Program at a glance

Program Booklet 2024

The sensing brain – Chair: Tarciso Velho

08:00
Welcome/Registration

08:30
Opening words
Sergio on behalf of the Organizing committee

09:00
Stability and Adaptation of Visual Cortical Circuits after Acute Exposure to β-amyloid Oligomer (Aβ)
Taíla Fialho

09:30
A visual pororoca: Probing the lateral geniculate activity in humans
Sérgio Neuenschwander

10:00
Student flash talks
Chair: Katarina Leão

10:45 Coffee Break & Poster Session

11:30
Low-dose Sevoflurane inhibits layer 5 pyramidal neurons subtype-specifically in the primary auditory cortex of mice
Katarina Leão

12:00 Lunch Break

The Vocalizing brain – Chair: Emanuelly Araújo

14:00
How do birds learn?
Tarciso Velho

14:30
Atypical vocal behavior in rodents prenatally exposed to the inhibition of histone deacetylases
Rodrigo Pereira

15:00
Fatores de variabilidade nas vocalizações de saguis em campo
Ricardo de Carvalho

15:15
Atividades neuronais dos gânglios da base na comunicação vocal de primatas
Anna Gabriely de Sá 

15:30 Coffee Break & Poster Session

The innovating brain – Chair: Richardson Leão

16:00
MESA REDONDA:

Propriedade intelectual: da pesquisa ao mercado
Rochelle Barbosa – Assessora de Propriedade Intelectual da Agência de Inovação da UFRN

Development strategies for thermoplastic polymer blends and nanocomposites applied to specific engineering products
Edson Ito – Professor do Departamento de Engenharia de Materiais (DEMat-UFRN)

17:00
Por que robôs não falam: o conceito de autonomia biológica e suas implicações na IA

Sergio Neuenschwander – Vislab, Instituto do Cérebro-UFRN. 

The psychedelic brain – Chair: Catherine Mesquita

08:00
Welcome/Registration

08:30
Student flash talks

09:00
Ayahuasca: Effects on Perception, Thinking, and Neural Activity
Isabel Wiessner

09:30
Mindfulness-Based Interventions applied to mental health
Geovan Menezes de Sousa Júnior

10:00
Minor phytocannabinoids, major impact? Unraveling their role in acute seizure dynamics

Claudio Queiroz

10:30 Coffee Break & Posters Session

12:30 Lunch Break

The developing brain – Chair: Laura Koren

14:00
Importância da neuromonitorização na UTI neonatal
Anna Cristina Barreto – Maternidade Escola Januário Cicco da UFRN

14:30
The beginning of the functioning of the glymphatic system closes the susceptibility window for Zika virus-derived malformations

Eduardo Sequerra

15:00
NeuroNatalogy: a holistic platform for neonatal neuroprotective care
Richardson Leão

15:30 Coffee Break & Poster Session

16:00
INTERVIEW/CONVERSATION
Martin Vinck – ESI/Max Planck

17:00
Closing Remarks & Happy Hour at Mormaço