SYMPOSIA

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, our XXXV SAN Annual Meeting will be carried out using a virtual format. This brings us the unique opportunity of including  a greater number of  symposia than usual. Therefore, we are pleased to inform you that this year we will host 14 symposia of scientific excellence.

Auditory processing, vocal production and motor control
CHAIR 
Amador, Ana 
Department of Physics
University of Buenos Aires, and IFIBA-CONICET, Argentina  

SPEAKERS
Richard D. Mooney, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, US             
Mimi H. Kao, Tufts University, Medford, MA, US
Sarah M.N Woolley, Zuckerman Institute and the Kavli Institute for Brain Science, Columbia University, New York, NY, US
Ana Amador, Department of Physics, University of Buenos Aires, and IFIBA-CONICET, Argentina
Perspectives on Educational Neuroscience Research
CHAIR 
Goldin, Andrea
Torcuato Di Tella University (UTDT), Argentina        

SPEAKERS
Cecilia Inés Calero, Torcuato Di Tella University (UTDT), Argentina        
Andrea A. Chiba, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), US
Anna Forés Miravalles, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
Verónica Nin, Facultad de Psicología de la Universidad de la República, Uruguay
Amyloid β Peptides and Tau Protein. Early Biomarkers and Associated Mechanims in Alzheimer ́s Disease
CHAIRS
Jerusalinsky, Diana
IBCN, Fac. de Medicina, UBA/CONICET, Argentina
Falzone, Tomas
IBYME (CONICET) and IBCN (UBA&CONICET), Argentina   


SPEAKERS
William L. Klein, Northwestern University, Ill, US
Tomas Falzone, IBYME (CONICET) and IBCN UBA&CONICET), Argentina
A. Claudio Cuello, McGill  University, Canada     
Ricardo F. Allegri, Inst. Investigaciones Neurológicas Fleni, Fac de Med UBA, Argentina

Representation of language networks. A talk between the Brain and Artificial Intelligence
CHAIRS

Juan E Kamienkowski and
Bruno Bianchi,
Institute for Computer Science, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina

SPEAKERS
Leila Wehbe, Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science, Machine Learning Department, Neuroscience Institute, US        
Liberty Hamilton, Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders, The University of Texas at Austin, US   
Alex Huth, Computer Science & Neuroscience, The University of Texas at Austin, US         
Diego Fernández Slezak, Computer Science Department, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Computations in neural circuits    

CHAIRS

Locatelli, Fernando
Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias (IFIBYNE) UBA – CONICET Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sumbre, GermanInstitut de Biologie de l’École Normale Supérieure (IBENS) Paris, Francia

SPEAKERS
Rainer Friedrich,  Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research Basel, Switzerland      
Eugenia Chiappe, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown Lisboa, Portugal             
Violeta Medan, Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias (IFIBYNE) UBA – CONICET Buenos Aires, Argentina          
Germán Sumbre, Institut de Biologie de l’École Normale Supérieure (IBENS) Paris, Francia

Invertebrate models to address fundamental questions in neurobiology 

CHAIR
Rayes, Diego
Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de Bahía Blanca (INIBIBB), Argentina


SPEAKERS
Nara Muraro, IBioBA-CONICET-MPSP, Argentina            
Daniel Colón-Ramos, Department of Neuroscience, Yale University School of Medicine, CT, US    
Christine Merlin , Department of Biology and Center for Biological Clocks Research, Texas A&M University, TX, US          
Martín Berón de Astrada, Instituto de Biociencias, Biotecnología y Biología Traslacional (IB3); Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina

The epigenetic basis of behavior

CHAIRS
Sonzogni, Silvina and Berardino, Bruno
Laboratorio de Neuroepigenética y Adversidades Tempranas Departamento de Química Biológica – IQUIBICEN (CONICET) , FCEN-UBA, Argentina


SPEAKERS
Tallie Z. Baram, Departments of Pediatrics, Anatomy / Neurobiology, Neurology, Developmental and Cell Biology; University of California-Irvine, US
Gustavo Turecki, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Frances A. Champagne, Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, US  
Jian Feng, Department of Biological Science, Program in Neuroscience, Florida State University, US

Stress, Inflammation and Aging: What`s new on this relationship?
CHAIR 
Bellini, Maria José 
Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de La Plata (INIBIOLP)- Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata-CONICET, Argentina 

SPEAKERS
Mariana Astiz, Institute of Neurobiology, Center of Brain, Behavior and Metabolism, University of Lübeck. Lübeck, Germany     
George E. Barreto, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
Yolanda Diz-Chaves, Laboratory of Endocrinology, Biomedical Research Center (CINBIO), University of Vigo, Spain          
María José Bellini, Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de La Plata (INIBIOLP)- Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata-CONICET, Argentina

Balancing movement: exploring dichotomies in neural circuits for action
CHAIRS 
Esposito, María Soledad 
Departamento de Física Médica, Gerencia de Física, Centro
Atómico Bariloche, Argentina.
Morgenstern, Nicolás
Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal


SPEAKERS
Fatuel Tecuapetla, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
Nicolas Morgenstern, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal            
Camila Zold, Instituto de Fisiología y Biofísica Bernardo Houssay (CONICET – Universidad de Buenos Aires), Argentina            
Aya Takeoka, Neuroelectronics Research Flanders (NERF), Lovaina, Bélgica

Open Neuroscience: new approaches for new tools    

CHAIRS 
De la Fuente, Veronica 
Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias (IFIBYNE) UBA – CONICET Buenos Aires, Argentina  
Beckwith, Esteban 
Imperial College London, UK

SPEAKERS
Jakob Voigts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, US
Quentin Geissmann, University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada
Elisa Filevich, Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience Berlin, Germany
Alexxai Kravitz, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, US

New advances in the analysis of neuroimages: their application to the study of functional and morphometric aspects of the human brain

CHAIR 
Kochen, Silvia
ENyS Estudios en Neurociencias y Sistemas Complejos (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas – Hospital El Cruce – Universidad Nacional Arturo Jauretche), Argentina

SPEAKERS
Ignacio Larrabide, Instituto Pladema (CONICET/UNICEN), Tandil, Argentina   
Patricio Donnelly-Kehoe, Centro Internacional Franco Argentino de Ciencias de la Información y de Sistemas (CIFASIS-CONICET). Unidad de Innovación y Creatividad, Grupo Oroño, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. 
Juan Pablo Princich, ENyS Estudios en Neurociencias y Sistemas Complejos (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas – Hospital El Cruce – Universidad Nacional Arturo Jauretche, Argentina.
Valeria Della-Maggiore, IFIBIO Houssay, Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, UBA, Argentina

Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Axonal Degeneration and Synaptic Disconnection in Progressive Neurodegenerative Diseases    

CHAIRS 
Pigino, Gustavo
Instituto de Investigación Médica Mercedes y Martín Ferreyra
CONICET- UNC, Argentina

SPEAKERS
Nicholas Kanaan, Central Michigan University, US
Felipe Court, Universidad Mayor, Chile
Gustavo Pigino, Instituto de Investigación Médica Mercedes y Martín Ferreyra-CONICET- UNC, Argentina

Food for Thought: How diet composition impacts on brain functions in adult rodents and their offspring

CHAIR
Rossetti, María Florencia
Institute of Health and Environment of Litoral (ISAL), CONICET-UNL, Argentina

SPEAKERS
Andreza Fabro de Bem, Universidad de Brasilia, Brasil
Shelly Buffington, Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology, & Anatomy, University of Texas Medical Branch, US       
Gisela Paola Lazzarino, Center for Social and Affective Neuroscience, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden       
Maria Florencia Andreoli, Laboratory of Experimental Neurodevelopment, Institute of Development and Paediatric Research (IDIP), La Plata Children ́s Hospital and Scientific Research Commission, Province of Buenos Aires (CIC-PBA), La Plata, Argentina

Neural correlates of dreaming and dreamlike states

CHAIR
Tagliazucchi, Enzo
Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires y Departamento de Física, FCEN, UBA, Argentina

SPEAKERS
Pilleriin Sikka, Department of Cognitive Neuroscience and Philosophy, School of Bioscience, University of Skövde, Sweden       
Tristan Bekinschtein, University of Cambridge, UK         
Natália Bezerra Mota, Brain Institute of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN) and Physics Department of the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Brasil 
Enzo Tagliazucchi, Instituto de Física de Buenos Aires y Departamento de Física, FCEN, UBA, Argentina