NeuroMarseille day: exceptional gathering of the community

Every year, NeuroMarseille concentrates on reinforcing the visibility of neuroscience in Marseille: European partnerships, grants dedicated to innovative and collaborative research, actions for and by students, animation of the community with events… This dynamic has led us to a good level of cohesion and competence in the laboratory teams. Now, we are delighted to bring the community together for an enriching day: the highlight is undoubtedly the lecture by Prof. Olaf Blanke, but you should also be interested in a wide range of workshops, debates and short seminars given by the winners of the 2020 ICR grant. This event is meant to be a friendly one, a rare moment where the whole neuroscientific community of Marseille can meet: the lunch buffet offered by the two host laboratories, the LNC and the LPC, will be the place to enjoy each other’s company. The students we welcome as part of our NeuroSchool programme are not to be outdone: some are part of the organisation, and a meeting with Prof. Blanke is specially dedicated to them. They are also invited to participate in the day’s events.

Join us to enjoy this transversal and unifying day:

📅  June 28th, 2022 – 9:00 am to 5:30 pm
📍 Saint Charles campus – welcome desk in front of the Charve Amphitheatre (Physics building #9)

Note that for some events of the day, you will have to register. Presentations of the ICR 2020 grant laureates and the conference by O. Blanke, the renowned director of the Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience at EPFL in Lausanne, will be held respectively in the Charve and Sciences Naturelles amphitheatres : both require registration since places are limited. Workshops are organized in 2 sessions: one in the morning, from 9 to 10 am, and one in the afternoon, from 3 to 5:00 pm. It will be possible to follow several workshops according to your interests and the schedule: note that, for logistical matters, you must also register to participate.

Obviously, you’ll also need to register for the lunch buffet and the photographer!

You will find a summary of the program below, as well as the detailed content of the lectures and workshops. Once you have made your choice, please fill in the registration form.

Attention: all lectures are in english, workshops in french

Seminars by the ICR 2020 grant laureates

10:00 am – 12:10 am –  Charve Amphitheatre (Physic building #9)

15mn to explain: why the collaboration, in which scientific context, the results, even if preliminary, and the future of their project.

5mn of questions from the audience

• Eric Castet (LPC) and Christophe Lopez (LNC): “Vestibular contribution to visuo-spatial attention in a virtual reality environment” – 10:10 to 10:30 am
• Paolo Gubellini (IBDM) and Abdel Moutalib Ouagazzal (LNC): “Modulation of striatal NMDA receptor by synaptic zinc: physiological and pathological implications” – 10:30 am to 10:50 am
• Françoise Padilla (LNC) and Fanny Mann (IBDM): “3D mapping of neuronal network remodeling in chronic arthritic inflammation: impact of sodium channel activity” – 10:50 to 11:10 am
• Florence Jaouen (INT) and Agnès Baude (INMED): “Molecular transcriptomics: combining synaptic tracing and single-cell RNA sequencing to understand neuronal diversity” – 11:30 am to 11:50 am
• Clément Menuet (INMED) and Jean-Charles Viemari (INT) / Jérôme Laurin (IBDM): “Does oxytocin promote beneficial enhancement of cardiorespiratory coupling?” – 11:50 am to 12:10 pm

Conference by Prof. Olaf Blanke

2:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Sciences Naturelle Amphitheatre (building #8)

“Brain mechanisms of invisible presences: hallucination engineering, neuroscience robotics, neurodegeneration”

Note 1: registration is required for this conference, which will be limited to 150 places.

Note 2: The conference by Prof. Olaf Blanke is part of the NeuroSchool tutored seminars. PhD students who want to can register for the 3 sessions of the tutored seminar on their AMETICE space by following this link.

Caution: all workshops are in French, conferences in english

Workshop session #1 – 9:00 am – 10:00 am

• Monitoring of animal experimentation skills part I– This session will allow you to validate one hour of training  – Myriam Cayre – Salle des Voutes – 9 am to 10 am
• CPP the “bête noire” of researchers! – Tiphaine Villaumé, Marianne Vaugoyeau, Audrey Janssens – Room to be confirmed – 9 am to 10 am

Workshop session #2 – 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm

• Encounter between students / Prof. Olaf Blanke in English – Sciences Naturelles Amphitheatre (building #8) – 3 pm to 4 pm
• Visit of the M1 posters – M1 students and the teaching team – PHY rooms or outdoor weather permitting – 3 pm to 5:00 pm
• Visits of the LPC and LNC platforms and laboratories: descriptions, explanations, possibilities – LPC and LNC – 3 pm to 5:00 pm
• PTVR (Perception Toolbox for Virtual Reality) demonstration: open-source and collaborative software for Virtual Reality experiments in neuroscience and experimental psychology: application to vision – Eric Castet (LPC) and Christophe Lopez (LNC) – experimentation room, details at the front desk – from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm, groups of 5, every 15 minutes
• Professional photos – outdoor – from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
• Monitoring of animal experimentation skills part II – This session will allow you to validate one hour of training  – Nathalie Lorenzo – salle des Voutes – 4 pm to 5 pm
• CPP the “bête noire” of researchers! – Tiphaine Villaumé, Marianne Vaugoyeau and Audrey Janssens – room: details at the front desk – 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
• Documentary film: “Mon cerveau face au climat” followed by a discussion on the subject and, if possible, an aperitif – Daniele Schön, Julien Lefevre – Charve Amphitheatre (Physics building #9) – 5:00-6:00 pm