The Edmond and Lily Safra International Institute of Neuroscience (IIN-ELS) promotes on December 6, 2018 the I Cycle of Lectures in Neuroimmunology, in Macaíba (RN). The event aims to discuss recent scientific advances in this area of research.
The lectures will feature the participation of renowned researchers and are aimed at the academic community interested in subjects related to Neuroscience and Immunology. To the registration is free and can be carried out until December 5, 2018.
The event will be mediated and organized by Profa. Dr. Manuela Sales Nascimento, professor of the Postgraduate Program in Neuroengineering at IIN-ELS – ISD. Questions should be
sent to email: manuela.nascimento@isd.org.br
I Cycle of Lectures in Neuroimmunology
Date: 06/12/2018.
Local: Edmond and Lily Safra International Institute of Neurosciences (IIN-ELS), Campus do Cérebro, Macaíba (RN).
Access the map with the location of the event and suggested route from Natal: https://goo.gl/maps/epz23gMNXsD2
SCHEDULE
9am to 10am: Tour of the Brain Campus;
10am to 10:40am: Prof. Dr. Eduardo Sequerra (ICe – UFRN) – A hypothesis for the brain morphological pattern generated in congenital Zika virus infection;
11am to 11:40am: Prof. Dr. Denise Fonseca (ICB – USP) – Contribution of neural pathways to the pathogenesis and regulation of the immune response in mucosal tissues;
12pm to 2pm: Lunch
2pm to 2:40pm: Prof. Dr. Jonilson Berlink (UFOB) – Cell Death in the CNS: pathways to neuroinflammation;
3pm to 3:40pm: BSc. Samuel Budoff (IIN-ELS/ISD) – Foreign body response in the primate brain: implications for Neuroengineering
4pm to 5pm:
Confocal Microscopy Short Course – João Rodrigo de Oliveira – IIN-ELS/ISD
Mini-course on Conventional Microscopy – Larissa Nascimento – IIN-ELS/ISD.
High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) mini-course – Fernanda Mesquita and Samuel Budoff – IIN-ELS/ISD.
Prof. Dr. Eduardo Sequerra – PhD in Biological Sciences from the Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, post-doctorate at the University of California Davis. He specializes in developmental biology with an emphasis on neural development.
Prof. Dr. Denise Fonseca – PhD in Basic and Applied Immunology from the Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, USP, post-doctorate at the Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases – National Institute of Health, USA. He specializes in mucosal immunity.
Prof. Dr. Jonilson Berlink – PhD in Basic and Applied Immunology from the Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto at USP, post-doctorate at INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier in Canada. He specializes in innate immunity and inflammation.
Dr. Fernanda Cristina de Mesquita – PhD in Cellular and Molecular Biology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS). Postdoctoral fellow at the Edmond and Lily Safra International Institute of Neurosciences (IIN-ELS). He has experience in cell biology and inflammation.
BSc. Samuel Budoff – Bachelor’s degree in Genetics and Neuroscience from Vanderbilt University (USA). Master's student in the Postgraduate Program in Neuroengineering at IIN-ELS–ISD. Has experience with neurodegenerative diseases and neuroinflammation.
Joao Rodrigo DeOliveira – Graduated in Physiotherapy (2011-2016) at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) and master's student in Neuroengineering (2017-current) at the Edmond and Lily Safra International Institute of Neuroscience (IIN-ELS).
Larissa Nascimento – Graduated in Physical Education (2012) and Physiotherapy (2016) from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN). She is currently a master's student in Neuroengineering at the Edmond and Lily Safra International Institute of Neurosciences (IIN-ELS), her research lines include brain-machine interface and neuroimmunology.
