Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Date: Thursday, 14/Sept/2023
10:00am - 11:15amSatellite Symposium 1: Schwann Cells in Nerve Physiopathology
Location: Sala Londra
Session Chair: Giovanna Gambarotta, University of Torino
Session Chair: Valerio Magnaghi, Università degli Studi di Milano
11:15am - 12:30pmSatellite Symposium 2: Mechanisms of recovery after peripheral nerve damage
Location: Sala Londra
Session Chair: Stefania Raimondo, University of Turin
Session Chair: Carla Taveggia, San Raffaele Hospital
2:30pm - 3:45pmSatellite Symposium 3: Enteric Nervous System: the Second Brain of the Mammalian Body
Location: Sala Londra
Session Chair: Roberto De Giorgio, University of Ferrara
Session Chair: Catia Sternini, UCLA
Workshop of the Italian Group of Neuromorphology – GISN
3:45pm - 5:00pmSatellite Symposium 4: Steroids and Nervous System
Location: Sala Londra
Session Chair: Stefano Gotti, University of Torino
Session Chair: Roberto Cosimo Melcangi, Università degli Studi di Milano
SINS and Turin Department of Neuroscience Symposium in Memory of Giancarlo Panzica
5:15pm - 6:00pmOpening Ceremony
Location: Sala Cinquecento
Video introduction
Welcome and General address from Congress President Greetings from the Authorities
Stefano Geuna (Rector of University of Torino)
Alessandro Mauro (Director of the Department of Neurosciences "Rita Levi Montalcini")
Alessandro Vercelli (SINS President)
6:00pm - 6:30pmSINS – Egyptian Museum Lecture: Dreams in the ancient Egypt
Location: Sala Cinquecento
Christian Greco (Director of the Egyptian Museum of Torino)
Chair: Martina Amanzio
6:30pm - 7:30pmCreating a sense of space: bridging action and sensation
Marco Tripodi
MRC Laboratory of Molecualr Biology, United Kingdom
Location: Sala Cinquecento
Session Chair: Alessandro Vercelli, Neuroscience Institute Cavalieri Ottolenghi, University of Torino
SINS – Presidential Lecture | dedicated to Rita Levi-Montalcini
Date: Friday, 15/Sept/2023
8:30am - 9:45amSymposium 1_1: Cognitive deficits in neuropsychiatric disorders: from neural networks to function
Location: Sala Cinquecento
Session Chair: Paolo Calabresi, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli
Session Chair: Alfonso Tortorella, University of Perugia
SIPB – SINS joint Symposium
8:30am - 9:45amSymposium 1_2: Beyond motor neurons: skeletal muscle contribution in motor neuron diseases
Location: Sala Londra
Session Chair: Marina Boido, Univ. Torino
Session Chair: Riccarda Granata, University of Turin
8:30am - 9:45amSymposium 1_3: Impact of prenatal maternal adversities on the offspring developmental outcomes
Location: Sala Madrid
Session Chair: Tiziana Rubino, University of Insubria
Session Chair: Claudio D'Addario, University of Teramo
8:30am - 9:45amSymposium 1_4: Translational approaches to GRIN related disorders
Location: Sala Parigi
Session Chair: Ilaria Bertocchi, Università di Torino
8:30am - 9:45amSymposium 1_5: Distributed sensory processing in the cortex
Location: Sala Lisbona
Session Chair: Maximiliano Jose Nigro, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Session Chair: Luca Bonini, University of Parma
9:45am - 11:00amSymposium 2_1: Different strategies to untangle the neurobiology of psychiatric disorders
Location: Sala Cinquecento
Session Chair: Anna Maria Cariboni, Universita degli Studi di MIlano
Session Chair: Valentina Massa, Università degli Studi di Milano
9:45am - 11:00amSymposium 2_2: Extracellular vesicles in ALS/MND: the two sides of the medal
Location: Sala Londra
Session Chair: Marco Milanese, University of Genoa
Session Chair: Stephanie, Marie-Rose Duguez, Ulster University
9:45am - 11:00amSymposium 2_3: The human brain in action: from movement monitoring to execution
Location: Sala Madrid
Session Chair: Rossella Breveglieri, Università di Bologna
Session Chair: Martina Amanzio, University of Turin
9:45am - 11:00amSymposium 2_4: Spinal mechanisms of pain modulation
Location: Sala Parigi
Session Chair: Francesco Ferrini, University of Turin
Session Chair: Francesca Mercante, Università degli Studi di Teramo
11:00am - 11:30amCOFFEE BREAK
11:30am - 12:45pmSymposium 3_1: Gene therapy and MNDs: from preclinical validation to clinical application
Location: Sala Cinquecento
Session Chair: Manuela Basso, University of Trento
Session Chair: Maria Pennuto, University of Padova
11:30am - 12:45pmSymposium 3_2: Gut-brain axis in Parkinson’s Disease: from animal models to patients
Location: Sala Londra
Session Chair: Vanessa Porrini, University of Brescia
Session Chair: Giovanna Gambarotta, University of Torino
Under 40 Symposium
11:30am - 12:45pmSymposium 3_3: Capturing the complexity of social and cognitive processes
Location: Sala Madrid
Session Chair: Miriam Melis, University of Cagliari
Session Chair: Diego Scheggia, University of Milan
11:30am - 12:45pmSymposium 3_4: We are what we remember: circuits and mechanisms shaping memory
Location: Sala Parigi
Session Chair: Gustavo Provensi, University of Florence
Session Chair: Maria Vincenza Catania, CNR
11:30am - 12:45pmSymposium 3_5: Novel insights on eating disorders: neurobiological mechanisms and pharmacological targets
Location: Sala Lisbona
Session Chair: Silvana Gaetani, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Session Chair: Giuseppina Cantarella, University of Catania
12:45pm - 1:30pmNeurocircuitry of social motivation In health and disease
Camilla Bellone
University of Geneva, Switzerland
Location: Sala Cinquecento
Session Chair: Monica DiLuca, University of Milano
PLENARY LECTURE 1
1:30pm - 3:45pmLUNCH BREAK & POSTER SESSION 1
2:15pm - 2:30pmPresentation: Italian Glia Network
Location: Sala Madrid
2:30pm - 3:45pmRound Table 1: EARA
Location: Sala Cinquecento
Communication of research on experimental animals
2:30pm - 3:45pmSymposium 0_1: Advances in understanding astrocyte biology
Location: Sala Madrid
Session Chair: Laura Civiero, University of Padova
Session Chair: Nunzio Iraci, University of Catania
4:30pm - 5:00pmCOFFEE BREAK
5:00pm - 6:15pmSymposium 4_1: Translational research and therapeutic implications in MNDs
Location: Sala Cinquecento
Session Chair: Stefania Marcuzzo, IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta
Session Chair: Silvia Bonanno, IRCCS Ist. Neurologico C. Besta
5:00pm - 6:15pmSymposium 4_2: Cell-to-cell communication in human and mouse models of neurodevelopmental disorders
Location: Sala Londra
Session Chair: Riccardo Brambilla, Cardiff University
Session Chair: Maurizio Giustetto, Univ. of Torino - Dept. of Neuroscience
5:00pm - 6:15pmSymposium 4_3: Neuroplasticity in Parkinson’s disease: from pathophysiology to therapeutic possibilities
Location: Sala Madrid
Session Chair: Riccardo Di Iorio, Polyclinic A. Gemelli Foundation IRCCS
5:00pm - 6:15pmSymposium 4_4: Neurobiology of social interactions: integration of ecological and neurophysiological approach
Location: Sala Parigi
Session Chair: Monica Maranesi, University of Parma
Session Chair: Aldo Genovesio, Sapienza Università di Roma
5:00pm - 6:15pmSymposium 4_5: Brain vulnerability to drug abuse: from molecular mechanisms to behaviour
Location: Sala Lisbona
Session Chair: Elisabetta Gerace, University of Florence
6:15pm - 7:30pmSymposium 5_1: Beyond adult neurogenesis: reservoirs of “immature” neurons for brain plasticity
Location: Sala Cinquecento
Session Chair: Luca Bonfanti, University of Turin
Session Chair: Sebastien Couillard-Despres, Paracelsus Medical University
6:15pm - 7:30pmSymposium 5_2: Maternal stressors matter: deconstructing the neurobehavioral signature of fetal insults
Location: Sala Londra
Session Chair: Antonia Manduca, Sapienza University of Rome
Session Chair: Anna Maria Tartaglione, Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Under 40 Symposium
6:15pm - 7:30pmSymposium 5_3: The distributed engram: large-scale neuronal circuits underlying fear learning and extinction
Location: Sala Madrid
Session Chair: Ludovico Silvestri, University of Florence
Session Chair: Bianca Silva, CNR-IN
Under 40 Symposium
6:15pm - 7:30pmSymposium 5_4: Recent advances in 3D Electron Microscopy for Neuroscience
Location: Sala Parigi
Session Chair: Corrado Calì, Università degli Studi di Torino
Session Chair: Maura Francolini, Università degli Studi di Milano
Sponsored by Zeiss
6:15pm - 7:30pmSymposium 5_5: Neuroimmune-driven pain chronification
Location: Sala Lisbona
Session Chair: Livio Luongo, Università della Campania "L. Vanvitelli"
Session Chair: Lorenzo Di Cesare Mannelli, University of Florence
Date: Saturday, 16/Sept/2023
8:30am - 9:45amSymposium 6_1: In pursuit of healthy brain aging: unveiling the biology of novel age-related mechanisms leading to dementia
Location: Sala Cinquecento
Session Chair: Serena Stanga, Università degli studi di Torino
Session Chair: Claudia Saraceno, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia
Under 40 Symposium | Sponsored by The Company of Biologists
8:30am - 9:45amSymposium 6_2: Innovative brain imaging and peripheral biomarkers of Parkinson’s disease progression
Location: Sala Londra
Session Chair: Francesca Longhena, University of Brescia
Session Chair: Sara Belloli, CNR
8:30am - 9:45amSymposium 6_3: Stem cells meet glial cells: human iPSC-derived glia to study myelin diseases
Location: Sala Madrid
Session Chair: Martina Lorenzati, Neuroscience Institute Cavalieri Ottolenghi
Session Chair: Marco Onorati, University of Pisa
Symposium sponsored by The Company of Biologists
8:30am - 9:45amSymposium 6_4: Neuroinflammation in the basal ganglia network: implications for neurological diseases
Location: Sala Parigi
Session Chair: Andrea Mancini, University of Perugia
Session Chair: Roberta Schellino, Università degli Studi di Torino
Under 40 Symposium
8:30am - 9:45amSymposium 6_5: Emerging factors underlying nigrostriatal dopaminergic system dysfunctions in neurological disorders
Location: Sala Lisbona
Session Chair: Maria Josè Sisalli, University of Naples "Federico II"
Session Chair: Giulia Costa, University of Cagliari
Under 40 Symposium
9:45am - 11:00amSymposium 7_1: From genes to environment: the GABA switch in neuropsychiatric disorders
Location: Sala Cinquecento
Session Chair: Roberto Frau, University of Cagliari
Session Chair: Alessandro Usiello, UNIVERSITA' VANVITELLI
9:45am - 11:00amSymposium 7_2: From development to disease – how astrocyte heterogeneity sculpts the brain
Location: Sala Londra
Session Chair: Valentina Cerrato, University of Turin
Session Chair: Veronica Ghiglieri, San Raffele University
sponsored by The Company of Biologists & The International Society for Neurochemistry
9:45am - 11:00amSymposium 7_3: Synucleinopathy and synucleinopenia: the two faces of neurodegeneration
Location: Sala Madrid
Session Chair: Graziella Cappelletti, Università degli Studi di Milano
Session Chair: Antonella Scorziello, Fedrico II university of Naples
9:45am - 11:00amSymposium 7_4: Non-invasive stimulation of brain networks: from plasticity to functional connectivity
Location: Sala Parigi
Session Chair: Maria Vittoria Podda, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Session Chair: Francesca Macchi, CNR
9:45am - 11:00amSymposium 7_5: Glioblastoma multiforme: a better understanding for having clinically promising approaches
Location: Sala Lisbona
Session Chair: Alessandro Sessa, Ospedale San Raffaele
11:00am - 11:30amCOFFEE BREAK
11:30am - 12:45pmSymposium 8_1: Mechanisms and therapies of metabolic and neurological disorders
Location: Sala Cinquecento
Session Chair: Silvia De Marchis, University of Turin
Session Chair: Michele Studer, University Côte d'Azur (UCA)
Italo-French Neuroscience Societies Symposium, Sponsored by Neuroscience Institute of Turin and by the "Label scientifico 2023" Università Italo Francese - Université Franco Italienne
11:30am - 12:45pmSymposium 8_2: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: from Molecular mechanisms to clinical trial design
Location: Sala Londra
Session Chair: Giuseppe Pignataro, University of Naples "Federico II"
Session Chair: Angelo Poletti, Università degli Studi di Milano
11:30am - 12:45pmSymposium 8_3: Cell intrinsic and extrinsic regulation of oligodendrocyte biology and re-/myelination
Location: Sala Madrid
Session Chair: Marta Fumagalli, Università degli Studi di Milano
Session Chair: Enrica Boda, University of Turin, Italy
11:30am - 12:45pmSymposium 8_4: Individual Neurodynamics to Personalize Neuromodulations [INPerN]
Location: Sala Parigi
Session Chair: Franca Tecchio, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)
11:30am - 12:45pmSymposium 8_5: Walking through misfolded proteins in movement disorders
Location: Sala Lisbona
Session Chair: Patrizia Longone, Fondazione Santa Lucia
Session Chair: Ezia Guatteo, University of Naples Parthenope
1:30pm - 3:45pmLUNCH BREAK & POSTER SESSION 2
2:30pm - 3:45pmRound Table 2: Italian Brain Council
Location: Sala Cinquecento
2:30pm - 3:45pmSymposium 0_2: Network correlates of brain dysfunction in autism: from deep phenotyping to drug discovery
Location: Sala Londra
Session Chair: Alessio Masi, Università degli Studi di Firenze
Session Chair: Viviana Trezza, Roma Tre University
3:45pm - 4:30pmMicroglia in the healthy and diseased brain
Rosa Chiara Paolicelli
University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Location: Sala Cinquecento
Session Chair: Maria Vincenza Catania, CNR
PLENARY LECTURE 4
4:30pm - 5:00pmCOFFEE BREAK
5:00pm - 6:15pmSymposium 9_1: Misfolded proteins and mechanisms of neurodegeneration
Location: Sala Cinquecento
Session Chair: Monica DiLuca, University of Milano
Session Chair: Carlo Ferrarese, University Milano Bicocca
SINS - SIN Joint symposium
5:00pm - 6:15pmSymposium 9_2: From ontogenesis to physiology and cell replacement: insight into the striatum
Location: Sala Londra
Session Chair: Dario Besusso, University of Milan
Session Chair: Paolo Marcello Peretto, University of Turin
5:00pm - 6:15pmSymposium 9_3: Pathogenic mechanisms of autoimmune encephalitis associated with synaptic autoantibodies
Location: Sala Madrid
Session Chair: Raffaele Iorio, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Session Chair: Alessandro Dinoto, University of Verona
5:00pm - 6:15pmSymposium 9_4: Sex modulates early-life social experiences effects on brain and behavior
Location: Sala Parigi
Session Chair: Roberto Ciccocioppo, University of Camerino
Session Chair: Marta Fumagalli, Università degli Studi di Milano
5:00pm - 6:15pmSymposium 9_5: Big Data in Neuroscience: large scale characterization of brain physiology
Location: Sala Lisbona
Session Chair: Stefano Zucca, Università di Torino
Session Chair: Nicola Simola, University of Cagliari
6:15pm - 7:15pmSINS General Asselmby
Location: Sala Cinquecento
Date: Sunday, 17/Sept/2023
8:30am - 9:45amSymposium 10_1: Neural bases of peripersonal space: animal models, health and disease
Location: Sala Cinquecento
Session Chair: Davide Albertini, University of Parma
Session Chair: Rossella Breveglieri, Università di Bologna
8:30am - 9:45amSymposium 10_2: Advanced applications of gene therapy and editing for treating neurological disorders
Location: Sala Londra
Session Chair: Vania Broccoli, CNR-Institute of Neuroscience
Session Chair: Gabriele Lignani, UCL
8:30am - 9:45amSymposium 10_3: Different strategies to untangle the neurobiology of psychiatric disorders
Location: Sala Madrid
Session Chair: Alessio Squassina, University of Cagliari
Session Chair: Patrizia Romualdi, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna
8:30am - 9:45amSymposium 10_4: Coding and non-coding RNA in health and diseases of the Central nervous System
Location: Sala Parigi
Session Chair: Stella Gagliardi, IRCCS Mondino
Session Chair: Marco Peviani, Universita' degli Studi di Pavia
Under 40 Symposium | Sponsored by Cyanagen
8:30am - 9:45amSymposium 10_5: Inside and outside the CNS: searching for targets in neurodegeneration
Location: Sala Lisbona
Session Chair: Simona Federica Spampinato, University of Turin
Session Chair: Giovanni Nardo, Mario Negri Institute
9:45am - 11:00amSymposium 11_1: Molecular mechanisms of autism spectrum disorders
Location: Sala Cinquecento
Session Chair: Eriola Hoxha, Università di Torino
Session Chair: Antonella De Jaco, Sapienza University of Rome
9:45am - 11:00amSymposium 11_2: Unforgettable memories: neural/molecular processes in hypermnesia and impaired extinction
Location: Sala Londra
Session Chair: Daniela Laricchiuta, University of Perugia
Session Chair: Monica DiLuca, University of Milano
9:45am - 11:00amSymposium 11_3: The role of glial cells in PNS development and pathology
Location: Sala Madrid
Session Chair: Guido Cavaletti, University of Milano-Bicocca
Session Chair: Alessandro Vercelli, Neuroscience Institute Cavalieri Ottolenghi, University of Torino
Symposium organized in partnership with ASNP (Associazione Italiana per lo studio del Sistema Nervoso Periferico)
9:45am - 11:00amSymposium 11_4: Lipid metabolism and neurodegenerative disorders: new insights and therapeutic perspectives
Location: Sala Parigi
Session Chair: Francesca Zimetti, University of Parma
Session Chair: Antonietta Vilella, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
9:45am - 11:00amSymposium 11_5: Ketamine to understand the nature of rapid antidepressant action
Location: Sala Lisbona
Session Chair: Laura Musazzi, University of Milano-Bicocca
Session Chair: Carmela Matrone, University Federico II of Naples
11:00am - 11:30amCOFFEE BREAK
11:30am - 12:45pmSymposium 12_1: Periphery-CNS miscommunication in neurodegeneration: focus on brain barriers
Location: Sala Cinquecento
Session Chair: Anna R Carta, University of Cagliari
Session Chair: Renato Bernardini, University of Catania
11:30am - 12:45pmSymposium 12_2: Building cortical circuits: one gene, one protein, one cell at the time
Location: Sala Londra
Session Chair: Giulia Quattrocolo, NTNU
Session Chair: Elisabetta Vegeto, University of Milan
11:30am - 12:45pmSymposium 12_3: The importance of innovative experimental models in neuroscience research
Location: Sala Madrid
Session Chair: Cristina Cereda, University Children's Hospital “V. Buzzi”, Milano, Italy.
Session Chair: Stephana Carelli, University of Milano
11:30am - 12:45pmSymposium 12_4: Novel molecular players affecting synaptic functions in movement disorders
Location: Sala Parigi
Session Chair: Gaia Faustini, University of Brescia
Session Chair: Emanuele Frattini, IRCCS Fondazione Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
Under 40 Symposium
11:30am - 12:45pmSymposium 12_5: Novel Psychoactive Substances toxicology: from preclinical research to human psychopathology
Location: Sala Lisbona
Session Chair: Luigia Trabace, University of Foggia
Under 40 Symposium
12:45pm - 1:30pmImplantable and wearable neuroprostheses to understand and restore neural functions
Silvestro Micera
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy
Location: Sala Cinquecento
Session Chair: Yuri Bozzi, University of Trento
PLENARY LECTURE 5
1:30pm - 2:00pmClosing Ceremony: Closing Ceremony
Location: Sala Cinquecento