1st Baltic Autumn School

Applied Computational Neuroscience: Sleep, Neuroengineering and Dynamics

Lübeck, 20^th-24^th September 2010

In current neuroscience research and neurological treatment experimental studies, computational neuroscience and neuroengineering are closely interwoven. Our research-oriented autumn school focuses on interventions both on the microscale and on the macroscale, and on their theoretical modeling as dynamical systems: with application areas neuroprosthetics and brain-computer interfaces, sleep and anaesthesia modeling, and brain stimulation during sleep with their implications on neural plasticity and memory consolidation.


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Invited Lecturers

Jan Born (Lübeck)	EEG oscillations orchestrating memory processing during sleep
Stephen Coombes (Nottingham)	Mathematical Neuroscience: from neurons to networks
Erik De Schutter (Okinawa)	What is appropriate model for calcium dynamics in a complete neuron simulation? Stochastic modeling of signaling pathways in a dendritic spine
Gaute Einevoll (Ås)	What can we learn about neural activity from extracellular potentials recorded in the brain? Modeling the thalamocortical system of mammals
Hartmut Gehring (Lübeck)	Anaesthesia and brain - neurophysiological monitoring
Axel Hutt (Nancy)	Modeling anaesthesia: from anaesthetic action in synaptic receptors to the macroscopic EEG Introduction to neural population models - derivation from single neuron properties
Winnie Jensen (Aalborg)	Current challenges in invasive BCI - decoding of intracortial signals from the motor cortex
Ranu Jung (Arizona)	Biological pattern generators for design of oscillatory motor control systems
Lisa Marshall (Lübeck)	Boosting slow oscillations during sleep potentiates memory
Eckehard Olbrich (Leipzig)	Sleep oscillations and the complex dynamics of the sleeping brain - insights from the time series analysis of the human sleep EEG
Maria Sanchez-Vives (Barcelona)	Network mechanisms generating slow and fast cortical rhythms
Claudia Clopath (Paris)	Plasticity in recurrent network - relation between coding and connectivity Synaptic tagging: a model of memory consolidation
Alistair Steyn-Ross (Waikato, NZ)	Onset of excitability in single neurons and in neural populations Modelling anaesthetic-induced change in brain state and emergence of hysteresis in animal experiments
Moira Steyn-Ross (Waikato, NZ)	Mean-field modelling of the cortex: applications to phase transitions Interacting Hopf and Turing instabilities in the cortex: resting states and seizure

Venue

Lübeck, close to the baltic sea and surrounded by rivers and waterways, is an attractive world heritage city with a small vibrant university at the interface of medicine and computing. The workshop will be held in an attractive downtown location, the roof lounge of the newly opened Hotel Atlantic, providing a breathtaking view on the city's Old Town and intimately close to touristic attractions and streetlife.

Accommodation

Accommodation is the responsibility of the participants.
For your convenience we have reserved a contingent of double rooms at special rates at Hotel Atlantic (conference site) and
at Hotel zur Alten Stadtmauer (10 min. by foot), which will be available on a first-come first-serve basis.

Application, fees and dates

Our school welcomes application of PhD students and early postdoctoral researchers.
For application, please submit a title and abstract of your research topic. We highly recommend your poster contributions.
Opportunity for poster presentation will be given at an extra poster session.

Deadline for application: 30st July 2010 -passed- We still have a few seats available!

Notification of acceptance: 5th August 2010 (Please notice: an abstract of research is required for notification.)

Registration fee: 250 € (Payment due by 15th August. Leftover slots will be filled according to waiting list.)

Registration

Alternatively, you may e-mail the ascii form to as10 (at) gradschool.uni-luebeck.de and include your abstract as text or pdf file.

Social programme

Monday, 20 September (evening)

Glad to have you here: welcome to Lübeck

welcome reception at Lübeck Town Hall

Tuesday, 21 September (midday break)

Sites and sides of a modern Hanseatic City

boat trip around Lübeck's picturesque old town
alternatively: get to know some of the city's most attractive sites in a guided city walk

Wednesday, 22 September (afternoon)

Trip to the Baltic Sea

boat trip to seaside resort Travemünde
climbing adventure at high ropes course
alternatively: discover Travemünde
in a guided city walk, enjoy the maritime flair and beach

Thursday, 23 September (midday break)

Medieval buildings - new perspectives

no ordinary church visit: guided vault excursion at the gothic brick cathedral St. Mary's Church (Gewölbeführung)
alternatively: visit at the world famous Holstentor

Thursday, 23 September (evening)

Conference Dinner

we invite you to enjoy the hearty food and cozy atmosphere in the historic vaulted cellar "Kartoffelkeller"
final: city walk through alleys and courtyards with nightwatchman

Organizers:

as10@gradschool.uni-luebeck.de

Jens Christian Claussen
Ulrich Hofmann
Katja Dau (GS- CMLS Events)

As you may have noticed in Nature: German states wield the axe and other 200+ media responses, our local politicians have the desire to cut down (or: terminate) all medical education in Lübeck - which is a nightmare given Lübeck being ranked top-1 university in medicine in Germany.
Günter Grass, Nobel laureate for literature 1999, formulated severe protests to the Prime Minister of Schleswig-Holstein, and characterizes the governmental plan as barbaric.
If you want to support us, here is an english text: Lübeck is everywhere, the link to the yellow flyer pdf and creative photos or supporting letters can be sent to info@luebeck-kaempft.de

(p.s.: The autumn school of course is not affected at all, but we are fighting for a bright future for our university!)

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