Neuroniche Launch Symposium

A half-day launch symposium for the EU Consortium “Neuroniche”
July 6, 2017
Lecture Theatre B, Chancellors Building, Little France, Edinburgh EH16 4SB

NEURONICHE LAUNCH SYMPOSIUM

Schedule:  

08:50 - 09:20             arrivals and coffee (to be purchased from Cafeteria)

09:20 - 09:30             welcoming words (CGB)

 

Discovery

09:30 - 10:10         Catherina Becker (University of Edinburgh) Spinal cord repair from endogenous progenitor cells

10:10 - 10:50         Jean Philippe Hugnot (INM, Montpellier) Molecular and cellular characterization of the human and mouse central canal stem cell niche

10:50 - 11:30         Michell Reimer (CRT Dresden) The role of oligodendroglia in regeneration after spinal cord injury in zebrafish

11:30 - 12:00         coffee (in cafeteria)

 

Methods & Translation

12:00 - 12:40         Serge Myuldermans (VUB Brussels) Nanobodies as a versatile tool in multiple applications

12:40 - 13:10         Urszula Slawinska (Nencki Institute, Warsaw) Critical role of serotonin for hindlimb locomotor recovery in paraplegic rats

13:10 - 13:50         Ortrud Uckermann (University Hospital Dresden) Label-free techniques for optical analysis of spinal cord pathologies.

 

ALL WELCOME - FREE TO ATTEND, NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED.