Reunión Anual SAN 2011
Reunión Anual Sociedad Argentina de Investigación en Neurociencia
18-22 Octubre 2011. Huerta Grande, Córdoba
October 18 th & 19th
Course "Electrophysiological Recordings and Optical Imaging in Neuroscience"
October 20th
8.00: Registration
9.00-9.15: Opening
9.30-12.20: Symposium I. Non classical synaptic transmission
· Dr. Gabor Tamas. Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Neuroscience, University of Szeged. Hungary. “Regulation of cortical microcircuits by unitary GABA-mediated volume transmission”
· Dr. Ian Forsythe. MRC Toxicology Unit. University of Leicester Lancaster Road, Leicester LE1 9HN, UK. “Nitric oxide is a volume transmitter regulating postsynaptic excitability at a glutamatergic synapse”
· Dr. David Ogden. Laboratoire de Physiologie cérébrale, UMR8118, Université Paris Descartes. “Inhibition of glutamate metabotropic receptors by activation of AMPA receptors”
· Dr. Germán Szapiro. Neuroscience Section, IBEns (CNRS UMR 8197 / INSERM U 1024) Ecole Normale Supérieure. “Glutamate Spillover”
12.30: Lunch
14.30-16.20: Young Investigators Colloquium
16.30-19.00: Poster session I
19.30: “De Robertis” Lecture. Martin Giurfa, Ph.D. Centre Recherches Cognition Animale, CNRS, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France.
21.00: Dinner
23.00: Bonfire
October 21st
8.30-10.20: Young Investigators Colloquium
10.30-13.00: Poster session II
13: Lunch
14.30: “Ranwell Caputo” Lecture. Santiago Quiroga, Ph.D. School of Chemical Sciences. University of Cordoba, Argentina.
15.30-18.00: Poster session III
18.00-20.40: Symposium II “Brain Development and Evolution”
· Pasko Rakic, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Neurobiology. Yale University. “Evolution of the neocortex: a perspective from developmental biology”
· Diego Gelman, Ph.D. Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Spain.
“Origin and specification of cortical interneurons”
· Suzana Herculano-Houzel, Ph.D. Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas-Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
“Building a bigger brain: New views on the evolution and development of mammalian brains”
· Lucía Franchini, Ph.D. Instituto Investigaciones Ingeniería Genética y Biología Molecular, Buenos Aires, Argentina
“Human brain evolution: searching the genetic basis underlying our unique cognitive capacities”
21.00: Dinner
22.00: Plenary meeting SAN. SfN local chapter
24.00: Neuro party
October 22nd
9.30: Symposium III “Neurociencia aplicada: música comestible, yuyos y chistes”
· Draulio Araujo, Ph.D. Instituto do Cérebro da UFRN (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte).
“Seeing with the Eyes Shut: Neural Basis of Enhanced Imagery following Ayahuasca Ingestion”
· Tristan Bekinschtein, Ph.D. MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit – Cambridge UK.
“Neuroscience of what makes us laugh”
· Yann Cojan, Ph.D. Center for Neuroscience. University of Geneva, Switzerland. “Hypnosis and the brain”
· Mariano Sigman, Ph.D. Departamento de Fisica, Universidad de Buenos Aires.
“The taste of music”
12.30: “Hector Maldonado” Lecture: John Hildebrand, Ph.D. Department of Neuroscience. University of Arizona, USA
13.45: Farewell Barbecue
