IBRO - LARC - PEDECIBA

Instituto Clemente Estable (Ministerio de Educación y Cultura)

Universidad de la República Oriental del Uruguay (UDELAR)

Escuela Latinoamericana de Neurociencia

 

Announce

“1^st International Workshop on

Synaptic Plasticity and Neurotransmission”

 

“International Symposium

on Neuronal Plasticity and Neurogenesis”

                                                                      

Montevideo, March 26 - April 7, 2006

 

Hosting institutions: Instituto Clemente Estable (IIBCE), School of Sciences (UDELAR) and School of Medicine (UDELAR)

 

Objectives:

To facilitate an up-to-date and really “hands-on” approach to synaptic plasticity, neurotransmission and neurogenesis, with a focus on experimental, practical Seminars. To foster cooperation among neuroscientists –students and researchers- from the Latin America.

 

Workshop Director and Symposium Chairman:

Prof. Daniel Rodríguez-Ithurralde (IIBCE)

 

International Advisory Board

Profs. Miguel Allende, Francisco Barrantes, Washington Buño, Pablo Castillo, Darek Gorecki, Rafael Linden, Alberto Pereda

 

Local Organizing Committee:  

Profs. Daniel Rodríguez-Ithurralde, Michel Borde, Federico Dajas, Omar Macadar, Ángel Caputi, Raúl Russo, Francisco Morales.

 

Preliminary List of Invited Symposia Speakers: Miguel Allende (Universidad de Chile),  Washington Buño (Instituto Cajal, España), Pablo Castillo (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York), Dareck Gorecki (Portsmouth University, UK), Rafael Linden (Universidade de Rio de Janeiro), Alberto Pereda (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York), Edna Yamasaki (Universidade de Rio de Janeiro), Flavio Zolessi (Cambridge University, UK).

 

Local Faculty: 

Pedro Aguilera, Cristina Arruti, Michel Borde, Mónica Brauer, Angel Caputi, Patricia Cassina, María E. Castelló, Federico Dajas, Anabel Fernández, Omar Macadar, Francisco Morales, Silvia Olivera-Bravo, Inés Pose, Luis Barbeito, Daniel Rodríguez-Ithurralde, Raúl Russo, Cecilia Scorza, Ana Silva, José R. Sotelo, José R. Sotelo-Silveira, Omar Trujillo-Cenóz, Julio Velluti.

 

Practical Seminars: (1) “Confocal Microscopy in Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology”; (2) “Neural bases of perception”; (3) “Intracelular recordings of goldfish Mauthner cells, in vivo”; (4) “Receptor mediated plasticity in neuronal cell cultures”; (5) “Field and intracellular recordings in slices of turtle brain cortex”; (6) “Brain in vivo microdialisis”

Lectures: Cell cycle control in neurodevelopment. Stem Cells and Neurogenesis. Generation of neuronal polarity. Mechanisms of dendritic tree development. Path finding signaling. How intrinsic properties determine neuron´s role in a circuit. Dendritic mechanisms of signal processing. Synaptic transmission modulation. Efficacy control in electrical synapses. Receptor-mediated and activity-dependent synaptic plasticity. Mechanisms of neuronal differentiation and maturation. Glial roles in development, neurotoxicity and neurodegeneration. Plasticity and regeneration in trauma, neurotoxicity and neurodegeneration.

Language: An operative use of English and Spanish is required.

Selection of students: 20 Students (from Latin American countries) will be selected on the basis of their curriculum and their chance of employing the acquired knowledge in their countries. About 8 (eight) foreign students will receive an accommodation and subsistence fellowship plus (if possible) a small contribution to their travel cost. When selected applicants state clearly that they can afford their travel costs, the organization will assure allocation and subsistences.

The Organizing Committee will communicate, without appeal, its selection to applicants (by E-mail) not later than February 28, 2006.  

Application should include 4 documents :

1) a cover letter stating the reasons for the interest in the workshop and how it may contribute to the student future.

2) a “Ficha de Inscripción/Registration Card” (see below), with all required data completed.

3) a short curriculum vitae (2-9 pp.) with a list of publications, if any.

4) a letter of recommendation.

 

Applications should arrive by February 25, 2006, (*) by either E-mail (preferred way, please send applications as 4 (1-4) attachments) or Post in one of the following addresses:

 

Dr. Daniel Rodríguez-Ithurralde  Molecular Neuroscience Laboratoty Instituto Clemente Estable  Av. Italia 3318, 11600 Montevideo URUGUAY E-mail address: drit@iibce.edu.uy

Adriana Maruri Workshop Academic Assistant Molecular Neuroscience Laboratoty Instituto Clemente Estable  Av. Italia 3318, 11600 Montevideo, URUGUAY E-mail address: maruri@iibce.edu.uy

 

Ficha de Inscripción/ Registration card
Nombre / Name:
Dirección Laboral / Work Address:
Correo Electrónico/ e-mail:
Teléfono y Fax/ Phone and Fax:
Grado Profesional/ Degree:
Cargo actual /Current post:
Idiomas/ languages: Indique de 1 (pobre) a 3 (muy bien)
Inglés:   Entiende Lee Habla	Español: Entiende Lee Habla
Indique las posibilidades de que Ud. consiga financiación, aunque sea parcial./ Indicate what possibilities you have of obtaining financial support (total or partial).

(*) Los estudiantes PEDECIBA pueden inscribirse en la forma y con los requisitos usuales, en las Fechas que el PEDECIBA disponga.