{"id":614,"date":"2019-11-06T13:43:50","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T13:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/website.prod.unilu.spikeseed.cloud\/fr\/news\/fifth-international-systems-biomedicine-symposium\/"},"modified":"2019-11-06T13:43:50","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T13:43:50","slug":"fifth-international-systems-biomedicine-symposium","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/fr\/news\/fifth-international-systems-biomedicine-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"Fifth international Systems Biomedicine symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-free-section section\"><div class=\"container xl:max-w-screen-xl\"><p>On 5 November 2019, the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) of the University of Luxembourg hosted its fifth\u00a0international Systems Biomedicine symposium entitled \u201cSystems Neuroscience: bridging the scales of the brain\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"a-multidisciplinary-conference-to-tackle-the-complexity-of-the-brain\"\n    >\nA multidisciplinary conference to tackle the complexity of the brain<\/h2>\n<p>The conference brought together world-wide leading experts from experimental as well as computational neuroscience in an interdisciplinary framework to address the huge complexity of the human brain and to demonstrate how systematic approaches can be used to reveal disease mechanisms. \u201cThe conference program focused on the integration of the different biological scales ranging from molecules to cells, neuronal circuits and the whole brain, to generate mechanistic insights of the emergent dynamics of the brain and its association to diverse neuropathologies,\u201d explains Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/wwwfr.uni.lu\/lcsb\/people\/alexander_skupin\" target=\"_self\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Alexander Skupin<\/a>, principal investigator at the LCSB and the main organiser of the conference.<\/p><p>The human brain with its 10<sup>11\u00a0<\/sup>neurons and 10<sup>14<\/sup>\u00a0connections between them is the by far most complex organ and probably one of the most complex systems in the universe. While neuroscience has focused mainly on the neuronal part of the brain within the last decades, more recently the importance of glia cells that account for more than 50% of the human brain has led to the perspective of the brain being a cellular ecosystem. The conference featured how researchers tackle the complexity of the brain with its different layers using cutting-edge approaches from genetics, electrophysiology, single cell biology, omics technologies, neuroimaging and corresponding data analysis and modelling approaches.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"keynotes-talks-focusing-on-the-brain-network\"\n    >\nKeynotes talks focusing on the brain network<\/h2>\n<p>The two keynote speakers focused on the brain network, also called \u201cthe connectome\u201d. Prof. Helmstaedter, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research in Frankfurt, explained how, using novel electron microscopy techniques and machine-learning data analysis, researchers are now able to map the dense brain network at a larger scale, thereby providing first exciting insights into how neuronal circuits operate in the brain. In the future, Prof. Helmstaedter\u2019s aims to make connectomics a high-throughput screening technique for neuroscience, applicable to the large circuits in the mammalian cerebral cortex.<\/p><p>Closing the conference, Dr. van den Heuvel, Head of the Dutch Conncetome Lab at Vrije University of Amsterdam, discussed general\u00a0organisational\u00a0principles of the brain network. He highlighted how connectomes display cost-effective\u00a0wiring, community structure, and costly connected hubs which may be central for neural integration and communication in our brain. He talked about the role of such network properties in shaping the human brain function, how they\u00a0may overlap and vary across species and how they may potentially\u00a0play a central role in the development of human brain disorders. Dr. van den Heuvel concluded his talk by stressing how important it was to start building bridges between the different scales of the brain and working on multi-scale associations.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"        id=\"networking-and-poster-presentation\"\n    >\nNetworking and poster presentation<\/h2>\n<p>During the breaks, fifteen researchers presented their scientific project at the poster session, an opportunity to foster interdisciplinary exchanges. \u201cNetworking opportunities are key moments for our scientists to get different perspectives on their research. By exchanging with other scientists from around the world and by create new interdisciplinary collaborations, we put the LCSB on the international scene and address important questions about complex systems like the brain,\u201d concludes Rudi Balling, Director of the LCSB.<\/p><\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 5 November 2019, the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) of the University of Luxembourg hosted its fifth\u00a0international Systems Biomedicine symposium entitled \u201cSystems Neuroscience: bridging the scales of the brain\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_image_focal_point":[],"show_featured_caption":false,"ulux_newsletter_groups":"","uluxPostTitle":"","uluxPrePostTitle":"","_trash_the_other_posts":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false},"news-category":[3],"news-topic":[19],"organisation":[202,226],"authorship":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v22.3) - 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