Schedule

Program schedule

Venue: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday — Auditorio, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile. Thursday — Sala BNI, Facultad de Medicina Norte, Universidad de Chile.
Week 1 — Santiago (August 10–14)
Time Monday 10 Tuesday 11 Wednesday 12 Thursday 13 Friday 14
9:00–10:00 — Ion channels and membrane excitabilityDr. Patricio Rojas · USACH Optogenetic investigation of neural circuits in vivoDr. Elias Leiva · USACH EEG for Neuroscience Research (I)Dr. Boris Lucero · U. Católica del Maule —
10:00–11:00 Welcome RemarksDr. Francesco Rossi, President of the FALAN Executive Committee IBRO Programs PresentationDr. Jorge Campusano, IBRO-LARC Committee Member ISN Program PresentationDr. Christian González Billault, ISN Council Member Introduction of the I FALAN Latin American Training Program CoordinatorDr. Patricio Rojas, Coordinator of the I FALAN Latin American Training Program The patch-clamp techniqueDr. Fernando Ortiz · USACH In vivo electrophysiological recordingsDr. José Luis Valdés · U. de Chile EEG for Neuroscience Research (II)Dr. Christ Devia · U. de Chile Student Poster Presentations
11:00–11:30 Coffee Break
11:30–12:30 Ion channels as the doors of perceptionDr. Ramón Latorre · CINV Ion channels in thermotransductionDr. Rodolfo Madrid · USACH Integrative Neuroscience ApproachesDra. Alexia Nuñez-Parra · U. de Chile Active perception in the visual systemDr. Pedro Maldonado · U. de Chile Student Poster Presentations
12:30–14:00 Lunch Break
14:00–18:00 Hands-on Workshop Hands-on Workshop Hands-on Workshop Hands-on Workshop Hands-on Workshop

Hands-on workshops offered — Week 1

  • Synaptic Plasticity in the HippocampusCarlos Rozas · USACH

    Monday, Aug 10Fernan Alexis Casas Osorio, Franciely Oliveira de Andrade Santos, Francisco Elías Moreno, Javiera Sanzana Rosas, Lucia Sanchez

    Wednesday, Aug 12Camila Ramirez Burgos, Giulia Scarcella Cancelliero, Isidora Almonacid Torres, Lucio Maldonado

    Thursday, Aug 13Benjamin Cespedes Cortes, Karla Gabriela Medina Medina, Laura Alejandra Lozano Trujillo, Vania Sepúlveda

  • Brain activity using fluorescenceAlexia Nuñez, Jorge Vera · U. de Chile

    Tuesday, Aug 11Fernan Alexis Casas Osorio, Franciely Oliveira de Andrade Santos, Ignacio S Pizarro, Isidora Almonacid Torres, Luana Adalice Borges de Araujo Lima, Lucio Maldonado

    Wednesday, Aug 12Benjamin Cespedes Cortes, Brunella Caggiani, Javiera Sanzana Rosas, Julia Dimundo, Leonardo Viana de Lima, María Laura Guayán

    Friday, Aug 14Florencia Bai, Francisco Elías Moreno, Giselle Espinosa Vásquez, Giulia Scarcella Cancelliero, Laura Alejandra Lozano Trujillo, Lucía Lima de Almeida, Vania Sepúlveda

  • In vitro Ca²⁺-ImagingMaría Pertusa, Rodolfo Madrid · USACH

    Wednesday, Aug 12Francisco Elías Moreno, Giovanna Matos Rodrigues, Karla Gabriela Medina Medina, Lucia Sanchez, Vania Sepúlveda

    Thursday, Aug 13Giulia Scarcella Cancelliero, Julia Dimundo, Leonardo Viana de Lima, Lucía Lima de Almeida

    Friday, Aug 14Isidora Almonacid Torres, Javiera Sanzana Rosas, Lucio Maldonado, Mario Alberto Bautista Carro

  • Measurement of the C ReflexLuis Constandil · USACH

    Tuesday, Aug 11Brisa Adriana Suarez Cuacua, Giulia Scarcella Cancelliero, Vania Sepúlveda

    Wednesday, Aug 12Estrella Lirdeya Campos Leon, Florencia Bai, Ignacio S Pizarro, Laura Alejandra Lozano Trujillo

  • Physics of Electrical NeurostimulationLeonel Medina, Cristian Morales, Rodrigo Osorio · USACH

    Friday, Aug 14Benjamin Cespedes Cortes, Fernan Alexis Casas Osorio, Giovanna Matos Rodrigues, Ignacio S Pizarro, Julia Dimundo, Karla Gabriela Medina Medina, Luana Adalice Borges de Araujo Lima, María Laura Guayán

  • How to Set Up a "Dirt-Cheap" Electrophysiology RigPatricio Rojas, Cristian Moreno · USACH

    Wednesday, Aug 12Fernan Alexis Casas Osorio, Giselle Espinosa Vásquez, Luana Adalice Borges de Araujo Lima, Lucía Lima de Almeida, Mario Alberto Bautista Carro, Wildo Siancas Villano

    Thursday, Aug 13Estrella Lirdeya Campos Leon, Florencia Bai, Francisco Elías Moreno, Giovanna Matos Rodrigues, Isidora Almonacid Torres, Lucio Maldonado

  • EEG Analysis During Continuous Speech Perception Using Multivariate Temporal Response Functions (mTRF)Ana Campos · U. de Chile, Medicina Norte

    Thursday, Aug 13Brisa Adriana Suarez Cuacua, Camila Ramirez Burgos, Fernan Alexis Casas Osorio, Franciely Oliveira de Andrade Santos, Giselle Espinosa Vásquez, Ignacio S Pizarro, Luana Adalice Borges de Araujo Lima, Mario Alberto Bautista Carro, Wildo Siancas Villano

  • Two-electrode voltage-clamp of the neuromuscular Drosophila synapseRicardo Delgado · U. de Chile

    Monday, Aug 10Giulia Scarcella Cancelliero, Isidora Almonacid Torres, Lucio Maldonado, Vania Sepúlveda

    Tuesday, Aug 11Florencia Bai, Francisco Elías Moreno, Javiera Sanzana Rosas, Lucía Lima de Almeida

    Friday, Aug 14Brunella Caggiani, Franciely Oliveira de Andrade Santos, Leonardo Viana de Lima, Lucia Sanchez

  • Analysis of Neuroinflammation by Flow CytometryLuisa Duarte

    Monday, Aug 10Benjamin Cespedes Cortes, Brunella Caggiani, Camila Ramirez Burgos, Giovanna Matos Rodrigues, Giselle Espinosa Vásquez, Julia Dimundo, Karla Gabriela Medina Medina, Laura Alejandra Lozano Trujillo, Leonardo Viana de Lima, Mario Alberto Bautista Carro, María Laura Guayán, Wildo Siancas Villano

    Tuesday, Aug 11Benjamin Cespedes Cortes, Brunella Caggiani, Camila Ramirez Burgos, Giovanna Matos Rodrigues, Giselle Espinosa Vásquez, Julia Dimundo, Karla Gabriela Medina Medina, Laura Alejandra Lozano Trujillo, Leonardo Viana de Lima, Mario Alberto Bautista Carro, María Laura Guayán, Wildo Siancas Villano

Venue: Auditorio, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Valparaíso — all week.
Week 2 — Valparaíso (August 17–21)
Time Monday 17 Tuesday 18 Wednesday 19 Thursday 20 Friday 21
9:00–10:00 Principles of Neural Modeling: from Neurons to Networks IDr. Patricio Orio · U. de Valparaíso Whole-brain modeling and applications IDr. Wael El-Deredy · U. de Valparaíso Structural Brain Connectivity AnalysisDra. Pamela Guevara · U. de Valparaíso The Vulnerable Adolescent Brain: Parvalbumin Interneuron Dysfunction in Neuropsychiatric DisordersDr. Marco Fuenzalida · CENFI, U. de ValparaísoThe fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster as a model organism for studying Autism Spectrum DisorderDra. Angelina Palacios · CINV, CICOM, U. de Valparaíso Neuromodulation at central synapses in health and diseaseDr. Andrés Chávez · CINV, U. de ValparaísoFunctional Crosstalk Between α7 nAChRs and P2X7 Receptors: Implications for microglia activationDra. Constanza Maldifassi · CINV, U. de Valparaíso
10:00–11:00 Principles of Neural Modeling: from Neurons to Networks IIDr. Patricio Orio · U. de Valparaíso Whole-brain modeling and applications IIDra. Mónica Otero · U. San Sebastián Entropy and complexity analyses of electrophysiological signals: Application to Alzheimer's disease detection in the eye (I)Dr. Leonel Medina · USACH Impact of dopamine levels and D2 receptors on the generation of compulsive behaviorsDra. Angélica Escobar · CENFI, U. de ValparaísoGlutamatergic alterations underlying compulsive behaviorDr. Pablo Moya · CINV, C-ESTRES, U. de Valparaíso Pannexin 1 in Alzheimer's disease, bridging Aβ toxicity, neuroinflammation and synaptic dysfunctionDr. Álvaro Ardiles · CINV, CiTNE, U. de ValparaísoThe Olfactory Sensory System as a Window into Inflammation-Based DementiaDra. Kathleen Whitlock · CINV, U. de Valparaíso
11:00–11:30 Coffee Break
11:30–12:30 Exploring Basal Ganglia Function Through Computational ModelingDr. Javier Baladrón · USACH Whole Brain Modelling and Brain OscillationsDr. Felipe Torres · U. Católica del Maule Entropy and complexity analyses of electrophysiological signals: Application to Alzheimer's disease detection in the eye (II)Dr. Leonel Medina · USACH Neurobiology of stress resilience and depression: role of GR/MR balanceDr. Alexies Dagnino · CIES, U. de ValparaísoEffects of chronic exposure to a high-fat diet on the lateral septum–lateral hypothalamus pathwayDr. Ramón Sotomayor · CENFI, U. de Valparaíso A bone drug with a twist: Zoledronic acid eases pain through TRPV1 inhibitionDra. Karen Castillo · CINV, U. de ValparaísoRole of hemichannels in caries-mediated dentinal hypersensitivityDr. Isaac García · CINV, CICOM, U. de Valparaíso
14:00–17:00 Hands-on Workshop Hands-on Workshop Hands-on Workshop Hands-on Workshop —
17:00–18:00 — — — — Keynote Lecture: Properties of large pore channels and their role in animal models of nervous system diseasesDr. Juan Carlos Sáez · CINV, U. de Valparaíso

Hands-on workshops offered — Week 2

  • Behavioral assays in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogasterAngelina Palacios-Muñoz

    Monday–Wednesday, Aug 17–19Brunella Caggiani, María Laura Guayán

  • Electrophysiology: Interneurons and GABA TransmissionMarco Fuenzalida Núñez

    Monday–Wednesday, Aug 17–19Franciely Oliveira de Andrade Santos, Francisco Elías Moreno, Luana Adalice Borges de Araujo Lima, Lucio Maldonado

  • Basic simulation of neural excitabilityPatricio Orio

    Monday, Aug 17Camila Ramirez Burgos, Estrella Lirdeya Campos Leon, Fernan Alexis Casas Osorio, Giovanna Matos Rodrigues, Giulia Scarcella Cancelliero, Laura Alejandra Lozano Trujillo, Lucia Sanchez

    Thursday, Aug 20Florencia Bai, Franciely Oliveira de Andrade Santos, Isidora Almonacid Torres, Leonardo Viana de Lima, Luana Adalice Borges de Araujo Lima, Lucio Maldonado, Vania Sepúlveda

  • Stress ResilienceAlexies Dagnino

    Tuesday, Aug 18Fernan Alexis Casas Osorio, Florencia Bai, Ignacio S Pizarro

    Thursday, Aug 20Brisa Adriana Suarez Cuacua, Brunella Caggiani, Francisco Elías Moreno, Lucía Lima de Almeida, Mario Alberto Bautista Carro

  • Introduction to the use and analysis of Multielectrode ArraysAdrián Palacios

    Wednesday–Thursday, Aug 19–20Fernan Alexis Casas Osorio, Ignacio S Pizarro, Karla Gabriela Medina Medina

  • Chemogenetic inhibition of Amygdala–NAcc projectionDra. Angélica Escobar / Dr. Jorge Mallea

    Monday, Aug 17Ignacio S Pizarro, Javiera Sanzana Rosas, Leonardo Viana de Lima

    Tuesday, Aug 18Camila Ramirez Burgos, Giovanna Matos Rodrigues, Mario Alberto Bautista Carro

  • Visualization of Neurons in Live AnimalsKathleen Whitlock

    Wednesday, Aug 19Giovanna Matos Rodrigues, Giselle Espinosa Vásquez, Javiera Sanzana Rosas, Julia Dimundo, Lucia Sanchez, Mario Alberto Bautista Carro

  • Use of inducible genetic systems to study animal behaviorJohn Ewer

    Tuesday, Aug 18Brisa Adriana Suarez Cuacua, Giulia Scarcella Cancelliero, Javiera Sanzana Rosas, Laura Alejandra Lozano Trujillo, Leonardo Viana de Lima, Lucia Sanchez

    Wednesday, Aug 19Estrella Lirdeya Campos Leon, Lucía Lima de Almeida, Vania Sepúlveda, Wildo Siancas Villano

    Thursday, Aug 20Camila Ramirez Burgos, María Laura Guayán

  • Whole-brain modellingMónica Otero / Fernando Lehue

    Thursday, Aug 20Benjamin Cespedes Cortes, Estrella Lirdeya Campos Leon, Giselle Espinosa Vásquez, Giulia Scarcella Cancelliero, Julia Dimundo, Laura Alejandra Lozano Trujillo, Wildo Siancas Villano

  • Neural activity from freely behaving miceIgnacio Negrón-Oyarzo

    Monday–Tuesday, Aug 17–18Isidora Almonacid Torres, Karla Gabriela Medina Medina, Lucía Lima de Almeida, Vania Sepúlveda, Wildo Siancas Villano

  • Techniques for Measuring Brain NeurotransmittersRamón Sotomayor-Zárate

    Monday–Tuesday, Aug 17–18Benjamin Cespedes Cortes, Giselle Espinosa Vásquez, Julia Dimundo

  • NeuroKit2 tutorial: Hands-on entropy and complexity estimationLeonel Medina

    Wednesday, Aug 19Benjamin Cespedes Cortes, Brisa Adriana Suarez Cuacua, Camila Ramirez Burgos, Florencia Bai, Isidora Almonacid Torres, Laura Alejandra Lozano Trujillo

Venue: Monday, Tuesday & Friday — Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
Wednesday & Thursday — Sala BNI, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile.
Friday afternoon — Auditorio, Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile.
Week 3 — Santiago (August 24–28)
Time Monday 24 Tuesday 25 Wednesday 26 Thursday 27 Friday 28
9:00–10:00 Molecular Mechanism of synaptic dysfunction in neurodegenerationDra. Alejandra Álvarez · PUC Molecular and cellular mechanisms mediating sensory transmissionDra. Evelyn Avilés & Dra. Margarita Calvo · PUC Bulk short-read and long-read sequencing for isoform discoveryDra. Christine H. Tabuloc · UC Davis Multi-omics approaches in biomedicine (to be confirmed)Dra. Lucia Peixoto · Washington State University Adaptive optics for in vivo brain imagingDra. Cristina Rodríguez · Yale University
10:00–11:00 Intracellular trafficking of membrane proteins in neuronsDra. María Paz Marzolo · PUC Molecular bases of the nervous system developmentDr. Ignacio Cancino & Dr. Claudio Pérez-Leighton · PUC Single-cell sequencingDr. Vinicius Maracaja-Coutinho · U. de Chile Spatial transcriptomics in neuroscienceDr. Xiangmin Xu · UC Irvine Optogenetic manipulation of visual perceptionDr. Luis Carrillo · UNAM
11:00–11:30 Coffee Break
11:30–12:30 Intravital microscopy techniques for monitoring brain activity and metabolismDr. Víctor Hugo Cornejo & Dr. Andrés González · PUC Molecular and cellular mechanisms mediating sensory transmissionDra. Margarita Calvo · PUC Transcriptional profiling of cell lineages of sex-differentiated neuronsDra. E. Josie Clowney · University of Michigan Integration of spatial and single-cell transcriptomics datasetsDr. Sergio Hidalgo · Washington State University Title to be confirmedDr. Xiangmin Xu · UC Irvine
14:00–18:00 Hands-on Workshop Hands-on Workshop Hands-on Workshop Hands-on Workshop Professional Development Workshop
14:30–15:30 — — — — Self-Care and Mental Health StrategiesDr. Zulma Dueñas & Dr. Luisa Rocha
15:30–16:00 — — — — What Skills Do I Need for the Career I Want?Dr. Juan Belforte

Hands-on workshops offered — Week 3

  • In vivo Microdialysis in Rat or Mouse Models, Including Stereotaxic Surgery and Live Rat DemonstrationMaría Estela Andrés, Claudio Pérez-Leighton · PUC

    Wednesday, Aug 26Florencia Bai, Giselle Espinosa Vásquez, Javiera Sanzana Rosas, Julia Dimundo, Lucia Sanchez, Lucio Maldonado, Mario Alberto Bautista Carro

    Thursday, Aug 27Brisa Adriana Suarez Cuacua, Franciely Oliveira de Andrade Santos, Giovanna Matos Rodrigues, Isidora Almonacid Torres, María Laura Guayán, Vania Sepúlveda

  • Preparation of Hippocampal Neuron Cultures and Analysis of DendritogenesisAlejandra Álvarez · PUC

    Monday, Aug 24Franciely Oliveira de Andrade Santos, Giovanna Matos Rodrigues, Giselle Espinosa Vásquez, María Laura Guayán

    Tuesday, Aug 25Francisco Elías Moreno, Karla Gabriela Medina Medina, Lucia Sanchez, Mario Alberto Bautista Carro, Vania Sepúlveda

  • Studying Central Nervous System Development Using Brain OrganoidsIgnacio Cancino, Francisca Cornejo · PUC

    Tuesday, Aug 25Benjamin Cespedes Cortes, Brisa Adriana Suarez Cuacua, Brunella Caggiani, Estrella Lirdeya Campos Leon, Fernan Alexis Casas Osorio, Florencia Bai, Franciely Oliveira de Andrade Santos, Giovanna Matos Rodrigues, Giselle Espinosa Vásquez, Giulia Scarcella Cancelliero, Ignacio S Pizarro, Isidora Almonacid Torres, Javiera Sanzana Rosas, Julia Dimundo, Laura Alejandra Lozano Trujillo, Leonardo Viana de Lima, Luana Adalice Borges de Araujo Lima, Lucio Maldonado, María Laura Guayán

  • Learning About the Nervous System and Locomotor Behavior in Invertebrate Models (C. elegans and Drosophila)Loreto Véliz, Alicia Nogueras, Carlos Oliva · PUC

    Wednesday, Aug 26Brunella Caggiani, Estrella Lirdeya Campos Leon, Fernan Alexis Casas Osorio, Franciely Oliveira de Andrade Santos, Francisco Elías Moreno, Giovanna Matos Rodrigues, Ignacio S Pizarro, Luana Adalice Borges de Araujo Lima, Lucía Lima de Almeida, María Laura Guayán, Vania Sepúlveda

  • In vivo Imaging of Neuronal Activity in the Mouse Somatosensory Cortex Using Multiphoton MicroscopyVíctor Hugo Cornejo · PUC

    Monday, Aug 24Benjamin Cespedes Cortes, Brisa Adriana Suarez Cuacua, Brunella Caggiani, Camila Ramirez Burgos, Fernan Alexis Casas Osorio, Francisco Elías Moreno, Ignacio S Pizarro, Isidora Almonacid Torres, Julia Dimundo, Karla Gabriela Medina Medina, Leonardo Viana de Lima, Lucio Maldonado, Lucía Lima de Almeida, Mario Alberto Bautista Carro, Vania Sepúlveda

  • Low-Cost Laser Illumination for MicroscopyVicente Parot · PUC

    Thursday, Aug 27Fernan Alexis Casas Osorio, Francisco Elías Moreno, Ignacio S Pizarro, Julia Dimundo, Lucía Lima de Almeida, Mario Alberto Bautista Carro

  • Eye TrackingPedro Maldonado · U. de Chile

    Thursday, Aug 27Estrella Lirdeya Campos Leon, Giselle Espinosa Vásquez, Javiera Sanzana Rosas, Luana Adalice Borges de Araujo Lima

  • Single-Cell Transcriptomics in NeuroscienceVinicius Maracaja, Sergio Hidalgo, Patricio Olguín · U. de Chile

    Wednesday–Thursday, Aug 26–27Benjamin Cespedes Cortes, Camila Ramirez Burgos, Giulia Scarcella Cancelliero, Karla Gabriela Medina Medina, Laura Alejandra Lozano Trujillo, Leonardo Viana de Lima