8.00 am – Registration opens
Session 1 – Cellular and Developmental Neuroscience
Chair – David Keays, LMU
9.00- 9.10 am – Introduction
9.10 – 9.30 – Jovica Ninkovic, LMU. “Unveiling the Intricate Dance: Glioblastoma and Surrounding Reactive Glial Cells“
9.30 – 9.50 – Antje Grosche, LMU. “Focus on glial cells: New gene therapy approaches for retinal diseases“
9.50 – 10.10 – Elisabeth Binder, MPI. “Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Prenatal Risk Factors in Psychiatric Disorders”
10.10 – 10.30 – Fabian Theis, TUM. “Generative AI for learning Cellular state & response”
10.30 – 11.00 am – Coffee Break
Session 2 – Evolution
Chair – Greg Nordmann, MPI BI
11.00 – 11.20 am – Richard Merrill, LMU. “Brains, behaviour and butterfly speciation”
11.20 – 11.40 – Maude Baldwin, MPI. “Evolution of sensory and digestive systems in birds”
11.40 – 12.00 – Veronica Pravata, LMU. “DCHS1 Modulates Forebrain Proportions in Modern Humans via a Glycosylation Change”
12.00 – 12.30 pm – Data Blitz (10 x 3 min talks).
Chair – Angelika Harbauer, LMU
12.30 – 2.30 pm – Lunch, Poster Session, and Trade Exhibition
Session 3 – Neurodegeneration
Chair – Oriane Mauger, MPI PSY
2.30 – 2.50 pm – Dominik Paquet, LMU. “Building novel human 3D brain tissue models to investigate neurodegenerative diseases”
2.50 – 3.10 – Thomas Misgeld, TUM. “Mitochondrial dynamics, diversity and damage in the CNS”
3.10 – 3.30 – Günter Höglinger, LMU. “ Towards a biological definition of Parkinson’s disease”
3.30 – 3.50 – Sabina Tahirovic, DZNE. “Neuronal-Glial Crosstalk in Niemann Pick Type C Disease”
3.50 – 4.30 Coffee Break and Photo (sponsored by Campden Instruments)
Session 4 – Systems Neuroscience
Chair – Ruben Portugues, TUM
4.30 – 4.50 pm – Laura Busse, LMU. “Effects of corticothalamic feedback on neural responses
in visual thalamus”
4.50 – 5.10 – Anna Schröder, LMU. “Neural circuit mechanisms of internal state driven behavioral flexibility”
5.10 pm – Final Remarks and Poster Awards
5.30 pm – Coherent Social Hour.