08.00-08.30 Registration and poster hanging, Lakeside Lecture Theatres, bldg. 1250-53
Chair: Prof. Marco Capogna, Dept. of Biomedicine, Aarhus University (AU)
08.30-08.40 Welcome to Neuroscience Day by Prof. Anders Nykjaer, Director of NeuroCampus Aarhus
08.40-09.00 “Life with Alzheimer’s Disease“ by Julie Rubow and Bjørn Jakobsen. Moderated by Nis Peter Nissen, Director of the Danish Alzheimer Association
09.00-09.50 Keynote lecture: "Memory retention: the path from synaptic-tagging-and-capture to behavioural memory" by Brain Prize Winner Prof. Richard Morris, University of Edinburgh, UK. Introduction by Kim Krogsgaard, Managing Director of The Brain Prize
09.50-10.05 “Autobiographical Memory: The Dynamics of Remembering the Personal Past" by Prof. Dorthe Berntsen, Center Director of CON AMORE, AU
10.05-10.20 Oral presentation – to be selected from abstracts
10.20-11.20 Coffee break with poster session* (even numbers to present), flash presentations**, and exhibits. Including 2 x 20 min flash presentations (parallel sessions; basic and clinical research)
Chair: Assoc. prof. Simon Glerup, Dept. of Biomedicine, AU
11.20-11.35 “How antidepressant treatment improves neurocognitive function” by Prof. Gregers Wegener, Translational Neuropsychiatry Unit, Dept. of Clinical Medicine, AU/Aarhus University Hospital (AUH)
11.35-11.50 “ADHD risk genes and correlations with cognition” by Assoc. Prof. Ditte Demontis, iPSYCH, AU
11.50-12.05 Oral presentation – to be selected from abstracts
12.05-12.20 Oral presentation – to be selected from abstracts
12.20-13.00 Lunch, exhibits, and poster viewing*
Chair: Prof. Albert Gjedde, Dept. of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University of Copenhagen
13.00-13.15 “Untangling the causes of neuronal degeneration in Alzheimer’s disease patients” by Assoc. Prof. Carmela Matrone, Biomedicine, AU
13.15-14.00 Keynote lecture: “The glymphatic system and state-dependent changes in brain activity” by Prof. Maiken Nedergaard, Center for Basic and Translational Neuroscience, University of Copenhagen
14.00-14.15 Oral presentation - to be selected from abstracts
14.15-15.15 Coffee break with poster session* (odd numbers to present), flash presentations**, and exhibits. Including 2 x 20 min flash presentations (parallel sessions; basic and clinical research)
Chair: Prof. Henning Andersen, Dept. of Neurology, AUH
15.15-1535 “Brain+ Neurogaming for improving cognitive treatment” by Kim Baden-Kristensen CEO and Founder of Brain+
15.35-15.55 “The challenges of making drugs for Alzheimer’s Disease” by Jan Egebjerg, Vice President Neurodegeneration and Biologics, Lundbeck
15.55-16.10 Oral presentation – to be selected from abstracts
16.10-16.25 “Music for memory: mechanisms of music as a mnemonic tool” by Prof. Elvira Brattico, Center for Music in the Brain, AU. Live music included
16.25-16.30 Closing remarks by Assoc. Prof. Mai Marie Holm, Dept. of Biomedicine, AU, and Announcement of the Poster and Flash Presentation Prize winners
16.30-17.30 Networking and free draft beer/soft drinks (voucher) in the foyer
* Posters: William Scharff Auditorium / The Foyer, level 1
** Flash Presentations: Merete Barker auditorium level 2 and Eduard Biermann auditorium level 2
For questions regarding Neuroscience Day, please contact:
Susanne Schousboe Sjøgaard
Department of Biomedicine
Aarhus University
Ole Worms Allé 3, building 1171
8000 Aarhus C
Denmark
Email: susanne@dandrite.au.dk
Thus, abstracts from all fields within neuroscience are accepted and may be chosen for flash presentation. When submitting an abstract, please mark the relevant subject/area.