Program

EBPS2014 Program

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Sunday, May 3

Time Session/Lecture info
08:00-08:20
Gathering
 
08:20-08:40
Opening Remarks
 
08:20-08:30
Michal Neeman
Weizmann Institute of Science
Vice President
08:30-08:40
Ian Stolerman
King's College London
Co-Founder and first president of EBPS
08:40-10:40
Animal models of PTSD
Chair: Hermona Soreq, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel 
08:40-09:00
Irit Akirav , Haifa University, Israel
09:00-09:20
Oliver Stork , University of Magdeburg , Germany
Molecular parameters of the hippocampal GABA system in the development of post-traumatic stress symptoms
09:20-09:40
Aline Desmedt , University of Bordeaux, France
Switching from normal to PTSD-like fear memory in mice
09:40-10:00
Mouna Maroun , Haifa University, Israel
10:00-10:20
Gal Yadid , Bar-Ilan University, Israel
RNA editing contribution for profiling the susceptibility to develop PTSD
10:20-10:40
Coffee Break
10:40-12:30
Stressful early life events and PTSD
Chair: Tracy Bale, University of Pennsylvania, USA 
Kimmel
10:40-11:00
Menahem Segal , Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Early stress affects later brain plasticity
11:00-11:20
Tracy Bale , University of Pennsylvania, USA
Stressed parents: maternal and paternal epigenetic reprogramming of offspring stress pathways
11:20-11:40
Alon Chen, Weizmann Institute of science, Israel
Maternal central CRF increases susceptibility to PTSD-like behavior in adult offsprings
11:40-12:00
Gal Richter-Levin , Haifa University, Israel
Post-weaning to pre-pubertal ('juvenile') stress: a model of induced predisposition to stress-related disorders
12:30-13:30
Lunch
 
13:30-14:30
Plenary Lecture
 
Kimmel
13:30-14:30
Eric Nestler , Mount Sinai School of Medicine, USA
Epigenetic mechanisms of stress, PTSD, and addiction
14:30-16:30
The genetics and epigenetics of PTSD
Chair: Alon Chen, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel 
14:30-14:50
Andreas Papassotiropoulos , Basel University, Switzerland
Genome-guided drug discovery for neuropsychiatric disorders
14:50-15:10
Isabelle Mansuy, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Epigenetic inheritance of the impact of traumatic stress in early life
15:10-15:30
Elisabeth Binder , Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Germany
Gene x environment interactions in PTSD: mapping transcriptional and epigenetic correlates
15:30-15:50
Bart Rutten , Maastricht University, Netherlands
Longitudinal alterations of DNA methylation in relation to trauma and PTSD in a unique prospective military cohort
15:50-16:10
Hermona Soreq , The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
From mice to men, microRNA regulators of cholinergic signaling
16:10-16:30
Coffee Break
16:30-17:30
Lectures of travel awardees: Kasia Bieszczad (Rutgers), Sam Golden (Mount Sinai), Africa Flores (Pompeu Fabra U), Robert Rozeske (INSERM, Bordeaux)
Chair: Rami Yaka, Hebrew University, Israel 
17:30-19:00
Poster session 1 and dinner
 
19:00-20:00
Special Lecture
 
Kimmel
19:00-20:00
Yoram Yovel , Haifa University, Israel
A Neuro-Psychoanalysis View of PTSD