Neuroscience
Neurotechnologies
27-29 September 2022, Leuven, Belgium
Organized in partnership with Cell Press
Neurotechnologies
Neurotechnologies
Organized in partnership with Cell Press
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Built on the success of the first edition, organized by Cell Press and Nerf in 2018, VIB and NERF are honored to organize this year’s Neurotechnologies conference in partnership with Cell Press.
New technologies that integrate neurobiology and nano-scale engineering help gain new insights into the functioning of brain circuits. These cutting-edge neurotechnologies are essential in understanding fundamental questions of neuroscience.
The symposium, taking place in Leuven, will focus on neurotechnologies for research and neuroprosthetic applications. Internationally renowned speakers will present their recent work covering the following topics:
- Imaging and electrophysiological approaches
- Cell and tissue engineering
- Optical manipulation of circuits and cells
- Nanotechnology
- Neuroengineering
- Neuroethics
- Brain-Machine Interfaces
On Tuesday 27 September 2022, there is a reception at the City Hall in Leuven at 7:30 PM. Registration is free, but mandatory. You can purchase a ticket during the registration process.
Information for poster submissions:
The format for your poster should be: A0 (841 x 1189 mm / 33.1 x 46.8 in), portrait orientation. All accepted poster submissions will have a chance to win the Neuron poster prize!
Confirmed speakers
Nadine Gogolla
Nadine Gogolla
Director, Emotion Research Department Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, DE
Cynthia Chestek
Cynthia Chestek
Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery & Engineering, University of Michigan, US
Grégoire Courtine
Grégoire Courtine
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, CH
Adam Cohen
Adam Cohen
Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Physics, Harvard University, US
Maysam Chamanzar
Maysam Chamanzar
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, US
Jose Antonio Garrido
Jose Antonio Garrido
Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) & ICREA, ES
Ellis Meng
Ellis Meng
Departments of Biomedical and Electrical and Computer Engineering, Biomedical Microsystems Laboratory, University of Southern California, US
Alan Urban
Alan Urban
NERF, VIB, KU Leuven Department of Neurophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, imec, BE
Program
Day 1 - Tuesday, 27 September, 2022
17:30
18:00
Registration
18:00
19:00
Opening keynote
Chair: Sebastian Haesler
18:00
19:00
Spinal cord gateways to restore functions after neurological disorders
Jocelyne Bloch
Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, CH
Grégoire Courtine
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, CH
19:30
20:30
Reception at City Hall Leuven
Registration is free, but mandatory.
Day 2 - Wednesday, 28 September, 2022
08:15
09:00
Registration & welcome coffee
09:00
12:15
Session 1
Chair: Diana Piol
09:00
09:30
From cell replacement to circuitry reconstruction in parkinson’s disease
Malin Parmar
Department of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, SE
09:30
10:00
From Stem Cell to Assembloids to in vivo Circuits: Constructing and Deconstructing the Human Nervous System
Sergiu Pasca
Psychiatry, Stanford University, US
10:00
10:30
3D-printed biomimetic scaffolds for spinal cord injury repair
Kobi Koffler
University of California San Diego, US
10:30
11:00
Coffee break
11:00
11:30
Towards cortex-wide volumetric recording of neuroactivity at cellular resolution
Alipasha Vaziri
Rockefeller University, US
11:30
12:00
Imaging the brain at high spatiotemporal resolution
Na Ji
University of California, Berkeley, US
12:00
12:15
Advances in Human Brain Organoid Technologies: Patient-Specific Pathomechanistic and Therapeutic Discoveries at Single Cell Resolution in Neurodegeneration
Andras Lakatos
Centre for Brain Repair, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, GB; WT-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, GB
Selected from abstracts
12:15
12:30
Aberration correction in long GRIN lens-based microendoscopes for extended field-of-view two-photon imaging in the deep brain
Andrea Sattin
Optical Approaches to Brain Function Laboratory, Italian Institute of Technology, IT
Selected from abstracts
12:30
12:35
High-content electrophysiology for functional characterization of neurons across multiple scales
Marie Obien
MaxWell Biosystems, CH
Sponsored talk
12:35
13:15
Lunch
13:15
14:00
Poster session 1
All even numbers
14:00
17:00
Session 2
Chair: Sebastian Haesler
14:00
14:30
Optochemical strategies for manipulating neurotransmission and reward-related behaviors in mice.
Alexandre Mourot
ESPCI, Brain plasticity lab, UMR 8249 CNRS, FR
14:30
15:00
All-optical electrophysiology in behaving mice
Adam Cohen
Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Physics, Harvard University, US
15:00
15:15
In vivo spatio-temporal control of ion channels by photoactivatable natural peptides
Michel De Waard
INSERM - l'institut du thorax, FR
Selected from abstracts
15:15
15:30
Optogenetic manipulation of single synaptic terminal demonstrates co-packaging of opposing neurotransmitters
SeulAh Kim
Harvard Medical School, US
Selected from abstracts
15:30
16:00
Coffee break
16:00
16:15
Minflux nanoscopy reveals molecular details of synaptic ultrastructure
Sivakumar Sambandan
Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, DE
Selected from abstracts
16:15
16:45
Noninvasive Neuroengineering
Jerzy Szablowski
Rice University, Department of Bioengineering, US
16:45
17:15
Defining emotion states through behavioral and neuronal correlates in mice
Nadine Gogolla
Director, Emotion Research Department Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, DE
17:15
17:45
The Integrated Neurophotonics Paradigm
Michael Roukes
California Institute of Technology, US
17:45
18:45
Reception
18:45
20:00
Social Activity
20:00
22:00
Dinner
Day 3 - Thursday, 29 September, 2022
09:00
12:15
Session 3
09:00
09:30
Actively-Multiplexed µECoG Array Based On Thin-Film Electronics for High-Resolution Brain Mapping
Sebastian Haesler
NERF, BE
09:30
10:00
Polymer Implantable Electrode (PIE) Interfaces to the Nervous System
Ellis Meng
Departments of Biomedical and Electrical and Computer Engineering, Biomedical Microsystems Laboratory, University of Southern California, US
10:00
10:30
Graphene microtransistors as active sensors for brain monitoring and mapping
Jose Antonio Garrido
Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) & ICREA, ES
10:30
11:00
Coffee break
11:00
11:30
Neural interfaces for controlling finger movements
Cynthia Chestek
Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery & Engineering, University of Michigan, US
11:30
12:00
Optical Neural Interfaces: From Flexible Parylene Photonics to Virtual Optical Waveguides
Maysam Chamanzar
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, US
12:00
12:15
Actively-Multiplexed µECoG Array Based On Thin-Film Electronics for High-Resolution Brain Mapping
Horacio Londono-Ramirez
Nerf, BE; imec, BE; KU Leuven, BE; VIB, BE
Selected from abstracts
12:15
12:20
Enabling effective data management in ADC and Protac development
Emilia Hietala
Application Scientist from CDD, FI
Sponsored talk
12:20
13:15
Lunch
13:15
14:00
Poster session 2
All odd numbers
14:00
17:00
Session 4
Chair: Mariela Zirlinger
14:00
14:30
The Battle For Your Brain
Nita Farahany
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, US
14:30
15:00
Panel discussion
15:00
15:30
Coffee break
15:30
15:45
Challenging xenotransplanted human neurons with psychophysics and genetics
Ben Vermaercke
VIB, Center for brain and disease research, BE; VIB, Neuro Electronics Research Flanders (NERF), BE; KU Leuven, Department of Neurosciences, Leuven, BE; KU Leuven, Department of Biology & Leuven Brain Institute, BE
Selected from abstracts
15:45
16:00
Combining life-long circuit mapping and network transcriptomics with SiR-N2c
Ernesto Ciabatti
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, GB
Selected from abstracts
16:00
16:30
Speech neuroprosthesis
Edward Chang
University of California, US
16:30
17:00
How can functional ultrasound imaging (fUSI) impact systems neuroscience research, and what’s next?
Alan Urban
NERF, VIB, KU Leuven Department of Neurophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, imec, BE
17:00
17:15
Closing words
Organizing committee
Sebastian Haesler
NERF, BE
Patrik Verstreken
VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research, BE
Mariela Zirlinger
Editor, Neuron, US
Sandrine Da Cruz
VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research, BE
Benedicte Babayan
Neuron, Cell Press, US
Kristl Vonck
Ghent University, BE
Evy Vierstraete
VIB Headquarters, BE
Abstracts
The full list of abstracts will be available on 21-09-2022 until 27-10-2022
This list will only be available for registered attendees of the event.
This list will only be available for registered attendees of the event.
Attendees
The full list of attendees will be available on 21-09-2022 until 27-10-2022
This list will only be available for registered attendees of the event.
This list will only be available for registered attendees of the event.
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