Neurogenomics and Neuroimaging of Developmental Disorders

April 30, 2009 (Thursday)
Arrival of the participants
Registration
Welcome cocktail party 

 

May 1, 2009 (Friday)
Registration

Symposium - Neurogenomics and neuroimaging of developmental disorders

Morning Sessions - I. Neurogenetic events
08.00 - 08.45 h Pasko Rakic: “Neuronal migration and developmental abnormalities of the cerebral cortex”
08.45 - 09.30 h Orly Reiner: “Genetics of migratory disorders”
09.30 - 10.15 h Leo Chalupa: "Intrinsic circuits of developing nervous system"
10.15 - 11.00 h Daniela Prayer: “Behavioural patterns in utero”
11.00 - 11.30 h Coffee Break
11.30 - 12.15 h Gavin Clowry: "Molecular neuroanatomy of developing human cortex" (new entry)
12.15 - 13.00 h Martin Staudt: "Structural plasticity of the human brain- neuroimaging approach"
13.00 h Lunch

Afternoon Sessions - II. Developmental biology of mental disorders
14.30 - 15.15 h Alan Evans: “Longitudinal Study of Normal Brain Development “
15.15 - 16.00 h Miloš Judaš: "Brain development in life history framework"
16.00 - 16.45 h Monique Esclapez: “Epileptogenesis and hippocampal network reorganization”
16.45 - 17.15 h Coffee break
17.15 - 18.00 h Michael Johnston: "Perinatal origin of lesions of cortical organization after hypoxia”
18.00 - 18.45 h Freeman: "Neurometabolic coupling in cerebral cortex" (new entry)

21.00 h Working dinner for speakers only

 

May 2, 2009 (Saturday)
Registration

Morning Sessions - III. Neurogenomics and neuroimaging: Disorders in childhood and adolescents
08.00 - 08.45 h Matthew State: "Genomics in child psychiatry: from genome to images"
08.45 - 09.30 h Nenad Šestan: “Genetic profiling of cortical neuron assemblies”
09.30 - 10.15 h Karoly Mirnics: "Schizophrenia from genetics to neuroimaging"
10.15 - 11.00 h Phillip Shaw: "ADHD brain maturation delay"
11.00 - 11.30 h Coffee break
11.30 - 12.15 h Faraneh Vargha-Khadem: "Genetic factors in language development"
12.15 - 13.15 h Panel discussion I: "The place of medical imaging methods for fetal monitoring"
Guests: Pasko Rakic, Gustavo Malinger Daniela Prayer, Gregor Kasprian
13.15 h Lunch

Afternoon sessions - IV. Fronto-limbic system in developmental disorders: nature and nurture
14.30 - 15.15 h Ivica Kostović “Development of fronto- limbic system in men”
15.15 - 16.00 h Harry Chugani: „Imaging of the fronto-limbic system in developmental disorders“
16.00 - 16.45 h Diane Chugani: „Early pharmacological therapy in autisam“
16.45 - 17.15 h Coffee break
17.15 - 18.00 h Vlatka Mejaški-Bošnjak: “Early diagnosis of pervasive developmental disorders”
18.00 - 18.45 h A.S. La Mantia: „Neurobiology of shizophraenia“ or „Gene expression in the developing and adult brain“
18.45 - 19.30 h Poster Walk I

 

May 3, 2009 (Sunday)

Morning sessions - V. Pharmacogenomics of developmental disorders
08.00 - 08. 45 h Kathy J. Aitchinson: "Psychiatry and the 'new genetics': hunting for genes for behaviour and drug response"
08.45 - 09. 30 h N. Henigsberg/V. Folnegović-Šmalc: “Pharmacogenomics of the fronto-limbic system”
09.30 - 10.15 h Mario Vukšić: "Development and plasticity of the hippocampal dentate gyrus"
10.15 - 11.00 h Zdravko Petanjek: „Lifespan alterations of basal dendritic trees of pyramidal neurons in the human prefrontal cortex: a layer specific pattern“
11.00 - 11.30 h Coffee break
11.30 - 12.30 h Poster Walk II
12.30 h Lunch

14.00 h  Afternoon excursion to Konavoski dvori and Farewell dinner 

 

May 4, 2009 (Monday)

I. Technical Workshop “Advances in neurogenomic approaches” - all day satellite event
Organizer Assistant Professor Fran Borovecki - Supported by EU FP7

09.00 - 10.00 h Fran Borovečki: “Transcriptome and Cistrome Analysis in Neurodegenerative Diseases"
10.00 - 11.00 h Nenad Šestan: “Genome-wide Analysis of Regional Gene Expression and Alternative Exon Usage in the Human Brain”
11.00 - 11.30 h Coffee break
11.30 - 12.30 h Tiago Fleming Outeiro: “The Molecular Basis of Parkinson’s disease: A Chemical-Genomics Approach”

12.30 h Lunch

14.00 - 15.00 h Paul Muchowski: “Genomc Approach in Yeast to Elucidate Misfolded Proteins Toxicity in the CNS”
15.00 - 16.00 h Alan Wright: “Association Studies in Isolate Populations - the First Fruits”

II. Parallel Event - Special Meeting of US and Croatian students - "Ph.D. Neuroscience day"
In association with Professor L. Konopka, Professor I. Kostovic and Dr. M. Bras - reflections of all symposia topics for Ph.D. education in translational neuroscience
(Morning and afternoon sessions with lunch break)

 

May 5, 2009 (Tuesday)

III. Workshop on MR Spectroscopy and working with Analyze 8.0
09.00  - 10.00 h Cortical Thickness Analysis in Pediatric Brain (Alan C.Evans)
10.00 - 11.00 h Automated 3D MRI analysis
11.00 - 11.30 h Coffee break
11.30 - 12.30 h Discussion Groups

12.30 h Lunch

14.00 - 15.15 h Single-Voxel Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (Marko Radoš)
Demonstration: 1. SVS technique, 2. CSI technique (with assistance of David Ozretić and Milan Radoš)

15.15 - 16.45 h Analyze 8.0 workshop
DICOM Tool, 2-D and 3-D Image Generation, Image Data Representation and Image Processing, Image Segmentation, Image Mensuration: Region of Interest (with assistance of Lana Vasung and Marko Čuljat)