Location: MTI lecture hall (building 44 b) University Hospital of Cologne, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 50, 50931 Köln (Cologne) Germany.

30 January 2025

08:00 - 10:00

Opening speech / registration

10:00 - 10:45

Keynote speaker
Daniel van den Hove, Maastricht University
Epigenetics in aging and Alzheimer's disease; back to the better future

10:50 - 12:15

Parallel session 1
Neuronal circuits

Senior scientist talk
Doris Dijksterhuis - Uniklinik Bonn
Pronouns Reactivate Conceptual Representations in Human Hippocampal Neurons

PhD talks

10:50 - 12:15

Parallel session 2
 

Senior scientist talk
Melissa Schepers – Hasselt University
Bridging Models and Translational Insights: PDE Inhibitors for CNS Recovery in Neurodegenerative Diseases

PhD talks

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch break

13:30 - 14:15

Fire presentation

14:15 - 15:15

Poster session

15:15 - 16:15

Workshops (research funding, CADRE)

PI Meeting

16:15 - 17:00

AMA career panel / ask the companies

18:30

Dinner at Hellers Brauhaus, Roonstraße 33, 50674 Köln
How to get there: take the number 9 from the station Lindenburg to the station Zülpicher Platz or have an approx. 25 min walk there.

31 January 2025

09:00 - 09:45

Keynote speaker
Dean Mobbs, CalTech, USA
Survival in a complex world

09:45 - 11:20

Parallel session 1

Senior scientist talk
Karen Cheng - Uniklinik Bonn
Whole brain imaging of behaving drosophila

PhD talks

09:45 - 11:20

Parallel session 2

Senior scientist talk
Ricardo Loução - Uniklinik Köln
Tractography in neurosurgical context

PhD talks

11:20 - 12:20

Poster session

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch break

13:30 - 15:30

Workshops (open Ephys, RDM/open Science)

15:30 - 16:00

Closing speech / awards

16:00 - 16:30

Closing drinks