Workshop 2016
Experimental Neuroscience in Humans and Animal Models
February 3-5, 2016
Auditorium Plant Biology
Rte A. Gockel 3, CH-1700 Fribourg
Wednesday, February 3rd
| Morning session: Neurobiology in animal models 1 Chair: Dominique Glauser |
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| 08:50 - 09:00 | Welcome and organisation (Marco Celio) |
| 09:00 - 09:15 | Introduction (Dominique Glauser, Biology Department, Fribourg) |
| 09:15 - 10:15 | Sensory molecules and mechanisms in C. elegans (William R. Schafer, MRC laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge) |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30 - 11:30 | Neural mechanisms of behavioral control in Drosophila ( Scott Waddell, University of Oxford, UK) |
| 11:30 - 12:30 | A study case: what can we teach Drosophila larvae? What can they teach us? (Andreas Thum, Neurobiology, University of Konstanz) |
| 12:30 - 13:45 | Lunch break |
| Afternoon session: Neurobiology in animal models 2 Chair: Boris Egger, Biology Department, Fribourg |
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| 14:00 - 14:15 | Poster "Blitz" presentations (Federica Felice, Marta Pace, Jonas Streit) |
| 14:15 - 15:15 | Homeostatic control of presynaptic proteasome function and neurotransmitter release (Martin Müller, Institute of Molecular Life Sciences University of Zürich) |
| 15:15 - 16:00 | Coffee Break and Poster Viewing Session |
| 16:00 - 17:00 | A new fly model of Parkinson’s disease (Emi Nagoshi, Department of Genetics & Evolution, University of Geneva) |
| 17:00 - 17:15 | Closing Address (Simon Sprecher, Biology Department, Fribourg) |
Thursday, February 4th
| Morning session: Sensory-motor transformation Chair: Gregor Rainer and Eric Schmidlin, Physiology, Department of Medicine, Fribourg |
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| 09:00 - 09:15 | Introduction (Gregor Rainer) |
| 09:15 - 10:15 | A brain spinal interface to alleviate gait deficits after neuromotor disorders (Tomislav Milekovic, EPFL, Lausanne) |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 10:30 - 11:30 | Neuronal correlates of hierarchical learning in non-human primates (Stefano Ferraina, Department of physiology and pharmacology, Università La Sapienza, Roma) |
| 11:30 - 12:30 | How does the brain integrate tactile cues before grasping and lifting an object (Marco Davare, Movement Control and Plasticity, University of Leuven) |
| 12:30 - 13:45 | Lunch break |
| Afternoon session: Brain connectivity and neuromodulation Chair: Jean-Marie Annoni, Neurology, Department of Medicine, Fribourg |
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| 14:00 - 14:15 | Poster "Blitz" presentations (Michaela Fregosi, M. Faiz M. Mustafar) |
| 14:15 - 14:30 | Introduction (Jean-Marie Annoni) |
| 14:30 - 15:30 | Principles of neuromodulation (Alberto Priori, Università degli studi di Milano) |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee Break and Poster Viewing Session |
| 16:00 - 17:00 | EEG and connectivity analysis (Gijs Plomp, Neurology, University of Fribourg) |
| 17:00 - 17:10 | Conclusion and discussion (Gijs Plomp) |
Friday, February 5th
| Morning session: Regulation of neuronal activity and myelination in mice Chair: Claire Jacob |
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| 09:00 - 09:15 | Introduction (Claire Jacob) |
| 09:15 - 10:00 | Deconstructing GABA-B receptor effector systems in the brain (Bernhard Bettler, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel) |
| 10:00 - 10:45 | Neuronal regulation of myelination and remyelination (Ragnhildur Thóra Káradóttir, MRC Stem cell Institute University of Cambridge) |
| 10:45 - 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 - 11:45 | Novel functions of oligodendrocytes in axonal metabolic support (Klaus-Armin Nave, Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine, Göttingen) |
| 11:45 - 12:30 | Myelin, movement and motor skills learning (William Richardson, University College London) |
| 12:30 - 13:45 | Lunch break |
| Afternoon session: Feeding and metabolism Chair: Christophe Lamy (Dep Medicine, Fribourg) and Urs Albrecht (Dep Biology, Fribourg) |
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| 14:00 - 14:15 | Poster "Blitz" presentations (Sybille Horat, Rebecca Paladini) |
| 14:15 - 15:15 | Brain nutrient sensing and the homeostatic and hedonic control of energy homeostasis (Bernard Thorens, Center for Integrative Genomics, University of Lausanne) |
| 15:15 - 15:45 | Coffee Break and Poster Viewing Session |
| 15:45 - 16:45 | Impact of the circadian clock on mammalian physiology (Frédéric Gachon, Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences, Lausanne) |
| 16:45 | End of the symposium (Marco R. CELIO) |