Save the Date: 24/07/2024 – 26/07/2024
About the event
The Laboratory of Neurobiochemistry and the Laboratory of Neuropharmacology at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), the Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais (CCMG), the PPG-CiPharma (UFOP) and the PPG-Bioquimica (UFES) are pleased to announce the event “1st Neuroscience In Focus: exploring the frontiers of neurological disorders, with the 3rd Health Sciences Research Symposium”. This unmissable edition will feature lectures from nationally and internationally renowned researchers; a trainee symposium and poster presentation! Furthermore, participants will receive an attendee certificate and will have the chance to interact with scientists that are experts in their field of work. Join us for this immersive journey of learning and knowledge sharing!
Program
8:00 – Reception with Breakfast
8:30 – Pre-event opening remarks
9:00-9:45 – “Research in Brazil: Exploring the Frontiers Abroad”
Speaker: Dr. Concepta Margaret McManus Pimentel (FCMMG, Brazil)
9:50-10:20 – “Can Electrical Stimulation of the Brain Increase Attention, Memory, and More?”
Speaker: Fernando Luiz Rolemberg Dantas (FCMMG, Brazil)
10:20-10:40 – Interval
10:50-12:00 – Theater Play “A Ticket for Two” Performed by Jair Raso
12:00-12:30 – Discussion Panel
Theme: Interaction of the Theater Play with Neuroscience
Moderator: Rodrigo Ferret Jans Participants: Actors and Andreia Raso , Jair Raso
12:30-14:00 – Break (Lunch)
14:00-14:30 – Opening Remarks
Section: New Approaches to Study Neurodegeneration
Chair: Julliane Vasconcelos
14:30-15:10 – “Atypical neuronal communication mechanisms disrupted in neurodevelopmental disease.”
Speaker: Henry Dunn (University of Manitoba, Canada)
15:10-15:50 – “Does Your Brain Like What You Eat? Impact of High-Fat Diet on Cognition and Neuroimmune Communication.”
Speaker: Andreza de Bem (UnB, Brazil)
15:50-16:20 – Interval (Coffee Break)
16:20-17:00 – “Machine Learning approaches for searching biomarkers in neurological conditions: focus in traumatic brain injury”
Speaker: Aline Miranda (UFMG, Brazil)
17:00-17:40 – Neurological Disorders and Brain Metastasis at Single Cell Resolution”
Speaker: Helder Nakaya (USP, Brazil)
17:40-18:30 – Oral Presentations
17:40 – 17:50 – Rúbia Fernandes: CANNABIDIOL POTENTIATES PHENOBARBITAL-INDUCED CELL DEATH IN THE DEVELOPING BRAIN
17:50 – 18:00 – Lucas Rodrigues Ribeiro: MRGD RECEPTOR DEFICIENCY ALTERS MOTOR CONTROL, COGNITIVE IMPULSIVITY AND SYNAPTIC FUNCTION IN NIGROSTRIATAL PATHWAY
18:00 – 18:10 – Raissa Briânis: BLOCKADE OF TYPE 1 CANNABINOID RECEPTOR IN COCAINE-INDUCED BEHAVIORAL AND CELLULAR RESPONSES
18:20 – 18:30 – Isabella Bacci Bustelli: INFLUENCE OF CHRONIC TREATMENT WITH BANISTERIOPSIS CAAPI ON ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE: IMPACT ON THE
FORMATION OF AMYLOID PLAQUES AND HIPPOCAMPAL NEUROINFLAMMATION
Section: Schizophrenia in Focus
Chair: Juliana Figueira
09:00-09:40 – “Exploring developmental models of schizophrenia in the
search for new therapeutic targets”
Speaker: Gilda A. Neves (UFRJ, Brazil)
09:40-10:20 – “Inflammatory Profile of Schizophrenia Patient-Derived Astrocytes and Its Impact on Vascularization.”
Speaker: Pablo Trindade (UFRJ, Brazil)
10:20-10:50 – Interval (Coffee-break)
10:50-11:30 – “Schizophrenic patients’ iPSC-derived astrocytes promote transcriptional and functional alterations in microglial synaptic engulfment and migration in vitro.”
Speaker: Pablo Cardozo (UFMG, Brazil)
11:30-12:20 – “News to facilitate work with Neurosciences”
Speaker: Luis Carlos Perin Junior (Interprise Brasil)
12:30-14:00 – Lunch Break
Section: Targeting ion channels and receptors to manage neurological disorders.
Chair: Luciene B. Vieira
14:00-14:40 – “T-type calcium channel function and modulation towards distinct types of epilepsy.”
Speaker: Terrance Snutch (University of British Columbia, Canada)
14:40-15:20 – “Signaling mechanisms induced by CGRP in the trigeminal ganglia of male and female rats.”
Speaker: Juliana Geremias Chichorro (UFPR, Brazil)
15:20-15:50 – Interval (Coffee-break)
15:50-16:30 – “Molecular physiology of pain.”
Speaker: Gerald Zamponi (University of Calgary)
16:30-18:00 – Poster Section
Section: Neurodegenerative diseases in focus.
Chair: Fabíola M. Ribeiro
09:00-09:40 – “How Targeting M1 Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptors Offers Promise for Alzheimer’s Therapy: Unveiling Sex-Specific Mechanisms.”
Speaker: Khaled S. Abdelrahman (University of British Columbia, Canada)
09:40-10:20 – “Pharmacological and non-pharmacological strategies to prevent motor and cognitive deficits in a murine model of Parkinson’s disease.”
Speaker: Rita Pires (UFES, Brazil)
10:20-10:50 – Interval (Coffee-break)
10:50-11:30 – “Alternative strategies for the
treatment of Huntington’s disease.”
Speaker: Stephen S.G. Ferguson (University of Ottawa, Canada)
11:30-12:30 – Poster Prize and Concluding Remarks
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