Check in
hall 51 Maisin E 

Opening by Gunter Kenis (Director EURON) & Emmanuel Hermans (Local Coordinator EURON for UCLouvain)
51 Maisin auditorium

Panel lecture on Bridging Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s: Insights into Neurodegeneration: Prof. Silvia Bolognin,  Prof. Bernard Hanseeuw
51 Maisin auditorium

Coffee  break
Hall 71 Simonart

Fire presentations
51 Maisin auditorium

Lunch and Posters
Hall 71 Simonart
Participants with odd poster numbers will present

2 parallel sessions:
Assia Tiane  - Neurodegeneration 
51 B Auditorium
PhD Talks 
Lisa_Brisoire - VCP as a convergent regulator of APP processing and tau aggregation in Alzheimer’s disease
Emily Willems - Neuron-specific nanopore methylome profiling reveals novel targets in Alzheimer’s disease 
Simon Thiou - Use of a targeted proteasomal degradation strategy for tauopathies
Lisa Schuetz  - Visceral fat transplants from lean and obese mice divergently shape cognitive decline in a male Alzheimer’s disease mouse model

Romain Carron - Epilepsy surgery: from SEEG to neuromodulation 
51 Maisin auditorium
PhD Talks
Auriane Apaire - Effect of severe epilepsy on cardiorespiratory response to hypercapnia
Lisa Koole  - Unmasking cell type-specific DNA (hydroxy)methylation within the brain: Integrating nuclei sorting and low-input nanopore sequencing  
Anna Stölting  - PRL heterogeneity in multiple sclerosis: pathophysiological and clinical implications
Zoë Donders - Visual evoked potentials as biomarker of demyelination and remyelination: validation through roflumilast treatment in a chronic EAE mouse model of multiple sclerosis 

Coffee  break
Hall 71 Simonart

Workshops or company talks

• Implementation and Monitoring of Clinical Trials - Julie Vanacker (UCLouvain)
  51 B Auditorium
• Presentation bij Argenx
• Animal Behavior Analysis: Digital Tools and Experimental Approaches  - Noldus Expertise and PhD Student Perspectives
  51 Maisin auditorium 

Social Event, including dinner
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Keynote Speaker : Prof. Tamar R. Makin
Homo Cyberneticus: Neurocognitive embodiment of artificial limbs
51 Maisin auditorium

Coffee  break
Hall 71 Simonart

2 parallel sessions:
Ningfei Li - Connectomic Deep Brain Stimulation
51 B Auditorium
PhD Talks
Shirine Saleki - Alzheimer's disease-associated presenilin 2 influences the lipidic profile
Axelle Vanparys - Unveiling tau post-translational modifications in Alzheimer's disease progression
Lara Huyghe - Association between early Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers and subtle memory deficits: how to screen for preclinical Alzheimer’s disease in the general population? 
Martina Monaco - Sex-dependent effects of a multi-target drug combination on behavior and neurochemistry in SAMP8 mice
Annemarie de Vries - The loss of the transcription factor NR2F1 impairs dopaminergic development  

Arthur Courtin - Pain
51 Maisin auditorium
PhD Talks
Aïcha Boutachkourt - Direct evidence for gradient-like organization of thermonociceptive processing in the human insula using intracerebral EEG
Diego Asensio-Wandosell - Characterization of the IgG4-autoimmune neurological disorders response. From antibodies to B cells in CASPR2 autoimmune encephalitis
Femke Mussen - It takes two to tango: sequential subtype-specific PDE4 inhibition promotes spinal cord injury recovery by targeting inflammation and repair 
Gabrielle Herbillon - Modulating early somatosensory activity with hypnosis: can hypnotic hypoesthesia modulate early somatosensory evoked potentials? 
Marco Barilari - Layer-dependent feedforward auditory motion processing in the hMT+/V5 of blind people
Rabea Schmahl - DBS targeting optimization within VPM/VPL nucleus for chronic neuropathic pain

Lunch and Posters
Hall 71 Simonart
Participants with even poster numbers will present

Workshop:
Responsible Use of GenAI for Research - Kazem Banihashem (Maastricht University)
51 Maisin auditorium

Coffee  break
Hall 71 Simonart

Keynote Speaker: Prof. Roberta Gualdani
Sensory signaling in itch and pain: role of TRP channels
51 Maisin auditorium

Awards + Closing Session
51 Maisin auditorium