MONDAY 19 OCTOBER

08:45-09:00 Welcome and Opening by School Directors.

09:00-09:30 Neuronal damage and the most advanced neuroprotective strategies. Rita Raisman-Vozari (France)
09:30-10:00 Role of astrocytic metabolism in CNS function. Gustavo Ferreira (Brazil)

10:00-10:30 Coffee break

10:30-11:00 Inborn errors of metabolism that affect the CNS. Patricia Schuck (Brazil)

11:00-12:00 Student ́s presentation

12:00-14:00 Lunch : Meet the Experts I

Nutrition as a neuroprotective tool. Nicolás Tobar (Chile) and Diego Querzé (Argentina)

14:15-19:00 Hands-on tutorials

19:30-21:00 Meet the experts II: Traditional and non-traditional experimental models to assess neurodegeneration and neuroprotection. Carmen Bolatto and Giselle Prunell (Uruguay).

TUESDAY 20 OCTOBER

09:00-09:30 Involvement of the neurovascular unit in CNS diseases. Silvia Olivera Bravo (Uruguay)
9:30-10:00 Last advances in Parkinson disease. Miriam Virgolini (Argentina)

10:00-10:30 Coffee break

10:30-11:15 Cannabinoids as neuroprotectant compounds. Elaine Aparecida Del Bel (Brazil)

11:15-12:00 CNS disorders: when and how does sex matter? María Trinidad Herrero (Spain)

12:00-14:00 Lunch. Meet the experts III

Diversity and inclusion in science (gender, ethnicity, religion, others).

María Trinidad Herrero (Spain) and Rommy von Bernhardi (Chile)

14:15-18:00 Hands-on tutorials

18:30-20:00 Meet the experts IV: Tips to design a project/or write a paper.

Silvia Olivera (Uruguay) and Gustavo Ferreira (Brazil).

WEDNESDAY 21 OCTOBER

09:00-10:30 Your paper needs a buddy: using companion statistical reports. Hércules Freitas (Brazil)

10:30-11:00 Coffee break

11:00-12:00 Glial cells in normal and pathological conditions. Vladimir Parpura (China)

12:00-13:00 Hands on tutorials

13:00-15:00 Lunch. Faculty and student exchange. Closing remarks.

PROPOSED HAND ON ACTIVITIES

-In vivo imaging of brain perfusion using Doppler Ultrafast (A Kun)

-PET and PET/SPECT approaches in CNS preclinical disease models (F Arredondo, E Savio)

-Features of neuronal cell membranes analyzed by atomic force microscopy (JC Benech)

-Electromyography and expression of nicotinic receptors in ALS preclinical models (P Aguilera, G Romanelli)

-Analysis of 2D and 3D neuron-glial/neuron-glial-vascular co-cultures (S Olivera-Bravo, E Isasi)

-Evaluation of psychedelics ́ neuroplastic effects (G Prunell)