Cajal lectures « The Neurovascular Unit & Beyond » – From 29/09 to 15/10

Venue: CARF

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Lectures are open to everyone

The Neurovascular Unit & Beyond – How CNS Border Sites Dynamically Regulate Brain Homeostasis

Tuesday, September 29

9am – Robert Thorne (Denali University of Minnesota)
Introduction to the CNS barriers and related translational concepts.

Wednesday, September 30

9am – Jerome Badaut (CNRS, France)
Out of the Cage: Wild Vertebrate Insights into CNS Borders and Neurovascular Biology.

Thursday, October 1st

9am – Nanna Macaulay (University of Copenhagen Denmark)
Choroid plexus and CSF dynamics – the where, which, what, and how of CSF secretion.

11am – Valentin Nagerl (Goettingen Germany)
Barriers within: Imaging the extracellular space in the brain.

Monday, October 5

9am – Benoit Vanhollebeke (Université libre de Bruxelles Belgium)
The dynamic Blood-Brain Barrier: From Development to Modulation.

11am – Jean-Francois Ghersi Egea (INSERM Lyon France)
The choroid plexus-CSF system in neurodevelopment and beyond: Relevance to CNS physiology, pathology, pharmaco-toxicology.

Tuesday, October 6

9am – Brita Engelhardt (Theodor Kocher Institute University of Bern Switzerland)
Brain barriers: the dynamic gatekeepers of CNS immune privilege and homeostasis.

11am – Richard Daneman (University of California San Diego US)
Evolution of the blood-brain barrier.

Thursday, October 8

9am – Martin Lauritzen (University of Copenhagen Denmark)
Cerebral blood vessel physiology and the importance of the glycocalyx.

Monday, October 12

9am – Christer Betsholtz (Uppsala University / Karolinska Sweden)
An overview of the leptomeninges, their physiology and their barrier properties.

11am – Gou Young Koh (KAIST, Korea Korea)
Meningeal Lymphatics: A Novel Pathway for Brain Clearance.

Wednesday, October 14

9am – Irena Loryan (Uppsala University Sweden)
The journey of small molecules to the brain: an introduction to neuro PK/PD Concepts and their applications.

11am – Joy Zuchero (Denali Therapeutics, US)
Utilizing the Brain Vasculature for CNS Drug Delivery.

Thursday, October 15

9am – Caroline Menard (University of Laval Canada)
The stressed blood-brain barrier: from resilience to depression.

11am – Henrik Zetterberg (University of Gothenburg Sweden)
Update on biofluid-based biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative dementias.

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Details about the course

https://cajal-training.org/on-site/neurovascular-unit-beyond/