The following topics will be covered in the school.
1. Calcium Imaging
2. Intracellular Recording Techniques
3. Extracellular Recording Techniques
a. In-vitro Recording using Multielectrode Arrays (MEAs)
b. In-vitro Recording using Multi-Transistor Arrays (MTAs)
c. In-vivo Recording using Microwires
d. In-vivo Recording using MTAs
4. Brain-Chip Interfacing and Neuroprosthetics
| The pdf version of the final program can be downloaded from here. |
| Day 1 - 14 March 2011: Intracellular Recording In-vitro |
| 08:00 - 08:30 |
Registration |
| 08:30 - 08:45 |
Vassanelli Stefano |
Opening of the School and Welcome Speech |
| 08:45 - 10:15 |
Mammano Fabio |
Simultaneous patch clamp and fluorescence imaging in model cells and tissue |
| 10:15 - 11:45 |
Mapelli Jonathan |
Imaging with Voltage Sensitive Dyes / Patch Clamping in Cerebellar Slices |
| 11:45 - 12:00 |
Coffee Break |
| 12:00 - 13:30 |
Giugliano Michele |
Closed-loop electrophysiology |
| 13:30 - 14:30 |
Lunch Break |
| 14:30 - 17:30 |
Practical Demonstrations on Cell Culturing Methods, Patch-Clamping, and Calcium Imaging |
| Day 2 - 15 March 2011: Extracellular Recording In-vitro (MEA) |
| 08:30 - 10:00 |
Berdondini Luca |
High-resolution electrophysiological imaging of neuronal activity with a CMOS-MEA platform |
| 10:00 - 11:30 |
D'Angelo Egidio |
Recording from Cerebellar Slices with MEA |
| 11:30 - 12:00 |
Coffee Break |
| 12:00 - 13:30 |
Spira Mica E |
Multisite, long term, noninvasive intracellular recordings and stimulation of neurons by extracellular MEA |
| 13:30 - 14:30 |
Lunch Break |
| 14:30 - 17:30 |
Practical Demonstrations on Recording from Slices using MEA, and Demo on Imaging with Voltage Sensitive Dyes |
| Day 3 - 16 March 2011: Extracellular Recording In-vitro (Multi Transistor Arrays) |
| 08:30 - 10:00 |
Fromherz Peter |
Interfacing of Neurons and Neuronal Tissue with Semiconductor Chips - Stimulation and Recording |
| 10:00 - 11:30 |
Zeck Günter |
Electrical imaging and capacitive stimulation of retinal neurons using a semiconductor-based Neurochip |
| 11:30 - 12:00 |
Coffee Break |
| 12:00 - 13:30 |
Felderer Florian
Vassanelli Stefano |
Recording with MTA from Brain Slices
Recording with MTA In-Vivo |
| 13:30 - 15:30 |
Lunch Break |
| 15:30 - 17:00 |
Thewes Roland |
CMOS-based approaches for in-vitro and in-vivo neural tissue interfacing |
| 17:00 - 17:30 |
Coffee Break |
| 17:30 - 19:00 |
Ballerini Laura |
The interface between cells and materials at the nanoscale: the carbon nanotube/neuron case study |
| 19:30 - 21:30 |
Social Dinner |
| Day 4 - 17 March 2011: Extracellular Recording In-vivo |
| 09:00 - 11:00 |
Diamond Mathew |
Investigating the Rat Whisking System by Multielectrode Recording |
| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Coffee Break |
| 11:30 - 13:30 |
Cohen Dana |
Mirowire Recording from Freely Behaving Animals |
| 13:30 - 14:30 |
Lunch Break |
| 14:30 - 17:30 |
Poster Session |
| Day 5 - 18 March 2011: Brain-Chip and Brain-Machine Interfacing |
| 09:00 - 10:30 |
Espinosa Manzanal Arnau |
Learning About Brain Computer Interfaces: Concepts and Techniques |
| 10:30 - 11:30 |
Prueckl Robert |
EEG Based Brain-Computer Interface |
| 11:30 - 12:00 |
Coffee Break |
| 12:00 - 13:30 |
Vassanelli Stefano |
Perspectives of Brain-Chip Interfacing in Neuroprosthetics and Therapy of Neurological Disorders |
| 13:30 - 14:30 |
Lunch Break |
| 14:30 - 17:30 |
Practical Demonstrations on EEG-based Brain-Machine Interfacing, and In-Vivo Recording with MTA |
| 17:45 - 18:00 |
Vassanelli Stefano |
Concluding Remarks & Closing of the School |
