!!SYSTEMS NEUROSCIENCE CHRISTMAS MINI SYMPOSIUM “PUSH THE LIMITS OF YOUR BRAIN” 
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The Barcelona Knowledge Hub collaborates in the Systems Neuroscience Christmas Mini Symposium entitled “Push the limits of your brain”. The Symposium is  organised by the [Center of Genomic Regulation (CRG)|http://www.crg.eu], Cellular and Systems Neurobiology lab directed by [Prof. Mara Dierssen|User/Dierssen_Mara], Member of the Academia Europaea,  and the Neurosciences Research Program [Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM)|http://www.imim.cat/en_index.html] directed by  Prof. Rafael de la Torre.
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The event will be held on Wednesday, 17 December, in the Marie Curie Room at the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park Building.
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[Symposium site|http://www.crg.eu/en/event/systems-neuroscience-christmas-mini-symposium-%E2%80%9Cpush-limits-your-brain%E2%80%9D]

!Speakers

*Gustavo Deco, Computational Neuroscience Group (UPF)
*Stephen Dunne, Neuroscience Research Starlab Consulting Division (Starlab Ldt.)
*Luis Martínez Otero, The Visual Analogy Lab (Instituto Neurociencias Alicante, CSIC-UMH)
*María Victoria Sánchez-Vives, Cortical Networks and Virtual Environments in Neuroscience (ICREA-IDIBAPS and EventLab-UB)

!Call for the poster session

__Deadline:__ 15th December, 2014\\

Send your poster to [Marta Fructuoso|mailto:marta.fructuoso@crg.eu], with the subject “Systems Biology Christmas Symposium 2014 Poster Submission”. Confirmation will be sent via e-mail.
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!Programme

__11:00-11:10h Opening__\\
Mara Dierssen
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__11:15-12:30h Dry Neuroscience__\\
Session chair: Linus Manubens Gil
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__11:15-11:20h - Introduction__
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__11:20-11:40h – Linking the functional and structural connectome__\\
Gustavo Deco
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__11:40-11:55h – Discussion__
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__11:55-12:15h – Neuromodulation and cognitive enhancement__\\
Stephen Dunne
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__12:15-12:30h – Discussion__
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__12:30-13:00h Speedy Poster Session__\\
Session chair: Marta Fructuoso Castellar
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__13:15-14:15h Christmas tapas & Posters__
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__14:15-15:15h Wet Neuroscience__\\
Session chair: Thomas Gener
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__14:15-14:20h - Introduction__
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__14:20-14:40h – Information bottlenecks in the early visual pathway__\\
Luis Martínez Otero
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__14:40-14:55h – Discussion__
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__14:55-15:15h – What spontaneous activity can tell us about cortical function__\\
María Victoria Sánchez-Vives
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__15:15-15:30h – Discussion__
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__15:30-16:00h Roundtable “the future of neuroscience”__\\
Session chair: María Martínez de Lagrán/ Marcos Quevedo Díaz
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__15:15-15:20h - Introduction__
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__16:00h Closure and farewell drink__\\
Mara Dierssen
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__Venue__
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Marie Curie Room at PRBB Building\\
C/ Dr. Aiguader, 88\\
08003 Barcelona, Spain\\
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[Download the poster|christmas session_0.pdf]\\
[Download the programme|Mini Symposium program 17-12-2014_0.pdf]\\
[Poster call|posters_call_Christmas_2014 (final)_0.pdf]