Program
Monday, 13 April
14:00 – 14:30
Introduction
14:30 – 18:00
Training session and group work
18:00
Welcome cocktail
Tuesday, 14 April – Psychiatric Disorders
09:30 – 10:15
Giuseppe Carrà (University of Milano-Bicocca)
Models of mental disorders: a perspective
10:15 – 10:45
Tomi Rantamäki (University of Helsinki)
Antidepressant mechanisms in the context of thermoregulation, sleep, and circadian dynamics
10:45 – 11:15
Patrizia Campolongo (Sapienza University of Rome)
Modulation of memory for traumatic experiences
11:15 – 11:45
Coffee Break
11:45 – 12:15
Jessica Mingardi (University of Milano)
Home-cage automated behavioral tracking: a new tool to study complex phenotypes in mice
12:15 – 12:45
Iiris Hovatta (University of Helsinki, remote)
Shared genetic background and bidirectional risk of anxiety disorders and general medical conditions
12:45 – 14:00
Lunch Break
Training Session
14:00 – 17:30
Training activities and discussion
Wednesday, 15 April – Psychiatric Disorders
09:30 – 10:15
Danilo De Gregorio (IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute)
Psychedelics in Psychiatry: mechanism of action and potential use in mental health
10:15 – 10:45
Gian Marco Leggio (University of Catania)
Susceptibility, resilience, and microbiota: new insights into PTSD
10:45 – 11:15
Naoki Yamawaki (Aarhus University)
Cholinergic disruption of state-dependent retrosplenial layer 1 activity causes temporal associative memory deficit under stress
11:15 – 11:45
Coffee Break
11:45 – 12:15
Olli Pietiläinen (University of Helsinki)
Genomic approaches in understanding the clinical and biological impact of genetic variants in psychotic disorders
12:15 – 12:45
Giulia Treccani (Marburg University)
The interplay of stress, glucocorticoids, and sensitive periods: impact on cellular morphology, function, and disease phenotype
12:45 – 14:00
Lunch Break
Student Talks & Training Session
14:00 – 17:30
Student presentations, training activities, and discussion
Thursday, 16 April – Neurodevelopmental Disorders
09:30 – 10:15
Cinzia Peruzzi (Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori)
Clinical framework of neurodevelopmental disorders
10:15 – 10:45
Asami Tanimura (Aarhus University)
Neuronal circuits underlying sociability and social memory
10:45 – 11:15
Chiara Verpelli (CNR Neuroscience Institute)
Shank3-related autism: from cell biology to new treatment opportunities
11:15 – 11:45
Coffee Break
11:45 – 12:15
Helena Kilpinen (University of Helsinki)
Stem cell models of neurodevelopment: from molecular signatures to cellular function
12:15 – 12:45
Riccardo Brambilla (University of Pavia)
16p11.2 copy number variation syndromes: in search for biomarkers
Afternoon
Free time
Friday, 17 April – Neurodegenerative Disorders
09:30 – 10:15
Carlo Ferrarese (University of Milano-Bicocca)
Early biological diagnosis of neurodegenerative disorders: new tools for prevention and treatment
10:15 – 10:45
Kristian Juul-Madsen (Aarhus University)
New strategies for treating early-stage Alzheimer’s disease targeting the peripheral immune system
10:45 – 11:15
Silvia Coco (University of Milano-Bicocca)
Mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles as a potential novel strategy in Alzheimer’s disease
11:15 – 11:45
Coffee Break
11:45 – 12:15
Arianna Bellucci (University of Brescia)
The role of synaptopathy in neurodegenerative diseases
12:15 – 12:45
Tiziana Bonifacino (University of Genova)
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: tools for research in vitro and in vivo
12:45 – 13:00
General discussion and concluding remarks