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SUMMARY:KAUST & EPFL Blue Brain Project - Online Workshop 'Integrative Mod
 eling of Brain Energy Metabolism'
DTSTART:20210315T140000
DTEND:20210316T163500
DTSTAMP:20260415T184034Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
  and EPFL Blue Brain Project Alliance was set up to focus on understandin
 g the structural and biochemical basis of astrocyte-mediated neuronal ener
 gy metabolism in the mammalian brain.\n\nThe key objectives of this open w
 orkshop are to highlight and share the achievements of this Alliance and t
 o gain insight from global experts in the field on future research directi
 ons.\n\n\nMonday 15 March 2021\nAll times are Central European Time\n\n14:
 00 - 14:45    Session #1:\nChaired by Felix Schürmann (EPFL BBP\, Cam
 pus Biotech\, Geneva\, Switzerland)\nWelcome and introduction\n\nKeynote b
 y Pierre Magistretti - KAUST\, Smart Health Initiative\, Thuwal\, Kingdom 
 of Saudi Arabia\n'Neuron-glia metabolic coupling: Relevance for neuronal p
 lasticity\, brain imaging and diseases'\n\n14:45 - 17:30    Session #2:\
 nChaired by Jay Coggan (EPFL BBP\, Campus Biotech\, Geneva\, Switzerland)\
 nGuest speakers \n \n\n	L. Felipe Barros - Centro de Estudios Científic
 os (CECs)\, Valdivia\, Chile\n	'Making lactate requires glucose: stimulati
 on of astrocytic GLUT1 by extracellular K+'\n\n\n\n	Marja-Leena Linne - Fa
 culty of Medicine and Health Technology\, Tampere University\, Finland\n	'
 Modeling astrocyte signaling and astrocyte-mediated long-term plasticity'\
 n\n\n\n	Johanna Beyer - Visual Computing Group\,\n	Harvard University\, Bo
 ston\, USA\n	'Interactive visualization for exploring nanoscale brain tiss
 ue'\n\n\n15 min break\n\n16:30 - 17:30\nPanel Discussion with Pierre Magis
 tretti\, L. Felipe Barros\, Marja-Leena Linne and Johanna Beyer\n'The futu
 re of glia research'\nChaired by Corrado Cali (Institute Cavalieri Ottolen
 ghi\, Department of Neuroscience\, University of Torino\, Torino\, Italy)\
 n\n\n____________________________________________________________________\
 n\nTuesday 16 March 2021\n\n14:00 - 14:10\nFelix Schürmann (EPFL BBP\, Ca
 mpus Biotech\, Geneva\, Switzerland)\nWelcome and introduction \n\n14:10 -
  15:10    Session #3:\nChaired by Dan Keller (EPFL BBP\,  Campus Biotec
 h\, Geneva\, Switzerland)\nData and visualization\, dedicated to the KAUST
 -BBP collaboration\n \n\n	Corrado Cali - Neuroscience Institute Cavalieri
  Ottolenghi\, Department of Neuroscience\, University of Torino\, Torino\,
  Italy\n	'Ultrastructural characterization of astrocytes and its morpholog
 ical relevance to brain energy metabolism'\n\n\n\n	Marco Agus - College of
  Science and Engineering\, Hamad Bin Khalifa University\, Qatar Foundation
 \, Doha\, Qatar\n	'Visual computing and virtual reality technologies for E
 M-based neuroscience investigations'\n\n\n\n	Marwan Abdellah - EPFL BBP\, 
 Campus Biotech\, Geneva\, Switzerland\n	'Efficient reconstruction of high 
 fidelity models with realistic geometries from raw data using Ultraliser'\
 n\n\n15:10 break\n\n15:25 - 16:25    Session #4\nChaired by Corrado Cali
  (University of Torino\, Italy)\nModeling session\, dedicated to the KAUST
 -BBP collaboration\n \n\n	Eleftherios Zisis -  EPFL BBP\, Campus Biotech
 \, Geneva\, Switzerland\n	'Structural architecture of the neuronal-glial-v
 ascular system'\n\n\n\n	Polina Shichkova - EPFL BBP\, Campus Biotech\, Gen
 eva\, Switzerland\n	'Reconstruction and simulation of neocortical energy m
 etabolism'\n\n\n\n	Jay Coggan - EPFL BBP\, Campus Biotech\, Geneva\, Switz
 erland\n	'A secret language of cells: Ligand-receptor-cascade dynamics com
 municate through molecular phase transitions'\n\n\n16:25 - 16:35\nDan Kell
 er (EPFL BBP\, Campus Biotech\, Geneva\, Switzerland)\nSummary and wrap-up
 \n\n\nThis workshop will be recorded. By registering and attending the wor
 kshop\, you have confirmed your consent to be recorded.
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