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July 12–16, 2008 Geneva | Switzerland Palexpo

Organised by the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies | FENS http://www.fens.org Hosted by the Swiss Society for Neuroscience | SSN

A must in Europe for neuroscientists all over the world. Second Announcement Call for Abstracts t Content t Committees

2 Committees FENS Executive Committee 3 Welcome Richard Morris, President 4 Programme at a Glance Asla Pitkänen, Secretary-General 6 Preliminary Programme Alois Saria, Treasurer 9 Satellite Symposia Helmut Kettenmann, President-elect 9 Social Programme Tamás Freund, Past President 20 Excursions Susan Sara, Chair Schools Committee 23 Information for Exhibitors and Sponsors Denise Manahan-Vaughan, Chair NENS Committee 24 Registration Eckart Gundelfinger, Chair Programme Committee 25 Call for Abstracts Ann Kato, Chair Local Organising Committee 25 Poster Sessions 25 Hotel Reservation FENS Schools Committee 28 General Information Susan Sara, France, Chair 30 Travel Information Miklós Antal, Hungary 31 Student Programme Roberto Caminiti, Italy 31 Stipends and Travel Grants Michael G. Stewart, UK 32 Conference Information Asla Pitkänen, Ex officio, FENS Secretary-General 33 Important Dates Alois Saria, Ex officio, FENS Treasurer 33 Contact Details Denise Manahan-Vaughan, Ex officio, Chair NENS Committee 34 Disclaimer FENS Publication Committee Richard Morris, Ex officio, FENS President, Chairman Barry Everitt, Editor-in-chief EJN Chris Henderson, Editor-in-chief EJN Asla Pitkänen, Ex officio, FENS Secretary-General Alois Saria, Ex officio, FENS Treasurer Richard Frackowiak, Member Klaus-Peter Hoffmann, Member

NENS COMMITTEE Denise Manahan-Vaughan, Germany, Chair Deolinda Lima, Portugal Miklos Réthelyi, Hungary Tomi Taira, Finland Alessandro Treves, Italy Asla Pitkänen, Ex officio, FENS Secretary-General Alois Saria, Ex officio, FENS Treasurer

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (LOC) Ann C. Kato, Chair Pico Caroni Stephanie Clarke Jean-Marc Fritschy Jozsef Kiss Rudolf Kraftsik Henry Markram Christoph Michel Dominique Muller René Mueri Vincent Ossipow Paolo Paganetti Beatrice Roth Nicole Schaeren-Wiemers Andrea Volterra Dragana Viceic Egbert Welker

6th Forum of European Neuroscience t Committees t Welcome

Programme Committee Dear Colleagues, Eckart Gundelfinger, Germany, Chairman FENS and the host Swiss Society for Neuroscience would like to welcome you to the John Aggleton, UK 6th Forum of European Neuroscience to be held in Geneva, Switzerland from July 12th Patrik Brundin, Sweden to 16th, 2008. We are proud to have been selected as the site of the FENS Forum and Pico Caroni, Switzerland are committed to make this event a must for European Neuroscience. Geneva, which Erik De Schutter, Belgium is ideally situated in the middle of Europe in close proximity to the Alps, has kept the Herta Flor, Germany charms of a small city but with all advantages of a major international centre. We are Sten Grillner, Sweden confident that you will enjoy your visit to Geneva and will do everything to make this Ron Harris-Warrick, USA event a scientific highlight and a memorable experience. Leszek Kaczmarek, Poland Ann Kato, Switzerland The scientific committee has established a very rich programme of high scientific Ferdinando Rossi, Italy level that integrates a large diversity of research themes on the nervous system. Carmen Sandi, Switzerland Outstanding lecturers will cover all aspects of neuroscience from molecules to brain Ana Maria Sebastiao, Portugal function and from modelling to disease. We have reserved a large area for the poster Guus Smit, The Netherlands presentations to ensure that there is sufficient space to allow easy communication. Gabor Tamas, Hungary Furthermore, the exhibits will be situated in the poster area to facilitate interaction Dionysia Theodosis, France between our commercial partners and the scientific audience.

Although our main focus is the quality of the scientific meeting, we would also like to invite you to discover the exceptional natural setting of Geneva and the historical, artistic and cultural life of the Lemanic Area. We have planned a rich social programme that will include as a highlight the “FENS Jazz nite” organised in association with the world famous Montreux Jazz Festival. Another novel addition to this meeting will be the activities organised by students of the Lemanic Doctoral School in Neuro- science who will welcome their foreign colleagues during three evenings at a beautiful location at the lake-side for a lively social gathering. Practical information will be provided on their web site, “Jump-the-FENS” (http://web.mac.com/jumpthefens). Finally, we provide the possibility for various Social Interest Groups to meet in an informal environment.

Please check our web site (http://forum.fens.org/2008) not only for the scientific programme but also for all the details of the cultural events that are specifically designed for this FENS Forum.

We encourage all European students and young scientists to take advantage of the opportunities and assistance that will be provided to make their attendance possible at this large meeting. Information concerning low cost travel and accommodation will be regularly posted on the web site, “Jump-the-FENS”. Furthermore FENS, IBRO and their affiliated societies have a strong tradition in providing hundreds of com- petitive travel grants and we strongly encourage young scientists to apply.

For the interest of our commercial partners, we will again be working with the company Herlitz that has worldwide experience in the field. We are dedicated to satis- fying the requirements of both our exhibitors and our sponsors.

Following an exceptional meeting in Vienna in 2006, we look forward to welcoming you to Geneva.

Richard Morris FENS President Ann Kato President of the Local Organising Committee Stephanie Clarke President of the Swiss Society for Neuroscience, Local Organising Committee

6th Forum of European Neuroscience t Programme at a Glance

Saturday, July 12th Sunday, July 13th Monday, July 14th Tuesday, July 15th Wednesday, July 16th

Plenary Lectures Plenary Lecture 08:30 – 09:30 Plenary Lecture 08:30 – 09:30 Plenary Lecture 08:30 – 09:30 Plenary Lecture 08:30 – 09:30 08:30 L02 Barry J. Dickson L04 Magdalena Götz L06 David Attwell L08 Daniel Schacter 08:30 Neural circuits subserving innate behaviour Glial cells generate neurons – new views Brain power, and its failure in pathology. Constructive memory: remembering the in Drosophila. on neurogenesis and neural repair. past to envisage the future.

Poster Sessions 09:30 Poster Session 1 Poster Session 3 Poster Session 5 Poster Session 7 3:30

Symposia 1 Symposia 09:45 – 11:15 Symposia 09:45 – 11:15 Symposia 09:45 – 11:15 Symposia 09:45 – 11:15 — 09:45 S01 Genetic control of neuronal circuit assembly. S17 Cell adhesion molecules: from neural S33 Wiring the developing brain: genes and S49 Emerging functions of neuronal migration 09:45 S02 Recent advances in neurotrophin signaling at recognition to connectivity. activity in songbirds. during brain development. central synapses. S18 Subunit-specific NMDA receptor regulation. S34 Translation regulation subserving memory S50 Molecular mechanisms of synaptic forma- S03 Epigenetic regulation of cognitive functions S19 Metaplasticity: from molecules to behavior. and synaptic plasticity consolidation. tion and function: insight for cognitive and behavior. S20 Spontaneous activity in cortical networks. S35 Glia-mediated synaptic plasticity. dysfunction. S04 Cerebellar network function: new imaging and S21 Sleep, off-line reactivation and memory S36 Multiple hippocampi in one? Memory and S51 Neuronal information processing in dro- modeling approaches. consolidation. beyond along the septo-temporal axis. sophila: genetics meets physiology. S05 New insights into Cortico-Amygdala interactions: S22 GABA and adult neurogenesis: from cell S37 Tracing mental images in the brain. S52 Neuronal circuits of fear extinction.

Poster Sessions 09:30 Sessions Poster implications for disorders of emotion. fate to synaptic plasticity. S38 Gene transfer for neurodegenerative S53 Neuronal network oscillations in health S06 Mitochondrial transport and its emerging impact S23 Stress-protective effects of brain oxytocin: diseases. and disease. on synaptic transmission and neurodegeneration. from animal to human studies. S39 Role of sodium channels in idiopathic and S54 Neurogenesis and gliogenesis in brain repair. S07 Molecular mechanisms in Parkinson’s disease S24 Metabotropic glutamate receptor plasticity: chronic focal epilepsies. S55 Novel molecular mechanisms mediating and other synucleinopathies. roles in normal and abnormal brain function. S40 New TRPips in mammalian thermosensation. cocaine addiction and its behavioral effects. S08 Antigen drainage out of the brain: S56 Glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3) in syn- a new role for microglia? aptic plasticity, memory and disease.

Special Events Special Events 11:30 – 13:00 Special Event 11:30 – 13:00 Special Event 11:30 – 13:00 Special Lectures 11:30 – 12:45

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11 SE02 EDAB BAW Reception/Social Programme SE07 FENS / European Brain Council symposium SE10 Neuroscience and Human Culture SL11 FENS EJN Award lecture – John O’Keefe Special Events Special Event 12:30 – 16:30 SE03 FP7: EU-driven funding opportunities in FENS EJN Young Investigator Prize lecture – 12:30

2:30 brain research Thomas Klausberger

1 SE01 NEURON-CELL Press Symposium Genetic and molecular approaches for Special Lectures understanding neurological and psychiatric Special Lectures 13:00 – 14:00 Special Event 13:00 – 14:00 Special Lectures 13:00 – 14:00 Plenary Lecture – Closing Lecture 13:00 – 14:00 13:00 diseases 3:00 SL01 EBBS lecture – Angela Friederici SE08 Breaking news in neuroscience SL08 EDAB – Max Cowan lecture – L09 Bert Sakmann 1 SL02 Hertie Foundation lecture – Paul Greengard Special Lectures 13:00 – 14:00 James Fawcett Neurophysiology of decision making in the Technical Workshops SL03 GlaxoSmithKline Neural Stem Cell SL09 Kemali Prize 2008 lecture – rodent brain. Technical Workshops 13:30 – 16:30 SL05 Reemtsma Foundation – John P. Donoghue Poster Sessions FENS Research Award lecture – Gerd Kempermann Massimo Scanziani 7:30 3:30

1 W01 Investigating dendritic membrane potential SL06 Academia Europaea – Alexei Verkhratsky 13:30 1 SL10 Boehringer Ingelheim FENS Research Award

— with voltage sensitive dyes. SL07 12:15 – 14:00 Fondation IPSEN Neuronal lecture – Pascal Fries W02 Integrated open-source solutions for data Plasticity Prize awarding lectures 3:30

acquisition, management and dynamic 1 analysis of cell structures in the nervous Poster Session 2 Poster Session 4 Poster Session 6 systems.

Symposia 5 Symposia 14:15 – 15:45 Symposia 14:15 – 15:45 Symposia 14:15 – 15:45 W03 Pre-clinical evaluation of stem cell therapy 1 14:15 4:

in stroke. 1 S09 Endocannabinoids in the developing brain. S25 Imaging development and plasticity in the S41 Molecular mechanisms of whisker-to-barrel W04 Emerging high-resolution in vivo technologies. S10 Actin dynamics in synaptic transmission. visual cortex: from synapses to functional system development. S11 Zebrafish: a new model organism for behavioral networks. S42 Regulation of neurotransmission by cyto- Poster Sessions Sessions Poster neuroscience. S26 Presynaptic terminals: structural constraints skeletal dynamics. S12 Entorhinal grid cells, navigation & memory. and molecular dynamics. S43 Localizing memory traces – concepts, S13 Social brain: how we perceive and understand S27 Nicotinic receptor signaling in the brain: methods and organisms. intentions and feelings in other people. from molecules to cognition. S44 Modulation and metamodulation of motor S14 Molecular, cellular and circuit contributions to S28 The neurobiology of choice and decision- control networks. cognitive decline in normal aging. making. S45 Neuronal network architectures and graphi- S15 Compartmental degeneration in Motor Neuron S29 Synapse recycling, memory impairment cal processing in the neocortex. Disease: where does the end begin? and Alzheimer’s disease. S46 Adaptive changes within the mammalian S16 Structure, dynamics and in vivo functions of S30 Computational and neural mechanisms for nervous system and functional recovery neurotransmitter transporters. the control of goal directed movement in following injuries. primates. S47 Stress: a neural disconnection syndrome, S31 Pain: mechanisms and persistent symptoms. towards new molecular targets. S32 G protein coupled inwardly rectifying K+ S48 Molecular probes and switches for func- channels: from structure to function. tional analysis of receptors, ion channels and synaptic networks. Special Events 15:45 Special Event 15:45 – 17:15 Special Event 15:45 – 17:15 Special Event 15:45 – 17:15 5:45

1 SE04 NENS Symposium SE09 Blue Brain Project Phase I: SE11 FENS / IBRO Alumni Symposium: Opening Ceremony Opening Ceremony 17:00 – 17:30 17:00 the neocortical column model. Network oscillations in development, 7:00

1 sensory processing and memory

Plenary Lectures Plenary Lecture 17:30 – 18:30 Plenary Lecture 17:30 – 18:30 Presidential Lecture 17:30 – 18:30 Plenary Lecture 17:30 – 18:30 17:30 7:30 7:30 1 L01 Thomas M. Jessell 1 L03 Riitta Hari L05 Barry Everitt L07 Elena Cattaneo Genetic analysis of spinal sensory-motor When time matters: Neuromagnetic approach Neural systems of reinforcement for drug Pathogenic mechanisms in Huntington’s circuits to human brain function. addiction: from impulsive actions to Disease. compulsive habits.

Social Programme Buffet Dinner 18:30 – 19:30 Special Interest Socials 18:30 – 20:30 18:30 Welcome Reception 18:30 – 19:30 8:30 8:30 8:30 1 1 1

Social Programme Special Lecture 19:30 – 20:30 FENS/IBRO Alumni Reunion 19:30 – 23:30 Special Lecture/Events FENS Jazz Nite 19:30 – 22:00 9:30 9:30 9:30 1 SL04 HFSP lecture – Nobutaka Hirokawa 1 19:30 1 The intraneuronal transport and kinesin superfamily proteins: from brain wiring and development to higher brain function. 6th Forum of European Neuroscience Special Events 19:30 – 21:00 SE05 EDAB Symposium SE06 Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences t Preliminary Programme t Saturday, July 12th 2008

t Prodanov D. (Brussels, Belgium) tECHNICAL WORKSHOPS Management and acquisition of 3:30 – 16:30 quantitative microscopic data. t Sage D. (Lausanne, Switzerland) W01 Tracking particles in live cell imaging: Investigating dendritic membrane ImageJ solutions. potential with voltage sensitive dyes. Chaired by: W03 M. Canepari (Basel, Switzerland), Pre-clinical evaluation of stem cell D. Zecevic (New Haven, USA) therapy in stroke. Chaired by: t Zecevic D. (New Haven, USA) B. Onteniente (Paris, France) Dendritic signals from CA1 neurons during coincident pre- and post-syn- t Onteniente B. (Paris, France) aptic activity: a combined voltage- Introduction. SPECIAL EVENT and calcium-imaging study. t Steinberg G.K. (Stanford, USA) 2:30 – 16:30 t Antic S. (Farmington, USA) Stem cell therapy for stroke: optimal Imaging regenerative potentials in stem cell type, delivery mode and SE01 thin dendrites of cortical pyramidal timing of transplantation. NEURON-CELL-Press Symposium neurons. t Finsen B. (Odense, Denmark) Genetic and molecular approaches t Stuart G. (Canberra, Australia) Safety and compatibility aspects, for understanding neurological and Imaging membrane potential in den- host-graft interactions. psychiatric diseases. dritic spines. t Chopp M. (Detroit, USA) t Canepari M. (Basel, Switzerland) Cell-based treatment of neurological t de Strooper B. (Leuven, Belgium) Combined voltage- and calcium- disease-induction of brain plasticity Molecular pathogenesis of imaging from the dendrites of cere- and recovery of function. Alzheimer’s disease bellar Purkinje neurons. t Braun H. (Magdeburg, Germany) t Hardy J. (London, UK) t Webb W.W. (Ithaca, USA) Evaluation of functional recovery. Genetic variability and common Optical imaging of membrane poten- t Jendelova P. (Prague, Czech Republic) neurologic disease tial dynamics and neuronal polarity In vivo stem cell tracking in brain and t Levitt P. (Nashville, USA) by multiphoton and second harmonic spinal cord. Genetic and molecular approaches for generation microscopy. understanding autism t Cohen L.B. (New Haven, USA) W04 t Porteous D. (Edinburgh, UK) Genetic approaches to optical imag- Emerging high-resolution in vivo DISC1: from gene to function ing of neuronal activity. technologies. t Wood J. (London, UK) Chaired by: Touch and mechanically evoked pain W02 M. Brecht (Berlin, Germany), t Zoghbi H. (Houston, USA) Integrated open-source solutions for O. Garaschuk (Munich, Germany) To be announced data acquisition, management and dynamic analysis of cell structures in t Lampl I. (Rehovot, Israel) the nervous system. Unveiling correlations of excitatory Chaired by: and inhibitory synaptic inputs using D. Prodanov (Brussels, Belgium), dual intracellular recordings in vivo. A. Cardona (Los Angeles, USA) t Brecht M. (Berlin, Germany) Head anchored whole-cell recordings t Cardona A. (Los Angeles, USA) in freely moving animals. TrakEM2, a free software package t Schnitzer M. (Stanford, USA) for data mining of large image sets, Fluorescence microendoscopy as a new three-dimensional modelling and modality for in vivo brain imaging. annotation. t Helmchen F. (Zurich, Switzerland) t Schmid B. (Wuerzburg, Germany) New laser scanning approaches for 3D registration and morphing of con- two-photon imaging of neural activity focal stacks towards the Drosophila in vivo. standard brain model using the VIB protocol.

6th Forum of European Neuroscience t Suturday, Juli 12th 2008 t Preliminary Programme

t Sunday, July 13th 2008

t Garaschuk O. (Munich, Germany) t Pozzo-Miller L. (Birmingham, USA) The use of genetically encoded and PLENARY LECTURE TRPC channels as novel mediators of small molecule indicators for in vivo 08:30 – 09:30 BDNF actions in the hippocampus. calcium imaging of the mammalian t Minichiello L. (Monterotondo, Italy) brain. L02 TrkB and the PLCgamma-site acti- t Barry J. Dickson (Vienna, Austria) vated signalling pathway are central Neural circuits subserving innate to both long-term potentiation and oPENING CEREMONY behaviour in Drosophila. learning. 7:00 – 17:30 S03 POSTER SESSION 1 Epigenetic regulation of cognitive PLENARY LECTURE 09:30 – 13:30 functions and behaviour. 7:30 – 18:30 Chaired by: I.M. Mansuy (Zurich, Switzerland), L01 EXHIBITS T. Abel (Philadelphia, USA) t Thomas M. Jessell (New York, USA) 09:30 – 17:30 Genetic analysis of spinal sensory- t Sweatt D. (Birmingham, USA) motor circuits. Epigenetic mechanisms in long-term SYMPOSIA memory formation. 09:45 – 11:15 t Abel T. (Philadelphia, USA) WELCOME RECEPTION The role of CBP and histone acetyla- 8:30 – 19:30 S01 tion in memory storage and synaptic Genetic control of neuronal circuit plasticity. assembly. t Caboche J. (Paris, France) FENS JAZZ NITE Chaired by: ERK/MSK1 signalling and chromatin 9:30 – 22:00 S. Arber (Basel, Switzerland) remodelling in the striatum: a key Please check the social programme role in drug addiction. for details t Wilson S.W. (London, UK) t Wilkinson L. (Cambridge, UK) Breaking symmetry in the brain. The effect of imprinting on brain and t Arber S. (Basel, Switzerland) behaviour. Pathways specifying connectivity in the vertebrate spinal cord. S04 t Chedotal A.C. (Paris, France) Cerebellar network function: new Axon guidance in the cerebellar imaging and modelling approaches. system. Chaired by: t Zou Y. (La Jolla, USA) R.A. Silver (London, UK), Patterning neural circuits with mor- E. D’Angelo (Pavia, Italy) phogens. t Diana M. (Paris, France) S02 High speed imaging of the granular Recent advances in neurotrophin layer of the vestibulocerebellum. signalling at central synapses. t D’Angelo E. (Pavia, Italy) Chaired by: Spatio-temporal information process- V. Lessmann (Mainz, Germany), ing in the cerebellum granular layer. L. Pozzo-Miller (Birmingham, USA) t Silver R.A. (London, UK) Modelling cerebellar networks in 3D t Tsumoto T. (Wako City, Japan) with neuroConstruct. Activity-dependent trafficking of t Knopfel T. (Wako-Shi, Japan) BDNF in axons of cortical neurons Imaging cerebellar network activity analysed by live-cell imaging. with new genetic probes. t Lessmann V. (Mainz, Germany) Signalling cascades regulating the efficiency and the time course of synaptic neurotrophin secretion.

6th Forum of European Neuroscience t Sunday, Juli 13th 2008

S05 S06 S07 New insights into cortico-amygdala Mitochondrial transport and its Molecular mechanisms in interactions: implications for dis- emerging impact on synaptic trans- Parkinson’s disease and other orders of emotion. mission and neurodegeneration. synucleinopathies. Chaired by: Chaired by: Chaired by: J. Cryan (Cork, Ireland) Z.H. Sheng (Bethesda, USA) H. Lashuel (Lausanne, Switzerland)

t Fendt M. (Basel, Switzerland) t Schwarz T. L. (Boston, USA) t Spillantini M.G. (Cambridge, UK) Role of cortico-amygdala pathways Linking mitochondria to their motors: The role of alpha-synuclein in neuro- in the mediation and modulation of regulating mitochondrial distribution degenerative diseases. conditioned fear. in axons and dendrites. t Rego A.C. (Coimbra, Portugal) t Singewald N. (Innsbruck, Austria) t Sheng Z. H. (Bethesda, USA) Mitochondrial dysfunction and post- Impaired extinction of learned fear in A docking mechanism controlling translational modifications of alpha- high anxiety rodents: neural correlates. axonal mitochondrial motility and its synuclein. t Holmes A. (Rockville, USA) impact on synaptic plasticity. t Lashuel H. (Lausanne, Switzerland) Impaired stress-coping and fear t Hollenbeck P. J. (West Lafayette, USA) Elucidating the molecular and struc- extinction and abnormal corticolim- The life cycle of mitochondria in the tural basis of a-synuclein toxicity in bic morphology in serotonin trans- axon. Parkinson’s disease and related porter knock-out mice. t Mandelkow E. M. (Hamburg, Germany) synucleinopathies. t Pezawas L. (Vienna, Austria) Inhibition of mitochondrial transport t Outeiro T.F. (Lisbon, Portugal) Interactions of SERT & BDNF: a complex by Tau protein in neurons leads to Formation of toxic oligomeric alpha- genetic model of human depression. choking of synapses. synuclein species in living cells.

6th Forum of European Neuroscience t Sunday, Juli 13th 2008

S08 SL03 S11 Antigen drainage out of the brain: GlaxoSmithKline Neural Zebrafish: a new model organism for a new role for microglia? Stem Cell FENS Research Award behavioural neuroscience. Chaired by: t Gerd Kempermann (Dresden, Germany) Chaired by: K. Biber (Groningen, Netherlands), What are neural stem cells good for? D.L. Glanzman (Los Angeles, USA) I. Bechmann (Frankfurt/Main, Germany) t Friedrich R. (Basel, Switzerland) POSTER SESSION 2 Processing of odor-evoked activity in t Weller R. (Southhampton, UK) 3:30 – 17:30 the olfactory bulb: neurophysiologi- Lymphatic drainage of the brain from cal and behavioural implications. mice to men. t Granato M. (Philadelphia, USA) t Laman J. (Rotterdam, Netherlands) SYMPOSIA Sensorimotor gating in larval Brain components reach draining cer- 4:15 – 15:45 zebrafish. vical lymph nodes in MS and distinct t Fetcho J. (Ithaca, USA) animal models. S09 Zebrafish as a model for studies of t Bechmann I. Endocannabinoids in the developing organisational principles in motor (Frankfurt/Main, Germany) brain. systems. Migration of cells from the brain to Chaired by: t Panula P. (Helsinki, Finland) cervical lymph nodes: routes, impli- B. Lutz (Mainz, Germany) Zebrafish brain modulatory networks: cations and open questions. from structure to function. t Biber K. (Groningen, Netherlands) t Galve-Roperh I. (Madrid, Spain) Antigen challenge induces microglia The endocannabinoid system and the S12 CCR7 expression and renders them regulation of neurogenesis. Entorhinal grid cells, navigation, sensitive to lymphoid chemokines. t Harkany T. (Stockholm, Sweden) and memory. Endocannabinoids specify cortical Chaired by: synapses. T. Hafting (Trondheim, Norway) SPECIAL EVENTS t Hurd Y.L. (New York, USA) :30 – 13:00 Cannabis effects on the human fetal t Jeffery K. (London, UK) brain and long-term functional conse- Interaction between learned visual SE02 quences. cues and path integration in the EDAB BAW Reception/ t Lenkei Z. (Paris, France) determination of entorhinal grids. Social Programme CB1 cannabinoid receptors are nega- t Fyhn M. (Trondheim, Norway) tive regulators of neuronal morpho- Ensemble coding in entorhinal cortex SE03 genesis. and hippocampus. FP7: EU-driven funding opportunities t Giocomo L.M. (Boston, USA) in brain research S10 Differences in subthreshold oscilla- Actin dynamics in synaptic transmision. tions of stellate cells map to differ- Chaired by: ences in periodicity of grid cells. SPECIAL LECTURES P. Pilo Boyl (Monterotondo, Italy), t Blair H.T. (Los Angeles, USA) 3:00 – 14:00 M.B. Rust (Monterotondo, Italy) Scale-invariant memory representa- tions emerge from moiré-interference SL01 t De Camilli P. (New Haven, USA) between grid fields. EBBS lecture Regulatory mechanisms in endocy- t Angela Friederici (Leipzig, Germany) tosis. S13 The neural basis of language com- t Shupliakov O. (Stockholm, Sweden) Social brains: how we perceive and prehension: structural and functional Actin dynamics at the synaptic peri- understand intentions and feelings intra- and inter-hemispheric networks. active zone. in other people. t Zito K. (Davis, USA) Chaired by: SL02 Induction of spine growth and D. Sander (Geneva, Switzerland), hERtie Foundation Lecture synapse formation by regulation N. George (Paris, France) t Paul Greengard (New York, USA) of the spine actin cytoskeleton. Signal transduction pathways used t Rust M.B. (Monterotondo, Italy) t George N. (Paris, France) by therapeutic agents and drugs of Disruption of actin dynamics in Decoding emotions and intentions abuse. spines impairs synaptic plasticity. from eye-gaze.

6th Forum of European Neuroscience t Sunday, Juli 13th 2008

t Vuilleumier P. (Geneva, Switzerland) t Wong P.C. (Baltimore, USA) Brain systems associated with social Mechanism of mutant dynactin- SPECIAL LECTURE processing of faces and attachment induced motor neuron degeneration: 19:30 – 20:30 style. a multi-compartment problem? t Singer T. (Zurich, Switzerland) SL04 Empathy and emotion control in S16 Human Frontier Science adults, children, and patients with Structure, dynamics and in vivo func- Programme lecture autism. tions of neurotransmitter transporters. t Nobutaka Hirokawa (Tokyo, Japan) t Macrae C.N. (Aberdeen, UK) Chaired by: The intraneuronal transport and Your beans or mine? Ownership in H. Betz (Frankfurt, Germany) kinesin superfamily proteins: from the brain. brain wiring and development to t Sitte H.H. (Vienna, Austria) higher brain function. S14 Amphetamines take two to tango: Molecular, cellular and circuit neurotransmitter transporter oligo- contributions to cognitive decline merisation, a functional necessity? SPECIAL EVENTS in normal aging. t Gether U. (Copenhagen, Denmark) 19:30 – 21:00 Chaired by: Regulation of dopamine transporter C.A. Barnes (Tucson, USA) function by protein-protein interac- SE05 tions. EDAB symposium – music and the t Foster T.C. (Gainesville, USA) t Lopez-Corcuera B. (Madrid, Spain) brain: perception to emotion Threshold changes in plasticity: Functional and dynamic properties of Chaired by: Relation to memory decline. glycine neurotransporters. P. Magistretti ( Lausanne, Switzerland) t Lynch M.A. (Dublin, Ireland) t Betz H. (Frankfurt, Germany) Modulating the age-related increase Genetic dissection of the in vivo func- t Grau L. Opera singer in microglial activation attenuates tions of glycine transporters. t Magbee G. Music teacher: the neuroinflammatory changes t Ansermet F. (Geneva, Switzerland) which are associated with deficits The European Dana Alliance for the in LTP. SPECIAL EVENT Brain will host an evening of music t Gallagher M. (Baltimore, USA) 15:45 – 17:15 and neuroscience at the FENS Forum Differential outcomes in neurocogni- 2008. Pierre Magistretti and François tive aging. SE04 Ansermet will be joined by an opera t Landfield P.W. (Lexington, USA) NENS Symposium singer and a singing teacher to reveal New models of cognitive aging how music and singing can evoke emerging from gene array and cal- emotions so powerfully. cium-related physiological studies. PLENARY LECTURE 17:30 – 18:30 SE06 S15 Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences – Compartmental degeneration in L03 Théodore Ott Prize 2008 Award Motor Neuron Disease: where does t Riitta Hari (Helsinki, Finland) Ceremony the end begin? When time matters: neuromagnetic t Theodor Landis (Geneva, Switzer- Chaired by: approach to human brain function. land), Reinhard Stocker (Fribourg, R.R. Ribchester (Edinburgh, UK), Switzerland) M.P. Coleman (Cambridge, UK) BUFFET DINNER t Bendotti C. (Milano, Italy) 18:30 – 19:30 Contribution of the cell body to motor neuron death. Buffet dinner will be provided for t Coleman M.P. (Cambridge, UK) registered participants. Regulating motor axon survival: what does injury tell us about disease? t Ribchester R.R. (Edinburgh, UK) Protection of the neuromuscular synaptic compartment.

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t Ehlers M. (Durham, USA) PLENARY LECTURE NMDA receptors and postsynaptic 08:30 – 09:30 trafficking machinery. t Seeburg P. (Heidelberg, Germany) L04 Specific impairments in hippocampal t Magdalena Götz (Munich, Germany) learning in mice expressing altered Glial cells generate neurons – new NMDA receptors. views on neurogenesis and neural repair. S19 Metaplasticity – from molecules to behaviour. POSTER SESSION 3 Chaired by: 09:30 – 13:30 G. Richter-Levin (Haifa, Israel), S21 W.C. Abraham (Dunedin, New Zealand) Sleep, off-line reactivation and memory consolidation. EXHIBITS t Abraham W.C. (Dunedin, New Zealand) Chaired by: 09:30 – 17:30 Bidirectional metaplastic regulation C.M. Pennartz (Amsterdam, of hippocampal plasticity thresholds Netherlands) by glutamate receptor activation. SYMPOSIA t Bear M.F. (Cambridge, USA) t Pennartz C.M. 09:45 – 11:15 Metaplasticity in visual cortex. (Amsterdam, Netherlands) t Guzowski J.F. (Irvine, USA) Replay of motivationally valuable S17 Immediate-early gene expression as information in the hippocampal- Cell adhesion molecules: from neural a substrate for behavioural metaplas- ventral striatal system. recognition to connectivity. ticity. t Schwartz S. (Geneva, Switzerland) Chaired by: t Richter-Levin G. (Haifa, Israel) Sleep affects learning-related changes L.F. Reichardt (San Francisco, USA) Recent and long-term behavioural in regional brain activity in adult metaplasticity – potential relevance humans. t Castellani V. (Villeurbanne, France) to psychiatric disorders. t Marshall L. (Lübeck, Germany) IgCAMs as co-receptors for secreted Cortical slow oscillations and memory Semaphorins during the develop- S20 consolidation in humans. ment of neuronal projections. Spontaneous activity in cortical t Lengyel M. (Budapest, Hungary) t Kamiguchi H. (Saitama, Japan) networks. Computational approaches to hippo- The role of cell adhesion molecules Chaired by: campal-neocortical interactions: and Ca2+ signals in axon guidance. T. Berger (Bern, Switzerland), consolidation, replay, and more. t Ibanez C. (Stockholm, Sweden) C.C. Petersen (Lausanne, Switzerland) Formation of neuronal synapses by S22 ligand-induced cell adhesion. t Timofeev I. (Quebec, Canada) GABA and adult neurogenesis: t Reichardt L.F. (San Francisco, USA) Spontaneous activity in the thalamo- from cell fate to synaptic plasticity. Integrin function in developing circuits. cortical network during sleep and Chaired by: wakefulness. P.M. Lledo (Paris, France) S18 t Petersen C.C. (Lausanne, Switzerland) Subunit-specific NMDA receptor Whole-cell recordings and voltage- t Schinder A.F. (Buenos Aires, Argentina) regulation. sensitive dye imaging in the barrel GABAergic control of newborn neu- Chaired by: cortex of awake behaving mice. rons in the adult dentate gyrus. K. Roche (Bethesda, USA) t Berger T. (Bern, Switzerland) t Bordey A. (New Haven, USA) Global upstate activity in the somato- GABA regulates progenitor migration t Roche K. (Bethesda, USA) sensory cortex in vitro monitored and proliferation in the adult neuro- Trafficking and phosphorylation of with imaging techniques. genic forebrain. NR2C-containing NMDA receptors. t Yuste R. (New York, USA) t Lledo P.M. (Paris, France) t Groc L. (Bordeaux, France) Imaging the spontaneous and evoked Integrating new GABAergic inter- Surface mobility of NMDA receptors. dynamics of the cortical microcircuitry. neurons in pre-existing circuits. t Nusser Z. (Budapest, Hungary) Diversity of GABAergic neurons of the olfactory bulb.

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t Huebener M. (Martinsried, Germany) S23 SPECIAL EVENTS Two-photon calcium imaging reveals Stress-protective effects of brain :30 – 13:00 early development of orientation oxytocin: from animal to human selectivity in ferret visual cortex. studies. SE07 t Sengpiel F. (Cardiff, UK) Chaired by: FENS / European Brain Council Binocular integration in the primary I.D. Neumann (Regensburg, symposium visual cortex: one plus one is not Germany), R. Stoop (Lausanne, always two. Switzerland) 3:00 – 14:00 t Eysel U.T. (Bochum, Germany) Cortical reprogramming after retinal t Amico J.A. (Pittsburgh, USA) SE08 lesions in the adult. Oxytocin gene deletion mice: a model Breaking news in neuroscience t Heimel J.A. (Amsterdam, Netherlands) for studying stress and anxiety related Molecular and cellular mechanisms behaviours. regulating acuity in the visual cortex. t Neumann I.D. (Regensburg, Germany) Brain oxytocin: molecular and cellular SPECIAL LECTURES S26 mechanisms involved in anxiolytic 3:00 – 14:00 Presynaptic terminals: structural actions. constraints and molecular dynamics. t Heinrichs M. (Zurich, Switzerland) SL05 Chaired by: Prosocial and anxiolytic effects of Reemtsma Foundation – A. Triller (Paris, France) oxytocin in humans. Zuelch Lecture t Meyer-Lindenberg A. (Bethesda, USA) t John P. Donoghue (Providence, USA) t Marty S. (Paris, France) Localization of prosocial neuropeptide The neural interface: bridging the Three dimensional organization of effects on human brain function. human brain with the world to the presynaptic cytomatrix. restore function. t Schoch S. (Bonn, Germany) S24 RIM proteins – a family of synaptic Metabotropic glutamate receptor SL06 regulatory proteins. plasticity: roles in normal and Academia Europaea t Klingauf J. (Goettingen, Germany) abnormal brain function. (Physiology & Medicine) Lecture Coupling of exo- and endocytosis: in- Chaired by: t Alexei Verkhratsky (Manchester, UK) sights from single-vesicle recordings. Z.I. Bashir (Bristol, UK), Glial-neuronal circuits unify the t Ziv N. (Haifa, Israel) S.M. Fitzjohn (Bristol, UK) reticular and neuronal theories of Maintaining the CNS synapse: brain organisation. insights from live imaging experi- t Fitzjohn S.M. (Bristol, UK) ments. Regulation of AMPA receptor traf- 2:15 – 14:00 ficking during mGluR-dependent S27 plasticity. SL07 Nicotinic receptor signalling in the t Nicoletti F. (Rome, Italy) Fondation IPSEN Neuronal brain: from molecules to cognition. Regulation of mGluRs by stress; Plasticity awarding lectures Chaired by: roles in learning and memory. H.D. Mansvelder t Mameli M. (Geneva, Switzerland) (Amsterdam, Netherlands), mGluRs in the VTA and the effects of POSTER SESSION 4 U. Maskos (Paris, France) cocaine. 3:30 – 17:30 t Huber K.M. (Dallas, USA) t Dougherty D.A. (Pasadena, USA) mGluR-dependent plasticity and Chemical-scale studies of nicotinic fragile X mental retardation. SYMPOSIA receptors provide new insights into 4:15 – 15:45 activation mechanisms. t Maskos U. (Paris, France) S25 Nicotinic receptors control dopamine- Imaging development and plasticity mediated behaviours. in the visual cortex: from synapses t Mansvelder H.D. (Amsterdam, to functional networks. Netherlands) Chaired by: Distributed network actions by nico- C.N. Levelt (Amsterdam, Netherlands), tine alter the rules for synaptic plas- T.D. Mrsic-Floegel (London, UK) ticity in prefrontal cortex.

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t Stolerman I.P. (London, UK) t D’Avella A. (Rome, Italy) t Lüscher C. (Geneva, Switzerland) The role of nicotinic receptors in cog- Combinations of muscle synergies GIRK channels as effectors of addic- nitive performance. for the control of goal-directed move- tive drugs. ment. S28 t Todorov E. (La Jolla, USA) The neurobiology of choice and Recurrent network models of informa- SPECIAL EVENT decision-making. tion processing in motor cortex. 5:45 – 17:15 Chaired by: t Lemon R. (London, UK) B. Brembs (Berlin, Germany), Neuronal mechanisms subserving SE09 B. Balleine (Los Angeles, USA) visuomotor transformations between Blue Brain Project Phase I: ventral premotor and primary motor The neocortical column model. t Byrne J.H. (Houston, USA) cortex. Chaired by: Neural and molecular mechanisms of t Churchland M.M. (Stanford, USA) S. Hill (Lausanne, Switzerland) operant reward learning in Aplysia. Neural dynamics during movement t Brembs B. (Berlin, Germany) planning and execution. t Schürmann F. (Lausanne, Mushroom-bodies regulate habit for- Switzerland) mation in Drosophila. S31 Large-scale 3D reconstruction, repair t Balleine B. (Los Angeles, USA) Pain: mechanisms and persistent and cloning the diversity of neocorti- Goal-directed and habitual actions in symptoms. cal neurons. rodents. Chaired by: t Kozloski J. (Yorktown Heights, USA) t O’Doherty J. (Pasadena, USA) I. Decosterd (Lausanne, Switzerland), Structural simulations and analysis The neural basis of reward-based P. Poisbeau (Strasbourg, France) of morphologically detailed neural action selection in the human brain. microcircuits. t Fitzgerald M. (London, UK) t Druckmann S. (Jerusalem, Israel) S29 Persistent pain: a developmental view. Modelling neuron electrical proper- Synapse recycling, memory impair- t Woolf C.J. (Charlestown, USA) ties from genes, ion channels, mor- ment and Alzheimer’s disease. Molecular switches that produce per- phology and electrophysiology. Chaired by: sistent pain. t Hill S. (Lausanne, Switzerland) D. Walsh (Dublin, Ireland) t Fleetwood-Walker S.M. (Edinburgh, UK) The neocortical column: spikes, oscil- Molecular interactions underlying lations and emergent phenomena. t Hsiao Ashe K. (Minneapolis, USA) central sensitisation. Pathogenic proteins impairing memo- t Ji R.R. (Boston, USA) ry in Alzheimer’s disease. Possible role of spinal astrocytes in PLENARY LECTURE t Geinisman Y. (Chicago, USA) maintaining chronic pain sensitisation. 7:30 – 18:30 De-AMPAfication of hippocampal synapses in a mouse model of S32 Presidential Lecture Alzheimer’s disease. G protein coupled inwardly rectify- t Regan C. (Dublin, Ireland) ing K+ channels: from structure to L05 Role of APP in the rat hippocampal function. t Barry Everitt (Cambridge, UK) dentate gyrus during memory con- Chaired by: Neural systems of reinforcement solidation. H. Cruz (Geneva, Switzerland) for drug addiction: from impulsive t Selkoe D.J. (Boston, USA) actions to compulsive habits. Soluble A-beta oligomers as the prin- t Reuveny E. (Rehovot, Israel) cipal effector of synaptic dysfunction Molecular mechanism of GIRK gating in Alzheimer’s disease. revealed by FRET. t Luján R. (Albacete, Spain) S30 Molecular and cellular diversity of Computational and neural mecha- GIRK channels in the brain. nisms for the control of goal directed t Slesinger P.A. movement in primates. (La Jolla, San Diego, USA) Chaired by: Sorting nexin regulation of G protein- A. D’Avella (Rome, Italy) gated potassium channels: a complex problem.

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t Kuhl D. (Berlin, Germany) S37 PLENARY LECTURE Arc/Arg3.1 mediates homeostatic Tracing mental images in the brain. 08:30 – 09:30 synaptic scaling of AMPA receptors. Chaired by: t Klann E. (New York, USA) A.L. Kaas (Frankfurt am Main, L06 Dynamic translational controls mGluR- Germany), t David Attwell (London, UK) dependent long-term depression. A.T. Sack (Maastricht, Netherlands) Brain power, and its failure in pathology. S35 t Sack A.T. (Maastricht, Netherlands) Glia-mediated synaptic plasticity. Functional segregation of parietal Chaired by: cortex during mental imagery. POSTER SESSION 5 J.W. Deitmer (Kaiserslautern, Germany), t Kaas A.L. 09:30 – 13:30 A. Araque (Madrid, Spain) (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) Imagined motion: interactions t Araque A. (Madrid, Spain) between parietal cortex, human MT EXHIBITS Synaptic transmission modulation by and early visual areas. 09:30 – 17:30 hippocampal astrocytes. t De Lange F. (Nijmegen, Netherlands) t Beierlein M. (Boston, USA) Dissociating visual and motor mental Neuron-glia signalling in the cere- images in the brain. SYMPOSIA bellum. t Thirion B. (Orsay, France) 09:45 – 11:15 t Giaume C. (Paris, France) Exploring the retinotopic structure of Role of astrocyte connexins in neuro- mental imagery. S33 glial interaction. Wiring the developing brain: t Deitmer J.W. (Kaiserslautern, S38 genes and activity in songbirds. Germany) Gene transfer for neurodegenerative Chaired by: The role of glia and ATP for shaping diseases. K. Naie (Zurich, Switzerland) synaptic activity in the cerebellum. Chaired by: N. Deglon (Gif-sur-Yvette, France) t Jarvis E.D. (Durham, USA) S36 Evolution of brain pathways for vocal Multiple hippocampi in one? t Kirik D. (Lund, Sweden) learning. Memory and beyond along the rAAV-mediated enzyme replacement t Scharff C. (Berlin, Germany) septo-temporal axis. strategy for Parkinson’s disease. FoxP2 and learned birdsong. Chaired by: t Sue K. (Oxford, UK) t Hahnloser R.R.H. (Zurich, Switzerland) T. Bast (Edinburgh, UK), Correction of Parkinsonian symptoms How the songbird brain listens to its M.P. Witter (Amsterdam, Netherlands) in an MPTP-lesioned primate model own songs. using lentiviral-mediated dopamine t Fee M.S. (Cambridge, USA) t Bannerman D.M. (Oxford, UK) replacement strategy. Neural mechanisms of vocal learning What does the hippocampus do? t Baehr M. (Goettingen, Germany) in juvenile songbirds. A role for the ventral hippocampus in AAV mediated gene transfer in animal anxiety. models of Parkinson’s disease. S34 t Kjelstrup K.B. (Trondheim, Norway) t Hantraye P. (Orsay, France) Translation regulation subserving Spatial coding along the dorsal-to- Cell transplantation and lentiviral memory and synaptic plasticity con- ventral axis of the hippocampus and vector-mediated neuroprotective solidation. medial entorhinal cortex. strategies (trophic factors, siRNA) for Chaired by: t Segal M. (Rehovot, Israel) Huntington’s disease. K. Rosenblum (Haifa, Israel) Metaplasticity along the septo-temporal axis of the hippocampus. S39 t Rosenblum K. (Haifa, Israel) t Bast T. (Edinburgh, UK) Role of sodium channels in idio- The role of translation regulation in From rapid place learning to adaptive pathic and chronic focal epilepsies. the insular cortex during taste memo- behaviour: functional integration in Chaired by: ry consolidation. the intermediate hippocampus. M. Mantegazza (Milano, Italy) t Sonenberg N. (Montreal, Canada) eIF2alpha dephosphorylation is criti- t Petrou S. (Melbourne, Australia) cal for the induction of L-LTP and LTM. Genetics, distribution and patho- physiological aspects of neuronal voltage-gated sodium channels.

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t Mantegazza M. (Milano, Italy) S42 Animal models of Nav1.1-related SPECIAL LECTURES Regulation of neurotransmission by epilepsies. 3:00 – 14:00 cytoskeletal dynamics. t Beck H. (Bonn, Germany) Chaired by: Molecular basis of altered persistent SL08 J. Kittler (London, UK) sodium channel properties in chronic EDAB – Max Cowan lecture epilepsy. t James Fawcett (Cambridge, UK) t Penzes P. (Chicago, USA) t Schorge S. (London, UK) Stimulating plasticity and axon Postsynaptic signalling and cytoskel- Drug response and alternate splicing regeneration for CNS repair. etal dynamics in structural plasticity, of SCN1A. neurotransmission and cognitive SL09 behaviour. S40 Kemali Prize 2008 t Kittler J. (London, UK) New TRPips in mammalian thermo- t Massimo Scanziani (La Jolla, USA) Regulating inhibitory synaptic trans- sensation. The role of excitation and inhibition mission with adaptors and motors. Chaired by: in defining neuronal ensembles. t Hanley J. (Bristol, UK) P. McNaughton (Cambridge, UK), Regulation of actin polymerisation F. Viana (San Juan de Alicante, Spain) SL10 drives AMPA receptor endocytosis. Boehringer Ingelheim t Sheng M. (Boston, USA) t T. Voets (Leuven, Belgium) FENS Research Award Protein dynamics at excitatory syn- Modulation and gating of TRPA1 t Pascal Fries apses. channels. (Nijmegen, The Netherlands) t Vlachova V. (Prague, Czech Republic) Attentional selection through selec- S43 Contribution of the putative inner tive neuronal synchronisation. Localising memory traces – pore region to the gating of the concepts, methods and organisms. transient receptor potential vanilloid Chaired by: subtype 1 channel (TRPV1). POSTER SESSION 6 M. Heisenberg (Wuerzburg, Germany) t Viana F. (San Juan de Alicante, Spain) 3:30 – 17:30 Pharmacological properties and t Heisenberg M. (Wuerzburg, Germany) intrinsic regulation of native somatic The smallest memory units and their and visceral thermoreceptors. SYMPOSIA material correlates in the Drosophila t McNaughton P. (Cambridge, UK) 4:15 – 15:45 brain. Cellular trafficking of TRPV1 channels t Carew T.J. (Irvine, USA) modulates the thermal sensitivity of S41 Mechanisms of memory storage in receptors. Molecular mechanisms of whisker- Aplysia: searching for the engram in to-barrel system development. a simple model system. Chaired by: t Classen J.F. (Wuerzburg, Germany) SPECIAL EVENT F. Rijli (Strasbourg, France), Properties of a memory system in :30 – 13:00 R. Erzurumlu (Baltimore, USA) human motor cortex. t Wotjak C.T. (Munich, Germany) SE10 t Rijli F. (Strasbourg, France) Fear memory in the amygdala of the Neuroscience and Human Culture Hox genes in trigeminal brainstem mouse. Supported by the Evens Foundation development and whisker-to-barrel Chaired by: map formation. S44 G. Innocenti (Stockholm, Sweden) t Erzurumlu R. (Baltimore, USA) Modulation and metamodulation Molecular determinants of the of motor control networks. t Changeux J.P. (Paris, France) trigeminal brainstem organization Chaired by: Hypotheses on the nature of man. and trigeminothalamic projections. K.T. Sillar (St. Andrews, UK), t Magistretti P. (Lausanne, Switzerland) t Iwasato T. (Wako-shi, Japan) A. El Manira (Stockholm, Sweden) Neuroscience and psychoanalysis. Differentiation between pre- and t Illes J. (Palo Alto, USA) postsynaptic mechanisms in pattern- t El Manira A. (Stockholm, Sweden) The emerging field of modern neuro- ing of the barrel cortex. Endocannabinoids and nitric oxide ethics. t Kind P. (Edinburgh, UK) metamodulation of the spinal loco- t Douglas R. (Zurich, Switzerland) Genetic dissection of the processes motor circuitry. The role of neuroscience in the age of underlying barrel development. synthetic intelligence.

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t Straub V.A. (Leicester, UK) t Rossignol S. (Montreal, Canada) Modulatory interactions between Implication of the spinal pattern SPECIAL EVENT serotonin and nitric oxide in the generator in the recovery of locomo- 5:45 – 17:15 Lymnaea feeding network. tion after partial spinal cord lesion t Combes D. (Bordeaux, France) in cats. SE11 Neuromodulation of developing loco- FENS/IBRO Schools Alumni motor networks in frog. S47 Symposium t Hochman S. (Atlanta, USA) Stress: a neural disconnection syn- Neuromodulation-based sensorimo- drome, towards new molecular targets. Network oscillations in develop- tor control strategies in the mamma- Chaired by: ment, sensory processing and lian spinal cord. T.M. Jay (Paris, France), memory P. Svenningsson (Stockholm, Sweden) Chairpersons: S45 M.G. Stewart and S.J. Sara. Neuronal network architectures and t Jay T.M. (Paris, France) graphical processing in the neocortex. Efficacy in preventing stress-induced t Ileana Hanganu (Mainz, Germany) Chaired by: impairment of hippocampal-frontal Contribution of oscillatory rhythms to R. Douglas (Zurich, Switzerland) cortex synaptic plasticity. normal and disorder-related develop- t Sousa N. (Braga, Portugal) ment of the cerebral cortex. t Martin K. (Zurich, Switzerland) The stressed prefrontal cortex. t Andrea Slezia (Budapest, Hungary) The structure of lateral circuits in cat t Svenningsson P. (Stockholm, Sweden) Influence of extrareticular GABAergic visual cortex. Stress-induced changes in protein inhibition to higher order thalamic t Kennedy H. (Bron, France) phosphorylation and their reversal relays. The organization of inter-areal circuits by antidepressants. t Adam Kepecs (Cold Spring Harbor, of monkey cortex. t Spedding M. (Suresnes, France) USA) t Grinvald A. (Rehovot, Israel) Pharmacological reversal of stress – To sync or not to sync: transient inter- Imaging cortical dynamics of ongoing induced changes in brain systems. areal coordination in behaving rats and evoked activity in the awake t Oxana Eschenko (Tuebingen, monkey. S48 Germany) t Von Der Malsburg C. (Frankfurt am Molecular probes and switches for Cortical and hippocampal oscilla- Main, Germany) functional analysis of receptors, ion tions: implications for off-line memo- Columnar architecture for object channels and synaptic networks. ry consolidation recognition. Chaired by: P. Bregestovski (Marseille, France), S46 P. Gorostiza (Barcelona, Spain) PLENARY LECTURE Adaptive changes within the mam- 7:30 – 18:30 malian nervous system and func- t Bregestovski P. (Marseille, France) tional recovery following injuries. Genetically-encoded fluorescent L07 Chaired by: sensors of the activity of Cl-selective t Elena Cattaneo (Milan, Italy) K. Fouad (Edmonton, Canada) glycine receptor channels. Pathogenic mechanisms in t Nagel G. (Wuerzburg, Germany) Huntington’s Disease. t Schwab M.E. (Zurich, Switzerland) Fast manipulation of cellular cAMP Promoting circuit rearrangements by light. following CNS injury in rats by sup- t Deisseroth K. (Stanford, USA) SPECIAL INTEREST SOCIALS pression of the neurite growth Channelrhodopsin-2 and optical con- 8:30 – 20:30 inhibitor Nogo-A. trol of excitable cells. t Kaas J.H. (Nashville, USA) t Gorostiza P. (Barcelona, Spain) See social programme for details Rearrangements of cortical maps Re-engineering of an ionotropic Wednesday, July 16, 2008 in spinal cord injured primates, glutamate receptor for remote control associated functional recovery and of neuronal activity. treatments to improve cortical reactivation. t Fouad K. (Edmonton, Canada) Rehabilitation training in rats with cervical spinal cord injury.

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t Goda Y. (London, UK) PLENARY LECTURE Synapse adhesion and regulation of 08:30 – 09:30 synaptic strength. t El-Husseini A.E.D. (Vancouver, L08 Canada) t Daniel Schacter (Cambridge, USA) Manipulation of Neuroligins function Constructive memory: remembering in vivo -A potential link to autism. the past to envisage the future. t Sala C. (Milano, Italy) Studying mental retardation genetic mutations to reveal how to develop POSTER SESSION 7 excitatory synapses. 09:30 – 13:30 S51 Neuronal information processing S53 EXHIBITS in drosophila: genetics meets physi- Neuronal network oscillations in 09:30 – 14:00 ology. health and disease. Chaired by: Chaired by: D.F. Reiff (Martinsried, Germany), A. Fisahn (Stockholm, Sweden) SYMPOSIA G.C. Turner (Cold Spring Harbor , USA) 09:45 – 11:15 t Hájos N. (Budapest, Hungary) t Reiff D.F. (Martinsried, Germany) Cellular basis of gamma oscillations S49 Looking into the black box: motion in the hippocampus. Emerging functions of neuronal processing in Drosophila visual t Paulsen O. (Oxford, UK) migration during brain development. interneurons. Hippocampal network oscillations Chaired by: t Turner G.C. (Cold Spring Harbor, USA) and spike timing-dependent synaptic O. Marín (Sant Joan d’Alacant, Spain) Electrophysiological investigation plasticity. of neural coding in the Drosophila t Fisahn A. (Stockholm, Sweden) t Pierani A. (Paris, France) olfactory system. Modulation of hippocampal network Migrating cells and signalling centers. t Clandinin T.R. (Stanford, USA) oscillations and neurological disorders. t Borrell V. (Sant Joan d’Alacant, Spain) Toward a genetic dissection of visual t Le Van Quyen M. (Paris, France) Role of progenitor migration in behaviour in the fruit fly. The dark side of high-frequency oscil- region-specific cortical expansion. t Fry S.N. (Zurich, Switzerland) lations in the epileptic brain. t Garel S. (Paris, France) Functional analysis of visual motion Roles and mechanisms of cell migra- processing in free-flying Drosophila. S54 tion in the formation of thalamocorti- Neurogenesis and gliogenesis in cal projections. S52 brain repair. t Lebrand C. (Lausanne, Switzerland) Neuronal circuits of fear extinction. Chaired by: Guidance of callosal axons by tran- Chaired by: J.O. Malva (Coimbra, Portugal), sient neuronal populations. A. Lüthi (Basel, Switzerland) W. Gray (Southampton, UK)

S50 t Maren S.A. (Ann Arbor, USA) t Agasse F. (Coimbra, Portugal) Molecular mechanisms of synaptic Building and burying fear memories Subventricular zone cells as tool for formation and function: insight for in the brain. brain repair? cognitive dysfunction. t Lüthi A. (Basel, Switzerland) t Gray W. (Southampton, UK) Chaired by: Neuronal plasticity in the amygdala Pro-neurogenic peptides and neuro- M. Di Luca (Milano, Italy), during extinction learning. genesis in the normal and seizure C. Sala (Milano, Italy) t Seidenbecher T. (Muenster, Germany) damaged hippocampus. Crosstalk in amygdalo-hippocampal- t Arenas E. (Stockholm, Sweden) t Perroy J. (Montpellier, France) prefrontal cortical networks during Neural stem cells in Parkinson’s dis- Functional role of protein-protein extinction of fear memory. ease brain repair. interactions in the modulation of t Quirk G.J. (Ponce, Puerto Rico) t Relvas J.B. (Zurich, Switzerland) metabotropic glutamate receptor Physiological studies of extinction Differentiation of oligodendrocytes in function in synaptic transmission. consolidation in infralimbic prefron- demyelinating diseases. tal cortex.

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S55 SPECIAL LECTURES Novel molecular mechanisms :30 – 12:45 mediating cocaine addiction and its behavioural effects. SL11 Chaired by: FENS EJN Awards J.A. Bibb (Dallas, USA), F. Fumagalli (Milan, Italy) SL11.1 FENS EJN Award 2008 t Fumagalli F. (Milan, Italy) t John O’Keefe (London, UK) Dynamic regulation of trophic factors Hippocampal spatial function – the following repeated exposure to role of theta interference wavelets. cocaine. t Bibb J.A. (Dallas, USA) SL11.2 Novel mechanisms for the protein FENS EJN Young Investigator Prize kinase Cdk5 and its role in mediating t Thomas Klausberger (Oxford, UK) the effects of cocaine. Oscillations in identified circuits of t Valjent E. (Paris, France) the cerebral cortex. Role of the ERK signalling pathway in the actions of cocaine. t Gainetdinov R. (Durham, USA) CLOSING LECTURE Novel intracellular pathways under- PLENARY LECTURE lying cocaine-induced sensitisation. 3:00 – 14:00

S56 L09 Glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3) t Bert Sakmann (Heidelberg, Germany) in synaptic plasticity, memory and Neurophysiology of decision making disease. in the rodent brain. Chaired by: R.S. Jope (Birmingham, USA), F. Plattner (London, UK)

t Collingridge G. (Bristol, UK) GSK3 in synaptic plasticity. t Lucas J.J. (Madrid, Spain) Mouse models with modified GSK3 expression to study its physiological role and its implication in neurodegenerative diseases. t Klein P.S. (Philadelphia, USA) GSK3 as a target of lithium action in psychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders. t Caron M.G. (Durham, USA) GSK3 in dopaminergic signalling, behaviour, and schizophrenia.

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t 3rd Molecular and cellular cognition t Inhibition of stress kinase signalling society – Europe satellite meeting as a therapeutic tool against excito- at FENS toxicity and cerebral ischemia Venue: Hotel Beau Rivage, Geneva, Venue: Palexpo conference center, Switzerland Geneva, Switzerland Dates: July 10th – 11th, 2008 Date: July 12th, 2008, 1 p.m. – 4.30 p.m. Contact: Riccardo Brambilla, Contact: Peter Clarke, [email protected] [email protected] Website: http://www.molcellcog.org Website: http://www.stressprotect.de

t Approaches towards the roles of t Psychiatric disorders and their sleep in neuronal functions modelling in animals: in search of Venue: University of Lausanne, symptoms or syndromes? Welcome Reception Switzerland Venue: Center for Psychiatric Saturday, July 12th, from 18:30 to 19:30 Dates: July 11th, 2008, 9 am – 7 pm Neuroscience, Psychiatric Hospital of The Welcome Reception will be held Contact: Anita Lüthi, Cery, Prilly-Lausanne, Switzerland inside the Exhibition in Hall 1 of the [email protected] or Dates: July 11th – 12th, 2008 Palexpo Conference Centre. FENS 2008 Paul Franken, [email protected] Contact: Fulvio Magara, welcomes you to get together informally. Website: http://www.unil.ch/fens [email protected] No fee will be charged for participation 2008sleep Website: http://www.chuv.ch/ to this event. psychiatrie/dpc_cnp_evenements t The blue brain project: reverse- FENS JAZZ NITE engineering biological intelligence t Strengthening the connection: Saturday, July 12th, from 19:30 to 22:00 Venue: Palexpo conference center, new targets, techniques and transla- Location: Main Conference Hall of the Geneva, Switzerland tional aspects of synaptic plasticity Palexpo Conference Centre. Dates: July 10th – 11th, 2008 Venue: Palexpo conference center, The Montreux Jazz Festival comes to Contact: Sean Hill, [email protected] Geneva, Switzerland FENS 2008. Enjoy a touch of contempo- Website: http://bluebrain.epfl.ch Date: July 10th, 2008, 09:00 – 12:00 rary Jazz upon your arrival in Geneva. Contact: Judy Morgans, No fee will be charged for entrance to t Cell-cell adhesion mechanisms: [email protected] this event. from development of synaptic net- Website: under construction works to cognitive dysfunction FENS/IBRO ALUMNI REUNION Venue: Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland t Synaptic and extrasynaptic signall- Tuesday, July 15th, from 19:30 to 23:30 (two hours from Geneva) ing versus glia Location: To be announced Dates: July 9th – 11th, 2008 Venue: Fassbind Hotel Cornavin Get-together for students and faculty Contact: Carmen Sandi, Geneve (TBC), Geneva, Switzerland of previous FENS and IBRO Schools [email protected] Dates: July 10th– 11th, 2008 and IBRO VLTP courses. As an Alumni, Website: http://fens-villars2008.epfl.ch Contact: Liz Mobayed, please register online and collect your [email protected] or ticket for free admission at the general t The impact of translational science Dmitri A. Rusakov, Registration Desk of the FENS Forum on neuronal drug development [email protected] located in the convention centre. Venue: Palexpo conference center, Website: http://www.ion.ucl.ac.uk/ By invitation of FENS and IBRO. Geneva, Switzerland SynapseGlia Date: July 10th, 2008, 14:00 – 17:00 Special Interest Socials Contact: Judy Morgans, t Synaptic basis of disease Tuesday, July 15th, from 18:30 to 20:30 [email protected] Venue: Geneva, Centre Medical Website: under construction Universitaire (CMU) Organise a get-together and meet with Dates: July 10th – 12th, 2008 your fellow scientists. t Inaugural cerebellar symposium: Contact: Christian Lüscher & John mechanisms of cerebellar function T. Isaac via secretariat of the Special Interest Socials will be held in Venue: Ramada Park Hotel, Geneva, satellite: Ancilla Stefani, the Palexpo Conference Center. Switzerland [email protected] Date: July 11th, 2008 Website: http://www.synaptic- Contact: Ferdinando Rossi, diseases.ch [email protected] Website: http://www.socrecer.org

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For more information on this, Excursions – Half day please contact: Sandrine Haemmerli City tour of Geneva MCI Suisse SA E-mail: sandrine.haemmerli@ mci-group.com

Preliminary programme: t EUSynapse Social t NeuronE Party the opposite side of Lake Geneva. t North American graduate students The historical Old Town will be visited on & postdoctoral fellows social foot to discover its carefully preserved t Science Magazine charm. The Cathedral Saint-Pierre con- t Sensori-Motor Social structed in the 12th and 13th centuries t Sleep Social Maximum number of participants: dominates the Old Town. Right next to t Swiss Society for Neuroscience Unlimited it is the Auditorium, where Jean Calvin Duration: taught. Calvin arrived in Geneva in 1536. Students and young 3 hours – 9:00 to 12:00 OR Leading figure of the protestant Refor- scientists get-together: 14:00 to 17:00 mation, he deeply influenced religion, Jump-the-FENS July 12th & 13th 2008 ethics and social life in the western All evenings world. The oldest privately constructed from Sunday, July 13 to Nobody should leave Geneva without building is the Maison Tavel, now trans- Tuesday, July 15, seeing its monuments and historical formed into a museum of old Geneva. from 19:00 to 23:00 sites. We will take you to the most With its parks and gardens, its monu- A meeting place at the lake-side where important ones in three hours, includ- ments and museums, Geneva is today the young scientists can relax, have a ing the symbol of the city, the famous truly international and cosmopolitan, drink and a bite during the evenings. "water jet"; this impressive 460ft (140m) not only in population but also in its At the “Jump-the-FENS” site, entertain- high lake water fountain, the first of its whole atmosphere. ment will be organised that will render kind, was completed in 1891. each evening into a unique experience. The flower clock in the English garden Price per person including transporta- Details will appear at: is another symbol of Geneva, known all tion by coach and professional guide: http://web.mac.com/jumpthefens over the world. The monument of Duke of Brunswick, who left his entire fortune Minimum 20 participants, to the City of Geneva, is located right on per person CHF 52.– (EUR 32.–)

The Geneva lake cruise

Maximum number of participants: Nation’s headquarters, Embassies, 150 persons small villages which seem to roll down Duration: 2 hours – 14:00 to 16:00 to the historic waters. You probably also July 14th & 15th 2008 will appreciate the bucolic calm of the clear water, which has attracted visitors for many generations. A unique way to discover the architectural diversity and richness of the lake side. A full commen- tary will be provided and a soft drink will be served on board.

“Bon vent” as the captain would say!

Price per person including transportation by coach, private boat, soft drink Relax and enjoy all the scenic beauty and professional guide: of the Lake Geneva in one hour. You will not miss any of the unique private Minimum 20 participants, estates of famous people, the United per person CHF 77.– (EUR 46.–)

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Chocolate Factory Excursions – Full day

of Prangins, where a tight cluster of houses hides one of the region's best Chillon Castle & Lausanne kept secrets: Master Rapp’s Chocolate School. Enjoy an interactive introduction to the history and origins of chocolate. Master Rapp will let you into his secrets on how to produce this deli- cious substance. You will leave Prangins delighted, taking with you your own Swiss chocolates and a diploma from Maximum number of participants: the chocolate school. 15 persons/day Duration: 3 hours – 14:00 to 17:00 Price per person including assistance, Maximum number of participants: July 15th & 16th 2008 coach, professional guide and chocolate 98 persons/day initiation: Duration: 7 hours – 10:00 to 17:00 Transfer by coach (approx. 20 minutes July 13th 2008 drive) along Lake Geneva, through For 15 paying participants, the golden-red. La Côte vineyards will per person CHF 80.– (EUR 48.–) In the morning, departure by coach bring you to the picturesque village along scenic highway to Montreux, the pearl of the Swiss Riviera. You will be taken to the medieval castle of Chillon, built in the 13th century on Roman Wine Tasting foundations. It was the residence of the Counts of Savoy throughout the Middle Ages. Many prominent figures in history stayed there: emperors, popes, princes etc. Attracted by a historical episode relating Bonivard's imprisonment in the 16th century, Byron wrote his famous poem “The Prisoner of Chillon”. Chillon castle is one of the most recognized historical buildings in Switzerland and one of the most visited in Europe. Maximum number of participants: You will then stop at a wine cellar, where 30 persons you will have the opportunity to sample After the tour, transfer to the lunch Duration: 3 hours – 14:00 to 17:00 some of the local wines together with venue, somewhere in the middle July 14th & 15th 2008 some cheese. In the later afternoon, of the vineyards followed by a walk return by coach to Geneva. tour of Lausanne, the home of the Your coach will drive through the beauti- International Olympic Committee. ful Geneva countryside. Geneva and Price per person including transporta- Vaud cantons are famous for their wine- tion by coach, private guide and wine Price per person including assistance, growers and the variety of wines they tasting coach, professional guide, lunch produce. You will visit a winegrower and (with 2dl Swiss wine, 1 mineral water have the opportunity to taste some of Minimum 20 participants, and 1 coffee) and entrance fees: the wines. per person CHF 92.– (EUR 56.–) Minimum 20 participants, The wine that Switzerland has to offer is per person CHF 165.– (EUR 99.–) one of the best-kept secrets of this country. All along the shores of Lake Geneva you will find vineyards. Even some very steep areas right by the lake are covered with vines.

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Gstaad and Gruyères

century. Only the 13th century dungeon remains of the feudal castle. In 1593, the living quarters, destroyed by fire, were reconstructed in a comfortable savoyan style. The beautiful Chapel of St-John is also sheltered within the castle’s walls, with stained-glass windows of the 15th century. The castle belongs to and is maintained by the State since 1938.

Lunch will be served at a typical Swiss restaurant well known for its Swiss specialities. After lunch, you will have Maximum number of participants: tain resorts discovered by the interna- some free time for souvenir shopping, a 98 persons/day tional rich and famous who invariably promenade through the village. Return Duration: 8 hours – 8:30 to 17:00 get together for Christmas and other by coach to Geneva through charming July 14th 2008 holidays at the world-renowned Palace resorts and lovely countryside. Hotel. Your coach will first drive you to Montreux, Price per person, including assistance, where you will board the MOB Panoramic You will continue by coach all the way coach, train ride from Montreux to Express train for a 95 minutes voyage to Gruyères, a fortified medieval hill top Gstaad and three course lunch in through this most pleasant alpine region town and its castle, famous for the fine Gruyères (including beverages – to Gstaad. In Gstaad there is some time cheese that bears its name. A single 2dl of house wine, 1 mineral water and to feel the jet-set atmosphere made street of late Gothic houses with over- 1 coffee): famous by resident celebrities like Julie hanging roofs, Gruyères is dominated Andrews, Liz Taylor and Roger Moore. by its prestigious castle: 19 Counts Minimum 20 paying participants, Gstaad was one of the first Swiss Moun- reigned here from the 11th to the 16th per person CHF 207.– (EUR 125.–)

Yvoire (France)

Maximum number of participants: Known as a modest fishing village in cobble stoned streets and balconies 98 persons/day the beginning of the century, Yvoire is heavily weighed down under hundreds Duration: 6 hours – 9:30 to 15:30 now ranked as one of the International of Geraniums, it provides also excel- July 15th 2008 Laureates of Floral Decorations, and lent shopping opportunities for local is a member of the Association of the artifacts. A stay in Geneva would not be complete Most Beautiful Villages of France. A without enjoying a leisurely cruise on truly picturesque destination with its Lunch will be served in one of the typi- one of the famous boats of the CGN cal restaurants, where you will be able (Naval Company on Lake Geneva) for an to taste the local specialties: perch filets unforgettable 1 1/2-hour cruise through from the lake. Return to Geneva by the placid waters of Lake Geneva. Your coach through country roads. cruise will end in Yvoire, where the famous medieval French village lies, set A valid passport (and/or visa) is needed aside of the modern world by its city for this excursion. walls. Ideally situated on the expanse separating the “little lake” from the Price per person including boat tour to “great lake”, Yvoire still possess some Yvoire, professional guide, three course of the essential element of the fortifica- lunch in Yvoire (including beverages – tions of the 14th Century: the castle, 2dl of house wine, 1 mineral water and doors and ramparts. 1 coffee) and return transfer by coach:

Minimum 20 participants, per person CHF 172.– (EUR 103.–)

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Chamonix (France) The Exhibits at the FENS Forum in Geneva will be organised by The Herlitz be seen from time to time from the Company who also provides profes- Plan de l’Aiguille. Upon arrival take a sional management for the annual deep breath of fresh and clean air! meeting of the American Society for After some free time strolling around Neuroscience. the summit, taking some pictures, you will return to the village of Chamonix Exhibitors will receive detailed advance by cable car. Lunch will be taken in information on the logistics of deliveries a typical “Savoyard” restaurant in and the exact location of their booths. Chamonix, a town that holds French The Palexpo Congress Center is perfectly culinary tradition known as the best well suited for large exhibits and has all over the world. After lunch there housed many international meetings up will be time for browsing and shopp- to 15,000 participants. One big hall Maximum number of participants: ing. You will discover the spectacular (9,000 m2) will accommodate the exhi- 98 persons/day landscape between the Mont-Blanc bits together with poster sessions, Duration: 8 hours – 9:00 to 17:00 and the Lake Geneva while the coach recreation areas, internet café and food July 13th 2008 takes you back to Geneva. outlets. The Palexpo Congress Center is ideally located close to the airport and Drive by coach along the highway A valid passport (and/or visa) is motorways, at 10 minutes from the city through the Arve Valley to Chamonix. needed for this excursion. center and offers all facilities you would Once you are in Chamonix start the expect from one of the largest European trip by cable car to the top of the Price per person including assistance, congress centers. “Aiguilles du Midi” (12700 feet) coach from Geneva to Chamonix, providing you with an unforgettable cable car ride to Les Aiguilles du CONTACT panorama of the Alps and the Midi, three course lunch in Chamonix Mont-Blanc, the highest mountain (including beverages – 2dl of house Kris Herlitz in Europe (14500 feet). If it is really wine, 1 mineral water and 1 coffee), The Herlitz Company, Inc. quiet, it is not unusual to catch a transfer back to Geneva 1890 Palmer Avenue, Suite 202-A glimpse of chamois playing around Larchmont, NY 10538 of the edge of the Bossons glacier. Minimum 20 participants, USA A few marmots and weasels can also per person CHF 210.– (EUR 126.–) Tel.: +1 (914) 833-1979 Fax: +1 (914) 833-0929 E-mail: [email protected]

For further information concerning Policy and EXHIBITOR PROFILE excursions, please contact: General Information The general exhibit categories are MCI Suisse SA All excursions depart from and return Biochemicals and Reagents, Computer Rue de Lyon 75 to Palexpo Congress Centre Related Instruments, Laboratory 1211 Geneva 13 Equipment and Supplies, Optical/ Switzerland t All above quoted prices are in Imaging Instruments, Physiological E-mail: [email protected] Swiss francs and based on valid Instruments, Publishers, and 2008 rates including VAT of 7.6% Pharmaceutical Companies. Cancellation of Excursions (Prices in EURO are correct at time of publishing: 1 EUR – 1.66 CHF) EXHIBITION HOURS Notification of cancellation must be t A minimum of 20 paying par- made in writing. Full refund will be ticipants is requested to valid Saturday granted if written notice is received the excursion unless otherwise July 12th, 2008 18:30 – 19:30 prior to May 31st 2008. For cancel- stated. Sunday – Tuesday lation after this date, no refund will t All tours will be accompanied by July 13th – 15th, 9:30 – 17:30 be made. Full refunds will be made if ENGLISH speaking guides. Wednesday an activity is cancelled due to lack of t MCI Suisse SA reserves the right July 16th, 9:30 – 14:00 participation. to change the date or time of any tour due to organisational reasons.

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To attend the Forum, please register Please note that the reduced registra- METHODS OF PAYMENT online via the meeting web site tion fee is only applicable, if it has FOR REGISTRATION http://forum.fens.org/2008 been credited to the congress account Please note that registration is only before the deadline of January 31st, Registration fees, in EURO may be paid by: possible online and will allow you to 2008. Registration before this date, but register, book an accommodation and without payment, is not sufficient for t Credit card submit your abstract in a single pro- reduction. FENS accepts Mastercard and Visa. cedure. t Bank transfer Your registration fee includes access free of charge for the beneficiary. FEES AND DEADLINES to all FENS sponsored sessions, lectures, exhibits, symposia, poster, the Payment is to be made to: Early registration programme book, the abstract CD. until January 31st, 2008. Abstract books can be ordered in MCI Suisse SA – FENS 2008 advance at an extra fee of 35 EUR. t Bank: UBS SA Registration fees are the following: Rue des Noirettes 35 – 1211 Genève REGISTRATION CATEGORIES t Account n°: 240-369.393.71L Members: t Swift code: UBSWCHZH12A Regular fee: 230 ¤ t Member: FENS member societies IBAN CH18 0024 0240 3693 9371L Student fee: 95 ¤ and members of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) Please indicate the complete first Non-members: name and last name of the registered Regular fee: 300 ¤ t Non-Member: Participants from aca- participant(s), matching with the Student fee: 120 ¤ demic and non-profit organizations name(s) on the registration form, and “free of charge for the receiver Guest fee: 50 ¤ t Student: A pre-doctoral student account”. Corporate: 390 ¤ only. Postdoctoral fellows, hospital residents, interns and laboratory Bank transfer payments will only be Technical Workshops: 50 ¤ technicians do not qualify for the accepted until May 1st, 2008. An extra- Abstract book: 35 ¤ student rate. Students registering cost of 10 EUR will be charged as online must send by post or fax proof handling fee. Late registration of their status. Students registering from February 1st to June 29th, 2008. on site will also have to provide such DEADLINES FOR REGISTRATION proof. Students will be provided with Registration fees are the following: a special badge. Early registration: December 1st, 2007 – January 31st, 2008 Members: t Guest: A guest must be a non-sci- Regular fee: 290 ¤ entist family member or guest of a Late registration: Student fee: 135 ¤ scientist. Individuals under the age of February 1st, 2008 – June 29th, 2008 18 will not be permitted to attend the Non-members: meeting without adult supervision. Late registration will also be possible Regular fee: 350 ¤ Badges will not be issued for individ- on-site during the Forum. Student fee: 180 ¤ uals under the age of 18. The guest registration fee includes a badge CONFIRMATION OF REGISTRATION Guest fee: 70 ¤ and admittance to the social events Corporate: 450 ¤ (Welcome reception and admission to You will receive written confirmation FENS JAZZ nite, as well as a free ticket of registration by E-mail when the regis- Technical Workshops: 50 ¤ for public transport during the meet- tration form has been received and Abstract book: 35 ¤ ing dates). Guests are not admitted the payment has been credited to the to the scientific events. congress account. However registration Registration will also be possible on-site is valid only after payment has been during the Forum (late registration fees t Corporate: Representatives of com- credited to the congress account. apply). mercial companies that are not After June 29th, 2008, online registra- eligible for receiving free exhibitor tion will be closed, but you may register registration. at the on-site registration desk in the Geneva Palexpo Center.

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CANCELLATION AND REFUND CALL FOR ABSTRACTS MCI Suisse SA has reserved a large POLICY FOR REGISTRATION number of rooms in different hotel cat- All abstracts should be submitted egories and proposes discounted room Notice of cancellations must be made electronically on: rates for FENS 2008 participants. Only in writing by E-mail or fax to the regis- http://forum.fens.org/2008 reservations made through MCI Suisse tration office (see contact information between December 1st, 2007 and SA will benefit from these rates. The below). Please indicate your name, January 31st, 2008. Full guidelines for majority of the hotels are located in the first name, registration number and abstract submission are available on city centre. The Congress Centre can be confidential code. the Forum website. easily reached from all hotels by public transportation. Note that registered par- The date of the E-mail or fax ID will If you have any problem, contact the ticipants of FENS 2008 will be granted be the basis for considering refunds. FENS Forum Server Office: free public transportation by showing Registration fees may be refunded their badge. after the meeting as follows: cancella- E-mail: [email protected] tion received before March 31st, 2008: Please book your hotel online at 70 % refund, after March 31st, 2008: ABSTRACT DEADLINE http://forum.fens.org/2008 no refund. (with description and pictures of the The receipt deadline for abstract sub- hotels, maps and distance to the confer- NOTE: if you are 1st author of an missions is Thursday, January 31st, 2008. ence venue). abstract and cancel your registration, this abstract will be deleted. CONTACT Abstract withdrawal: In writing only, by E-mail or fax to the FENS Forum Server MCI Suisse SA office (see the contact details page). Poster Sessions Sandra Flückiger Indicate your name, first name, regis- Rue de Lyon 75 tration number and confidential code. The poster sessions will be held in the 1211 Geneva 13 Withdrawal of an abstract without main exhibit hall (Hall 1) of the Palexpo Switzerland cancelling registration does not imply Conference Center, Geneva. Tel.: +41(0)22 33 99 573 refund of the registration fee. There will be 7 poster sessions each Fax: +41(0)22 33 99 631 scheduled for a half day. Morning E-mail: [email protected] CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE session posters should be put up between 08:00 and 08:30 and removed DEADLINE FOR HOTEL BOOKING Confirmations of attendance will be between 13:00 and 13:30. Afternoon issued at the registration desk. session posters should be put up Please note that the deadline for hotel between 13:30 and 14:00 and removed booking is May 14th 2008. FENS MEMBERSHIP at 18:30. After this deadline, reservations will still be handled, but MCI Suisse SA will To become a FENS member you must The poster board size is 190 cm width not be able to guarantee hotel accom- apply for membership to one of the and 100 cm height (landscape format). modation. Reservations are made on a FENS member Societies well in advance first come, first served basis. Availability before the date you intend to register of rooms in each category is limited. for the Forum so that your membership Names of persons sharing rooms must is recorded (dependent upon accept- be indicated. Rates are in Swiss Francs ance) and FENS database is updated. (CHF) and are per room, per night, service and VAT included. CONTACT INFORMATION Participants are asked to complete the online accommodation form indicating FENS 2008 c/o their choice of hotel by order of prefer- MCI Suisse SA ence. Rue de Lyon 75 A limited number of low cost rooms will 1211 Geneva 13 be available for students. For reservation, Switzerland students will have to contact directly Fax: +41(0)22 33 99 601 addresses indicated below under low E-mail: [email protected] cost housing.

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RESERVATION AND PAYMENTS INQUIRIES CHECK-IN/CHECK-OUT TIME

Please reserve your hotel no later than Any inquiries or requests for additional Hotel check-in time is 15:00 or later. If 14 May 2008. As hotel accommoda- information, changes or cancellations of you are arriving after 18:00, please noti- tion is subject to availability, requests room reservations should be addressed fy in advance. Check-out time is noon. received after this date will not be guar- directly to MCI Suisse SA by E-mail or in anteed. writing. DISCLAIMER Reservations are made on a first come, first served basis. Availability of rooms GROUP RESERVATIONS MCI Suisse SA as the Congress planner in each category is limited; names of and FENS committees claim no liability persons sharing rooms must be indi- Group reservations will be handled by MCI for the act of any supplier to this meet- cated. Rates are intended per room, per Suisse SA with separate contracts.Please ing, nor liability for: personal injury, the night, service and VAT included. contact MCI for further information. safety of any attendee while in transit to No confirmation will be sent unless res- or from this event, for any loss or dam- ervation is guaranteed: CHANGES OF HOTEL BOOKING AND age, for delays in transport by air, sea, CANCELLATION OF ACCOMODATION rail, road, weather, in case of strikes, t either by credit card: no debit will be sickness, war or other causes. made upon reservation. The full hotel All changes of hotel reservations will be bill will be paid directly to the hotel. performed by MCI. Please do not contact METHODS OF PAYMENT Your credit card will only be debited the hotel directly. All changes must be in case of cancellation, modification requested in writing (fax, letter or E-mail). Payment by personal checks cannot or no show, as per the conditions A handling fee of CHF 50.– per hotel room be accepted. All payments have to be below; will be charged for every hotel modifica- effected in Swiss Francs (CHF). For hotel t or by bank transfer: a deposit repre- tion received after May 31st, 2008. bookings: a deposit payment for the first senting the 1st night stay is required Cancellations must also be sent to MCI night must accompany the hotel accom- upon reservation, and the pre-paid Suisse SA in writing (fax, letter or E-mail). modation form. amount will be deducted from the For cancellations received before May 31st, Additional expenses such as mini-bar, final bill when paid by the participant 2008, deposits will be refunded less laundry, etc. must be paid directly to the to the hotel. CHF 100.– for administrative costs. In hotel when checking out. case of late cancellation (after May 31st, From May 31th, 2008, only guarantee by 2008) of reserved rooms or no-shows, LIST OF HOTELS credit card will be accepted. we reserve the right to charge the full stay if the hotel room cannot be re-sold. MCI SUISSE SA A handling fee of CHF 100.– for adminis- 75, rue de Lyon trative costs will be charged. 1211 Geneva 13 · Switzerland Tel.: +41 (0)22 3399573 Fax: +41 (0)22 3399631 E-mail: [email protected]

HOTELS IN GENEVA (SWISS FRANCS) *Location on map /distance to Palexpo

HOTELS 5* Single rate Double rate Breakfast City tax Location / distance*

CROWNE PLAZA 325.– 365.– incl. 4.25 Palexpo / 5’ walking INTERCONTINENTAL 395.– 425.– 42.– 4.25 E - 2 /10' driving MÖVENPICK 310.– 350.– incl. 4.25 A - 4 / 5' driving DE LA PAIX 420.– /420.– 420.– 40.– 4.25 H -3 / 15' driving MANDARIN ORIENTAL DU RHONE 410.– 460.– 42.– 4.25 H - 4 / 15' driving KEMPINSKI (Ex PALACE HILTON) Hotel on request H -3 / 15' driving SWISSOTEL METROPOLE 415.– / – 415.– 39.– 4.25 I - 4 / 15' driving

HOTELS 4* SUP Single rate Double rate Breakfast City tax Location / distance*

BRISTOL 330.– 330.– 35.– 3.60 H - 4 / 15' driving EPSOM MANOTEL 320.– 320.– 30.– 3.60 G - 3 / 15' driving ROYAL MANOTEL 320.– 320.– 30.– 3.60 G - 3 / 15' driving TIFFANY 250.– 295.–/310.– incl. 3.60 G - 3 / 15' driving

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*Location on map /distance to Palexpo HOTELS 4* Single rate Double rate Breakfast City tax Location / distance*

AUTEUIL 300.– 300.– 28.– 3.60 G - 3 / 15' driving CORNAVIN 195.– 215.– incl. incl. G - 3 / 15' driving NH REX 200.– 225.– incl. incl. F - 3 / 10' driving MONTBRILLANT Hotel on request G - 3 / 15' driving NH GENEVA AIRPORT 170.–/200.– 195.–/225.– incl. incl. Meyrin / 10’ driving NOVOTEL GENEVE CENTRE 270.– 290.– incl. incl. G - 3 / 15' driving RAMADA PARK HOTEL 300.– 340.– incl. 3.60 B - 4 / 10’driving

HOTELS 3*SUP Single rate Double rate Breakfast City tax Location / distance*

EDELWEISS MANOTEL 280.– 280.– 18.– 2.95 G - 3 / 15' driving JADE MANOTEL 280.– 280.– 18.– 2.95 G - 3 / 15' driving KIPLING MANOTEL 280.– 280.– 18.– 2.95 G - 3 / 15' driving LES NATIONS 195.– 215.– incl. incl. E - 3 / 10’ driving MON REPOS 215.– 260.– incl. 2.95 G - 1 / 10' driving SUISSE 195.– 215.– incl. incl. G - 3 / 15’ driving

HOTELS 3* Single rate Double rate Breakfast City tax Location / distance*

ASTORIA 165.– N/A incl. incl. G - 3 / 15' driving CHAVANNES DE BOGIS 145.–/155.– 155.–/165.– incl. 0.80 20’ driving CRISTAL 150.– 180.– incl. incl. G - 3 / 15' driving DRAKE-LONGCHAMPS 150.– 170.– incl. 2.95 G - 3 / 15' driving EXPRESS HOTEL BY HOLIDAY INN 120.– 120.– incl. incl. A - 4 / 5' driving INTERNATIONAL & TERMINUS 140.– 160.– incl. 2.95 G - 3 / 15' driving MONTANA 145.– 175.– incl. 2.95 G - 3 / 15' driving NASH AIRPORT 140.–/155.– 170.–/185.– incl. 2.95 A - 4 / 5' driving PHOENIX 125.– 130.– incl. incl. B - 4 / 10’driving RAMADA ENCORE GENEVE Hotel on request La Praille / 15’ driving STRASBOURG-UNIVERS 160.– 190.–/0.– incl. incl. G - 3 / 15' driving SUITE HOTEL Hotel on request B - 4 / 10’driving TRENTE TROIS 120.– 140.– incl. incl. B - 4 / 10’driving

HOTELS 2* Single rate Double rate Breakfast City tax Location / distance*

AT HOME 120.– 160.– 10.– incl. G - 3 / 15' driving BERNINA 130.– 160.– incl. incl. G - 3 / 15' driving ETAP’ HOTEL 130.– 130.– 11.– 2.30 B - 4 / 10’driving IBIS GENEVE CENTRE 142.– 142.– 14.– 2.55 F - 5 / 15' driving

HOTELS IN FRANCE (EURO)

HOTELS 4* Single rate Double rate Breakfast City tax Location / distance*

NOVOTEL FERNEY VOLTAIRE 120.– 120.– incl. 0.80 15’ driving

HOTELS 3* Single rate Double rate Breakfast City tax Location / distance*

MY SUITE HOTEL GAILLARD 85.– 95.– incl. 0.75 45’ driving MEDIAN FERNEY VOLTAIRE 65.– 65.– incl. incl. 10’ driving

HOTELS 2* Single rate Double rate Breakfast City tax Location / distance*

STARS FERNEY VOLTAIRE 40.– 40.– incl. incl. 10’ driving

Rates are applicable for standard room, other type of rooms like deluxe room, junior suite, suite etc. are available on request.

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ABOUT GENEVA

Bordering the deep blue waters of Lac Léman, Geneva has grown wealthy and influential as the cultural and economic focus of French-speaking Switzerland. It is also an urbane, international city, and the home of global institutions such as the Red Cross and the World Health Organization. Geneva has established a reputation as a centre for art and culture. The city has over 30 museums, as well as many art galleries, theatres and an opera house where an impressive number of famous artists have appeared. Fashionable hotels, chic restaurants and elegant shops jostle for position alongthe flower-decked lake- front that encircles the famous water fountain, the “Jet d’eau” of Geneva. It spouts 140 meters (460 ft) over Lake Geneva shooting 500 litres of water per For a detailed interactive map of Geneva, LOW-COST HOUSING second. The history of this picturesque see: http://map.search.ch/geneve.en.html column of water dates back to the XIXth For a map of public transportation, see: The tourist office of Geneva provides on century when the turbine house on the http://www.unireso.com/pages/reseau.htm their website a complete list of address- Rhône River produced too much water es where to stay at minimal cost: on days when water was not taken up by www.geneve-tourisme. industrial work. To remedy the situation, ch/?rubrique=0000000020 an engineer by the name of Butticaz Persons interested should contact these developed a way to pump a 30-meter addresses directly and as early as possi- (98 feet) high stream of water into the ble to ensure availability of the low-cost air outside the building. The first purely accommodations. decorative jet was created in 1891. The “Jet d’eau” has come to symbolise Geneva around the world and tradition- ally signals the coming of spring each year. For more information on Geneva please visit the following links: http://www.geneve-tourisme.ch http://www.geneva.ch

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SITE FOOD Dress Code The dress code for the Welcome The river Rhône flows out of Lac Léman With more than a thousand cafés and Reception is casual attire. and runs through the centre of Geneva restaurants in the city, no one could under several bridges, including the possibly say Geneva lacks gastronomic Electricity pretty Pont de l’Ile. The Rive Gauche, choice. From popular Rues-Basses cafés Voltage: the wall sockets (for 2 or south of the river, is a fascinating part with a variety of seafood to the tradition- 3 pole plugs) supply 220-volt alter- of Geneva, with a grid of waterfront al stone floored Old Town restaurants nating current. In most hotels, streets comprising the main shopping with the full range from traditional Swiss sockets for North- American 110 volt and business districts. Behind, clam- dishes to internationation or gastrono- electric shavers have been installed. bering up the hillside, are the narrow, mic cooking, Geneva is definitely worth For other appliances, transformers cobbled lanes of the old town, whose a culinary tour. and adapters are necessary. principal thoroughfare, Grand Rue, leads to the 17th-century Hôtel de Ville (town CUSTOMS Shops hall) and the arcaded armory, which is Opening Hours: backed by a lovely terrace. The streets There is no limit on the amount of foreign Monday to Wednesday and Friday, around the Hôtel de Ville, with their laid- currency you can bring to Switzerland. 08:30 – 18:30. Thursday until 20:00; back cafés, second-hand bookshops and Travellers over 18 years old may import: Saturday until 18:00, closed on art galleries, make for a pleasant walk. 200 cigarettes or 50 cigars or 250 g Sunday. Shops at the airport and Nearby is the late Romanesque cathe- of tobacco, 2 litres of alcoholic drinks railway station are open on Saturday dral, a monumental edifice whose plain, (up to 15%) or 1 litre of strong alcoholic and Sunday from 08:30 to 20:00. soaring interior contains the beautiful, drinks (over 15%). 15th century frescoes of the Chapelle des Time Maccabées. USEFUL INFORMATION Central European (Greenwich GMT+1). Among the city’s several museums, the Summertime: +1 (April to end of pick is the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire Banks October). (2 rue Charles-Galland), which holds Opening Hours: a massive archaeological collection, a Monday to Friday, 08:30 – 16:30, Tipping selection of Swiss landscape painters closed on Saturday and Sunday. Prices in hotels and restaurants and and a magnificent altar-piece carved for At other times, money can be changed taxi fares are calculated to include the cathedral in the 1440s and moved at the central station, the airport and taxes and service. Tipping, therefore, here for safekeeping. Finally, make a in most hotels. ATM’s can be found is at the client’s discretion. point of seeing Geneva’s pride and throughout Geneva. There is an ATM in joy, the impressive 140 metre high “Jet the Congress Centre. Travel Insurance d’eau”, spouting high above the orna- A travel insurance policy to cover mental flowerbeds of the surrounding Climate theft, loss and medical problems Jardin Anglais, down by the lake. Between the Alps and the Jura, Geneva is recommended. The Organising enjoys a temperate climate. The average Secretariat will not be held liable for GETTING AROUND temperature in July is 20° to 25° with illness, accidents or thefts suffered occasional peaks of 30°C. Do not forget by participants or accompanying Located in the centre of Europe, Geneva to bring adequate clothing for fresh persons during the Congress or their is easily accessible by air from all major evenings. stay in Switzerland before or after the European cities, and there are interest- Congress. ing low-cost connections from several Currency of them. The international airport is only The Swiss Currency is the Swiss Franc 15 minutes from downtown. Geneva’s (CHF). At time of publishing: centre is small enough to walk around, 1 EURO = 1.66 CHF / 1US$ = 1.22 CHF. but for the suburbs you’ll need to take Payment in euros is accepted in most a tram or bus. The prices of the Geneva shops and restaurants, but change will Transportation network (Unireso) are be given back in CHF. linked to the distance traveled. A zone pass, covering the whole city, costs Credit Cards CHF 2.– per half-hour, CHF 3.– per hour All major credit cards are accepted in and CHF 7.– per day. Registered partici- the majority of hotels, restaurants and pants of FENS 2008 will be granted free shops. public transportation by showing their badge.

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TRAVEL BY PLANE LOW-COST TRAVEL HOW TO GET TO GENEVA DOWNTOWN FROM THE AIRPORT Geneva offers many possibilities in To find low cost airlines, please check terms of cheap traveling. Traveling to the following website with the infor- Public transportation Geneva is rather easy and, if booked mation on all airlines connecting with GENEVA International Airport well in advance, can be done so at a very Geneva: http://www.gva.ch/en/ is very close to attractive price: the majority of europe’s http://www.gva.ch/en/desktopdefault. Geneva city centre. It is easily reachable low cost airlines have direct flight to and aspx/tabid-174/ by train or by bus using the united net- from Geneva. If booked early enough, It is important to realize that the earlier work of public transport Unireso. Only flight tickets can be as low as EUR 25 one is booking, the cheaper the flight one single ticket is required to travel (Easyjet). See http://www.gva.ch/en/ will be. by train, tram, bus or boat in the area desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-37/ for a list France-Vaud-Geneva (cost 3.– CHF for of airlines flying to Geneva. BY TRAIN one hour). Note that registered participants of t Swiss International Air Lines is the Geneva Train Station (Cornavin) has FENS 2008 will be granted free public official carrier for the 6th Forum of connections to many of Europe’s main transportation by showing their badge. European Neuroscience 2008 and is cities: This includes buses, train in the Geneva offering special congress fares to all t France: Paris, Lyon (direct)/ area, or boat (Les Mouettes). See map participants. Marseilles and Nice (via Lyon) for details at: http://www.unireso.com/ t Germany: Frankfurt, Munich, pages/reseau.htm t These congress fares offer reductions Heidelberg, Stuttgart, Hamburg, of up to 25% depending on the fare Berlin (via Basel) It takes only 6 minutes from/to Geneva type, route and space availability. t Austria: Graz, Vienna (via St. Gallen) city centre by train (every 15 minutes). t Italy: Milano and Rome The Airport railway station has direct t Congress fares are valid for all flights (via SimplonTunnel) access to the Airport Check-in and to Switzerland on the entire SWISS Prices for fares range from EUR 80 Arrival levels. All trains stop at Geneva- network, including flights operated to EUR 150 Cornavin station (city centre). by partner airlines under the LX flight For train schedules, please go to : The following urban buses leave from number. http://www.sbb.ch/en/ the Airport (bus stops at the Check-in level, in front of the train station) to: t To take advantage of these special VISA t Geneva city centre and Onex: congress fares, please contact your bus 10 (every 10 minutes); local SWISS travel office or any of Participants requiring a visa for entry t International organisations and the the following designated ticketing to Switzerland are strongly advised to lake or Meyrin: bus 28 agents: make their application in their home (every 20 minutes); country at least three months before the t Le Lignon - Lancy - Plan-les-Ouates: intended date of travel. If in doubt, infor- bus 23 (every 15 minutes). mation can be obtained from your near- est Swiss Embassy or Consulate or from Tourist information and public trans- your travel agency. Should you need a port tickets are available at the Unireso letter of invitation to obtain an entry visa information desk in the Arrival hall for Switzerland, it will be a pleasure for after the customs. Tickets can also be MCI Suisse SA to send it to you. purchased from ticket machines located Please be informed that for citizens of at the stops (small change CHF or Euro Please check the SWISS offices some countries, a visa/passport for required) and at the train station. contact list on: France is required for certain excursions. http://www.swiss.com/offices For more information please go to: http://www.bfm.admin.ch/bfm/en/ Quoting the following tour code: home/themen/einreise.html

Tour Code CXX8059 Note to Swiss International Air Lines air travel offices: display the IDS page “GCGRF”, look up the event specified and check for the tourcode mentioned.

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SWISS STUDENTS WELCOME THEIR LOW-COST TRAVEL COLLEAGUES FROM ABROAD Website with the information on all To help students to find their way to airlines connecting with Geneva: Geneva and to make their stay most http://www.gva.ch/en/desktopde- enjoyable, PhD-students who follow fault.aspx/tabid-174/ the Lemanic Neuroscience doctoral It is important to realize that the ear- Programme have created: lier one is booking the cheaper the flight will be. t A website (http://web.mac.com/ jumpthefens) where students will LOW-COST HOUSING find practical tips on how to keep Taxi the participation at the FENS-forum The tourist office of Geneva provides Fares between airport and city range within budget-limits. This site further on their website a complete list of from about CHF 30.- to CHF 35.- and offers an interactive way to exchange addresses where to stay at minimal depend on traffic conditions, time information between students. cost: of day and number of passengers. http://www.geneve-tourisme. Presently, the fare within Geneva, t A meeting place at the lake-side ch/?rubrique=0000000020 including airport, is the amount shown where the young scientists can relax, Persons interested should contact on the taximeter. have a drink and a bite during the these addresses directly and as early The driver will request a small extra evenings. At the “Jump-the-FENS” as possible to ensure availability of charge for luggage. Tip and VAT are site, Entertainment will be organised the low-cost accommodations. included. that will render each evening into a unique experience. Details will appear at the website above.

Stipends and Travel Grants

Stipends will be available for young world. Furthermore, a large number researchers to attend the FENS Forum of national FENS member societies 2008 in Geneva. FENS and other non- will support young researchers. profit organisations will offer travel For further information, please visit grants for students from all over the http://forum.fens.org/2008

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FORUM VENUE LANGUAGE

The meeting will be held at Palexpo The official language of the event is Chemin Edouard-Sarasin · 1218 Le Grand-Saconnex English. No simultaneous interpretation Phone: +41 (0)22 761 11 11 · Fax: +41 (0)22 798 01 00 facilities will be provided during the www.palexpo.ch conference.

MEETING ROOM RENTAL

You may contact Mrs Sandrine Haemmerli via E-mail (Sandrine.Haemmerli@mci- group.com) to receive information about renting a meeting room.

NAME BADGE

Each delegate will receive a name badge upon registration. Delegates must wear the badge at all time during the conference. Admission to the meeting rooms and social events will be limited to those wearing the name badges. Please note that all participants will receive their name badge upon registration on site. Lost badges will be replaced for registered participants presenting an ID, at a replacement fee of 15 EUR.

PERSONAL PROPERTY

Please take good care of your personal belongings. Do not leave them unat- tended. Neither the conference organ- iser nor the staff from the venue will be HOW TO REACH THE FORUM VENUE (PALEXPO CONFERENCE CENTER) responsible for any loss or damage of your personal property. The Palexpo Conference Center is located From the city center, the Palexpo next to GENEVA international airport Conference Center can be reached: CHILDREN and can easily be reached by walking (10 min, 1 km) from the airport or airport t By train: from Cornavin station Children must be accompanied by a train station. (6 min), train every 15 min parent or a guardian during exhibit t By bus: bus n°5 (TPG) last stop is at hours. Parents or guardians may bring Palexpo Conference Center, 17 min children under the age of 18 to educa- from Cornavin, bus every 10 min tional and social events provided the t By taxi: the average cost from the city children do not disrupt the event. Under center is 30.– CHF. no circumstances are children under t By car: direct exit from the highway the age of 18 allowed in the exhibit hall during set up and dismantle times. Note that registered participants of FENS 2008 will be granted free public transportation by showing their badge.

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SMOKING POLICY LOCAL FORUM SECRETARIAT

Smoking is prohibited in all meeting Christel Henzelin rooms and in the Exhibition Department of Neuroscience, Prof. A. Kato ASSISTANCE FOR VISITORS WITH Centre Médical Universitaire DISABILITIES AND SPECIAL NEEDS 1, M. Servet CH-1211 Geneva 4 Please contact the Registration Desk. Switzerland Fax: +41 22 379 5452 COAT/LUGGAGE CHECK E-mail: [email protected]

There will be a coat and luggage check REGISTRATION SECRETARIAT available in the convention centre. FENS 2008 c/o PARKING MCI Suisse SA Rue de Lyon 75 There is a public parking at Palexpo, Early registration 1211 Geneva 13 P12. It is open and accessible 24 h. December 1st, 2007 – January 31st, 2008 Switzerland Cost: CHF 1.50 per hour Abstract submission deadline Fax: +41 (0)22 33 99 601 CHF 15.– per day January 31, 2008 E-mail: [email protected] Late registration INTERNET ACCESS/ WIRELESS LAN February 1st, 2008 – June 29th, 2008 ONLINE REGISTRATION AND Booking of tours and excursions ABSTRACT SUBMISSION PROBLEMS WIFI is provided in the Exhibition Hall May 31st, 2008 and in front of rooms ABC. Please refer Hotel booking If you have any problem, contact the to the Registration Desk for more infor- May 14th, 2008. FENS Forum Server Office: mation. A Cyber Café will be situated E-mail: [email protected] inside the Exhibition For cancellation made before March 31st, 2008, 70% of registration fees EXHIBITION MANAGEMENT PHOTOGRAPHY, FILMING AND will be refunded. AUDIO RECORDING For cancellations after this date, no Kris Herlitz refunds can be granted. The Herlitz Company, Inc. Unless previous permission has been 1890 Palmer Avenue, Suite 202-A granted by the speakers or poster pre- Registration will also be possible on- Larchmont, NY 10538 senters, photography, filming and audio site during the Forum (late registra- Tel.: +1 (914) 833-1979 recording is strictly forbidden during the tion fees apply). Fax: +1 (914) 833-0929 scientific sessions. E-mail: [email protected]

FOOD & BEVERAGE ACCOMMODATION AND EXCURSIONS A Self-Service catering will be available in Hall 1 near the Exhibition and the MCI Suisse SA Poster Area. Sandra Flückiger Consumption is at the participants Rue de Lyon 75 expense. 1211 Geneva 13 Switzerland POSTER AREA Fax: +41 (0)22 33 99 631 E-mail: [email protected] The Poster Area will be located next to the Exhibition.

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This information was obtained and collected from various sources. Although thoroughly checked we can not accept liability for inaccurate or incomplete information. Quoted prices are as of July 2007 and may be subject to change. Please check the FENS Forum website regularly as changes in the programme may occur.

In registering for the FENS Forum 2008 participants agree that neither the organizing committee nor the congress office assume any liability whatsoever. Participants are requested to make their own arrangements in respect of health and travel. Further the organisers cannot assume any liability for changes in the programme or cancellations of the event due to external or unforeseen circumstances and force majeure.

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