University of Helsinki
Thursday 19 October
9:00 Morning session I: Levels of Memory I
Michael Kiebler, LMU Munich: First insight into forming memories at the molecular level at synapses
Gisella Vetere, ESPCI Paris: Decoding memory formation and consolidation in mice
10:50 Coffee
11:20 Morning session II: Levels of Memory II
Edwin M. Robertson, University of Glasgow: Sharing information between human memory systems
Miriam Nokia, University of Jyväskylä: Optimizing learning
13:00 Lunch
13:45 Afternoon session: Ethics, FUNDING AND PUBLISHING IN Neuroscience
John Foxe, University of Rochester: The dos, don’ts, whys and why nots of publishing your neuroscience research
Päivi Kolu, Research Council of Finland: Upholding Excellence: Nurturing Ethical Conduct and Integrity in funded research projects
16:15 Panel discussion with all day I speakers
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18– Conference dinner in Restaurant Sipuli
Friday 20 October
10:00 Morning session: Brain dynamics
Joachim Gross, University of Münster: MEG studies of rhythms in body and brain
Samora Okujeni, Freiburg University: Structural Modularity promotes Mesoscale Criticality in Neuronal Networks
11:40 lunch
12:30 afternoon session: brain health
Eero Vuoksimaa, University of Helsinki: Early prediction of cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease
Sarah Bauermeister, Oxford University: The DPUK Data Portal: Large multimodal multi-cohort datasets for translational research
Michael Halassa, Tuft University/University of Helsinki: Thalamic regulation of prefrontal dynamics for cognitive control