SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

• Wednesday 4^th
• Thursday 5^th
• Friday 6^th

• 08:30-13:30	SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZED BY A NETWORK SANTIAGO MAIN ROOM
  08:30-13:30	SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZED BY A NETWORK OBRADOIRO ROOM 1
  08:30-13:30	SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZED BY A NETWORK ROOM 2
  13:30-15:00	OPENING CEREMONY AND WELCOME COCKTAIL EXHIBITION HALL
  15:00-17:30	SYMPOSIUM 1 LONG TERM EFFECTS OF STRESS: IMPLICATIONS FOR MENTAL HEALTH SANTIAGO MAIN ROOM Chair: Juan Nacher Neurobiology Unit, Cell Biology Department, Interdisciplinary Research Structure for Biotechnology and Biomedicine (BIOTECMED), Universitat de València, Spain,CIBERSAM: Spanish National Network for Research in Mental Health, Spain Fundación Investigación Hospital Clínico De Valencia, INCLIVA, Valencia, Spain Speakers: Hippocampal extracellular matrix alterations contribute to cognitive impairment associated with depressive-like state Sabine Spijker Department of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Child-to-adult neurodevelopmental and mental health trajectories after early life deprivation Edmund J. S. Sonuga-Barke Developmental Brain-Behaviour Laboratory, Department of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK Short- and long-term behavioral, endocrine and neural effects of adolescent stress in a rat model Roser Nadal Institut de Neurociències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. Psychobiology Unit, School of Psychology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain Animal Physiology Unit, School of Biosciences, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. CIBERSAM, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain Impact of aversive experiences on interneuronal structure, connectivity and plasticity. Implications for major depressive disord Juan Nacher Neurobiology Unit, Cell Biology Department, Interdisciplinary Research Structure for Biotechnology and Biomedicine (BIOTECMED), Universitat de València, Spain, CIBERSAM: Spanish National Network for Research in Mental Health, Spain Fundación Investigación Hospital Clínico De Valencia, INCLIVA, Valencia, Spain
  15:00-17:30	SYMPOSIUM 2 SIGNALING IN BRAIN TUMORS Chair: Sergio Casas Tintó Instituto Cajal, CSIC, Madrid, Spain Speakers: Oncolytic virus infection as an antitumoral strategy in pediatric high-grade glioma Marta M Alonso Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Navarra. Program of Solid Tumors, Foundation for the Applied Medical Research (CIMA), Pamplona, Spain EGFR signaling in brain tumors Pilar Sánchez-Gómez Instituto de Salud Carlos III, UFIEC/CROSADIS, Madrid, Spain Molecular mechanisms for novel treatments against brain tumor Guillermo Velasco Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain Signals that coordinate glia-neuron communication in glioma Sergio Casas Tintó Instituto Cajal, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
  15:00-19:00	POSTER SESSION I EXHIBITION HALL
  17:30-18:00	COFFEE BREAK EXHIBITION HALL
  19:00-20:00	PLENARY LECTURE SANTIAGO MAIN ROOM Chair: Fernando de Castro Instituto Cajal-CSIC, Madrid, Spain President of the Programs Committee of the Spanish Society of Neuroscience, SENC Speaker: Paola Arlotta Research Professor in the Cajal Institute of the CSIC, Madrid, Spain Sponsored by
  20:00-21:00	SATELLITE EVENT Obradoiro Room 1
  20:00-21:00	SATELLITE EVENT Room 2

• 08:30-11:00	SYMPOSIUM 3 NEW HORIZONS ON BRAIN DISORDERS: FROM CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS TO CELL THERAPY AND THE IMPACT ON NEURO-GLIAL CIRCUITS STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS SANTIAGO MAIN ROOM Chair: Paolo Bonifazi Biocruces Health Research Institute, Barakaldo, Spain Speakers Topological properties of neuronal circuits emerging from spontaneous dynamics: from hub neurons to cerebellar networks failures Paolo Bonifazi Biocruces Health Research Institute, Barakaldo, Spain  Status epilépticus: from bench to bedside José Luis Fernández Torre Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain Synapse-glial interactions in regulation of network dysfunction underpinning cognitive impairment Maurizio de Pittà Basque Center for Applied Mathematics (BCAM), Bilbao, Spain Cell therapy: GABAergic neuronal precursor grafting Manuel Álvarez Dolado Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa, Seville, Spain
  08:30-11:00	SYMPOSIUM 4 NEURAL BASIS OF SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR OBRADOIRO ROOM 1 Chairs: Enrique Lanuza Navarro Dept. of Cell Biology, University of Valencia, Spain Fernando Martínez-García Dept. of Medicine, University Jaume I of Castelló, Spain Speakers Hypothalamic control of sexual behaviour Susana Lima Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Champalimaud Research, Lisbon, Portugal  Enrique Lanuza Navarro Dept. of Cell Biology, University of Valencia, Spain Oxytocin: from attachment to bond disruption Tobias Pohl Dept. of Behavioural and Molecular Neurobiology, Institute of Zoology, University of Regensburg, Germany Pheromones and motherhood Fernando Martínez-García Dept. of Medicine, University Jaume I of Castelló, Spain
  08:30-12:30	POSTER SESSION II Exhibition hall
  11:00-11:30	COFFEE BREAK Exhibition hall
  12:00-13:30	OLYMPUS AWARD Santiago Main Room
  13:30-15:00	LUNCH BREAK
  13:30-15:00	SATELLITE EVENT Obradoiro Room 1
  13:30-15:00	SATELLITE EVENT Room 2
  15:00-17:30	SYMPOSIUM 5 NEW VIEWS ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND EVOLUTION OF THE FOREBRAIN Santiago Main Room Chairs: Diego García-González Biotech Research and Innovation Centre (BRIC), Copenhagen, Denmark Fernando García-Moreno Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience, Bilbao, Spain Speakers: Instructive roles of the vasculature on nervous system development Amparo Acker-Palmer Goethe University and Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt, Germany Biological hierarchy and the origin of the neocortex Steve Briscoe Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany Chronological construction of telencephalic sensory processing circuits in amniotes Fernando García-Moreno Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience, Bilbao, Spain Mechanisms of postnatal neuroblast migration Diego García-González Biotech Research and Innovation Centre (BRIC), Copenhagen, Denmark Sponsored by
  15:00-17:30	SYMPOSIUM 6 TRANSITIONS ACROSS BRAIN STATES: EXPERIMENTS, MODELS, SIMULATIONS AND CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS OBRADOIRO ROOM 1 Chair: Mavi Sánchez-Vives ICREA – IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain Speakers: Global brain activity in different states and anesthesia levels Mavi Sánchez-Vives ICREA – IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain Modelling brain states: from single units to populations using mean-field models Alain Destexhe Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris, France Modulatory mechanisms underlying simulations of synchronous-asynchronous states in the neocortex Srikanth Ramaswamy Brain Mind Institute at the EPFL, Geneve, Switzerland Brain states, complexity and consciousness levels Marcello Massimini IRCCS Fondazione Don Gnocchi, Milan
  15:00-19:00	POSTER SESSION III Exhibition hall
  19:00-20:00	THE EMBO KEYNOTE LECTURE NEURONAL CIRCUIT-BASED MEDICINE Santiago Main Room Chair: Agnès Gruart Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, Spain President of the Spanish Society of Neuroscience, SENC Speakers: Botond Roska Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel (IOB), Basel, Switzerland Sponsored by
  20:00-21:00	SATELLITE EVENT Obradoiro Room 1
  20:00-21:00	SATELLITE EVENT Room 2

• 08:30-11:00	SYMPOSIUM 7 NOT THE USUAL SUSPECTS: NEW INSIGHTS INTO DAMAGE AND REPAIR IN THE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS BRAIN Santiago Main Room Chairs: Fernanda Marques Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, School of Medicine, University of Minho, Portugal João Cerqueira Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, School of Medicine, University of Minho, Portugal Speakers: Role of astrocytic proteins in multiple sclerosis Fernanda Marques Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, School of Medicine, University of Minho, Portugal Interplay between glial-immune cells in multiple sclerosis Adelaide Maria Afonso Fernandes Borralho Research Institute for Medicine (iMed.ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon, Portugal Clonal glial response in multiple sclerosis Ana Bribian Departamento de Neurobiología Molecular, Celular y del Desarrollo, Instituto Cajal-CSIC, Madrid, Spain Neuronal alterations underpinning cognitive deficits in the mouse model of multiple sclerosis João Cerqueira Life and Health Sciences Research Institute, School of Medicine, University of Minho, Portugal
  08:30-11:00	SYMPOSIUM 8 CIRCUITS AND MECHANISMS OF EMOTIONAL BEHAVIOURS OBRADOIRO ROOM 1 Chairs: Juan Lerma Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH, Alicante, Spain José Antonio Esteban García Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC/UAM), Madrid, Spain Speakers: Impact on circuit equilibrium and emotional behaviour of changing synaptic gain Juan Lerma Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC-UMH, Alicante, Spain The role of reward system in social motivation deficits in ASDs Camilla Bellone University de Geneve, Switzerland PI3K/PTEN signaling for synaptic plasticity and social behavior José Antonio Esteban García Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC/UAM), Madrid, Spain Molecular mechanisms underlying autism spectrum disorders Gaia Novarino Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg, Austria
  08:30-12:30	POSTER SESSION IV Exhibition hall
  11:00-11:30	COFFEE BREAK Exhibition hall
  12:30-13:30	PLENARY LECTURE THE FEMALE BUTTERFLIES OF THE SOUL: A JOURNEY FROM SEX CHROMOSOMES TO WOMEN’S BRAINS SANTIAGO MAIN ROOM Chair: Amanda Sierra IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao-Bizkaia, Spain Vice-president of the Spanish Society of Neuroscience, SENC Speaker: Luis Miguel García Segura Research Professor in the Cajal Institute of the CSIC, Madrid, Spain Sponsored by
  13:30-15:00	LUNCH BREAK
  13:30-15:00	SATELLITE EVENT OBRADOIRO ROOM 1
  13:30-15:00	SATELLITE EVENT ROOM 2
  15:00-17:30	SYMPOSIUM 9 PHYSIOLOGICAL, PATHOLOGICAL AND REPROGRAMMED GLIO/NEUROGENESIS IN THE ADULT BRAIN Santiago Main Room Chairs: Juan Manuel Encinas Pérez Ikerbasque Research Professor, Group Leader. Ikerbasque, the Basque Foundation for Science and Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience, Leioa, Bizkaia, Spain María Llorens Martín Group Leader, Dept. de Neuropatología Molecular Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CBM), Madrid, Spain Speakers: Glia-to-neuron reprograming via unfolding of a neural stem cell program Benedikt Berninger Professor, Group Leader. Centre for Developmental Neurobiology Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience King's College London, United Kingdom Functional heterogeneity and dynamic of astrocytes in the adult mouse hippocampus Ruth Beckervordersandforth Group Leader,  Friederich-Alexander Universität (FAU) Medizinische Fakultät, Institut Für Biochemie, Erlangen, Germany Adult hippocampal neurogenesis and Alzheimer´s disease María Llorens Martín Group Leader, Dept. de Neuropatología Molecular Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CBM), Madrid, Spain Proinflammatory profile and mechanisms of indiction of reactive neural stem cells Juan Manuel Encinas Pérez Ikerbasque Research Professor, Group Leader. Ikerbasque, the Basque Foundation for Science and Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience, Leioa, Bizkaia, Spain
  15:00-17:30	SYMPOSIUM 10 CELL TYPE DIVERSITY IN THE HIPPOCAMPUS AND ITS ROLE IN HEALTH AND DISEASE Obradoiro Room 1 Chair: Albert Giralt Torroella Department of Biomedicine. Faculty of Medicine. University of Barcelona, Spain Speakers: Specification of a CA1-pyramidal neuronal subtype and evaluation of its role during chronic stress Albert Giralt Torroella Department of Biomedicine. Faculty of Medicine. University of Barcelona, Spain Novel method to study memory formation and recall at the neuronal population level Pablo Esteban Jercog Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain Interneuron diversity in hippocampal memory circuits Pablo Méndez Laboratorio de Microcircuitos Inhibitorios. Instituto Cajal (CSIC), Madrid, Spain A sublayer specific network of interacting cell types underlying hippocampal sclerosis in CA1 Jose P. López-Atalaya Instituto de Neurociencias (UMH-CSIC), Alicante, Spain
  15:00-19:00	POSTER SESSION V Exhibition hall
  17:30-18:00	COFFEE BREAK Exhibition hall
  19:00-20:30	SENC ASSEMBLY Santiago Main Room
  21:30	GALA DINNER