Scientific Program



Wednesday February 13th, 2019

 

09:30 - 09:50 Registration

09:50 - 10:00 Opening and Welcome


10:00 - 13:15 Session 1

Chair: Jesús M. Cortés

  • 10:00 – 10:45 Daniele Marinazzo
    Modeling brain dynamics in brain tumor patients using The Virtual Brain
  • 10:45 – 11:30 Maurizio De Pittà
    Multistable neuron-glial networks in health and disease

  • 11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break

  • 12:00 – 12:45 Paolo Bonifazi
    The brain is always active: what spontaneous activity can tell us about the structure and (dys)function of brain circuitries
  • 12:45 – 13:15 Short Talk: Antonio Jimenez-Marin
    New method for assessing functional connectivity of differentiated cognitive networks: application to multiorgan failure

 


13:15 - 14:30 Lunch


 

14:30 - 17:00 Session 2

Chair: Nicole Cusimano

  • 14:30 – 15:15 Luigi Preziosi
    How can mathematical modelling support cancer research?
  • 15:15 – 16:00 Eva Crosas-Molist
    Targeting cytoskeletal dynamics as a therapeutic approach in cancer

  • 16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break

  • 16:30 – 17:00 Short Talk: Andrea Trucchia
    Seeding and dispersal of planar microbial biofilms: a chance for modelling

 


20:45 / 21:00 Social Dinner

 

Thursday February 14th, 2019

 

10:00 - 13:15 Session 3

Chair: Sebastiano Stramaglia

  • 10:00 – 10:45 Bruce J. Gluckman
    Spreading depolarization happens spontaneously in models of epilepsy
  • 10:45 – 11:30 Marina de Tommaso
    Mapping pain-related EEG perturbation in high frequency range in migraine and non migraine subjects

  • 11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break

  • 12:00 – 12:45 Daniela Pietrobon
    Mechanisms of cortical spreading depression: insights from genetic mouse models of migraine
  • 12:45 – 13:15 Short Talk: Gabriela Capo Rangel
    Multiscale coupling of electrophysiology, metabolism and hemodynamics in the neuron-astrocyte complex

 


13:15 - 14:30 Lunch


 

14:30 - 17:15 Session 4

Chair: Luca Gerardo-Giorda

  • 14:30 – 15:15 Christina Surulescu
    Multiscale modeling of glioblastoma: the influence of the tumor microenvironment
  • 15:15 – 16:00 Juan Soler
    Glioblastomas and cell communication mediated by cytonemes

  • 16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break

  • 16:30 – 17:00 Short Talk: Sebastiano Stramaglia
    Synergy as a warning sign of transitions

 


  • 17:00 – 17:15 Closing remarks