IAS 2012 is funded by the FENS-IBRO
European Neuroscience
Schools Programme

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Programme

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Sunday, 25 March

 

Arrival and Registration of Scholars and Faculty

17:00

Opening Ceremony and Presentation of the School

20:00

Dinner

Monday, 26 March

9:00–12:30

History of Neuroscience: Glial Cells (I)

9:00–9:45

Helmut Kettenmann
Glial cells

9:45-10:30

Philip G. Haydon
Gliotransmitter release

10:30-11:00

Coffee break

11:00-11:45

Richard Robitaille
Calcium excitability of astrocytes

11:45-12:30

Alfonso Araque
Gliotransmission

12:30-14:30

Lunch break

14:30-17:30

History of Neuroscience: Glial Cells (II)

14:30-15:30

Giorgio Carmignoto
Astrocytes in neurovascular coupling

15:30-16:15

Alfonso Araque
Astrocyte stimulation and control

16:15-16:45

Coffee break

16:45-17:30

Frank Kirchhoff
Genetic tools to study astrocytes

17:30-18:30

Debate preparation

19:30

Dinner

21:00-21:45

Augusto Vitale
FENS CARE (Committee on Animals in Research) Lecture

Tuesday, 27 March

9:00–11:45

Gliotransmission: Subcellular and Cellular Level

9:00-9:45

Richard Robitaille
Glial cells decode and regulate synaptic transmission

9:45-10:30

Andrea Volterra
TNFalpha-dependent gliotransmission targets atypical NMDAR in synaptic terminals: physiological and pathophysiological consequences

10:30-11:00

Coffee break

11:00-11:45

Robert Zorec
Vesicle traffic

11:45-13:00

Oral Presentations by Scholars (1-6)

Matthew Holt (Leuven, Belgium)
Investigating the molecular mechanisms of signal transduction underlying neuron-glia interactions
Fabia Filipello (Milan, Italy)
Astrocytes/T cells cross-talk in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis
Priyanka Singh (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Vesicle dynamics in astrocytes
Michal Slezak (Cracow, Poland)
Impact of glia-specific VAMP elimination on sensory processing in the retina, cerebellum and spinal cord
Antje Grosche (Leipzig, Germany)
Exocytotic glutamate release from retinal (Müller) glia cells
Iaroslav Savtchouk (Lausanne, Switzerland)
The functional role of the astrocytic exocytosis machinery in the hippocampal dentate gyrus

13:00-14:30

Lunch break

14:30-15:30

Oral Presentations by Scholars (7-11)

Danielle Arbour (Montreal, Canada)
Functional changes in glial cells at neuromuscular junctions in ALS
Anna Nualart Marti (L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain)
ATP release through connexin hemichannels in peripheral nerve
Melina Fernandes Figueiredo (Bristol, United Kingdom)
A novel viral tool to study astrocytic ATP-mediated signalling in vitro and in vivo
Claire King (London, United Kingdom)
Temporal and spatial dynamics of calcium signalling underlying D-serine release in passive hippocampal astrocytes
Carolina Gutierrez Herrera (Montreal, Canada)
Purinergic receptor dependent potentiation of hypothalamic glutamatergic synapses requires pannexin-1

15:30-17:30

Gliotransmission: Cellular Level

15:30-16:15

Dimitri Rusakov
Long term potentiation depends on release of D-serine from astrocytes

16:15-16:45

Coffee break

16:45-17:30

Alfonso Araque
Astrocyte modulation of hippocampal plasticity

17:30-19:00

Debate preparation

20:00

Dinner

Wednesday, 28 March

9:00–11:45

Gliotransmission in the Brain Network (I)

9:00-9:45

Angelique Bordey
Gliotransmitter signaling in neurogenesis

9:45-10:30

Hajime Hirase
Modulation of sensory-induced cortical plasticity by astrocytic calcium

10:30-11:00

Coffee break

11:00-11:45

Philip G. Haydon
Role of astrocytes in the regulation of sleep and memory

11:45-12:45

Oral Presentations by Scholars (12-16)

Marion Van Horne (Montreal, Canada)
Gliotransmission and its role in shaping neuronal activity and plasticity in the developing visual system of the Xenopus tadpole
Clara Alfaro Cervello (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
In vivo gene silencing for neural tissue remodelling and/or regeneration in experimental spinal cord injury: lessons from therapeutically plastic neural stem cells
Konstantin Mergenthaler (Berlin, Germany)
Selective alteration of glutamate time course affects orientation selectivity differently
Marco Paoli (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Astrocytes rescue of tau-related cell death
Caroline Strube (Marseille, France)
Remodeling of glial coverage of rat NTS glutamatergic synapses after ozone inhalation

12:45-14:15

Lunch break

14:15-24:00

Escursion to Ravenna

Guided tours and dinner in Ravenna, followed by return to Bertinoro

Thursday, 29 March

9:00-16:30

Gliotransmission in the Brain Network (II)

9:00-9:45

Tommaso Fellin
Astrocyte modulation of neural circuits in somatosensory cortex

9:45-10:30

Gian Michele Ratto
Neurons and astrocytes: order and chaos in normal and epileptic brain (I)

10:30-11:00

Coffee break

11:00-11:45

Giorgio Carmignoto
Neurons and astrocytes: order and chaos in normal and epileptic brain (II)

11:45-13:00

Oral Presentations by Scholars (17-22)

Svetlana Zobova (Helsinki, Finland)
Development of novel molecular tools and their application for manipulation of perisynaptic astrocyte motility in the living brain
Arnau Busquets (Barcelona, Spain)
Implication of astrocytic CB1 receptors in object recognition memory
Noah Levine-Small (Freiburg, Germany)
Towards isolating the influence of astrocytes on the behavior of neural networks in vitro
Xinhe Liu (Paris, France)
Regulation of astroglial networks during perturbation of sleep-wake cycle
Mathilde Metna-Laurent (Bordeaux, France)
Astroglial CB1 receptors mediate in vivo synaptic depression and working memory impairment by acute cannabinoids
Alberto Pérez-Alvarez (Madrid, Spain)
Mechanisms and consequences of the astrocyte-neuron interaction in the striatal dopaminergic system

13:00-14:30

Lunch break

14:30-15:45

Oral Presentations by Scholars (23-28)

Christian Schnell (Göttingen, Germany)
Determinants of functional coupling between astrocytes and respiratory neurons in the pre-Bötzinger complex
Sandra H. Vaz (Lisbon, Portugal)
Modulation of GAT-1 transporter in astrocytes by BDNF involves the truncated form of TrkB receptors coupled to a non-classic PLC-γ/PKC-δ and Erk/MAP kinase pathway
Henrik Sindal Jensen (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Kir4.1 activators: a mechanism for normalizing glutamate and potassium homoeostasis during seizures?
Rasmus Kordt Christensen (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Cellular mechanisms for presynaptic inhibition
Marta Obara-Michlewska (Warsaw, Poland)
Glutamine and glutamate decrease the expression of Kir4.1 potassium channel in cultured astrocytes
Letizia Mariotti (Padua, Italy)
Chloride two-photon imaging

15:45-16:30

Vincenzo Crunelli
Glial control of GABA signalling in the thalamus

16:30-17:00

Coffee break

17:00-19:15

Debate preparation

20:00

Dinner

Friday, 30 March

9:00-10:00

Oral Presentations by Scholars (29-32)

Tess Kornfield (Minneapolis, MN, USA)
The role of glial cells in regulating retinal blood flow
Megan Steele (Campbelltown, Australia)
Effect of proinflammatory activation on the neurosupportive functions of astrocytes
Ana Belen Lopez Rodriguez (Madrid, Spain)
Mechanisms involved in the neuroprotective effects of minocycline after traumatic brain injury in mice: a focus on glial cells and cannabinoid receptors
Silvia Marinelli (Rome, Italy)
Endocannabinoid signaling in the central mechanism of neuropathic pain

10:00–15:30

Neuro-Glia-Vascular Coupling

10:00-10:45

Christian Giaume
Astroglial networks: properties and roles in neuroglial and gliovascular interactions

10:45-11:15

Coffee break

11:15-12:00

Eric Newman
Astrocyte regulation of blood flow in the normal and diabetic retina

12:00-12:45

Brian McVicar
Mechanisms and significance of bidirectional control of arterioles by astrocytes

12:45-14:45

Lunch break

14:45-15:30

Jessica Filosa
Astrocytic and neuronal responses to hemodynamic stimuli: the importance of reverse flow of communication at the neurovascular unit

15:30-16:30

Debate 1

16:30-17:00

Coffee break

17:00-18:00

Debate 2

18:00-19:00

General discussion and concluding remarks

20:00

Closing dinner

Saturday, 31 March

 

Departure

Important dates

  • Applications open
    03 November 2011
  • Notification of selections
    16 January 2012
    (check your myIAS2012 page)

Deadlines

  • Applications
    19 December 2011
  • Selected applicants must confirm their acceptance by:
    23 January 2012

School Executive Board

Alfonso Araque
Madrid, Spain
Giorgio Carmignoto
Padua, Italy
Richard Robitaille
Montreal, QC, Canada
Paulo Magalhães
Padua, Italy