FRIDAY | MAY 26, 2017
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Session IV – Regeneration and therapies Chairs: António Salgado (ICVS, University of Minho) Ana Paula Pêgo (INEB / i3S, University of Porto) Nanomedicine approaches to modulate neural stem cells for brain repair. [abstract] Liliana Bernardino | CICS, University of Beira Interior Selected oral communications A New Paradigm for Parkinson’s Disease Regenerative Medicine based on the Secretome of Mesenchymal Stem Cells. [abstract] Bárbara Pinheiro - ICVS, University of Minho Gene silencing in a spinal cord injury model by local application of LNAgapmer antisense oligonucleotides. [abstract] Pedro Moreno - i3S, University of Porto Non-invasive silencing of mutant ataxin-3 alleviates motor and neuropathological deficits in a transgenic mouse model of Machado-Joseph disease. [abstract] Rui Jorge Nobre - CNC, University of Coimbra Local environment determines integration of transplanted neurons. [abstract] Sofia Grade - LMU/Helmholtz Zentrum, Munich Poster Session II Coffee Break MultiChannel Systems Live Demo – STARTS at ICVS (more info at MultiChannel Systems booth). Lunch Session V – Neurodevelopment and Cell Biology Chairs: Patrícia Maciel (ICVS, University of Minho) João Relvas (I3S, University of Porto) Transcriptional control of neurogenesis in time and space. [abstract] Bassem Hassan | ICM-Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière Selected oral communications Lipocalin-2 regulates adult neurogenesis and contextual discriminative behaviors. [abstract] Ana Catarina Ferreira - ICVS, University of Minho The transcription factor MyT1 counteracts the neural progenitor program to promote vertebrate neurogenesis. [abstract] Diogo S. Castro - Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência Cortical neuronal migration entails A2A receptor-driven neuronal polarization and axon formation. [abstract] Sofia Alçada-Morais - CNC University of Coimbra WNT6 regulation in glioblastoma: mechanistic, functional and clinical implications. [abstract] Céline S. Gonçalves - ICVS, University of Minho Coffee break Keynote Lecture - Molecular, cellular, and circuit mechanisms that link memories across time. [abstract] Alcino Silva | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Awards and closing remarks |