NOTICE FOR THIS EDITION
- The Organisation will select participants among the candidates who correctly complete the (pre)Application Form (check the right column).
- Candidates commit to paying the tuition if selected.
- Tuition covers all the sessions, coffee breaks, lunches (Wed, Thu), Social Dinner and accommodation (shared rooms) at Hotel Bahía or Casa Marineros (Plentzia).
PROGRAMME
DAY 1 | Wednesday 16 September
Session 1 -Understanding Glial Cells: Cellular Breakthroughs
- «Born to be a phagocyte: microglial phagocytosis from development to disease» Amanda Sierra (Achucarro)
- «From metabolism to signaling: astrocytic mitochondria in cognition» Juan Pedro Bolaños (U. Salamanca)
- «Beyond Insulation: How Oligodendrocytes Shape Neuronal Signaling» Arne Battefeld (U. Bordeaux)
- Scientific career development: round table with speakers.
Session 2 – New Insights on Glial Cells in Neurodegeneration: A Focus on Metabolism
- «Breathing microglia, the relevance of oxygen metabolism in health and disease» Alberto Pascual (IBiS, Hospital U. Virgen del Rocío, CSIC, U. Sevilla)
- «Astrocytic metabolic changes in Alzheimer’s disease» Maite Solas (U. Navarra)
- «Myelin Regeneration in Multiple Sclerosis: Metabolism and Therapeutic Opportunities» Vanja Tepavcevic (U. Valencia).
DAY 2 | Thursday 17 September
Session 3 – The Integrative Functions of Glial Cells in Neural Circuit Physiology
- «The many roles of microglia in early brain development» Rosa Paolicelli (U. Lausanne)
- «Impact of astrocytes in synaptic transmission: from tripartite synapse to engrams» Marta Navarrete (Instituto Cajal, CSIC)
- «The Role of Oligodendroglia in Sculpting Cortical Circuits for Cognitive Function» María Cecilia Angulo (Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris)
- «Astrocytes as Multiscale Modulators of Sensory Circuit Function» Juliana M. Rosa (Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos de Toledo)
- Project mentoring workshop with speakers and Achucarro PIs
- Social dinner at Hotel Bahia Plentzia
DAY 3 | Friday 18 September
Session 4 – Innovative Experimental Approaches to Studying Glial Cells
- «Human iPSC and organoid models in glial research: Advances and Limitations» – Fabio Cavaliere (Achucarro)
- «Watching Glia in Action: Zebrafish as a Window into Glial Cell Biology» – Minou Djannatian (Technical U. Münich)
- «Illuminating the brain’s dark matter: two-photon imaging of extracellular matrix and glia» – Federico N. Soria (Achucarro)
- «Transcriptomic landscapes of microglia in Alzheimer’s disease» – José P. López-Atalaya (Inst. de Neurociencias, UMH-CSIC, Alicante)
- Technical mentoring with speakers and Achucarro experts
Location
PIE Plentzia - EHU
Dates
September 16-18, 2026
Applications
Tuition: 450 EUR
Deadline: March, 31 at noon.
Application Form: GO
Organization committee
María Domercq García
Elena Alberdi Alfonso
Arjen Boender
Izaskun Buendia Abaitua
Estibaliz Capetillo González-Zarate
Maria Kukley
María Victoria Sánchez-Gómez
Edgar Soria-Gómez
Federico N. Soria Lannes
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