights for sight? (Christian Grimm, Ophthalmology Zürich) |
| 10:15 - 10:45 | Coffee break |
| 10:45 - 11:15 | Regeneration vs. Gliosis - MNU in zebrafish und mouse (Miriam Reisenhofer, Ophthalmology Bern) |
| 11:15 - 12:00 | Optogenetics in retinal regeneration (Sonja Kleinlogel, Physiology Bern) |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch break |
| 13:00 - 14:15 | Student''s poster session III |
| 14:15 - 17:00 | Multielectrode arrays for in vitro neuronal networks (Anne Tscherter, Jürg Streit, Physiology Bern) |
| 14:15 - 15:00 | What are the strengths of multielectrode arrays? An example: functional regeneration of the spinal cord in the petri dish (Anne Tscherter) |
| 15:00 - 15:45 | Ex vivo neuronal networks developing on substrate-integrated MicroElectrode Arrays: from single-cell to network properties (Michele Giugliano, Theoretical Neurobiology Antwerp) |
| 15:45 - 16:15 | Coffee break |
| 16:15 - 17:00 | Next generation high-density microelectrode arrays for studying neuronal network and axon function (Douglas Bakkum, Bio Engineering Laboratory Basel) |