XIV MEETING OF THE
PORTUGUESE SOCIETY FOR NEUROSCIENCE
4-5 JUNE 2015 | AXIS VERMAR HOTEL | PÓVOA DE VARZIM | PORTUGAL
PROGRAMME
| THURSDAY, JUNE 4 | |
| 09.00 - 09.45 | REGISTRATION |
| 09.45 - 10.00 | OPENING SESSION |
| 10.00 - 12.30 |
SYMPOSIUM I – COGNITION AND NEURAL SYSTEMS |
| José Castro-Lopes, Teresa Summavielle | |
10.00 - 11.00 |
Involvement of the endocannabinoid system in chronic pain / TALK SPONSORED BY SICAD |
| Rafael Maldonado, Univ. Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain | |
| 11.00 - 11.30 | Imaging whole-brain neural activity dynamics in zebrafish |
| Michael Orger, Fundação Champalimaud, Lisboa, Portugal | |
11.30 - 12.30 |
The neural correlates of perceptual decision-making and high-level cognitive control: a multimodal approach |
| Miguel Castelo-Branco, IBILI, Coimbra, Portugal | |
12.30 - 12.45 |
The triad of behavioural modifications characteristic of depression is abrogated by the selective amygdala neuronal down-regulation of adenosine A2A receptors |
| Nélio Gonçalves, CNC – Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Portugal | |
12.45 - 13.00 |
Neuronal adenosine A2A receptor overexpression affects AMPA and NMDA currents in CA1 hippocampal neurons |
| Mariana Temido-Ferreira, IMM, Faculty of Medicine, Lisbon, Portugal | |
| 12.30 - 14.00 | LUNCH |
| 14.00 - 16.00 | POSTER SESSION & COFFE BREAK |
| 16.00 - 18.30 | SYMPOSIUM II –NEURODEGENERATION |
16.00 - 17.00 |
The Ca2+-dependent repressor DREAM regulates the onset and progression of Huntington disease |
| José Naranjo, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología - CSIC, Madrid, Spain | |
| 17.00 - 17.30 | Impact of modulating lysine deacetylases on mitochondrial function in Huntington’s disease |
| Ana Cristina Rego, CNC, FMUC, Coimbra, Portugal | |
| 17.30 - 18.00 | Ataxin-3 function and dysfunction in the nervous system: a link to RNA splicing |
| Patricia Maciel, ICVS, UM, Braga, Portugal | |
| 18.00 - 18.15 | Neuroprotective role of Transthyretin through Megalin in Ischemic Brain Injury |
| João Gomes, i3S - IBMC, Universidade do Porto, Portugal | |
18.15 - 18.30 |
Caffeine administration modulates neuroinflammation and prevents rat retinal ganglion cell loss induced by ocular hypertension |
| Maria Helena Madeira, CNC-IBILI, Coimbra, Portugal | |
| 18.30 - 18.50 | Experience the next level of multiphoton microscopy with Olympus FVMPE-RS |
| Igor Del Vecchio, OLYMPUS ITALIA SRL - Societa' Unipersonale, Italy | |
| 19.00 - 20.00 | SPN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| 20.00 | DINNER |
| FRIDAY, JUNE | |
| 09.00 - 13.00 | SYMPOSIUM III - NEURODEVELOPMENT / REGENERATION |
| 09.00 - 10.00 | Controlling the expansion of mammalian neural stem cells in vivo |
| Federico Calegari, CRTD, Dresden, Germany | |
| 10.00 - 11.00 | Regenerative Strategies in Spinal Diseases |
| Hans Meisel, Director Centre of Neurosciences, BG-Clinic Bergmannstrost | |
| 11.00 - 11.30 | Coffee Break |
| 11.30 - 12.00 | Transcriptional control of vertebrate neurogenesis by the proneural factor Ascl1/Mash1 |
| Diogo Castro, IGC, Lisboa Portugal | |
| 12.00 - 12.30 | Integrating Cell and Biomaterial based Strategies in Spinal Cord Injury Regenerative Medicine |
| António Salgado, ICVS, Braga, Portugal | |
| 12.30 - 12.45 | Transplanted embryonic neurons integrate into adult neocortical circuits |
| Sofia Grade, Biomedical Center, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany; Institute for Stem Cell Research, Helmholtz Zentrum, Neuherberg, Germany | |
| 12.45 - 13.00 | Functional Genomics of Human Brain Development and Evolution |
| Andre M. M. Sousa, Department of Neurobiology and Kavli Institute for Neuroscience, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, USA | |
| 13.00 - 14.30 | LUNCH |
| 14.30 - 16.00 | POSTER SESSION & Coffee Break |
| 16.00 - 18.30 | SYMPOSIUM IV - GLIAL CELL BIOLOGY |
| 16.00 - 17.00 | Targeting transcription factor Nrf2 in preclinical models of Parkinson’s disease. |
| Antonio Cuadrado, Univ. Autónoma de Madrid, Spain | |
| 17.00 - 17.30 | Role of microglia in CNS inflammation and pathology |
| Dora Brites, FFUL, Lisboa, Portugal | |
| 17.30 - 18.00 | The impact of methamphetamine on blood-brain barrier function: What is the role of inflammatory mediators? |
| Ana Paula Silva, IBILI, Coimbra, Portugal | |
| 18.00 - 18.15 | Increased levels of S100B in multiple sclerosis are implicated in demyelination and glia reactivity |
| Adelaide Fernandes, iMed.ULisboa, FFUL, Lisboa, Portugal; Department of Biochemistry and Human Biology, FFUL, Lisboa, Portugal | |
18.15 - 18.30 |
Zeb1 potentiates gene transcription genome-wide in Glioblastoma Multiforme Cancer Stem Cells via a novel LEF1 dependent mechanism |
| Pedro Rosmaninho, IGC, Oeiras, Portugal | |
| 18.30 | AWARDS AND CLOSING SESSION |
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