NeuroMarseille day: exceptional gathering of the community

Throughout the year, NeuroMarseille concentrates on reinforcing the visibility and interconnection of neuroscience in Marseille: European partnerships, grants dedicated to innovative and collaborative research, actions for and by students, and animation of the community with events… This dynamic has led us to a good level of cohesion and competence. Once a year, we are delighted to bring the community together for an enriching day: this year, the highlight is undoubtedly the lecture by Prof. Hongkui Zeng, Executive Vice President and Director of the Allen Institute for Brain Science. However, you should also be interested in a wide range of workshops, debates or short seminars such as the ones given by the 2021 ICR grant winners. 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 our host, INMED, 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, especially for the soiree! A meeting with Prof. Zeng is specially dedicated to them, but they are invited to participate in the other day’s events.

Join us to enjoy this transversal and unifying day:

📅  June 29th, 2023 – 8:30 am to 9:00 pm
📍 Luminy campus

Note that, for some events of the day, you have to register (form below).

Workshops, in French, are organized in 2 sessions: one in the morning, from 9:00 am to 11:00 am, and one in the afternoon, from 1:30 or 2:00 am to 4:00 pm. It will be possible to attend several workshops according to your interests and the schedule.

Please have a look at the program below.

Again, for obvious logistical matters, you also have to register to the lunch and after-debate buffets!

Conferences or workshops rooms will be allocated on the basis of registrations and will therefore be specified at a later date.

Keynote lecture by Prof. Hongkui Zeng

11:00 am – 12:30 pm – Technosport gymnase

“Understanding Brain Cell Type Diversity, Development and Evolution”

More information : HERE

Note: Prof. Hongkui Zeng has accepted to be part of the NeuroSchool tutored seminars for PhD students. Those who want to, can register for the 3 sessions of the tutored seminar on their AMETICE space by following this link.

• Schedule :
  • 9:00 am – Discussion among students to discuss the papers  – For PhD students only
  • 10:00 am – Special discussion time between Prof. Zeng and the PhD students

Flash conferences by the 2021 ICR grant laureates

2:00 pm – 4:30 pm – Amphitheatre Hexagone

Presentation of the collaborative projects results, followed by questions from the audience

• “Understanding the role of sensorimotor representation in dyslexia: neural basis & impact of comorbidity” by Christine Assaiante (LNC) & Jean-Philippe Ranjeva (CRMBM)
• “Role of visual attention in landmark-based navigation: investigations in mice & humans during virtual navigation” by Anna Montagnini (INT) & Jérôme Epsztein (INMED)

• “Targeting neuroinflammation in human & mouse astrocytes by Glypican-4 inhibition” by Rosanna Dono (IBDM) & Emmanuel Nivet (INP)
• “In vivo quantification of miR-124 levels in striatal cholinergic interneurons: physiological roles and implications for Parkinson disease” by Corinne Beurrier (IBDM)  & Eduardo Gascon (INT)
• “Functional characterization of the amygdalar inputs Into the dorsal striatum” by Christelle Baunez (INT) & Nicolas Maurice (IBDM)
• ” Regulation of axon initial segment plasticity by the transcription factor NeuroD2 : implications for neurodevelopmental disorders” by Chrisophe Leterrier (INP) & Antoine de Chavigny (INMED)

Are animal models valid for studying human behaviour?

With

Mira Didic – INS,

Thomas Marissal – INMED, David Robbe – INMED, Daniele Schon – INS, 

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Technosport gymnase

     This session will allow you to validate one hour of animal skills maintenance

Thanks to their ease of manipulation, animal models are widely used in attempts to understand human cognitive functions and their neural bases under normal or pathological conditions. Numerous behavioral tests have been developed to measure these functions in animal models. This is a robust way of understanding the mechanisms of behavior at the level of synapses, cells, or circuits.

However, many questions remain to be answered: to what extent are human cognitive functions transferable to animals, and conversely, to what time can observations made in animal models really be extrapolated to humans and patients? What tests are traditionally used to measure a given cognitive function in animals? Are these tests really adapted to animals? To what extent can these observations be “noised” by parameters that are often neglected (motivation, anxiety, perception, motor function)? How can we avoid carrying out a kind of model-specific phenotyping, uncorrelated with humans?

We’ll be discussing these points with NeuroMarseille’s neurobiology and cognitive neuroscience researchers, who specialize in animal or human behavior, in physiological conditions or neurological disease.This debate can be counted in the maintenance of skills in animal experimentation, since one of its objectives is to reduce and refine our use of animal models (i.e., use fewer animals, but in tests more adapted to the question asked).

Workshop session #1

 9:00 am – 11:00 pm

• Monitoring of animal experimentation – This session will allow you to validate one hour of animal skill maintenance – INMED conference room
  

Erica Lopez – “Refinement of rodent handling techniques to reduce stress during procedures”

• Roundtable discussion – “From fundamental to clinical research & the importance of patient association participation”. – Room CIEL Hexagone

Laurent Villard, MMG Research Director for “Rett syndrome research: feedback on clinical trials”. Carlos Cardoso, INMED Research Director upcoming title on COSTES networks. Marion Mathieu, Scientific trainer at the Tous Chercheurs association for “The role of patient associations in clinical research and the benefits of involving them at every stage”. Testimonial by Céline Damon, president of the LAMA2 France association et co-initiator of the EU-collaboration LAMA2 Europe.

• The 5 keys for your collaboration to succeed – Room TOUS CHERCHEURS INMED

David Karlin – A collaboration gone wrong can ruin your career (and your sanity). The US Office of Research Integrity wrote about collaborations: “We are struck by how many disputes could have been avoided if only the collaborators had taken a few precautionary steps at the outset”. Did you know for example that the main source of disputes comes from not having agreed in advance on the format of the shared data or samples? In this course, you will learn how to assess whether the interests of your prospective collaborator are aligned with yours, and what to agree on (and how) before collaborating. It will spare you 80% of the problems that occur in c

• Visit of the INMED platforms: in vivo microscopy. – INMED
  • Démonstrations and discussions with Jean-Claude Platel, François Michel et Sophie Brustlein
    
• Visit of the ISM platforms : Neuroscience & Sports: demonstrations and discussions – Technosport
  • Jérôme Laurin (INMED) – “Assessing physical performance: Why is it important for brain function and recovery following central nervous system damage?”
  • Guillaume Rao (ISM): “Motion analysis + biomechanical modeling to estimate internal efforts?”-
  • Jean-Jacques Temprado (ISM): “Evaluation of cognitive functions during pedaling exercise: Which cognitive tasks performed on different populations?”

Platforms: each visit will last less than 1h. The exact schedule will be decided on site according to the number of people interested.

Workshop session #2

 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm

• Visit of the INMED platforms: in vivo microscopy. – INMED
  • Démonstrations and discussions with Jean-Claude Platel, François Michel et Sophie Brustlein
• Visit of the ISM platforms : Neuroscience & Sports: demonstrations and discussions – Technosport
  • Jérôme Laurin (INMED) – “Assessing physical performance: Why is it important for brain function and recovery following central nervous system damage?”
  • Guillaume Rao (ISM): “Motion analysis + biomechanical modeling to estimate internal efforts?”-
  • Jean-Jacques Temprado (ISM): “Evaluation of cognitive functions during pedaling exercise: Which cognitive tasks performed on different populations?”

• The good reviewer’s guide to the publishing galaxy for PhD students and Postdocs – INMED conference room

Christophe Bernard, Emmanuel Procyk, Guilhem Ibos et Fred Chavane – 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm
You received harsh reviews on your last paper ? Here’s the chance to understand the processes of reviewing a scientific paper, providing criticisms while staying kind.

• Visit of the M1 posters – everyone is invited to talk with the M1 students about their research project in front of their poster – 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm – Technosport gymnase
  
• Professional photos – Cécile Burban – Esplanade INMED
  

Cocktail & Concert

6:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Esplanade INMED

What better way to end the day than to continue debating, propose a new collaboration to colleagues who presented their latest results, congratulate students for their presentation, talk with our prestigious guest… or simply share a drink and listen to the concert of our two music groups created by colleagues from NeuroMarseille’s laboratories? They turned down summer festivals to be there, so you don’t want to miss it!

NeuroMarseille evening: party organized by the students’ societies

Dear students of the community, you are all invited to a party organized by the NeuroLink and NeuroNautes students’ societies. Following the NeuroMarseille day, they will welcome you from 8:30 pm at the Marengo bar (Vieux-Port)! Definitely not to miss!

📅 June 29, 2023, 8:30 pm
📍 Marengo Bar (Vieux-Port)

Registration via NeuroLink & Neuronautes: HERE

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