Description
The aim of this interactive workshop is to introduce and deepen the understanding of brain medicine for non-specialists with the most recent advances in research of neurodevelopmental, neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders. Lectures and tutorials by international experts will report the state of the art of research and treatment of brain diseases. Hands-on examples and practical tools and methodologies will be presented during a visit to lead laboratories at Medical University Innsbruck. A student brainstorming session will be organised to allow exchange about concepts and methods.
Workshop Structure
Lectures
Tutorials
Hands-on examples / lab visit
Discussion/brainstorming session
Poster session
Application information & Abstract submission
Application is open to the entire student community and early career researchers, regardless of whether they are affiliated with the Human Brain Project or not. All early-career scientists are encouraged to participate and it is aimed to achieve equal representation of all sexes.
Participation fee: 250 €
The fee does not include travel and accommodation. Fees will be collected after participants have been selected.
Registration fee waivers are available for a maximum of five participants. Participants can apply for fee waivers prior to the application deadline by sending an email to curriculum.edu@humanbrainproject.eu.
Scientific Chair
Illana Gozes | Tel Aviv University
Organised by
HBP Education Programme Office | MUI
Upcoming Deadlines
Application deadline: 29 May 2019
Contact
HBP Education Programme Office
Medical University Innsbruck
Müllerstraße 59, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Phone: +43 512 9003 71244
E-mail: curriculum.edu@humanbrainproject.eu
Website: http://bit.ly/HBP-Brainmed2019
Lectures
Paul Friedemann – Modern imaging techniques in neuroimmunology: Current research and clinical applications
Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin (Charité), Germany
Illana Gozes
– Welcome note and workshop introduction
– Autism: From gene to drug candidate and a clinical trial plan, the case of ADNP and CP201
Tel Aviv University (TAU), Israel
Hans Grabe – Gene & environment interaction in mental disorders
University Medicine Greifswald, Germany
Johannes Haybäck – Brain banking and research approaches in human brain tissue and neuropathology
Medical University of Innsbruck
Christian Humpel – Biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease
Medical University of Innsbruck
Joseph Levine – The role of homocysteine in schizophrenia
Ben Gurion University of Negev (BGU), Israel
Mira Marcus-Kalish – Introduction to HBP and bioinformatics
Tel Aviv University (TAU), Israel
Anne McKinney – Insight into learning impairmente and therapies for Christianson syndrome: X-linked neurological disorder
McGill University (McGill), Canada
Dora Reglodi – Protective effects of PACAP in models of neurodegenerative diseases, with special emphasis of Parkinson‘s disease
University of Pecs, Medical School (PTE), Hungary