Virtual Workshop 2021
Methods in Experimental Neurosciences: From Fundamentals to Clinics
February 10 - 12, 2021
Department of Physiology, University of Bern
Organizers:
Mario Acuña, Carolina Gutiérrez Herrera, Fabian Voigt, René Muri and Shankar Sachidhanandam.
Depts. of Neurology and Physiology, University of Bern; Brain Research Institute, University of Zurich
Speakers:
- Prof. Martin Heine, Institute for Developmental Biology and Neurobiology, University of Mainz
- Dr. David Perrais, Interdisciplinary Institute of Neuroscience, CNRS, Bordeaux
- Dr. Mario Acuña, Department of Physiology, University of Bern
- Dr. Robert Ganley, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zürich
- Prof. Tobias Nef, ARTORG, University of Bern
- Dr. Maxime Baud, Neurology, University Hospital Bern
- Dr. Gerd Tinkhauser, Neurology, University Hospital Bern
- Dr. Aurélie Manuel Stocker, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, CHUV and Neurology, University Hospital Bern
- Dr. Carolina Gutiérrez Herrera, DMBR, University of Bern
- Prof. Athina Tzovara, Institute of Computer Science, University of Bern
- Dr. Fabian Voigt, Brain Research Institute, University of Zurich
- Dr. Florian Jug, Center for Systems Biology Dresden, MPI of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
Credits: 2 ECTS points for short talks
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, 2021
Program:
Wednesday, February 10
| 09:30 - 09:40 | Introduction (Shankar Sachidhanandam, Physiology Bern) |
| 09:40 - 12:00 | Session 1: (Shankar Sachidhanandam, Physiology Bern) |
| 09:40 - 10:40 | Dynamic organization of presynaptic calcium channels (Martin Heine, Institute for Developmental Biology and Neurobiology, Mainz) |
| 10:40 - 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Imaging of post-synaptic receptor endocytosis and recycling to decipher its role in synaptic transmission and plasticity (David Perrais, Interdisciplinary Institute for Neuroscience, Bordeaux) |
| 12:00 - 13:30 | Lunch break |
| 13:30 - 14:30 | Short talks by students |
| 14:30 - 17:00 | Session 2: (Mario Acuña, Physiology Bern) |
| 14:30 - 15:30 | Dissecting pain circuits using chemogenetics, optogenetics and targeted cell ablation (Robert Ganley, Institute of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Zurich) |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:00 - 17:00 | Cortical alterations underlying chronic pain (Mario Acuña, Physiology Bern) |
Thursday, February 11
| 09:30 - 12:00 | Session 3: (René Muri, Neurology Bern) |
| 09:30 - 10:30 | Digital Biomarkers for Human Behavior – Current State of the Art and Perspectives (Tobias Nef, ARTORG Bern) |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | EEG in mice and men: from neuronal currents to brain activity (Maxime Baud, Neurology Bern) |
| 12:00 - 13:30 | Lunch break |
| 13:30 - 14:30 | Short talks by students |
| 14:30 - 17:00 | Session 4: (René Muri, Neurology Bern) |
| 14:30 - 15:30 | Principles and steps toward tailored deep brain stimulation in movement disorders (Gerd Tinkhauser, Neurology Bern) |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:00 - 17:00 | New technological approaches for precision neurorehabilitation (Aurélie Manuel Stocker, CHUV & Neurology Bern) |
Friday, February 12
| 09:30 - 12:00 | Session 5: (Carolina Gutiérrez Herrera, DMBR Bern) |
| 09:30 - 10:30 | Circuit perspective of thalamic regulation of sleep and cognition (Carolina Gutiérrez Herrera, DMBR Bern) |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 - 12:00 | Neural dynamics of auditory processing in coma (Athina Tzovara, Institute of Computer Science Bern) |
| 12:00 - 13:30 | Lunch break |
| 13:30 - 14:30 | Short talks by students |
| 14:30 - 17:00 | Session 6: (Fabian Voigt, Brain Research Institute Zurich) |
| 14:30 - 15:30 | The mesoSPIM initiative - open-source light-sheet microscopes for imaging large cleared tissue samples (Fabian Voigt, Brain Research Institute Zurich) |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:00 - 17:00 | Deep Learning for Microscopy - old problems and new solutions (Florian Jug, MPI Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics Dresden) |