The fourth annual meeting of the Brain Dynamics Graduate School members
The fourth Brain Dynamics Scientific Day will take place on Friday, 26th September in the Lecture Hall and Foyer of the Centre for Biotechnology and Biomedicine (BBZ). The Scientific Day will be composed of poster and oral presentations by Brain Dynamics members and two keynote lectures.
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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Programme
08:55 Welcome speech
09:00 Keynote Lecture
“Memory signatures in mouse, human, and brain organoid networks”
Dr Camin Dean, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Charité University of Medicine, Berlin, Germany.
10:00 Coffee break
10:30 Poster Session I
11:00 “Exposure to a human-relevant PFAS mixture causes behavioral effects in larval zebrafish: A focus on chemical drivers, phenotypes, and underlying mechanisms”
Renee Owen, Department of Ecotoxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ GmbH.
11:20 “Mechanisms of GABAergic cortico-striatal connectivity”
Hadiseh Hosseinnia, Paul Flechsig Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital.
11:40 “Criteria for identification and precise quantification of spinal motor neurons in disease mouse models”
Leonie Sowoidnich, Carl Ludwig Institute of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine.
12:00 Lunch break
13:00 “Chemical-microbiome interactions in larval zebrafish: Investigating the role of environmental chemicals in shaping neurodevelopmental outcomes”
Chloe Wray, Department of Ecotoxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ GmbH.
13:20 “The central nervous system component of peripheral neuropathies: a crucial liaison between microglia and motor neurons?”
Dr Mar Bosch Queralt, Paul Flechsig Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital.
13:40 “Evidence against classical signal detection theory in sound lateralisation”
Jakab Pilaszanovich, Institute of Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences.
14:00 Poster Session II
14:30 Coffee break
15:15 Pilot Project grant awards and poster prize
15:30 Keynote Lecture
“Large-Brain Neuroscience in Elephants”
Prof Dr Michael Brecht, Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
16:30 Closing remarks