VI Symposium
18th October 2022 - i3S, Porto
The VI Symposium in numbers:
115 participants 8 invited experts 5 selected oral presentations 38 poster presentations 
Invited speakers
Matthew Holt | i3S, Portugal
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Venuei3S – Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde
Rua Alfredo Allen, 208 4200-135 Porto, Portugal | ||||
Scientific Program
08:30-9:00 | Registration
09:00 | WELCOME
Auditório Mariano Gago
9:15-11:00 | SESSION I
Chairs: Luísa Pinto | ICVS, University of Minho; Teresa Summavielle | i3S, Porto, Portugal
9:15 | 1st Keynote Talk
Molecular Heterogeneity of Astrocytes: Potential Implications for Development and Function
Matthew Holt | i3S, Porto, Portugal
10:00 | Diving into the Diversity of Cortical Astrocytes through the Prism of the Unsuspected Complexity of their Developmental Origin
Karine Loulier | Institut des Neurosciences de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
10:30 | Oxytocin Receptor Mediated Modulation of Amygdala Astro-Neuronal Circuits
Alex Charlet | University of Strasbourg Institute for Advanced Study, Strasbourg, France
11:00 | COFFEE BREAK
11:30-16:30 | SESSION II
Chair: Matthew Holt | i3S, Porto, Portugal
11:30 | Astrocytes: Guardians of Critical Period Plasticity in the Visual Cortex
Nathalie Rouach | Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherche en Biologie, Paris, France
12:00 | 2nd Keynote Talk
Astrocytes and Circadian Time-Keeping: Star Clocks
Mick Hastings | MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK
12:45 | Selected Talk 1
Adenosine-Receptors: the On-and-Off Switch of Astrocytic Cannabinoid Signaling
Joana Gonçalves-Ribeiro | iMM João Lobo Antunes, Lisbon, Portugal
13:00 | LUNCH AND POSTER SESSION
14:30 | Selected Talk 2
Age and Sex-specific Proteome Plasticity of Brain Microglia
Joana Moreira | i3S, Porto, Portugal
14:45 | Selected Talk 3
Alterations in CNS Pathogenesis of the In Vivo Model of Multiple Sclerosis: Age Impact
Ana Rita Valente Ribeiro | iMed.ULisboa, University of Lisbon, Portugal
15:00 | The Involvement of Astrocyte Calcium-Dependent Signaling in Fear Memory
João Oliveira | ICVS, University of Minho, Portugal
15:30 | Adult Astrogliogenesis: a Key Mechanism Underlying the Pathophysiology of Stress-Induced Depression
Luísa Pinto | ICVS, University of Minho, Portugal
16:00 | Selected Talk 4
Intrathecal Application of miR-124-Based Secretome to Prevent Disease Progression in the ALS Mice
Marta Alexandra Santos | iMed.ULisboa, University of Lisbon, Portugal
16:15 | Selected Talk 5
RhoA Regulates the Onset of CNS Myelination
Raquel Vale-Silva | i3S, Porto, Portugal
16:30 | COFFEE BREAK AND POSTER SESSION
17:30-18:15 | SESSION III
Chair: João Relvas | i3S, Porto, Portugal
17:30 | 3rd Keynote Talk
Novel Functions of Oligodendrocytes in Axonal Energy Metabolism and Neurodegenerative Disease
Klaus Armin Nave | Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany
18:15 | AWARDS FOR BEST ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS AND WRAP-UP
08:30-9:00 | Registration
09:00 | WELCOME
Auditório Mariano Gago
9:15-11:00 | SESSION I
Chairs: Luísa Pinto | ICVS, University of Minho; Teresa Summavielle | i3S, Porto, Portugal
9:15 | 1st Keynote Talk
Molecular Heterogeneity of Astrocytes: Potential Implications for Development and Function
Matthew Holt | i3S, Porto, Portugal
10:00 | Diving into the Diversity of Cortical Astrocytes through the Prism of the Unsuspected Complexity of their Developmental Origin
Karine Loulier | Institut des Neurosciences de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
10:30 | Oxytocin Receptor Mediated Modulation of Amygdala Astro-Neuronal Circuits
Alex Charlet | University of Strasbourg Institute for Advanced Study, Strasbourg, France
11:00 | COFFEE BREAK
11:30-16:30 | SESSION II
Chair: Matthew Holt | i3S, Porto, Portugal
11:30 | Astrocytes: Guardians of Critical Period Plasticity in the Visual Cortex
Nathalie Rouach | Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherche en Biologie, Paris, France
12:00 | 2nd Keynote Talk
Astrocytes and Circadian Time-Keeping: Star Clocks
Mick Hastings | MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK
12:45 | Selected Talk 1
Adenosine-Receptors: the On-and-Off Switch of Astrocytic Cannabinoid Signaling
Joana Gonçalves-Ribeiro | iMM João Lobo Antunes, Lisbon, Portugal
13:00 | LUNCH AND POSTER SESSION
14:30 | Selected Talk 2
Age and Sex-specific Proteome Plasticity of Brain Microglia
Joana Moreira | i3S, Porto, Portugal
14:45 | Selected Talk 3
Alterations in CNS Pathogenesis of the In Vivo Model of Multiple Sclerosis: Age Impact
Ana Rita Valente Ribeiro | iMed.ULisboa, University of Lisbon, Portugal
15:00 | The Involvement of Astrocyte Calcium-Dependent Signaling in Fear Memory
João Oliveira | ICVS, University of Minho, Portugal
15:30 | Adult Astrogliogenesis: a Key Mechanism Underlying the Pathophysiology of Stress-Induced Depression
Luísa Pinto | ICVS, University of Minho, Portugal
16:00 | Selected Talk 4
Intrathecal Application of miR-124-Based Secretome to Prevent Disease Progression in the ALS Mice
Marta Alexandra Santos | iMed.ULisboa, University of Lisbon, Portugal
16:15 | Selected Talk 5
RhoA Regulates the Onset of CNS Myelination
Raquel Vale-Silva | i3S, Porto, Portugal
16:30 | COFFEE BREAK AND POSTER SESSION
17:30-18:15 | SESSION III
Chair: João Relvas | i3S, Porto, Portugal
17:30 | 3rd Keynote Talk
Novel Functions of Oligodendrocytes in Axonal Energy Metabolism and Neurodegenerative Disease
Klaus Armin Nave | Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany
18:15 | AWARDS FOR BEST ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS AND WRAP-UP
