Timetable

Monday, April 7th

09.00 – Registration

9.30 – 9.45 – Official opening Jarosław Bosy / Michał Ślęzak

09.45 – 11.30 – Session I: Empowering translational brain research through networking  

Chair: Witold Konopka (Łukasiewicz – PORT) 

HE Twinning – SAME-NeuroID – Standardized Approaches to Modelling and Examination of Neuropsychiatric Disorders
Witold Konopka, Michał Ślęzak, Agnieszka Krzyżosiak, Łukasiewicz – PORT, Poland 

Molecular mechanism of tau pathology in Alzheimer’s disease
Jozef Hritz, CEITEC – Central European Institute of Technology, Czech Republic 

Gene therapy: Historical context, challenges, and breakthroughs – the GeneT initiative
Luis Pereira de Almeida, University of Coimbra, GeneT – Center of Excellence in Gene Therapy, Portugal 

EBiSC – The European Bank for iPS  Cells – a joint endeavour to accelerate and standardise iPS research 
Julie Neubauer, Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Germany 

Europe’s Digital Infrastructure – key enablers for transdisciplinary collaboration in brain science
Cezary Mazurek, Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center, Poland 

Fostering innovation in mental health: Bridging the gap between academia and industry 
Lorenza Magno, Judith Schweimer, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma, Germany 

11.30 – 11.50 – Coffee break 

11.50 – 13.30 – Session II: Neuroimmune dialogue with sensory systems and cancer
neuroscience /Session sponsored by NAWA/

Chair: Mateusz Kucharczyk (Łukasiewicz – PORT) 

The peripheral code of pain revelead by activity labelling
Marcin Szczot, Linköping University, Sweden

Neuro-inflammation in chronic pain
Franziska Denk, King’s College London, UK

Somatosensation and cancer neuroscience
Mateusz Kucharczyk, Łukasiewicz – PORT, Poland

Pain in multiple myeloma – interaction of the cancer microenvironment with the sensory nervous system 
Anne-Marie Heegaard, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

13.30 – 14.20 – Lunch 

14.20 – 16.00 – Session III: Translational approaches to understand neurodegeneration

Chair: Agnieszka Krzyżosiak (Łukasiewicz – PORT)

Human stem cell models of Alzheimer’s disease and familial British dementia 
Selina Wray, University College London, UK

Imaging-based approaches for understanding and treating Alzheimer’s disease 
Pranesh Padmanabahn, The University of Queensland, Australia

Opposing effects of neuronal and myeloid P2X4 receptors on ALS progression in SOD1-G93A mice 
Sara Carracedo, University of Bordeaux, France 

Targetting the ubiquitin system for therapeutic intervention in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 
Dimitris Xirodimas, Montpellier Cell Biology Research Center, France 

16.00 – 16.30 – Coffee Break / Poster session

16.30 – 17.30 – Keynote lecture 

The immune system in Alzheimer’s disease: Friend or foe? 
Paul Schulz, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), USA 

17.30 – 18.30 Roundtable discussion: How to improve collaboration between private and public partners? 

Chair: Mateusz  Kucharczyk,  Łukasiewicz – PORT

18.30 – Dinner at PORT 

9.20 – 11.00 – Session IV: Translational biomarkers of mental disorders  

Chair: Michał Ślęzak (Łukasiewicz – PORT)

Single-cell insights into schizophrenia and traumatic memory 
Mykhailo Batiuk, EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne), Switzerland 

Use of multi-parametric assays to capture sex- and environment–modifiers of behavioural phenotypes in autism mouse models 
Aleksandra Badura, Erasmus University MC, Netherlands 

Smartphone-based neurometric evaluations: A scalable approach to neurodevelopmental diagnostics 
Kayleigh Gultig, Erasmus University MC & Blink Lab, Netherlands 

Predictive EEG parameter to investigate the relationship between pre–anesthetic anxiety/stress and post–anesthetic cognitive impairments 
Thomas Fenzl, Munich Center for Neurosciences – Brain & Mind, Germany 

11.00 – 11.30 – Coffee break 

11.30 – 13.10 – Session V: Translational neuropsychiatry across the lifespan 

Chair: Ali Jawaid (Łukasiewicz – PORT)

Neuroimmune mechanisms in metabolic resilience  
Agnes Nadjar, Université de Bordeaux, France 

Corticolimbic underpinnings of adolescent psychiatric disorders 
Nora Raschle, University of Zurich, Switzerland 

Modulating adult human behavior through noise and pupillary feedback 
Weronika Potok, ETH Zürich, Switzerland 

Towards the biological plausibility and biomarkers of intergenerational trauma in humans 
Ali Jawaid, Łukasiewicz – PORT, Poland 

13.10 – 14.00 – Lunch 

14.00 – 15.00 – Keynote lecture

Decoding neurodevelopment using stem cell–derived models 
Simona Lodato, Humanitas Research Center, Italy

15.00 – 15.30 – Coffee break / Poster session

15.30 – 16.30 – Roundtable discussion: How to improve collaboration between clinics and science?

Chair: Michał Ślęzak (Łukasiewicz – PORT)

19.00 – Dinner in Wrocław 

9.00 – 10.40 – Session VI: PORT for Business – Digital therapeutics

Chair: Ali Jawaid (Łukasiewicz – PORT)

mHealth interventions for resilience and prevention of stress–related disorders 
Marta Marciniak, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands; ReApp, Poland

Artificial intelligence in continuous and objective monitoring of affective disorders
Małgorzata Sochacka, MoodMon, Poland 

Screening for early onset of dementia using voice as biomarker 
Elżbieta Trypka, VividMind, Poland 

The Cognity: How AI can help train social skills?
Katsiaryna Stankevich, Cognity, UK

10.40 – 11.10 – Coffee break  

11.10 – 12.15 – Roundtable discussion: Bringing scientific ideas on the market

Chair: Ali Jawaid (Łukasiewicz – PORT)

12.15 – 13.30 – Lunch 

13.30 – 15.00 – Satellite Symposium /Session sponsored by SAME-NeuroID/

How to successfully apply for a Marie Curie Fellowship – Key tips to maximize your chances of success, led by this year’s grantees
Ignacy Czajewski, Anna Chrzanowska, Paris Brain Institute, France