NutriBrain international summer school 2016

from september 19th to october 7th 2016: here is the 2016 promotion!

We are very happy to announce you the third edition of the NutriBrain international summer school : a remarkable event that gathers cutting-edge research in nutrition and neurosciences. It is now a part of the CAJAL Advanced Neuroscience Training Programme, which is is a FENS and IBRO initiative in partnership with Bordeaux Neurocampus and the Champalimaud Foundation, which offers state-of-the-art hands-on training courses in neuroscience.
The Nutrition and Brain Functions summer school will be held in Bordeaux, France, from Monday, September 19th to Friday, October 7th, 2016 : three weeks on which 20 PhD students and post doc researchers will have the opportunity to directly interact with renowned scientists and acquire technical experience in these fields.
 
Do not hesitate to visit our website: http://school-of-neuroscience.eu/nutrition-and-brain-functions.html for more information.

Speakers and lectures (Free entrance!) Location CGFB , 9h  and 11h
21/09/2016 
Richard BAZINET (Toronto, Canada) What the brain uptake rate of fatty acids tells us about their dietary requirements: Implications for food sources and the environment

Olivier MANZONI (Marseille, France) Food for thoughts.

22/09/2016
Frédéric CALON (Québec, Canada) Comparing dietary interventions in animal models of neurodegenerative diseases: cognitive enhancement or disease modification
Sophie LAYE (Bordeaux, France) How does dietary fatty acids influence brain function
23/09/2016
SUSANNE LAFLEUR (The Netherlands) The interaction between nutrition and the brain; studies in rodents and men
Dana SMALL (USA) When a calorie is not a calorie: Unravelling the signals driving sugar reward
26/09/2016
André MARETTE (Québec, Canada) Targeting the gut microbiome to combat obesity-linked diseases
Ron DE KLOET (The Netherlands) Glucocorticoids and Brain: from early life to senescence
28/09/2016
Laurent GAUTRON (Houston, USA) Neural Control of Energy Balance: Translating Circuits to Therapies
Sébastien BOURET (Los Angeles, USA) Developmental programming of appetite
03/10/ 2016
Mathias TSCHÖP (Munich, Germany) Neuroendocrine polypharmacy targeting obesity and diabetes
Ana DOMINGOS (Lisboa, Portugal) Lean on body neurons
04/10/ 2016
Carmen SANDI (Switzerland) The impact of stress and anxiety on behavior and brain metabolism
Giovanni MARSICANO (Bordeaux, France) Role of mitochondrial CB1 receptor in energy metabolism
05/10/2016
Daniela COTA (Bordeaux, France) Hypothalamic nutrient sensing in the regulation of energy balance 
Amanda SIERRA (Bilbao, Spain) Of ghost neurons and ravenous microglia: coupling between apoptosis and microglial phagocytosis in health and disease 
06/10/ 2016
John CRYAN (Cork, Ireland) The Gut Microbiome: a Key Regulator of brain Function Across the Lifespan
Aniko KOROSI (The Netherlands) Programming of brain structure and function by early-life stress: a role for nutrition and opportunities for interventions

Practical courses
Project 1 : Cellular and behavioral characterization of the effect of high-fat diet on hippocampal function
Instructors: Guillaume Ferreira (NutriNeuro, Bordeaux, France), Mariano Ruiz-Gayo (Madrid, Spain), Mario Carta (IINS, Bordeaux, France) Technical approaches: in vitro patch clamp, biochemistry (WB), behavior (object location memory) With this project, attendees will learn how to study the effect of diet on memory and neurobiological processes

Project 2 : Deleterious effects on omega-3 deficiency on neurogenesis and related spatial memory. Focus on microglial cells
Instructors: Agnès Nadjar (NutriNeuro, Bordeaux, France), Amanda Sierra (Univ Basquo, Spain), Jorge Vallero (Univ Basquo, Spain) Technical approaches: FACS and cell sorting, RTqPCR on extracted cells, confocal analysis, confocal microscopy, behavior (Morris water maze), transgenic mice With this project, attendees will learn how to study the effect of diet on neuroinflammatory processes and neurogenesis
Project 3: Macrophage-dependent metabolic alterations in diet-induced obesity
Instructors: Ana Domingo (Gulbenkian Institute, Portugal), Xavier Fioramonti (Dijon, France), Agnès Nadjar (NutriNeuro, Bordeaux, France) Technical approaches: in vivo two-photon microscopy, ELISA, metabolic study (food intake, glucose tolerance test...) With this project, attendees will learn how to study the effect of diet on metabolism and peripheral neuroinflammatory processes
Project 4 : Effect of Docosahexaenoic acid on synaptic transmission and plasticity
Instructors: Clémentine Bosch-Boujut (NutriNeuro, Bordeaux, France), Olivier Manzoni (Marseille, France) Technical approaches: In vivo administration of dietary lipids, electrophysiology (patch-clamp), cellular imaging, pharmacology With this project, attendees will learn how patch-clamp electrophysiology can be used to study the impact of nutrients on brain function at cellular and molecular levels.
Project 5 : Involvement of fat metabolism in CBG-KO mice cognitive impairments
Instructors: Aniko Korosi (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), Marie-Pierre Moisan (NutriNeuro, Bordeaux, France) Technical approaches: immunohistochemistry and stereological quantification, free corticosterone and metabolic evaluation (isotopic dilution, ELISA, RIA), proteomic, behavior (Morris Water Maze) With this project, attendees will learn how study stress reactivity and memory linked to nutrition
Project 6 : Dietary lipids, brain lipid metabolism and dopamine metabolism
Instructors: Richard Bazinet (Toronto, Canada), Sylvie Vancassel (NutriNeuro, Bordeaux, France) Technical approaches: fatty acid gas-chromatography, i.v. injection of a stable isotope, HPLC, microdialysis With this project, attendees will learn how to study the lipid metabolism and monoamine metabolism in the brain

Project 7"Gut leakiness and intestinal neuro-glia interaction : impact on metabolism and food motivation".
Instructors: Laurent Gautron (Houston, USA), Muriel Darnaudéry (NutriNeuro, Bordeaux, France)Technical approaches: Food Motivation (Operant skinner boxes), whole-mount immunohistofluorescence and confocal microscopy of alpha-synuclein and glial markers in the intestines. With this project, attendees will learn how to study the role of dietary imbalance on leaky gut and food motivation.
Instructors: Pierre Trifilieff (NutriNeuro, Bordeaux, France), Cyril Herry (NCM, Bordeaux, France) Technical approaches: Food Motivation (Operant skinner boxes), optogenetic, EEG recording With this project, attendees will learn how to study the role of dopaminergic brain circuitry in motivation for food
Project 9 : Dietary pattern, food addiction
Instructors: Susanne Lafleur (The Netherlands), Pierre Trifilieff (NutriNeuro, Bordeaux, France) Technical approaches: behavior (skinner box, food preference, choice, etc), pharmacogenetic (DREADDS) With this project, attendees will learn how to study food preference, choice and motivation and the neurobiological mechanisms underlying these processes
Project 10 : Decision making and nutrition
Instructors: Etienne Coutureau (INCIA, Bordeaux, France), Shauna Parkes (NutriNeuro, Bordeaux, France) Technical approaches: behavior, With this project, attendees will learn how to study the neurobiological processes underlying decision making and how specific nutritional habits influence these processes

Modification date : 14 August 2023 | Publication date : 12 May 2016 | Redactor : CJ