Événements
International Symposium: Signals and Circuits for motivation and movement
Dopamine is an important neurotransmitter in the brain that modulates complex behaviors such as movement, reward, motivation, and memory. The activity of dopaminoceptive neurons in the forebrain is altered in a variety of conditions, including Parkinson’s disease, addiction, and schizophrenia.
Unraveling the molecular signals and circuits involved in the actions of dopamine in the normal and pathological brain has been the focus of Jean-Antoine Girault’s scientific career, collaborating with prominent international leaders and making seminal discoveries in this rapidly expanding field.
The 2024 IFM Colloquium, organized in honor of Jean-Antoine Girault’s career, will showcase 12 keynote speakers who will address various aspects of neurotransmission and signaling in the striatal circuits underlying motivation and movement, both in physiological conditions and in various disorders that mainly affect dopaminergic signaling (e.g., Parkinson’s disease, obsessive-compulsive disorder, or drug addiction). Our goal is to cover most aspects of basal ganglia involvement in action selection and procedural learning (i.e., habit formation), as well as related disorders, to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date view of this dynamic field.
Space and time will be allocated to poster presentations.
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Place
Auditorium - International Conference Center
Sorbonne Université - Faculté des Sciences et Ingénierie
Campus Pierre et Marie Curie
4 place Jussieu, 75005 Paris
2024 ISDN meeting
The 25th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience (ISDN) will take place in Montpellier, France, 21-24 September 2024.
4 plenary speakers and 10 symposia featuring more than 40 speakers will highlight recent advances and future directions in fundamental and applied developmental neuroscience.
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Place
Corum, Montpellier, France
Workshop « Linking brain structure & function at the nanoscale: an interdisciplinary workshop »
The brain is composed of various specialized cells, characterized by complex, nanoscopic shapes. Recent technical advances such as cryo- and volume electron microscopy have enabled reconstructing cells and organelles at unprecedented spatial resolution, paving the way for new discoveries on cell structure-function coupling at the subcellular level.
This interdisciplinary workshop aims to bring together experts from diverse fields who contribute to improving our understanding of the nanoscale landscape of the nervous system and its impact on brain function, from electron microscopy to image analysis, machine learning, deep learning, and computational modeling.
More information on the event website.
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Place
Lyon et hybride
1st Azerbaijan Neuroscience Conference
The 1st Azerbaijan Neuroscience Conference, organized by the Azerbaijan Neuroscience Society in collaboration with Neyroelm MMC, IBRO and Baku Pain Clinic, will take place on September 28th, 2024, at the Hilton Hotel in Baku, Azerbaijan.
More information on the event website
Membrane Trafficking in Health and Disease: Focus on Neurological Diseases
In the last thirty years, tremendous progress has been made in the elucidation of the molecular and cellular mechanisms regulating membrane trafficking and turnover in mammalian cells, e.g., exocytosis, endocytosis and the lysosomal clearance of proteins and lipids through autophagy. The field is now able to explore how defects of membrane trafficking can lead to diseases, particularly neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders. The school will overview the last decades of seminal advances in the field: the lessons learned about regulated and unconventional exocytosis, the role of lysosomes in degradation and secretion, the dynamics, metabolism and signalling of lipids, and the role of the immune system in regulating the synapse and neuronal function.
Program
11-12. welcoming
13.00. Lunch
Secretion and degradation I
14:30. Thierry Galli: “Unconventional Secretion in the Nervous System”
16:00. Silvia Coco: “Mesenchymal Stem Cell Extracellular Vesicles: A New Challenge for Brain Diseases?”
Social Dinner.
Day 2. Tuesday 15th
Membrane Trafficking and neurodegeneration
9:00. Shawn Ferguson: “Lysosome Dysfunction in Neurodegenerative Disease”
10:30. Peter McPherson: “DENN-Domain-Mediated Regulation of Rab GTPases in Neurological Disease
Social Event: Visit of Como and Museum
13.30. Lunch
Membrane dynamics at the synapse
14:30. Kohji Takei: “Interplay between Membrane Dynamics and Cytoskeletal Dynamics”
16:00. Ira Milosevic “Towards understanding synaptic transmission in the ageing brain”
17:15. Coffee Break
17:30. Student Session I
Day 3. Wednesday 16th
Secretion and degradation I
9:00. Michele Solimena: “Secretory Granules/Large Dense Core Vesicles: The Other Side of Regulated Exocytosis. Lessons from the Pancreatic Islet Beta Cells””
10:30. Roberto Zoncu: “Lysosomes in Nutrient Sensing and Cellular Growth Control”
Social Event: visit of the Villa of Grumello and botanical Garden
13.30. Lunch
Membrane Trafficking and neurodegeneration II
14:30. Volker Haucke: “Lipid Switches in Cell Physiology: From Membrane Dynamics to Disease”
16:00. Gilbert Di Paolo: “Role of Lipids in Neurodegeneration”
17:15. Coffee Break
17:30. Student Session II
Day 4. Thursday 17th
Neuroimmunology
9:30. Michela Matteoli: “The Synapse as a Target of the Immune System: Role of Microglia”
10:30. Evelina Gatti: “Unconventional Secretion Linking Cellular Stress and Innate Sensing: Lessons for the Neuroimmune Dialogue”
Social Event: Sailing on the lake
Lunch
16:30. Davide Pozzi: “The Synapse as a Target of the Immune System: Role of Cytokines”
Day 5. Friday 18th
10:00. Keynote Lecture: Pietro De Camilli.
Introduced by Prof. Maria Paola Canevini
11:00. Final discussion with all speakers and students
13:00. Lunch
Departure
Practical information
Opening
9-17:30
Place
The School is housed in Villa del Grumello, Como, which is set in a park over Como lake.
Target audience
Students, Postdoc, researchers
EITN EBRAINS Fall School in Computational Neuroscience
The EITN Fall School in Computational Neuroscience consists of a 10-day course in theoretical and computational neuroscience, from cellular to whole-brain levels. The course is structured in thematic days with lectures, tutorials, and project work.
The course is typically aimed for PhD students, young postdocs, or master students interested to learn more about techniques of computational neuroscience, and the use of various simulation environments for model building. The students will form thematic groups to work on predefined subjects, with the help of tutors.
The course will cover cellular models, models of brain signals, circuit models and networks, mean-field models, and whole-brain models. There will be lectures and tutorials associated with these topics.
Organizers:
Damien Depannemaecker (AMU), Alain Destexhe (CNRS), Viktor Jirsa (AMU)
Practical information
Place
Marseille
Strasbourg Autumn School in Chronobiology
The Chronobiology research group of Strasbourg is organizing an autumn school entitled “Neurobiology of Rhythms, from Basics to Environmental Impacts” from October 28 to 31, 2024.
It is open to Master or PhD student wishing to train in different theoretical and practical aspects of chronobiology in animals and humans. Registration is free and includes accommodation and meals, travel is not covered.
The site to register is here with a registration deadline of September 10 2024.
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Place
Strasbourg
Congrès du sommeil 2024
Organisé conjointement entre la SFRMS et la SPLF, le Congrès du Sommeil est devenu le rendez-vous annuel incontournable de l’ensemble des experts de cette discipline transversale et pluridisciplinaire ; professionnels de la santé, chercheurs, décideurs publics, associations de patients, prestataires, industriels …
L’édition 2024 aura lieu du 20 au 22 novembre, au Grand Palais de Lille et une retransmission de tout le programme scientifique sera disponible en ligne.
Lieu d’échanges privilégiés sur les innovations en matière de recherche sur le sommeil normal et pathologique, de diagnostic, de prise en charge et de thérapeutiques, le Congrès du Sommeil® propose chaque année un programme spécifique autours de conférences plénières, symposia, appel à communication, bourses…
Retrouvez toutes les informations relatives au Congrès du sommeil sur le site internet de l’événement.
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Place
Grand Palais de Lille et en ligne
30e Meeting in Toxinology (RT30) of the French Society for Toxinology (SFET)
The French Society on Toxinology (SFET, http://sfet.asso.fr/international/) is a small non-profit association created in 1993 in accordance with the “French law 1901” status. Since then, 29 SFET Meetings were held in Paris, France, and three others were co-organized with foreign toxinology societies (IST, GT, SITOX). Since 2005, the official language of the meeting is English. This year, for the very first time the 30th meeting (RT30) will take place in Hôtel Saint-Paul in the beautiful city of Nice (https://lesaintpaul-hotel.fr/).
As every year, this event will bring together about a hundred researchers, doctors, pharmacists, industrials, and students involved in toxin research, whatever the plant, bacterial, or animal origin of these toxins. In addition to the traditional nine invited speakers, who are international experts in this field of research (see our preliminary programme), other French and foreign researchers will be presenting oral communications selected on abstracts and/or posters.
Registration: http://sfet.asso.fr/international/rt30-registration.html
Submission of abstracts: http://sfet.asso.fr/international/rt30-abstract.html
Practical information
Opening
December 02 : 9h - 19h
December 03 : 9h - 17h
Place
Hôtel Le Saint Paul, 29 Bd Franck Pilatte, 06300 Nice
https://lesaintpaul-hotel.fr/
Target audience
Neurobiologists, toxinologists, pharmacologists, biochemists of all grades: researchers, engineers, postdoc fellows, students...
Methods of payment
http://sfet.asso.fr/inscription-rt30.html
| Fees | Before Sep 30, 2024 |
After Sep 30, 2024 |
| Regular attendee | 250 euros | 300 euros |
| Student attendee | 100 euros | 150 euros |
Congrès de l’Encéphale 2025
La nouvelle édition du Congrès de l’Encéphale se tiendra au Palais des Congrès de Paris du mercredi 22 au vendredi 24 janvier 2025.
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Place
Palais des Congrès de Paris
École de recherche translationnelle en neurosciences
Le GIS Autisme et Troubles du Neuro-Développement (TND), l’Institut Thématique Neurosciences, Sciences Cognitives, Neurologie, Psychiatrie de l’Inserm et le CNRS Biologie organisent au Château de Suduiraut (Preignac, 33) du 13 au 16 mars 2025 une école de recherche translationnelle en neurosciences. Cette école s’adresse aux jeunes cliniciens (internes en neurologie, psychiatrie, neurochirurgie ou pharmacie), aux chercheurs post-doctorants, ainsi qu’aux chercheurs récemment recrutés dans les EPST ou Universités, désireux de se familiariser avec le monde de la recherche translationnelle. Elle sera cette année particulièrement dédiée au troubles du Neuro-Développement.
Ouverture des candidatures à l’automne 2024
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Place
Château de Suduiraut, 33210 Preignac
16th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society
The meeting takes place on March 26 – 29, 2025, in the town Göttingen in the heart of Germany. With around 1.300 participants it is one of the largest neuroscience meetings in Europe besides the FENS Forum. The program offers 36 symposia with four speakers each.
For more information please visit the website of the event.
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Place
Göttingen, Germany
17th International Conference of the Society of Neuroscientists of Africa
This conference is a pivotal platform for exchanging scientific knowledge, innovative ideas, and expertise among African neuroscientists and worldwide. It aims to foster meaningful discussions and collaborations in fundamental and clinical neuroscience, specifically focusing on the intricate relationship between the Brain and the Environment.
The conference is scheduled for April 17-20, 2025 at the Cadi Ayyad University Conference Center in Marrakech, Morocco.
For more information, please visit the Conference website.
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Place
Cadi Ayyad University Conference Center in Marrakech, Morocco.