Schedule
Monday, November, 25th
9:00 - 9:10 Workshop Introduction
Dr. Marilene Hohmuth Lopes (ICB-USP)
9:10 - 10:00 Using automated touchscreen tasks as a high-throughput behavior platform to evaluate cognition in mouse models of neurodegenerative disorders
Dr. Flávio Beraldo (UWO)
10:00 - 10:50 Alzheimer's Disease – Paradigm change in the search for therapeutic targets.
Dr. Regina Pekelmann Markus (IB-USP)
10:50 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:10 - 12:00 Optogenetic stimulation of respiratory neurons improves breathing in an experimental model of Parkinson's disease
Dr. Ana Carolina Thomaz Takakura (ICB-USP)
12:10 - 14:30 Lunch Break
14:30 - 15:20 Cholinergic regulation of high-level cognition in mice
Dr. Vânia Prado (UWO)
15:20 - 16:10 Action of lysine (K) -deacetylase modulators on cell metabolism in astrocytes exposed to oxidative stress and excitotoxicity: possible neuroprotective role in ALS
Dr. Tatiana Rosado Rosenstock (FCMSCSP)
16:10-16:20 Coffee Break
16:20 - 17:10 Neurodegenerative processes and therapeutic approaches
Dr. Andréa da Silva Torrão (ICB-USP)
17:10 - 17:30 Discussion
Tuesday, November, 26th
9:00 - 9:50 Regulation of neuronal resilience by the chaperone machinery
Dr. Marco Prado
9:50 - 10:40 Restoration of Rab1 levels mitigates endoplasmic reticulum stress in hippocampal cells during protein aggregation
Dr. Merari F.R. Ferrari (IB-USP)
10:40 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:50 Molecular and cellular mechanisms in autism spectrum disorder: our contribution
Dr. Maria Rita dos Santos e Passos-Bueno (IB-USP)
11:50 - 12:40 Linking autophagy modulation to neuroprotection in models of aging and degeneration of central nervous system
Dr. Rodrigo Ureshino (UNIFESP)
12:40 - 15:00 Lunch Break
15:00 - 15:50 Intermittent fasting effects on aging and neurological disease animal models
Dr. Elisa Kawamoto (ICB-USP)
15:50 - 16:40 Modeling neurological disorders using stem cells in 2D and 3D systems
Dr. Patrícia C. B. Beltrão Braga (ICB-USP)
16:40 - 17:00 Disclosure Remarks