Programme

Arrival and Registration of Scholars and Faculty

Opening Ceremony

Dinner

Gliotransmission - Subcellular Level

Andrea Volterra (Lausanne, Switzerland)
Astrocytes as local detectors and modulators of synaptic activity in situ: roles of calcium and TNFα

Robert Zorec (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
Vesicle traffic

Coffee break

Baljit Khakh (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
Diversities of calcium signals pathways

Oral Presentations by Scholars (1-5)

Lunch break

Gliotransmission - Subcellular Level
Methodological aspects

Baljit Khakh
Richard Robitaille
Andrea Volterra
Robert Zorec

Presentations and round table will address
“Astrocyte responsivess and Gliotransmission”

[The afternoon coffee break will be made at an appropriate time]

Dinner

Gliotransmission - Cellular Levels

Stephane Oliet (Bordeaux, France)
Contribution of glial cells to NMDA receptor activity

Richard Robitaille (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
Glial cells decode synaptic transmission and regulate synaptic plasticity at a PNS synapse

Coffee break

Alfonso Araque (Madrid, Spain)
Astrocyte modulation of synaptic transmission at hippocampal single synapses

Oral Presentations by Scholars (6-10)

Lunch break

Gliotransmission - Cellular Level
Methodological aspects

Alfonso Araque
Stéphane Oliet

Presentations and round table will address
“Astrocytes and synaptic plasticity”

[The afternoon coffee break will be made at an appropriate time]

Dinner

Gliotransmission - Network Level

Tommaso Fellin (Genoa, Italy)
Astrocyte modulation of neuronal circuits in the somatosensory cortex in vivo

Hajime Hirase (Hirosawa, Japan)
Modulation of sensory induced cortical plasticity by astrocytic calcium elevation

Coffee break

Giorgio Carmignoto (Padua, Italy)
Astrocytes in focal epilepsy

Oral Presentations by Scholars (11-15)

Lunch break

Gliotransmission - Network Level
Methodological aspects

Tommaso Fellin
Hajime Hirase
Fabio Mammano
Gian Michele Ratto

Presentations and round table will address
“Astrocytes in the network activities”

[The afternoon coffee break will be made at an appropriate time]

Dinner

A hands-on presentation of equipment for experimental astrocyte research

Irmtraud Steinmetz (Leica Microsystems, Germany)

Debate Introduction

With the help of different faculty members, the scholars will be introduced to two different “hot topics” of particular current interest. The two topics will be discussed, in sequence, during Saturday’s Debate Session. For each topic, the two conflicting views will be defended by separate scholar groups.

[The morning coffee break will be made at an appropriate time]

Lunch break

Escursion to Ravenna

Guided tours and dinner in Ravenna, followed by return to Bertinoro

Gliotransmission - System Level

Philip Haydon (Boston, MA, USA)
The role of astrocytes in the regulation of sleep and memory

Gian Michele Ratto (Pisa, Italy) and
Giorgio Carmignoto (Padua, Italy)
Neurons and Astrocytes, order and chaos in the normal and epileptic brain

[The morning coffee break will be made at an appropriate time]

Debate Preparation

Lunch break

Gliotransmission - System Level
Methodological aspects

Giorgio Carmignoto
Philip Haydon
Gian Michele Ratto

Presentations and round table will address
“Astrocytes and behaviour and Astrocytes in brain diseases”

[The afternoon coffee break will be made at an appropriate time]

Dinner

Debate I

Debate II

[The morning coffee break will be made at an appropriate time]

Closing Remarks

Lunch break

Excursion to Cesenatico

Guided tour to Cesenatico and return to Bertinoro for closing dinner

Closing dinner in Bertinoro

Departure