BRAI2N

19 June 2009

BRAI2N is the Brain Research center Antwerp for Innovative and Interdisciplinary Neuromodulation. Its philosophy can be summarized by a quote from Albert Einstein: ‘The grand aim of all science is to cover the greatest number of empirical facts by logical deduction from the smallest number of hypotheses or axioms’.

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BRAI2N’s mission is therefore to perform neuroscientific research and translate the results into novel neuromodulation treatments by investigating the common neurophysiological mechanisms clustering groups of pathologies, such as the thalamocortical dysrhythmias and obsessive compulsive spectrum disorders. Another line of research will aim at the development of new neuromodulation techniques for the study and treatment of disorders of consciousness, self-perception and social interactions.

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We welcome you to the opening of BRAI2N.
Prof. Dirk De Ridder, Prof. Paul Van de Heyning & the BRAI2N group

PROGRAMME, Friday, June 19th, 2009

Opening session

09.00 Why Brai2n?

Prof. D. De Ridder, UZA

09.10 Why Brai2n in UZA?

Mr. J. Van der Straeten, CEO UZA

09.20 Brai2n filling the academic gap

Prof. P. Van de Heyning, UA/UZA

09.30 Applied neuroscience: the public health care perspective

Dr. Y. Avontroodt, RIZIV

Science

09.45 University and innovation: a never ending problematic relationship

Prof. H. De Ridder-Symoens, UG
10.05 Ethics in brain modulation

Prof. J. Braeckman, UG
10.25 Law, morality and the brain

Prof. J. Verplaetse, UG

Coffee break 10.45-11.15

11.15 A heuristic model of the brain

Prof. D. De Ridder, UZA
11.35 A cinematographic vision of the brain

Prof. W. Freeman, UC Berkeley
11.55 The failing Brain

Prof. C. Van Broeckhoven, VIB
12.15 A brain with a view: MRI & spectroscopy

Prof. P. ParizeI, UZA
12.35 Highways in the brain: DTI/DSI

Prof. W. Vanhecke, UA
12.55 Snapshots of the brain in action: fMRI

Prof. S. Sunaert, KUL

Lunch break 13.00-14.15

14.15 Brain shut, eyes open: PET imaging

Prof. S. Laureys, ULG
14.35 Connecting hotspots in the brain: LORETA EEG

Prof. R. Pascual-Marqui, University Zurich
15.00 The brain at rest: ICA EEG

Dr. M. Congedo, CNRS Grenoble
15.20 Endophenotypes of event-related potentials in diagnosis and treatment of brain disorders

Prof. Y. Kropotov, lnstitute of the Human Brain of Russian Academy of Sciences

Coffee break 15.40-16.00

16.00 Brain conditioning: neurofeedback

Dr. E. Verstraeten, UZA
16.20 Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) as a new old tool for modulating brain activity

Prof. Y. Kropotov, lnstitute of the Human Brain of Russian Academy of Sciences
16.40 Magnetic control of the mind: TMS

Prof. V. Walsh, University College London
17.00 Our posthuman Nietzschean future: Brain implants

Prof. D. De Ridder, UZA

Closing session

17.20 Closing word Prof. D. De Ridder / Prof. P. Van de Heyning

The official language of the symposium will be English.

REGISTRATION FORM
Opening Brai2n and lunch, June 19th, 2009
Registration is free, but required.

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Please return this registration form toTRI/Brai2n before June 10th, 2009. You can register also by:
E-mail

marina.pieters@uza.be
Phone +32 (0)3 821 45 38
Fax +32 (0)3 825 24 28

Further information? www.brai2n.com