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Thursday | MAY 25, 2017
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Registration Welcome remarks Keynote Lecture – Repertoire and function of meningeal immunity in healthy and diseased brain. [abstract] Jonathan Kipnis | University of Virginia, USA. Coffee break Session I – Neural circuits and behavior Chairs: Nuno Sousa (ICVS, University of Minho) Rui Costa (Champalimaud Research) Mapping the mind with words. [abstract] Sidarta Ribeiro | Brain Institute, UFRN Selected oral communications Impairments in laterodorsal tegmentum to VTA projections underlie glucocorticoid triggered reward deficits. [abstract] Bárbara Coimbra - ICVS, University of Minho Activation of neuronal A2AR by ATP-derived adenosine facilitates hippocampal LTP: physiopathological role of CD73. [abstract] Francisco Queiroz Gonçalves - CNC, University of Coimbra γδ T cells are the major source of IL-17 in the meninges and control brain cognitive functions. [abstract] Julie Ribot - IMM, Lisboa Modulatory effects of an escape alternative in pro-social behavior. [abstract] Joana Carvalheiro - School of Psychology, University of Minho Lunch Session II – Neurodegeneration Chairs: João Cerqueira (ICVS, University of Minho) Odete Cruz e Silva (Ibimed, University of Aveiro) Cracking the code: protein posttranslational modifications and the molecular basis of neurodegeneration. [abstract] Tiago Fleming Outeiro | Univ. Medical Center Goettingen. Selected oral communications Relevance of neuron-microglia vesicular trafficking, stress-related microRNAS and DAMPs in Alzheimer's disease. [abstract] Adelaide Fernandes - iMed.Ulisboa, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon ATXN3 modulates mRNA splicing of Tau through ubiquitylation of splicing factors. [abstract] Andreia Neves-Carvalho - ICVS, University of Minho Sodium butyrate rescues dopaminergic cells from alphasynuclein-induced transcriptional deregulation and DNA damage. [abstract] Isabel Paiva - Dep. of NeuroDegeneration and Restorative Research, University Medical Center Goettingen Tau therapeutics in stress-driven brain pathology: exploring the path from depression to Alzheimer’s disease. [abstract] Ioannis Sotiropoulos - ICVS, University of Minho Poster Session I Coffee Break Session III – Neuropsychiatric disorders Chairs: Luísa Pinto (ICVS, University of Minho) Rodrigo Cunha (CNC, University of Coimbra) My brain on a 24/7 schedule - impact on memory function. [abstract] Luísa V. Lopes | IMM Selected oral communications Exploring time-dependent anatomical and functional correlates of adult hippocampal cytogenesis in young-adult rats. [abstract] António Mateus-Pinheiro - ICVS, University of Minho Chronic blockade of adenosine A2A receptors: gender-specific reprogramming of microglia morphology in the pre-frontal cortex. [abstract] Carla Henriques - IBILI, University of Coimbra Autism-associated Caspr2 regulates synaptic AMPA receptors in the context of homeostatic synaptic plasticity. [abstract] Dominique Fernandes - CNC, University of Coimbra Excitation/inhibition balance and glial function in mouse model of neurofibromatosis type 1: distinct susceptibility of hippocampus, prefrontal cortex and striatum. [abstract] Joana Gonçalves - ICNAS, University of Coimbra 25th SPN Anniversary SPN General Assembly Dinner - Shuttles available from Hotel Meliã to Dinner Venue from 19:15 to 20:30 |
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 |