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: Prof Nicholas Wood Co-Chair: Dr Viorica Chelban

• Prof Huiling Tan: Brain-computer interface (BCI) based neuromodulation for movement disorders

• Prof Sanjay Manohar: The many facets of motivation in Parkinson's disease

• Dr Mie Rizig: Ancestral Diversity in Parkinson's Disease Genetics: Insights from African Studies

11:15 - 11:45

Coffee/tea Break

11:45 - 13:10

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: Dementia: the vascular connection

• Prof Tara Spires-Jones: Synapse-glia interactions in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease

13:10 - 14:30

Lunch & Poster Session

14:30 - 15:55

3rd Session - Data Blitzes

Chair: Prof Tara Spires-Jones Co-Chair: Dr Manuela Marescotti

• Brain Communication Early Career Researcher Prize

• Data Blitz: Davi Vontobel - Validating [11C]-PK11195 PET in pathologically heterogeneous FTD

• Data Blitz: Ruxandra Dafinca - Mitochondrial and synaptic dysfunction in iPS-derived motor neurons from patients with ALS/FTD

• Data Blitz: Mingrun Shi - Distinct Sensory Atypicalities Bridge Brain Chemistry and Motor Dysfunction in Autism

• Data Blitz: Davide Giampiccolo: A role for the inferior fronto-occipital fasciculus underlying multimodal semantic control: a SEEG-white matter stimulation study

• Data Blitz: Abigail Wilson - Repurposing drug screen in Drosophila identifies a new therapy for an involuntary movement disorder

• Data Blitz: Laura Vede Ussingkaer - Chimeric GluCl gene therapy for neuropsychiatric disorders

15:55 - 16:25

Coffee/tea Break

16:25 - 17:50

4th Session - Inflammation in Neuroscience

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

• Prof Neil Harrison: Systemic inflammation and the Brain

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

• Prof Angela Vincent: Antibody-mediated brain disorders: some reflections

17:50 - 18:00

End of conference

• Prof Mary Reilly: Prize presentation and closing remarks

18:00 - 19:00

Drinks reception

19:00

Close of Conference