PROGRAM
Session 1 : New Methods and Developments
13:10 – 13:20 : Christian Lüscher – Introduction
13:20 – 13:50 : Mackenzie Mathis – Markerless Pose Estimation
13:50 – 14:20 : Tommaso Patriarchi – Genetically encoded neuromodulator sensors
14:20 – 14:50 : Ofer Yizhar – A new generation of bistable GPCR-rhodopsins for pathway-specific modulation of neural circuits
14:50 – 16:45 : Coffee Break and Poster Session
16:45 – 17:00 : Adam Packer – All-optical interrogation of neuronal excitability during acute focal seizures
17:00 – 17:15 : Maximilian Scherer – SCG-DBS discrupts pathophysiological network dynamics in TRD
17:15 – 18:00 : Philip Starr – Mechanisms of DBS in movement disorders : Lesson from chronic invasive brain recording
*** Speaker’s Dinner ***
Session 2 : DBS in Movement Disorders
08:30 – 09:00 : Welcome with Drinks and Croissants
09:00 – 09:30 : Grégoire Courtine & Jocelyne Bloch – Optogenetically-inspired neuromodulation therapies for spinal cord injury
09:30 – 10:00 : Wolf-Julian Neumann – Segregating Direct, Indirect and Hyperdirect Pathways by means of DBS
10:00 – 10:15 : Gerd Tinkhauser – From temporal dynamics of neurophysiological manifestations toward implementation of adaptive DBS
10:15 – 10:45 : Coffee Break
10:45 – 11:15 : Alexandra Nelson – Circuit Mechanisms of Parkinson’s Disease in DBS
11:15 – 11:45 : Nadine Gogolla – Face Expression in Mice
11:45 – 12:15 : Birte Forstmann – Toward a mechanistic understanding of the human subcortex
12:15 – 14:00 : Lunch and Poster Session
Session 3 : DBS of the Basal Ganglia : From Bench to Bedside
14:00 – 14:30 : Carola Haas – DBS for seizure inference in experimental epilepsy
14:30 – 15:00 : Andreas Lüthi – Fear Circuits of the Amygdala
15:00 – 15:30 : Meaghan Creed – Arkypallidal Neurons in Reward
15:30 – 16:00 : Aryn Gittis – GPe neuromodulation
16:00 – 16:30 : Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:00 : Asa Mackenzie – Heterogeneity of the subthalamic nucleus (STN)
17:00 – 17:30 : Roxanne Lofredi – The role of the STN in motor control – DBS
17:30 – 17:45 : Debora Masini – Targeted activation of midbrain neurons restores locomotor function in mouse models of parkinsonism
17:45 – 18:00 : Leon Steiner – Synaptic subcortical circuit activations by subthalamic DBS
18:00 – 18:15 : Nadine Gut – Challenges of DBS for correcting gait and postural deficits – A look into the heterogeneity of midbrain motor circuits
19:30 : OptoDBS after dinner party at Le Restaurant de la Plage
Session 4 : DBS in Clinical & Systems Neuroscience
08:30 – 09:00 : Welcome with Drinks and Croissants
09:00 – 09:30 : Esther Florin – Investigating remote DBS effects by MEG
09:30 – 10:00 : Robert Jech – Investigating remote DBS effects by fMRi
10:00 – 10:30 : Andreas Horn – Multi-Site Connectomic DBS Modeling in Neurology & Psychiatry
10:30 – 11:00 : Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:30 : Valerie Voon – Cognitive Models for Neuromodulation in OCD: From Lesions to DBS and Back
11:30 – 11:45 : Charlotte Piette – Opto-activation of cortical somatostatin interneurons as an alternative therapy in Parkinson’s disease
11:45 – 12:00 : Olexiy Kochubey – Small changes with large consequences: closely related channelrhodopsin variants in a GABAergic circuit produce different behavioral outcomes
12:00 – 12:45 : Joshua Gordon – Optogenetic approaches to enhancing connectivity