Thursday June 8
0900-1000: Plenary Lecture
Eleanor Maguire – University College London
Tracking memory traces in the human brain
1015-1145: Symposium Block – Parallel Sessions
3. Synaptopathy: Understanding the Synapse in the Healthy and Unhealthy Brain
Chair: Maria Lindskog – Karolinska Institute
1015: Jon Storm-Mathisen – University of Oslo
How GABA and glutamate “became” neurotransmitters
1045: Maria Lindskog – Karolinska Institute
Regulation of glutamate synaptic transmission in depression
1115: Anders Nykjær – Aarhus University
Sortilin receptors in mental disorders and plasticity
4. Advanced Methods for Cognitive Neuroimaging
Chair: Menno Witter – Norwegian University of Science and Technology
1015: Christian Doeller – Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Virtual reality, high-field fMRI and pattern analyses as tools to understand mnemonic population coding in the human brain
1045: Henrik Ehrsson – Karolinska Institute
Body ownership illusions and advanced neuroimaging as tools to investigate the sense bodily self
1115: India Morrison – Linköping University
How extreme neural phenotypes can uncover typical brain function
1200-1400 Poster and exhibition (Session B) – lunch in hallway
1400-1530: Symposium Block – Parallel Sessions
5. Genes and Pathways for Creativity and Music?
Chair: Irma Järvelä – University of Helsinki
1400: Irma Järvelä – University of Helsinki
Genomics approaches to study musical traits
1430: Fredrik Ullen – Karolinska Institute
Gene-environment interactions in musical expertise
1500: Kari Stefansson – deCODE Genetics
Genetics of function and dysfunction of the brain
6. Function and Dysfunction of Layer II Neurons in the Entorhinal Cortex within the Context of Alzheimer’s Disease
Chair: Heikki Tanila – University of Eastern Finland
1400: David Rowland – Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Functional characterization of cells in layer II of the medial entorhinal cortex
1430: Asgeir Kobro-Flatmoen – Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Possible early factors driving dysfunction of entorhinal layer II neurons in Alzheimer’s disease
1500: Gunnar Gouras – Lund University
Biological and pathological insights into ERC layer II vulnerability in Alzheimer’s disease
1545-1745: Poster and exhibition (Session C)
1800-1900: Plenary lecture
Botond Roska – Friedrich Miescher Institute
The first steps in vision: cell types, circuits and repair
1910: Bus to Vasamuseet
1930: Dinner at Vasamuseet (registration no longer possible)
Dresscode: Casual
Note that changes in program may occur.