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PLENARY LECTURES
| Saturday, July 08 |
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17:30 - 18:30
Opening lecture
Supported by the Austrian Ministery of Education, Science and Culture
L01 - Gyorgy Buzsaki (Newark, USA)
Oscillatory control of cell assemblies.
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| Sunday, July 09 |
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08:30 - 09:30
L02 - Tim Bliss (London, United Kingdom)
The synaptic basis of memory.
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17:30 - 18:30
Presidential lecture
L03 - Roger A Nicoll (San Francisco, USA)
The cellular and molecular basis of synaptic plasticity.
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| Monday, July 10 |
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08:30 - 09:30
L04 - Eve Marder (Waltham, USA)
Variability, homeostasis, and compensation in rhythmic motor networks.
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17:30 - 18:30
L05 - Giacomo Rizzolatti (Parma, Italy)
The mirror neuron system in monkeys and humans.
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| Tuesday, July 11 |
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08:30 - 09:30
L06 - Takao K Hensch (Wako-Shi Saitama, Japan)
Critical period mechanisms in visual cortex.
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17:30 - 18:30
L07 - Antoine Triller (Paris, France)
Molecular basis of synaptic organization: a new perspective from single molecule imaging.
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| Wednesday, July 12 |
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08:30 - 09:30
L08 - Hannah Monyer (Heidelberg, Germany)
Genetic manipulations to study synchronous network activity in vitro and in vivo.
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13:00 - 14:00
L09 - Richard S.J. Frackowiak (London, United Kingdom)
Imaging the structure and function of human brain systems.
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SPECIAL LECTURES
| Sunday, July 09 |
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13:00 - 14:00
Hertie Foundation lecture
SL01 - Eric R. Kandel (New York, USA)
The Vienna School of Medicine and the origins of Austrian expressionism.
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| Monday, July 10 |
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13:00 - 14:00
FENS EJN Award 2006
SL02 - John Garthwaite (London, United Kingdom)
Neural nitric oxide: decoding the whispers.
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13:00 - 14:00
Human Frontier Science Program lecture
SL03 - Karel Svoboda (Cold Spring Harbor, USA)
Synaptic plasticity and stability in the neocortex in vivo.
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12:15 - 14:00
Fondation IPSEN Neuronal Plasticity awarding lectures
SL04.1 - Eckart D. Gundelfinger (Magdeburg, Germany)
Molecular organization and assembly of synaptic cytomatrices.
SL04.2 - Mary B Kennedy (Pasadena, USA)
Roles of protein complexes in activity-dependent control of synaptic strength.
SL04.3 - Morgan Sheng (Cambridge, USA)
Function of postsynaptic scaffold proteins in synaptic plasticity and learning and memory.
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| Tuesday, July 11 |
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13:00 - 14:00
Boehringer Ingelheim FENS Research Award 2006
SL05 - Zoltan Nusser (Budapest, Hungary)
Contrasting properties of glutamatergic and GABAergic synaptic neurotransmission.
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13:00 - 14:00
Kemali Prize 2006
Fifth Prize of the Dargut and Milena Kemali Foundation for the Neurosciences
SL06 - Patrik Ernfors (Stockholm, Sweden)
Neuronal subtype specification in the neural crest.
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13:00 - 14:00
EBBS Lecture
sponsored by Behavioural Brain Research, an Elsevier Journal
SL07 - Tracey J. Shors (Piscataway, USA)
Neurogenesis, synaptogenesis and memories in time.
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| Wednesday, July 12 |
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11:30 - 12:30
Max Cowan lecture
SL08 - David G. Amaral (Sacramento, USA)
Structure and function of the hippocampal formation: memory from the seahorse.
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11:30 - 12:30
GSK Neural Stem Cell FENS Research Award 2006
SL09 - Lukas Sommer (Zurich, Switzerland)
Combinatorial signaling regulating neural stem cell maintenance and differentiation.
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SPECIAL EVENTS
| Sunday, July 09 |
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11:30 - 13:00
SE01 - FENS / European Brain Council symposium
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15:45 - 17:15
SE02 - EDAB Symposium - Meeting of minds across Europe
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| Monday, July 10 |
11:30 - 13:00
SE03 - One hundred years after the first Nobel Prize to the neurosciences in 1906.
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15:45 - 17:15
SE04 - SensoPrim - Special interest social
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| Tuesday, July 11 |
11:30 - 13:00
SE05 - NENS symposium
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16:00 - 17:00
SE06 - Breaking News in Neuroscience
Late hot results which have been submitted after the abstract deadline are briefly presented.
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SYMPOSIA
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| Sunday, July 09 |
| 09:45 - 11:15 |
| S01 | - | Neural correlates of consciousness: new trends and data. |
| S02 | - | Gliotransmitters in action. |
| S03 | - | Dynamical motion processing: new insights into the neuronal machinery. |
| S04 | - | Physiological roles of T-type calcium channels: cognition, development, pain and sleep. |
| S05 | - | Language from a brain perspective |
| S06 | - | Stress, corticosteroid hormones and depression. |
| S07 | - | Spinal locomotor networks: basic properties and applications to neurorehabilitation after injury. |
| S08 | - | High resolution imaging |
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| 14:15 - 15:45 |
| S09 | - | How to erase memory traces of pain. |
| S10 | - | Brain immunity as a double edged sword. |
| S11 | - | Intracellular dynamics underlying synapse formation. |
| S12 | - | Shaping the synaptic signal: the impact of neurotransmitter diffusion and uptake. |
| S13 | - | Molecular and cellular mechanisms patterning neuronal connectivity during the early development of the cerebral cortex. |
| S14 | - | Cell assemblies and associative memory. |
| S15 | - | Signal coding of cerebellar Purkinje cells. |
| S16 | - | Aggregopathies |
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| Monday, July 10 |
| 09:45 - 11:15 |
| S17 | - | Mammalian circadian biology: genome-wide levels of temporal organization. |
| S18 | - | The parahippocampal cortex as an interface between hippocampus and neocortex. |
| S19 | - | Numerical competence in primates: from non-verbal precursors to symbolic representations. |
| S20 | - | Stem cell strategies for neural repair. |
| S21 | - | Functional role of adhesion molecules at central synapses. |
| S22 | - | Regulation and behavioural correlates of phasic dopamine release. |
| S23 | - | Plastic modifications during epilepsy. |
| S24 | - | Signalling cues for neuroprogenitors |
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| 14:15 - 15:45 |
| S25 | - | Neuronal plasticity in rat and human prefrontal cortex: mechanism, modulation, and function. |
| S26 | - | Molecular mechanisms of ion channel trafficking in the expression of long-term synaptic plasticity. |
| S27 | - | Role of astrocyte networks in brain energy metabolism. |
| S28 | - | From molecules to behaviour: the mammalian olfactory system in action. |
| S29 | - | Underlying mechanisms of addictive behaviour. |
| S30 | - | Neuronal calcium sensor (NCS) proteins as key modulators of neuronal signalling cascades: emerging roles in physiological and pathological processes. |
| S31 | - | Sleep-dependent formation of hippocampus-dependent memories. |
| S32 | - | What makes a reward worthy? |
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| Tuesday, July 11 |
| 09:45 - 11:15 |
| S33 | - | Temporo-parietal junction: where the self meets the world. |
| S34 | - | Targeting the endocannabinoid system in neurological and psychiatric disorders and pain. |
| S35 | - | CAG triplet repeat disorders. |
| S36 | - | Sensory ecology: acquisition of sensory information in natural environments. |
| S37 | - | Of rodents and men: unravelling the epigenetic code of brain development. |
| S38 | - | Retinal pigments: not just for vision. |
| S39 | - | Plasticity in inhibitory synapse formation and function. |
| S40 | - | Molecular, cellular and network basis of thalamocortical function in health and disease states. |
| 14:15 - 15:45 |
| S41 | - | Neuronal cell death mechanisms: fine tuning mitochondrial function, excitotoxicity and apoptosis. |
| S42 | - | The physiology of perceptual appearance: why things look as they do. |
| S43 | - | Small brains, big gains. Memory and movement in bees and flies. |
| S44 | - | Extracellular matrix molecules in formation and plasticity of central synapses. |
| S45 | - | Neural codes for cognitive and motor behaviour in the parietal lobe. |
| S46 | - | Neural basis and plasticity of hearing in noisy environments. |
| S47 | - | A role for lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) -signaling in the brain: implications for layer formation and axon growth. |
| S48 | - | Galanin, a multifunctional neuropeptide |
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| Wednesday, July 12 |
| 09:45 - 11:15 |
| S49 | - | Mechanisms of memory formation and maintenance. |
| S50 | - | Epigenetic mechanisms in brain and behaviour. |
| S51 | - | Dynamic interactions and plasticity in the developing and mature brain. |
| S52 | - | Mouse models of X-linked mental retardation (MRX). |
| S53 | - | Prefrontal cortex and the organization of goal directed behaviour. |
| S54 | - | Shaping the excitatory synapse through scaffolding proteins. |
| S55 | - | Functional plasticity in the mouse visual system: from genes to behaviour. |
| S56 | - | Axon growth and guidance |
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TECHNICAL WORKSHOPS
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| Saturday, July 08 |
| 13:30 - 16:45 |
| W01 | - | Molecular imaging, nanotechnologies and brain diseases. |
| W02 | - | Proteomics: a bridge between genes and CNS physiology and pathologies. |
| W03 | - | Non-invasive high-resolution recording. |
| W04 | - | Challenges in the discovery of novel therapeutics for neurological and psychiatric diseases. |
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