Symposia
Wednesday, November 3rd
| 15:30–17:30 Auditorium 1 |
Symposium 1 Binding cell assemblies into memory engrams |
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| Chairs: | Santiago Canals Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)-Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche (UMH), Alicante, Spain. |
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| Claudio Mirasso Instituto de Física Interdisciplinar y Sistemas Complejos (CSIC-UIB), Campus Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain. |
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| Speakers: | The hippocampus converges volatile entorhinal inputs in stable spatial maps.  Marlene Bartos  Institute for Physiology, Dept. I, Cellular and Systemic Neurophysiology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany |
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| Active dendrites and their role in memory assemblies. Panayiota Poirazi  Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB), Foundation of Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH), Crete, Greece. |
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| Regulation of inhibitory circuits in the dentate gyrus: role on temporal coding and pattern separation. Claudio Mirasso  Instituto de Física Interdisciplinar y Sistemas Complejos (CSIC-UIB), Campus Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain. |
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| The dentate gyrus coordinates brain-wide functional networks during memory formation. Santiago Canals  Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)-Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche (UMH), Alicante, Spain. |
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| 15:30–17:30 Auditorium 2 |
Symposium 2 Deciphering Brain Circuits: Insights from Reward and Neuronal Excitability |
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| Chairs: | Marta Navarrete Llinás Instituto Cajal, CSIC, Madrid, Spain. Juliana Martins Da Rosa Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos, Toledo, Spain. |
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| Speakers: | Neurobiological basis of reward and aversion: a focus on the nucleus accumbens circuitry. Ana João Rodrigues  University of Minho, ICVS; School of Medicine, Campus Gualtar, Braga, Portugal |
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| Revealing the functional anatomy of synaptic partners using super-resolution STED microscopy. Jan Tonnesen  Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience, Science Park of the UPV/EHU, Leioa, Spain. |
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| On the road map of astrocyte functional heterogeneity: implications in sensory processing and spontaneous activity. Juliana Martins da Rosa  Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos, Toledo, Spain. |
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| Astrocytic Network Heterogeneity in the Nucleus Accumbens. Marta Navarrete Llinás  Instituto Cajal, CSIC, Madrid, Spain. |
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Co-financed by IBRO-PERC / SENC  |
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Thursday, November 4th
| 09:00–11:00 Auditorium 1 |
Symposium 3 Inhibitory cells throughout brain circuits |
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| Chair: | Sara Mederos Sainsbury Wellcome Centre (UCL), London. |
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| Speakers: | Interneuron regulation of early developmental dynamics. Laura Modol  King’s College London, London, UK. |
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| The role of inhibition in hippocampal place cells. Manuel Valero  NYU Neuroscience Institute, New York, USA. |
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| Uncovering how behaviour arises out of inhibitory circuits. Sara Mederos  Sainsbury Wellcome Centre (UCL), London, UK. |
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| Two tunable inhibitory systems govern the activity of neocortical layer 1 (L1). Bernardo Rudy  NYU Neuroscience Institute, New York, USA. Co-financed by IBRO-PERC / SENC |
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| 09:00–11:00 Auditorium 2 |
Symposium 4 Understanding quiescence in adult neurogenic niches |
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| Chairs: | Aixa V. Morales Instituto Cajal (CSIC), Madrid, Spain.. |
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| Helena Mira Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia (IBV), CSIC, Valencia, Spain. |
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| Speakers: | Progressive changes in hippocampal stem cell properties ensure lifelong neurogenesis. François Guillemot  The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK. |
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| Injury-induced activation of quiescent neural progenitors in the adult fly brain. Christa Rhiner  Champalimaud Foundation, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal. |
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| From quiescence to proliferation and back: the active life of neural stem cells. Aixa V. Morales  Instituto Cajal (CSIC), Madrid, Spain.. |
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| Coming from within: cell-intrinsic modulators of quiescent neural stem cells. Helena Mira  Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia (IBV), CSIC, Valencia, Spain. |
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| 15:00–17:00 Auditorium 1 |
Symposium 5 Modeling behavior during decision making |
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| Chairs: | Alfonso Renart Fernandez Champalimaud Neuroscience Program, Lisbon, Portugal. |
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| Jaime de la Rocha Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona. |
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| Speakers: | Spatial maps in piriform cortex during olfactory navigation. Cindy Poo  Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal. |
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| Social decision-making in rodents. Cristina Márquez  Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, Alicante, Spain. |
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| Mechanisms underlying simple perceptual choices. Alfonso Renart Fernandez  Champalimaud Neuroscience Program, Lisbon, Portugal. |
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| The dynamics of evidence accumulation in expectation-guided perceptual decisions. Jaime de la Rocha  Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain. |
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| 15:00–17:00 Auditorium 2 |
Symposium 6 Tracing cell lineages in the brain |
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| Chairs: | Jorge García-Marqués Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CSIC, Madrid, Spain.. |
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| Isabel Espinosa-Medina Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Maryland, USA. |
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| Speakers: | Neural stem cell lineage progression in developing cerebral cortex. Simon Hippenmeyer  Institute of Science and Technology (IST) Austria, Austria.. |
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| Temporal encoding and manipulation of vertebrate cell histories with a new CRISPR/Cas9 system. Isabel Espinosa-Medina  Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Maryland, USA. |
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| Delving into the generation of cortical astrocyte diversity and plasticity using multicolour lineage tracing tools. Karine Loulier  Institut for Neurosciences of Montpellier (INM), University of Montpellier, INSERM, Montpellier, France. |
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| Cell lineages in the vertebrate brain: lessons from Drosophila. Jorge García Marqués  Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CSIC, Madrid, Spain. |
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Co-financed by IBRO-PERC / SENC |
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Friday, November 5th
| 09:00–11:00 Auditorium 1 |
Symposium 7 Motor circuits and motor control from a basic and clinical view. |
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| Chairs: | Claudia Ammann HM CINAC, Hospital Universitario HM Puerta del Sur, Móstoles, Spain. |
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| Teresa Jurado-Parras Instituto Cajal, CSIC, Madrid, Spain. |
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| Speakers: | Sensorimotor integration by dorsal striatal circuits. Ramón Reig  Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH, Alicante, Spain. |
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| Motor control in the dorsal striatum. Teresa Jurado-Parras  Instituto Cajal, CSIC, Madrid, Spain. |
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| Chx10 pedunculopontine neurons, a midbrain glutamatergic subpopulation that causes global motor immobilization. Roberto Leiras  Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. |
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| Disinhibition of the motor cortex in Parkinson’s disease. Claudia Ammann  HM CINAC, Hospital Universitario HM Puerta del Sur, Móstoles, Spain. |
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Co-financed by IBRO-PERC / SENC |
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| 09:00–11:00 Auditorium 2 |
Symposium 8 Origin and expansion of the neocortex |
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| Chair: | Víctor Borrell Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH, Alicante, Spain. |
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| Speakers: | Evolution of the pallium: new insights from studies in amphibians. Nerea Moreno  Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain. |
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| Plasticity and rigidity of developmental programs and the evolution of pallial architectures. Fernando Garcia-Moreno  Achucarro Basque Center For Neuroscience, Leioa, Bizkaia, Spain. |
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| Evolution of cortical progenitor cells: much to gain, much to loose. Víctor Borrell  Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH, Alicante, Spain. |
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| How does the human brain develop to the right size and shape? The role of the extracellular matrix. Katie Long  Centre for Developmental Neurobiology and MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Developmental Disorders, King’s College London, London, UK. |
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Co-financed by IBRO-PERC / SENC |
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| 15:00–17:00 Auditorium 1 |
Symposium 9 Understanding the neuroimmune axis in health and disease: myeloid and lymphoid cells in the Central Nervous System |
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| Chair: | Amanda Sierra Achucarro Basque Center for NeuroscienceIkerbasque Foundation, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Bizkaia, Spain. |
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| Speakers: | Not just corpse removal: How microglial phagocytosis maintains tissue homeostasis. Amanda Sierra  Achucarro Basque Center for NeuroscienceIkerbasque Foundation, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Bizkaia, Spain. |
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| Gene-Regulatory Dynamics of Microglia States during Neuroinflammation. Jose P. Lopez-Atalaya Instituto de Neurociencias (UMH-CSIC), Alicante, Spain. |
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| Role of CD4 T cells in brain development. Emanuela Pasciuto  Katholieke Universiteit Leuven- VIB Center for Brain and Disease Research, University of Leuven, Belgium. |
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| Co-financed by IBRO-PERC / SENC |
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| 15:00–17:00 Auditorium 2 |
Symposium 10 Rethinking the epigenetic landscape in the intellectual disability |
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| Chairs: | Angel Barco Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH, Alicante, Spain. |
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| Mara Dierssen Center for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, Spain. |
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| Speakers: | The RNA and histone-methylation landscape in cognitive diseases. Andre Fischer  German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Göttingen, Germany. |
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| ID-linked KDMs prevent spurious transcription in neurons. Angel Barco  Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH, Alicante, Spain. |
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| Emerging roles for long noncoding RNAs in Down syndrome hippocampus. Mara Dierssen  Center for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, Spain |
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