Preliminary Programme

  • Sun
    11 Oct
  • Mon
    12 Oct
  • Tue
    13 Oct
  • Wed
    14 Oct
  • Thu
    15 Oct
  • Fri
    16 Oct
  • Sat
    17 Oct

  • Sunday, 11 October

    All afternoon

    Arrivals and room check-in

    17:30-18:00

    Registration

    18:00-19:00

    Welcome ceremony
    Richard Robitaille and Frank Kirchhoff

    19:30

    Welcome drinks followed by buffet dinner

  • Monday, 12 October

    8:30-9:10

    Richard Robitaille (Université de Montréal • Montréal, Canada)
    Introduction of IAS: The history and future of the International Astrocyte School
    [25 min + 10 min discussion]

    9:10-10:10

    Keynote lecture
    Guanghui Wang (Soochow University • Suzhou, Jiangsu, China)
    Glia in China
    [40 min + 15 min discussion]

    10:10-10:30

    Coffee break

    10:30-11:10

    Eiji Shigetomi (University of Yamanashi • Yamanashi, Japan)
    Astrocyte Ca2+ signaling and gliotransmission
    [25 min + 10 min discussion]

    11:10-11:50

    Amit Agarwal (University of Heidelberg • Heidelberg, Germany)
    Studying astrocyte Ca2+ activity
    [25 min + 10 min discussion]

    11:50-12:30

    Frank Kirchhoff (University of Saarland • Homburg, Germany)
    Genetic mouse models to study astrocyte physiology in vivo
    [25 min + 10 min discussion]

    12:30-14:00

    Lunch

    14:00-15:00

    Keynote lecture
    Shigeo Okabe (RIKEN • Japan)
    Glia in Japan
    [40 min + 15 min discussion]

    15:00-16:10

    Scholar presentations

    16:10-16:30

    Coffee break

    16:30-18:30

    Scholar presentations

    20:00

    Dinner

  • Tuesday, 13 October

    8:30-9:30

    Keynote lecture
    Justin Lee (BS Center for Memory and Glioscience • Daejeon, South Korea)
    The impact of Korean glia research
    [40 min + 15 min discussion]

    9:30-10:10

    Matthew Holt (University of Porto • Oporto, Portugal)
    RNA-seq toolkit and its application to astrocyte biology
    [25 min + 10 min discussion]

    10:10-10:30

    Coffee break

    10:30-12:45

    Scholar presentations

    12:45-14:15

    Lunch

    14:15-14:55

    Wenhui Huang (Sun Yat-sen University • Guangzhou, Guangdong, China)
    Astrocyte reactivity and signaling
    [25 min + 10 min discussion]

    14:55-15:35

    Wuhyun Koh (Institute for Basic Science (IBS) • Daejeon, South Korea)
    Astrocytes and brain development
    [25 min + 10 min discussion]

    15:35-16:40

    Scholar presentations

    16:40-19:00

    Agora • Preparation [with coffee]

    20:00

    Dinner

  • Wednesday, 14 October

    9:00-9:40

    Mridula Bhalla (Institute for Basic Science (IBS) • Daejeon, South Korea)
    Metabolism: ammonia detoxification
    [25 min + 10 min discussion]

    9:40-10:20

    Elly Hol (UMC Utrecht • Utrecht, The Netherlands)
    Human astrocytes: from post-mortem brains to iPSC models
    [25 min + 10 min discussion]

    10:20-10:50

    Coffee break

    10:50-11:30

    Chenju Yi (Sun Yat-sen University • Shenzhen, Guangdong, China)
    Oligodendrocyte precursor cells, astrocytes and connexin 43
    [25 min + 10 min discussion]

    11:30-12:10

    Xianshu Bai (China Pharmaceutical University • Nanjing, Jiangsu, China)
    NG2 glia/oligodendrocyte precursor cells
    [25 min + 10 min discussion]

    12:10-14:00

    Lunch

    14:00

    Departure for half-day outing to to Lishui Zhouyuan Park

  • Thursday, 15 October

    9:00-9:40

    Matthew Holt (University of Porto • Oporto, Portugal)
    Astrocyte heterogeneity
    [25 min + 10 min discussion]

    9:40-10:20

    Amit Agarwal (University of Heidelberg • Heidelberg, Germany)
    Decoding mitochondrial dynamics in cortical astrocytes
    [25 min + 10 min discussion]

    10:20-10:50

    Coffee break

    10:50-11:30

    Frank Kirchhoff (University of Saarland • Homburg, Germany)
    The astroglial GABAB receptor and absence epilepsy – sex-specific differences in response to GHB
    [25 min + 10 min discussion]

    11:30-12:10

    Chenju Yi (Sun Yat-sen University • Shenzhen, Guangdong, China)
    Oligodendrocyte precursor cells, astrocytes and connexin 43
    [25 min + 10 min discussion]

    12:10-13:30

    Lunch

    13:30-14:10

    Wuhyun Koh (Institute for Basic Science (IBS) • Daejeon, South Korea)
    Astrocytes and brain development
    [25 min + 10 min discussion]

    14:10-14:50

    Xianshu Bai (China Pharmaceutical University • Nanjing, Jiangsu, China)
    NG2 glia/oligodendrocyte precursor cells
    [25 min + 10 min discussion]

    14:50-18:00

    Agora • Preparation [with coffee]
    Students divided in groups

    20:00

    Dinner

  • Friday, 16 October

    9:00-9:40

    Mridula Bhalla (Institute for Basic Science (IBS) • Daejeon, South Korea)
    Metabolism: ammonia detoxification
    [25 min + 10 min discussion]

    9:40-10:20

    Eiji Shigetomi (University of Yamanashi • Yamanashi, Japan)
    Astrocyte Ca2+ signaling and gliotransmission
    [25 min + 10 min discussion]

    10:20-10:50

    Coffee break

    10:50-11:30

    Wenhui Huang (Sun Yat-sen University • Guangzhou, Guangdong, China)
    Astrocyte reactivity and signaling
    [25 min + 10 min discussion]

    11:30-12:10

    Richard Robitaille (Université de Montréal • Montréal, Canada)
    Glial cells regulate neuromuscular junction in health and disease
    [25 min + 10 min discussion]

    12:10-14:00

    Lunch

    14:00-14:40

    Elly Hol (UMC Utrecht • Utrecht, The Netherlands)
    The astrocyte cytoskeleton in disease
    [25 min + 10 min discussion]

    14:45-17:15

    Agora presentations [with coffee]

    17:15-17:45

    General discussion, Concluding Remarks, Questionnaires

    20:00

    Farewell Dinner

  • Saturday, 17 October

    Departure