PROGRAMME
Friday, 15th January 2016
14:00 – 15:00
Registration
15:00 – 15:15
Opening session
15:15 – 16:00
Keynote lecture: Prof. Nuno Sousa (ICVS/ECS-UM)
16:00 – 16:30
Coffee break & Poster session
16:30 – 18:00
Oral Presentations (2013/2014) (5 min/presentation)
Chairs: Sara Silva (ICVS/ECS-UM); Raquel Santiago (IBILI/FMUC | UCoimbra)
Ana Isabel Oliveira “Crosstalk between tumor microenvironment and glioblastoma cells”
Ana Rita Machado-Santos “Glial plasticity as a key mechanism underlying the pathophysiology of depression”
Diana Duro “Validation studies of the clock drawing test in mild cognitive impairment”
Francisca Bravo “Unravelling the phospholipase D, bridging integrator 1/amphiphysin 2 and tau connections – potential implications for Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis”
(Roundtable)
Madalena Esteves “Morphological hemispheric asymmetries in the elderly and their cognitive correlates”
Neuza Domingues “How does atherosclerosis begin and progress?”
Olga Pereira “Impact of diabetes mellitus on the type of cell death undergone by human peripheral blood cells of tuberculosis individuals”
Teresa Ribeiro-Rodrigues “USP8-mediated deubiquitination regulates the life-cycle of Cx43”
(Roundtable)
18:00 – 18:45
Oral Presentations (2012/2013) (7 min/presentation)
Chairs: Sandro Dá Mesquita (ICVS/ECS-UM); Otília Vieira (CEDOC/UNLisboa)
Ana Catarina Ferreira “Hippocampal neurogenic events regulated by Lipocalin-2”
Ângela Fernandes “The impact of metabolism and proteolytic systems deregulation on acute myeloid leukemia”
Ana Sofia Brandão “Bone regeneration during zebrafish caudal fin regeneration”
(Roundtable)
20:30
Dinner at Restaurante Migaitas (Villa Garden Hotel)
Registration
15:00 – 15:15
Opening session
15:15 – 16:00
Keynote lecture: Prof. Nuno Sousa (ICVS/ECS-UM)
16:00 – 16:30
Coffee break & Poster session
16:30 – 18:00
Oral Presentations (2013/2014) (5 min/presentation)
Chairs: Sara Silva (ICVS/ECS-UM); Raquel Santiago (IBILI/FMUC | UCoimbra)
Ana Isabel Oliveira “Crosstalk between tumor microenvironment and glioblastoma cells”
Ana Rita Machado-Santos “Glial plasticity as a key mechanism underlying the pathophysiology of depression”
Diana Duro “Validation studies of the clock drawing test in mild cognitive impairment”
Francisca Bravo “Unravelling the phospholipase D, bridging integrator 1/amphiphysin 2 and tau connections – potential implications for Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis”
(Roundtable)
Madalena Esteves “Morphological hemispheric asymmetries in the elderly and their cognitive correlates”
Neuza Domingues “How does atherosclerosis begin and progress?”
Olga Pereira “Impact of diabetes mellitus on the type of cell death undergone by human peripheral blood cells of tuberculosis individuals”
Teresa Ribeiro-Rodrigues “USP8-mediated deubiquitination regulates the life-cycle of Cx43”
(Roundtable)
18:00 – 18:45
Oral Presentations (2012/2013) (7 min/presentation)
Chairs: Sandro Dá Mesquita (ICVS/ECS-UM); Otília Vieira (CEDOC/UNLisboa)
Ana Catarina Ferreira “Hippocampal neurogenic events regulated by Lipocalin-2”
Ângela Fernandes “The impact of metabolism and proteolytic systems deregulation on acute myeloid leukemia”
Ana Sofia Brandão “Bone regeneration during zebrafish caudal fin regeneration”
(Roundtable)
20:30
Dinner at Restaurante Migaitas (Villa Garden Hotel)
Saturday 16th January 2016
9:15 – 10:00
Oral Presentations (2012/2013) (7 min/presentation)
Chairs: Paula Ludovico (ICVS/ECS-UM); Ana Portelinha (CEDOC/UNLisboa)
Carina Soares-Cunha “Activation of D2-expressing neurons in the nucleus accumbens enhances motivation”
Diogo Lobo-Silva “Molecular mechanisms regulating IL-10 production by microglial cells”
Nuno Dinis Alves “Adult neuroplasticity as a potential pathological trigger of recurrence in depression”
Vera Miranda-Gonçalves “Role of Hypoxia in monocarboxylate transporter 1 expression and function in glioblastomas”
(Roundtable)
10:00 – 10:30
ICVS lab tour
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee break & Poster session
11:00 – 12:30
Oral Presentations (2011/2012) (10min/presentation) + discussion
Chairs: Fernanda Marques (ICVS/ECS-UM); Paula Videira (CEDOC/UNLisboa)
Maria Madeira “Selective antagonist of adenosine A2A receptor SCH 58261 and caffeine as potential therapeutic strategies to manage glaucoma”
Mónica Morais “The impact of antipsychotic drugs in Schizophrenia”
Mylène Carrascal “Novel E-selectin ligands on breast cancer cells”
Sofia Esteves “Assessment of chronic citalopram post-symptomatic treatment in an MJD mouse model of increased severity”
12:30 – 14:00
Lunch
14:00 – 14:45
Keynote lecture: Prof. Calogero Caruso (Palermo University Medical School, Italy)
14:45 – 15:30
Discussion with the PhDOC Advisory Committee
15:30 – 15:45
Coffee break
15:45 – 16:30
Keynote lecture: Prof. Catarina Oliveira (CNC/FMUC)
16:30 – 16:45s
Awards & Closing remarks
Oral Presentations (2012/2013) (7 min/presentation)
Chairs: Paula Ludovico (ICVS/ECS-UM); Ana Portelinha (CEDOC/UNLisboa)
Carina Soares-Cunha “Activation of D2-expressing neurons in the nucleus accumbens enhances motivation”
Diogo Lobo-Silva “Molecular mechanisms regulating IL-10 production by microglial cells”
Nuno Dinis Alves “Adult neuroplasticity as a potential pathological trigger of recurrence in depression”
Vera Miranda-Gonçalves “Role of Hypoxia in monocarboxylate transporter 1 expression and function in glioblastomas”
(Roundtable)
10:00 – 10:30
ICVS lab tour
10:30 – 11:00
Coffee break & Poster session
11:00 – 12:30
Oral Presentations (2011/2012) (10min/presentation) + discussion
Chairs: Fernanda Marques (ICVS/ECS-UM); Paula Videira (CEDOC/UNLisboa)
Maria Madeira “Selective antagonist of adenosine A2A receptor SCH 58261 and caffeine as potential therapeutic strategies to manage glaucoma”
Mónica Morais “The impact of antipsychotic drugs in Schizophrenia”
Mylène Carrascal “Novel E-selectin ligands on breast cancer cells”
Sofia Esteves “Assessment of chronic citalopram post-symptomatic treatment in an MJD mouse model of increased severity”
12:30 – 14:00
Lunch
14:00 – 14:45
Keynote lecture: Prof. Calogero Caruso (Palermo University Medical School, Italy)
14:45 – 15:30
Discussion with the PhDOC Advisory Committee
15:30 – 15:45
Coffee break
15:45 – 16:30
Keynote lecture: Prof. Catarina Oliveira (CNC/FMUC)
16:30 – 16:45s
Awards & Closing remarks
Note: The official language of the meeting is English.