Thursday
8.45
Registration/coffee & tea
9.30
Welcome (big lecture hall, room 30)
9.45
Swammerdam lecture (big lecture hall, room 30)
Associate Professor Adrian Ranga (Department of Mechanical Engineering, KU Leuven)
His group seeks to understand central nervous system developmental complexity and the relationship between cell fate and multicellular form by systematically deconstructing and reconstructing these processes in-vitro. To do so, they develop technologies that allow them to guide stem-cell derived morphogenesis and organogenesis. In particular they focus on the role of vascularization and mechanical forces, using microfluidic devices and actuation technologies.
10.45
Coffee break
11.00
Oral session
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Session 1A: Novel in silico methods | Room 15 | Chair: Mario Negrello
Matthias Brucklacher
Giulia Moreni
Matthieu de Hemptinne
Marina Diachenko
Session 1B: IPSC derived network models | Big lecture hall | Chair: Vivi Heine
Henrique Nogueira Pinto
Lucía Castillo Ransanz
Torben van Voorst
Matthew Vanheusden
Aiko Robert
Session 1C: Novel insights in MS | Kapelzaal | Chair: Gijs Kooij
Paul Nijhuis
Julia Konings
Jeen Engelenburg
Hannah van der Stok
12.30
Lunch
13.30
Blitz 1A (big lecture hall, room 30)
14.15
Oral session
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Session 2A: Biomarkers in neurodegeneration | Big lecture hall | Chair: Yanaika Hok-A-Hin
Marlies Oosthoek
Madison Honey
Loet Coenen
Patty Hoede
2B: Behavioural neuroscience | Room 15 | Chair: Joram Mul
Marene Hardonk
Eric Dijkema
Medina Husic
Session 2C: Translational neuroscience | Kapelzaal | Chair: Anna Sancho Balsells
Ilma Revers
Oliver Polzer
Juliana Nieuwland
Anouk Heuvelmans
15.30
Coffee break
15.45
Blitz 1B (big lecture hall, room 30)
16.15
Poster session I
17.45
Break
18.00
Dinner
20.00
Evening program
Friday
07:15
Morning run
07.00-09.00
Breakfast
Please check out before the Swammerdam lecture.
09.00
Announcements of second day (big lecture hall, room 30)
09.15
Swammerdam lecture (big lecture hall, room 30)
Associate Professor Matthew Holt (i3S – Institute of Health Sciences, University of Porto)
His group is focused on the key question of functional heterogeneity, specifically the different molecular mechanisms underlying astrocyte-neuron interactions at excitatory and inhibitory synapses. A major translational spin-off from his work has been the design and exploitation of novel blood-brain barrier crossing viral vector systems for gene delivery, which allow sustained local production and secretion of therapeutics from CNS cells – the so-called ‘biopharmacy’ concept.
10.15
Blitz II
10.45
Coffee break
11.00
Oral session
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Session 3A: Cellular diversity | Big lecture hall | Chair: Max Koppers
Amparo Roig Adam
Viktor Al Naqib
Anna Galakhova
Panthea Nemat
Isa van der Veen
Session 3B: Profiling the human brain | Kapelzaal | Chair: Menno Schoonheim
Eva Oostra
Marc Franssen
Corin Orlemann
Felix Linsen
Session 3C: New approaches in psychiatric disorders | Room 15 | Chair: Sophie van der Sluis
Ilan Libedinsky
Femke Roig Kuhn
Joyce Reesen
12.30
Lunch
13.30
Workshops
15.00
Poster session II
16:00
Oral session
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Session 4A: Alzheimer and ageing | Big lecture hall | Chair: Rik van der Kant
Susan Rohde
Matthijs de Waal
Almudena Maroto Juanes
Session 4B: Synapses and plasticity | Kapelzaal | Chair: Ruud Toonen
Vanessa Lourenco
Lucas Lumeij
Geoffrey-Alexander Gimenez
Lara Janssen
Session 4C: Cognition and behaviour | Room 15 | Chair: Marlies Oostland
Anaïs Notario Reinoso
Mathis Bassler
Flora Nelissen
17.15
Awards and closing remarks
18.00
Finish