2nd Brain Dynamics Scientific Day

The second Brain Dynamics Scientific Day will take place on 28th September in the seminar room and foyer of the Centre for Biotechnology and Biomedicine (BBZ). The Scientific Day will be composed of oral and poster presentations by doctoral students and postdocs, lightning presentations by principal investigators, and keynote lectures by Prof. Dr. Dr. Sabine Liebscher from the Department of Neurology, University Hospital Cologne & Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology, University Hospital, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, and Prof. Dr. Stefan Debener from the Department of Psychology & Cluster of Excellence Hearing4All, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg. During the lunch break, doctoral students, postdocs and PIs will choose their respective representatives for the Brain Dynamics Board.

Venue:

The BBZ is based at BIO CITY LEIPZIG. The seminar room of the BBZ is located on the right side of the main entrance of the building - Deutscher Platz 5, 04103 Leipzig.

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Preliminary Program

08:55 Welcome speech – Brain Dynamics Graduate School Speakers
Prof. Dr. Marc Schönwiesner, Institute of Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences;
Prof. Dr. Stefan Hallermann, Carl Ludwig Institute of Physiology, Medical Faculty.

09:00 Keynote Lecture
“Exciting complexity: Circuit mechanisms of neurodegeneration”
Prof. Dr. Dr. Sabine Liebscher, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Cologne & Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology, University Hospital, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich.

09:50 Poster session + coffee

11:00 “Discovery of a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor d-dependent mechanism for hyperactivity in early life stage zebrafish exposed to structurally similar Per- and Polyfluorylalkyl Substances (PFAS)”
Sebastian Gutsfeld, Department of Bioanalytical Ecotoxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ GmbH.

11:15 “Effects of congenital toxoplasmosis on the developing brain of the guinea pig”
Dr. Thomas Grochow, Institute of Veterinary Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.

11:30 “Presynaptic mechanisms in neocortical long-term depression”
Timothy Murai von Bünau, Carl Ludwig Institute of Physiology, Medical Faculty.

11:45 “Cerebellar pathology in two mouse models for spinal muscular atrophy”
Sandra Wittig, Carl Ludwig Institute of Physiology, Medical Faculty.

12:00 Lunch break with elections of the GS Board representatives

13:40 PI lightning talks:

• “Learning and memory: The role of dopamine in Drosophila larvae”
  Prof. Dr. Andreas Thum, Institute of Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences;

• “Brain Dynamics – Dynamics of Metabolism”
  Prof. Dr. Johannes Hirrlinger, Carl Ludwig Institute of Physiology, Medical Faculty & Department of Neurogenetics, MPI for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen;

• “Resolving subplasmalemmal Ca²⁺ microdomains and effector coupling in living cells”
  Prof. Dr. Michael Schaefer, Rudolf-Boehm-Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Faculty;

•  “On the seeding of neuropathological proteins”
  Prof. Dr. Steffen Roßner, Paul Flechsig Institute of Brain Research, Medical Faculty;

• “Motor circuit pathology in motor neuron diseases”
  Dr. Christian Simon, Carl Ludwig Institute of Physiology, Medical Faculty;

• “The role of myelin in health and disease”
  Dr. Robert Fledrich, Institute of Anatomy & Paul Flechsig Institute of Neuropathology, Medical Faculty;

• “Stem Cell-Derived Retinal Organoids to Repair Vision”
  PD Dr. Zohreh Hosseinzadeh, Paul Flechsig Institute of Brain Research, Medical Faculty & Department of Ophthalmology and Eye Hospital, University Hospital;

• “Cognitive neuroanatomy”
  Dr. Sofie Louise Valk, Otto Hahn Group Cognitive Neurogenetics, MPI CBS, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Brain & Behaviour (INM-7), Research Centre Jülich & Institute of Systems Neuroscience, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf;

• “Markov chains as a proxy for the predictive processing of event sequences”
  Prof. Dr. Erich Schröger, Wilhelm Wundt Institute for Psychology, Faculty of Life Sciences;

• “Flexible neural network recruitment during language processing”
  Prof. Dr. Gesa Hartwigsen, Lise Meitner Research Group Cognition and Plasticity, MPI CBS & Wilhelm Wundt Institute for Psychology, Faculty of Life Sciences.

14:30 “Synaptic alterations in motor circuits relevant to the peripheral nerve disease Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 1A”
Dr. Mar Bosch Queralt, Paul Flechsig Institute of Neuropathology, Medical Faculty.

14:45 “Young children protect rule-breakers to repay a favour - even though they know better”
Louisa Huff, Leipzig Research Center for Early Child Development, Faculty of Education.

15:00 “Developing Brain Signatures for Self- & Other-Referential Mentalizing”
Dorukhan Açıl, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, University Hospital.

15:15 Poster session + coffee

16:00 Keynote Lecture
“Monitoring brain activity - out and about”
Prof. Dr. Stefan Debener, Department of Psychology & Cluster of Excellence Hearing4All, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg.

17:15 Guided tour of the Monument to the Battle of the Nations (das Völkerschlachtdenkmal).

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Program
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Poster Presentations
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Impressions from the first Scientific Day held in October '22: