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MCCS


"Molecular and cellular cognition"

                An EMBO lecture course held jointly with MCCS-Europe


1st - 6th July | 2006 |Venice| Italy

 

Programme

 

 

July 1st |July 2st
July 3rd |July 4th
July 5th |July 6th

Sat July 1st
18.30

Arrival and cocktail at the Guggenheim Museum.
A guided visit of the Museum will be included
Sun July 2nd

Molecular approaches and new frontiers in cognitive functions 1:
memory consolidation and reconsolidation
Chair:  Riccardo Brambilla
  8.30 - 9.45 Alcino Silva Mechanisms of memory consolidation and cognitive dysfunction
 9.45 - 11.00 D. Storm Mechanisms of memory formation
11.00 - 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 - 12.45 C. Alberini Mechanisms of memory reconsolidation
12.45 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 15.15 Y. Dudai Mechanisms of memory consolidation
15.15 - 16.30 S. Laroche Memory consolidation
16.30 - 17.00 Coffee break
17.00 - 18.30 General discussion with the students

 

 Evening: free time
Mon July 3rd

Molecular approaches and new frontiers in cognitive functions 2:
transcriptional and translational control of memory formation
Chair: Cristina Alberini
  8.30 - 9.45 I. Mansuy Molecular constraints on learning and memory
 9.45 - 11.00 D. Sweatt Epigenetic mechanisms of memory formation and consolidation
11.00 - 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 - 12.45 S. Grant Proteomic of memory formation
12.45 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 15.15 K. Rosenblum Proteomic of memory formation
15.15 - 16.30 P. Pagenetti Mechanisms in Alzheimer Disease
16.30 - 17.00 Coffee break
17.00 - 18.30 General discussion with the students

 

 Evening: free time
Tue July 4th

Translational molecular neuroscience: unraveling cognitive dysfunctions
Chair: Alcino Silva
  8.30 - 9.45 S. Dunnett Molecular mechanisms in Huntington's disease andother neurodegenerative disorders
 9.45 - 11.00 P. Calabresi Molecular mechanisms oin Parkinson's Disease
11.00 - 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 - 12.45 R. Brambilla Molecular mechanism of drug addiction and habit formation
12.45 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 16.30

Workshop: Translational neuroscience: Searching for innovative treatments

Chair: Paul Chapman

Participants: Steven Rose, Gerry Dawson, Paul Matthews

16.30 - 17.00 Coffee break
17.00 - 18.00 Student presentations
18.00 - 19.00 Steven Rose "EMBO Science and Society Special Lecture"

 

 Evening: free time
Wed July 5th

Looking into cognition: Imaging and neurophysiological approaches
Chair: Isabelly Mansuy
  8.30 - 9.45 H. Monyer Mechanisms of Synaptic Plasticity
 9.45 - 11.00 P. Seeburg Glutamate receptor in synaptic plasticity
11.00 - 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 - 12.45 E. Bezard in vivo neurophysiology in non human primates and Parkinson’s disease
12.45 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 15.15 B. Bontempi Cotrical mechanisms of memory consolidationm
15.15 - 16.30 M. Nicolelis In vivo neurophysiology and congnition
16.30 - 17.00 Coffee Break
17.00 - 19.30 Student presentations and final discussion
20.30 Social dinner
Thurs July 6th

Departure for Vienna for the 2nd MCCS-Europe/FENS Satellite Meeting