Programme

08:30 - 09:00

Registration

• Morning coffee/tea

09:00 - 09:10

Welcome & Introduction

• Prof Masud Husain: Welcome address

09:10 - 09:50

Plenary

• Prof Darren Monckton: Unstable DNA in Huntington disease: dynamics, consequences and therapeutic opportunities

09:50 - 11:15

Movement Disorder

Chair: TBC Co-Chair: Dr Viorica Chelban

• Prof Huiling Tan: Electrophysiology, brain-computer interface, motor control, movement disorders

• Prof Sanjay Manohar: Motivation in PD – using behavioural paradigms and computational neuroscience to model effort and apathy

• Dr Mie Rizig: African ancestry representation in PD genetic studies

11:15 - 11:45

Coffee/tea Break

11:45 - 13:00

2nd session - Cognition/Dementia

Chair: Prof David Sharp Co-Chair: Dr Laurent Sheybani

• Prof John Cryan: Gut Feelings: Brain-Body Interactions Across the Lifespan

• Prof David Attwell: How the brain regulates the energy supply for normal information processing

• Prof Tara Spires-Jones: Uncovering a unique molecular signature in Alzheimer’s Disease

13:00 - 14:30

Lunch & Poster Session

14:30 - 15:30

3rd Session - Data Blitzes

• Data Blitz 1

• Data Blitz 2

• Data Blitz 3

• Data Blitz 4

• Data Blitz 5

• Data Blitz 6

15:30 - 16:00

Coffee/tea Break

16:00 - 17:30

4th Session - Inflammation in Neurosciences

Chair: Dr Emma Tallantyre Co-Chair: Dr Lucia Li

• Prof Neil Harrison: Tentative title - Systemic inflammation and the brain

• Dr Maura Malpetti: Neuroinflammation in Frontotemporal Dementia: evidence from PET, blood and postmortem

• Prof Angela Vincent: Title to be confirmed

17:30 - 17:50

End of conference

• Prof Mary Reilly: Prize presentation and closing remarks

17:50 - 19:00

Drinks reception

19:00

Close of Conference