This event aims to promote an integrative discussion about the physiological neural mechanisms and internal states that give rise to cognitive functions.
By integrating knowledge from diverse perspectives in neuroscience, ranging from cellular interactions to cognitive processes, we seek to foster a holistic understanding of brain function.
Scientific Programming
Day 1 - April 10
10:00 – 10:30 Opening and welcome
10:30 – 11:15 Rodrigo Quian Quiroga – A unique encoding of memory in the human hippocampus
11:15 – 12:00 Tristan Geiller – Mechanisms of coordinated reactivation circuits for the efficient transfer of memory from the hippocampus.
12:00 – 14:30 Interval
14:30 – 15:15 Mohamady El-Gaby – A cellular basis for mapping behavioral structure.
15:15 – 16:00 Stefano Panzeri – Population codes for decision making
Day 2 - April 11
10:30 – 10:40 Reginaldo Freitas Junior – Director General of the Santos Dumont Institute
10:40 – 11:25 Anna Ciaunica – From Cells to the Self: Coupling Neuronal and Cellular Immune Processing into Self-Organizing Biological Systems
11:25 – 12:10 Hernan Rey – Faces, concepts, and memories in single-neuron resolution in the human ventral temporal cortex (and beyond)
12:10 – 14:30 Interval
14:30 – 15:15 Sara Mederos – Pre-thalamic mechanisms underlying flexible behavior in aversive contexts
15:15 – 16:00 Noelia Weisstaub – Cortical serotonergic modulation of memory interference
16:00 – 17:30 Poster presentation / Coffee Break
Day 3 - April 12
10:30 – 11:15 Mario Martin Fernandez – Population coding of danger in the prefrontal cortex
11:15 – 12:00 Freyja Ólafsdóttir – What can development tell us about the hippocampal code for spatial memory?
12:00 – 14:30 Interval
14:30 – 15:15 Jake Watson – Microcircuit mechanisms of memory: from rats to the human brain
15:15 – 16:00 Abhilasha Joshi – Roundtable discussion: Challenging the narrative: confidence and capability in students from the Global South
16:00 – 17:30 Poster presentation / Coffee Break
Day 4 - April 13
10:30 – 11:15 Antonia Marin-Burgin – Learning incorporates mixed selectivity and associative coding in the olfactory cortex.
11:15 – 12:00 Adriano Tort – Global coordination of brain activity through the respiratory cycle.
12:00 – 14:30 Interval
14:30 – 15:15 Manuel Valero – The role of inhibitory synaptic plasticity in memory reactivation.
15:15 – 16:00 Samira Abdulai-Saiku – The parental origin of the X chromosome affects cognitive function in female mice throughout their lives.
16:00 – 17:30 Poster presentation / Coffee Break
Day 5 - April 14
10:30 – 11:15 Sanja Mikulovic – Neural mechanisms underlying helping behavior in mice
11:15 – 12:00 Nikolaos Karalis – Neuromodulatory architecture of neural circuits
12:00 – 14:30 Interval
14:30 – 15:15 Andrea Claudia NavasOlive – Analysis of acute waves in different species, under conditions of health and disease.
15:15 – 16:00 Abhilasha Joshi – Exploring the links between memory and movement
16:00 – 17:00 Lightning presentations (Selected students and early-career researchers)
5:00 PM – 5:30 PM Closing ceremony – Coffee break
Speakers, Organizing Committee and Scientific Committee
Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Barcelona, Spain
(Scientific Committee, Speaker)
Cognition and Emotion Research Group, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany
(Scientific Committee, Speaker)
Buenos Aires Institute for Biomedical Research (IBioBA), CONICET-Partner Institute of the Max Planck Society, Argentina
(Speaker)
Local
The event will be held in Praia da Pipa, one of the main tourist destinations in Rio Grande do Norte, approximately 80 kilometers from Natal.
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