A gut feeling about neuroimmunology and autoimmune diseases

Program

08h45-09h00 Welcome 

09h00-9h45 Sara Morley Fletcher (University Lille, F): Perinatal Stress and the programming of immune response : long-term effects and sex differences

09h45-10h30 Ari Waisman (IMB Mainz, D): How IL-17 regulate CNS autoimmunity via modulation of gut microbiota   

VIRTUAL COFFEE BREAK

10h45-11h30 Rochellys Dias Heijtz (Karolinska Institute, SE):  Bacterial peptidoglycans from microbiota in neurodevelopment and behavior

11h30-12h15 John F Cryan (University College Cork, IE): The Microbiome as a Key Regulator of Stress and Neuroinflammation. 

LUNCH BREAK

14h00-14hh45 Benjamin Lelouvier (Vaiomer Inc., Toulouse, F): Exploring the blood and tissue microbiome in health and disease

14h45-15h30 Yossan Var Tan (University Rouen, F):  Multifaceted roles of orexin and its GPCR receptors in murine models of multiple sclerosis

VIRTUAL COFFEE BREAK

15h45-16h30 Jean-Eric Ghia  (University Manitoba, CAN): Central nervous system: A master regulator of intestinal physiological and pathophysiological conditions

16h30-17h15 James A Waschek (UCLA, USA): Neuroprotective actions of PACAP in animal models of multiple sclerosis and optic neuritis:  Mediation by distinct receptor subtypes on inflammatory cells and neurons

17h15-17h30 Conclusions

Organizers : Vincent Lelièvre (University Strasbourg, F), Pascale Piguet (University Basel, CH)

Registrations open.

Online event.

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Neurex workshops are part of the cycle B5 of the University of Basel. They allow students to gain Credit Points from attending workshops/meetings.

This specific workshop will give rise to the attribution of 0.5 CP.

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