Program

22th July: Complexity and perspectives across neuropsychiatric disorders

Opening 8h30

Filippo Drago and Alessandro Serretti

Morning lecture 9h00-10h30:

Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim/Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.

The complex interplay of genes, imaging and environment

Interactive discussion 10h30-11h30


Afternoon lecture 15h30-17h00:

Emilio Merlo Pich, CNS Therapeutic Area Unit, Takeda Development Center Europe, London, UK.

Genetic, disease modeling & precision medicine in Drug Discovery for brain disorders

Interactive discussion 17h00-18h00

General discussion 18h00-19h00



 

23th July: Genetics and genomics of Neurological disorders

Morning lecture 9h00-10h30:

Stefano Gustincich, Department of Neuroscience, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy.

Non-coding RNAs and RNA-based therapeutics in neurological disorders

Interactive discussion 10h30-11h30


Afternoon lecture 15h30-17h00:

    Alessandro Cellerino, Scuola Normale Superiore, Laboratory of Biology, Pisa, Italy.

    Neurogenomics, transcriptomics and aging

Interactive discussion 17h00-18h00

General discussion 18h00-19h00



 

24th July: Genetics and genomics of Neurological disorders and training

Morning lecture 9h00-10h30:

    Tommaso Pippucci, Medical Genetics Unit, Sant'Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Bologna, Italy

    Exome sequencing: from theory to practice with a focus on epilepsy and rare neurodevelopmental disorders

Interactive discussion 10h30-11h00

Training lecture 11h30-12h00:

    Alessandro Serretti, Dept of Biomedical and NeuroMotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy.

    How to write a paper/project

 

Training in small groups 14h00-16h00:

    Participants will write a one page project in small groups

Presentation of projects by participants 16h30-18h00

General discussion 18h00-19h00



 

25th July: Genetics and genomics of Psychiatric disorders


Morning lecture 9h00-10h30:

    Dan Rujescu, University Clinic for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatic, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg,     Halle, Germany.

    Genes and psychiatry: progresses and problems

Interactive discussion 10h30-11h30


Afternoon lecture 15h30-17h00:

    Ginetta Collo, Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.

    Detecting genes role for brain disorders: use of iPSC

Interactive discussion 17h00-18h00

General discussion 18h00-19h00



 

26th July: Perspectives


Morning lectures 9h00-10h30:

Ron van Schaik, Dept. Clinical Chemistry, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Pharmacogenetics in medical and neuropsychiatric disorders: similarities and differences

Interactive discussion 10h30-11h30

 

Afternoon lecture 15h30-17h00:

    Ernst Bamberg, Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysics, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

    Optogenetics

Interactive discussion 17h00-18h00

General discussion 18h00-19h00

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CISSN - International Summer School of Neuroscience