SiNAPSA Neuroscience Conference '09
with Educational Workshop on Memory
September 26-29 2009, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Conference Programme
Saturday, September 26th
| 15:00 | Registration |
| 16:00 | Opening of SiNAPSA Neuroscience Conference '09 |
| 16:30 | A. O. Župančič Memorial Lecture Role of Professor Župančič concept of pathophysiology in the development of human neurosciences of movement Milan R. Dimitrijević, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA |
| 17:30 | Special event |
| 18:00 | Symposium: Neuroscience and society: Awareness in unresponsive states: is anybody there? |
| 18:00 | Detecting awareness in the vegetative state Adrian M. Owen, Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, UK |
| 18:30 | Panel discussion Urban Kordeš, Olga Markič, Adrian M. Owen, Igor Pribac, Janez Ravnik, Grega Repovš, Jože Trontelj |
| 20:00 | Welcome reception |
Sunday, September 27th
| 08:00 | Registration |
| 08:30 | Symposium: Basic neurobiology I: RNA regulation in brain diseases
chair: Jernej Ule |
| 08:30 | Effects on BDNF mRNA dendritic trafficking of the mutation Val66Met (G196A), a human polymorphism involved in neuropsychiatric disorders Enrico Tongiorgi, BRAIN Centre for Neuroscience, Department of Biology, University of Trieste, Italy |
| 08:55 | Expression of Synaptotagmins in animal models of neurodegeneration Gordana Glavan, Institute of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 09:20 | TDP-43 and FUS in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Boris Rogelj, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, MRC Centre for Neurodegeneration Research, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK |
| 09:45 | Regulation of RNA processing in the neurodegenerative process Jernej Ule, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK |
| 10:10 | Cholinergic regulation of striatal NOVA mRNAs in rat models of temporal lobe epilepsy Nejc Jelen, Brain Research Laboratory, Institute of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 | Plenary lecture: Molecular mechanisms regulating the endogenous circadian clock Michael Hastings, Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK |
| 12:00 | Buffet lunch by the posters |
| 13:30 | Plenary lecture: Recent advances in translational neuroimaging Steven Williams, Centre for Neuroimaging Sciences, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK |
| 14:30 | Symposium: Basic neurobiology II: Insights from genomics and proteomics; Cystatins role in neurodegeneration
chair: Eva Žerovnik |
| 14:30 | The ubiquitin proteasome system in neurodegeneration and inclusion body formation linked to Lewy body disease Lynn Bedford, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Nottingham Medical School, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK |
| 14:55 | Effect of Zn(II)- and Cu(II)-ions on aggregation and fibrillization of amyloid-β (1-42) peptide Peep Palumaa, Department of Gene Technology, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia |
| 15:20 | Using yeast functional genomics to study neurodegeneration Uroš Petrovič, Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 15:45 | Interaction of stefin B (cystatin B) and A-beta in vitro and in the cell Eva Žerovnik, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular and Structural Biology, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 16:10 | Stefin B regulates cathepsin L activity in the nucleus and interacts with histones Nataša Kopitar-Jerala, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular and Structural Biology, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 20:00 | Guided tour of the old town |
Monday, September 28th
| 08:00 | Registration |
| 08:30 | Symposium: Child neurology
chair: Damjan Osredkar |
| 08:30 | Protection of the neonatal brain at term: recent achievements and remaining challenges Floris Groenendaal, Department of Neonatology, Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, University Medical Centre Utrecht, The Netherlands |
| 09:00 | Hyperoxic effects on the neonatal brain Ola Didrik Saugstad, Department of Paediatric Research, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway |
| 09:30 | The role of erythropoietin on hippocampal neurogenesis after neonatal stroke Damjan Osredkar, Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA, and Department of Pediatric Neurology, University Children’s Hospital, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 10:00 | Therapeutic hypothermia in newborns with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy at the Department of Paediatric Surgery and Intensive Care, University Medical Centre Ljubljana 2006-2009 Metka Derganc, Department of Paediatric Surgery and Intensive Care, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 | Plenary lecture: Imaging selective vulnerability in the developing nervous system Donna M. Ferriero, Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA |
| 12:00 | Buffet lunch by the posters |
| 13:30 | Plenary lecture: Binding items and contexts: A framework for understanding the neural organization of episodic memory Charan Ranganath, Center for Neuroscience & Department of Psychology, University of California at Davis, California, USA |
| 14:30 | Symposium: Cognitive neuroscience I
chair: Grega Repovš, Zvezdan Pirtošek |
| 14:30 | Close encounters of the fear kind Dean Mobbs, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, UK |
| 15:00 | Nonconscious priming in executive control Nicola De Pisapia, CIMeC - Center for Mind/Brain Sciences, University of Trento, Italy |
| 15:30 | On the multifaceted nature of time processing: neural and cognitive foundation Antonino Vallesi, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy |
| 16:00 | Working memory systems at encoding and interference control Grega Repovš, Department of Psychology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Department of Psychology, Washington University in Saint Louis, Saint Louis, USA |
| 16:30 | Coffee break |
| 17:00 | Symposium: Cognitive neuroscience II
chair: Grega Repovš |
| 17:00 | Semantics beyond the N400: from ERP time courses to a neural architecture for meaning composition Giosuè Baggio, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste, Italy |
| 17:30 | An ERP study on the effect of colours in visual categorisation Szilvia Linnert, Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Szeged, Hungary, Institute of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Szeged, Hungary. |
| 17:45 | High spatial resolution EEG recording provides robust markers of changes in information processing during oddball task in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Vita Štukovnik, Institute of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 18:00 | The effects of mood in visual search of schematic facial expressions Martina Starc, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 18:15 | Stimulus and response interference effects in young, middle and older adults Lea Mencinger, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 20:00 | Social evening |
Tuesday, September 29th
| 08:00 | Registration |
| 08:30 | Symposium: Neurology
chair: David B. Vodušek |
| 08:30 | Localisation of sources in brain by EEG signals analysis Aleš Belič, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 08:45 | Clinical correlates of brain SPECT perfusion in Parkinson disease dementia Milica Gregorič Kramberger, Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 09:00 | Determining inflammatory activity in atherosclerotic plaques of carotid bulb using PET/CT and correlation with echosonographic type of plaque Matija Zupan, Department of Vascular Neurology and Intensive Therapy, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 09:15 | Cortical activity during reaching preparation Martin Rakuša, Institute of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 09:30 | The effect of long term endurance training on postexercise autonomic neural control and heart rate recovery in middle aged subjects Aljoša Danieli, Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 09:45 | Influence of sports climbing and yoga on spasticity, cognitive function, mood and fatigability in patients with multiple sclerosis Katarina Čurić, Orjana Velikonja, Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 10:00 | Daily expression of clock genes hPer2 and hBmal1 in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells during 40-h sleep deprivation Leja Dolenc-Grošelj, Institute of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 10:15 | Gait in patients with different neuromuscular disorders Aleš Pražnikar, Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 10:30 | Coffee break |
| 11:00 | Plenary lecture: The organisation of supervisory control: effects of different prefrontal lesions Tim Shallice, Sector of Cognitive Neuroscience, International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste, Italy |
| 12:00 | Buffet lunch by the posters |
| 13:00 | Symposium: AstraZeneca satellite mini-symposium (Slovene) |
| 13:00 | Mehanizmi delovanja antipsihotikov in motnje razpoloženja Peter Pregelj, Psihiatrična klinika Ljubljana |
| 13:15 | Predpisovanje antipsihotikov v različnih življenjskih obdobjih Jure Bon, Andrej Žmitek, Psihiatrična bolnišnica Begunje |
| 13:30 | Diskusija |
| 13:45 | Coffee break |
| 14:00 | Plenary lecture: Prediction of a treatment response to antidepressants Cyril Höschl, Prague Psychiatric Centre & 3rd Faculty of Medicine of Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic |
| 15:00 | Symposium: Psychiatry
chair: Jure Bon, Peter Pregelj |
| 15:00 | Gene polymorphisms in veterans with combat related posttraumatic stress disorder Nela Pivac, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Division of Molecular Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia |
| 15:30 | Polymorphisms in dopamine receptors genes and symptomatology in patients on maintenance antipsychotic therapy Blanka Kores Plesničar, University Psychiatric Hospital Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 16:00 | Psychological factors in diabetes Rok Tavčar, University Psychiatric Hospital Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 16:30 | Metabolic syndrome and schizophrenia Peter Pregelj, University Psychiatric Hospital Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| 17:00 | Closing of the conference |
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Neuroscience and society symposium
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Basic information
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Registration
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Programme
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Educational workshop
Conference is accompanied by an Educational workshop on memory. Visit Workshop pages for detailed information on Workshop and an overview of programme schedule.
Interdisciplinary panel discussion
One of the opening events of the conference is an interdisciplinary panel discussion on Awareness in unresponsive states. The panel discussion will address different perspectives and present varying views on the topic, also inviting questions from the public.
Key dates
July 15 2009
Abstract submission deadline
July 15 2009
Travel award application deadline
September 1 2009
Early registration deadline
September 26 2009
Conference starts
Presenter's guide
Visit presenter's guide for details on equipment for oral presentations as well as information on how to prepare an effective poster.
Travel grants
The organizers were able to provide a small number of travel grants for students and junior scientists from Central and Eastern Europe and other less privileged regions. The deadline for submission of travel grant applications was July 15th.
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