Programme

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

Wenesday, June 12^th

09:00-10:00 Opening session by R Hen (USA) Harnessing neurogenesis to decrease overgeneralization

 Regulation of Stem cells

Chair: Nicolas Toni

10:00-10:30 M KNOBLOCH (Switzerland) Metabolic regulation of neural stem cell

10:30-11 :00 Break around the posters

11:00-11:30 V TAYLOR (Switzerland) Cell-autonomous suppression of neural stem cell fate

11:30: 12:00 HJ CHENG (Taiwan) Integration of cultured progenitors from adult dentate gyrus into mature hippocampal circuits

12:00-12:30 DC Lie (Germany) A FoxO-dependent lipid metabolism / lysosome-axis controls stem cell activity in the adult hippocampus

Integration into network

Chair: Chichung Lie

14:30-15:00 R BECKERVORDERSANDFORTH (Germany) The role of astrocyte diversity in adult hippocampal neurogenesis

15:00-15:30 S Jessberger(Switzerland) Properties of hippocampal progenitors across adulthood

15:30-16:00 Break around the posters

16:30-17:00 J BISCHOFBERGER (Switzerland) Environmental enrichment increases dendritic inhibition in the hippocampus

17:00-19:00 Selected presentations

20:00  Wine and Cheese 

Neurogenesis and hippocampal network

Chair: Sebastian Jessberger

09:00-09:30 H Song (USA) Dual role of young adult born dentate granule cells in spatial encoding

09:30-10:00 A Schinder (Argentina) Building new granule cells from molecules to function

10:00-10:30 H Amin (Germany) Computational signatures of neural dynamics: a multiscale approach

10:30-11:00 Break around the posters

11:00-11:30 S MCHUGH (UK) Adult-born dentate granule cells promote hippocampal population sparsity

11:30-12:00 T HISATSUNE (Japan) Dentate newborn neurons contribute to hippocampal excitatory/inhibitory balance and behavioral inhibition and flexibility

12:00-12:30 G KempermanN (Germany)New neurons for individuality: the roles of learning and social behaviors

Role of adult-born neurons in memory processing

Chair: Gerd Kempermann

14:30-15:00 J SNYDER (Canada) Functional properties of dentate gyrus neurons born in development and adulthood

15:00-15:30 P Frankland (Canada) Hippocampal neurogenesis and memory generalization

15:30-16:00 Break around the posters

16:30-17:00 DN Abrous (France) Old but strong: the key to successful cognitive aging lies with adult-born hippocampal neurons

17:00-17:30 V LUNA (USA) Adult-born neurons differentially impact contextual fear memories in aged female versus male mice

17:30-18:00 A SAHAY (USA) Neotenic expansion of new neurons reconfigures inhibition to enhances social cognition

18:00-18:30 Selected presentations

20:00 Be together social event

 Friday, June 14^th

Role of adult born neurons in Human

Chair: Paul Lucassen

09:00-09:30 M Llorens-Martin (Spain) Healthy and pathological adult hippocampal neurogenesis in human beings

09:30-10:00 S THURET (UK) Hippocampal progenitor cells as biomarkers of cognitive ageing & dementia

10:00-10:30 Break around the posters

10:30-11:30 Selected presentations

11:30-12:00 M Maletic-Savatic(USA) Deciphering the role of neurogenesis master regulator TLX/NR2E1 in health and disease

12:00-12:30 Y Nolan (Irlande) Gut microbiota in Alzheimer's disease - impacts on memory, mood and hippocampal neurogenesis

12:30-13:00 E Salta (Netherlands) Cellular and molecular mapping of the human adult neurogenic niche in Alzheimer’s disease and resilience

 Role of adult born neurons in diseases

Chair: Alejandro Schinder

14:00-14:30 C Belzung (France) Adult newborn hippocampal neurons and PSTD: underlying mechanisms

14:30-15:00 L PINTO (Portugal) Impact of hippocampal adult-born neurons for brain circuitry and behavior in depression

15:00-15:30 J HSIEH (USA) Stem cell approaches to understanding acquired and inherited epilepsies

15:30-16:30 Around the posters

16h30-17:00 N TONI (Switzerland) Circulating lipids regulate adult neurogenesis in the context of anxiety

17:00-17:30 C Fitzsimons (Netherlands) Traumatic brain injury promotes neurogenesis at the cost of astrogliogenesis in the adult hippocampus

17:30-18:30 Concluding session by FH Gage (USA) Molecular Mechanisms Regulating Novelty Recognition

 20:00 Farewell party