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
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: (Shankar Sachidhanandam, Physiology Bern) |
| 09:45 - 10:45 | Sensory, decision and motor information in the mouse cortex (Sylvain Crochet, École Polytechnique de Lausanne, Lausanne) |
| 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) |
| 12:15 - 13:30 | Lunch break |
| 13:30 - 14:30 | Students poster session I |
| 14:30 - 17:00 | Session 2: (Steven Proulx, Theodor Kocher Institute, Bern) |
| 14:30 - 15:30 | Brain pericytes -a century of speculations and controversy (Annika Keller, Department of Neurosurgery, Zurich) |
| 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) |
Thursday, February 2
| 09:30 - 09:45 | Introduction (Antoine Adamantidis, Insel Zen, Bern) |
| 09:45 - 12:15 | Session 3: (Maxime Baud, Insel Zen, Bern) |
| 09:45 - 10:45 | Core concepts (Timothée Proix, Department of Fundamental Neurosciences, Geneva) |
| 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: (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) |
| 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) |
Friday, February 3
| 09:30 - 09:45 | Introduction (Shankar Sachidhanandam, Department of Physiology, Bern) |
| 09:45 - 12:15 | Session 5: (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) |
| 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) |
| 12:15 - 13:30 | Lunch break |
| 13:30 - 14:30 | Students poster session III |
| 14:30 - 17:00 | Session 6: (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) |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee break |
| 16:00 - 17:00 | Studying neuronal repair on a microcircuit level (Anna-Sophia Wahl, Brain Research Institute, Zurich) |