INTRODUCTORY COURSE FOR Ph.D-STUDENTS OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL NEUROSCIENCES AMSTERDAM ROTTERDAM (ONWAR) NOVEMBER 2009 PROGRAM

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1 INTRODUCTORY COURSE FOR Ph.D-STUDENTS OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL NEUROSCIENCES AMSTERDAM ROTTERDAM (ONWAR) NOVEMBER 2009 PROGRAM

2 MONDAY NOVEMBER 16, 2009 MORNING (CENTER FOR NEUROSCIENCE - SWAMMERDAM INSTITUTE FOR LIFE SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM) Address: Room C1.12, Science Park 904, Amsterdam Attached is a route description and information on public transport to Science Park. When travelling by public transport, please get of the bus (nr. 40) at bus stop Science Park Terra Introduction ONWAR Christiaan Levelt C Introduction SILS-CNS / UvA Natalie Cappaert C Good and bad effects of stress in early life on the hippocampus Charlotte Oomen C Coffee-/tea-break C From neurons and networks to cognition and behavior: what neurons in hippocampal and Jadin Jackson C1.12 ventral striatal networks tell us about memory and consolidation Pharmocoresistant epilepsy: can we cure it? Erwin van Vliet C1.12 Transfer to Rotterdam 11:35 (at the latest) bus 40 to station Amsterdam Amstel 12:03 train at Amsterdam Amstel to Rotterdam Centraal, via Gouda (platform 4) 13:10 arrival at Rotterdam Centraal (platform 12) Metro to Dijkzigt (change at station Beurs, then metro direction Schiedam) or go on foot (see route description) MONDAY NOVEMBER 16, 2009 AFTERNOON (DEPT. OF NEUROSCIENCE, ERASMUS MC, ROTTERDAM Address: Room Ee1473, Dr. Molewaterplein 50, NL-3015 GE Rotterdam Arrival with coffee and tea Ee Introduction talks Gerard Borst Ee1473 Ype Elgersma Hans van der Steen Tea Ee Labtours Drinks 14 th floor

3 TUESDAY NOVEMBER 17, 2009 MORNING (AMC RESEARCH) Address: Academic Medical Center, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam-Zuidoost (see link at the end of this file for route description and map) H2-211 Short talks about AMC research: part I Preclinical Coffee and welcome/introduction AMC H Stress in the ER: an early event in Alzheimer s disease Wiep Scheper H Improving polyglutamine protein clearance in Huntington's Disease Eric Reits H Labvisits Neurogenetics Lab. (NG) K2-261 koffiekamer (Wiep Scheper) Cell Biology Dept. (CB) M3-107 (Eric Reits) Pathology/Neuropathology (NP) H0-secretariaat (Eleonora Aronica/Dirk Troost) Group I Group II Group III NG CB NP CB NP NG H2-211 Short talks about AMC research: part II Clinical Clinical research on dementia Pim van Gool H Molecular imaging: insights into drug addiction Jan Booij H2-211

4 TUESDAY NOVEMBER 17, 2009 AFTERNOON (NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE) Address: Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Meibergdreef 47, Amsterdam-Zuidoost (see link at the end of this file for route description and map) Lunch (complimentary) NIN, 3 rd floor Retinal signal processing and disease Maarten Kamermans NIN, 3 rd floor Plasticity at the molecular, cellular and systems level Christiaan Levelt NIN, 3 rd floor Break NIN, 3 rd floor Sleep and Cognition Matt Self and Ysbrand van der NIN, 3 rd floor Werf De- and regeneration in the CNS Elly Hol NIN, 3 rd floor Neuroendocrinology in health and disease Dick Swaab NIN, 3 rd floor Break Lab Visit I Lab Visit II Lab Visit III

5 WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 18, 2009 (NEUROSCIENCE CAMPUS VU UNIVERSITY) Address: VU University Amsterdam, Science Building, De Boelelaan 1085, Amsterdam Organization research Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam Arjen Brussaard WN C147, VUA Overview research CNCR Mattthijs Verhage WN C Systems Biology of the Synapse Guus Smit WN C Integrative Neurophysiology, Circuitry & Networks Huibert Mansvelder WN C Coffee/tea Functional Genomics, Neurophysiology, Molecular and Cellular Demonstrations A4, C4 and C3 Neurobiology Lunch (complimentary) B Behavioural Research in Addiction & Impulsivity Ton Schoffelmeer WN F :00 Childhood White Matter Diseases Gert Scheper WN F123 14:00 14:30 Parkinson s Disease Henk Berendse WN F123 14:30 14:45 Coffee/tea 15:00 15:30 Confocal Laser Scan Microscope and EM Floris Wouterlood WN F123 15:30 16:30 Demo CSLM and 3D reconstruction Floris Wouterlood G-102d (room near secretariat Anatomy and Neurosciences, Van der Boechorststraat 7, VUmc) Maybe another demonstration will be organised between 15:30 and 16:30 p.m.; to be announced on November 18, if applicable.

6 HOW TO REACH THE CENTER FOR NEUROSCIENCE - SWAMMERDAM INSTITUTE FOR LIFE SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM) (see PDF-file.) HOW TO REACH THE DEPT. OF NEUROSCIENCE, ERASMUS MC The department is in the faculty building, which is the large white building central in the Erasmus MC complex (also known as "Hoboken"). The entrance of the building and the lecture halls are at the third floor. We are at the 12th and 14th floor. By foot from the central station Exit the station through the main exit. Take the road that you are facing on exit (first 'Kruisplein', later 'Westersingel'). Continue until the Rochussenstraat. Turn right and continue until the first traffic lights. Turn left here. By metro Erasmus MC is close to station 'Dijkzigt' at the Calandlijn. Take the subway from Centraal Station (Erasmuslijn) and change at station 'Beurs' (second stop) to the Calland lijn in the direction Schiedam/Spijkenisse (west). Depending on the direction from which you arrive, you can also take the Calandlijn directly at Rotterdam Alexander or Schiedam railway station. See also: HOW TO REACH THE ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER (AMC)/ NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE (see also Address AMC: Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam-ZO Address NIN: Meibergdreef 47, Amsterdam-ZO By subway: From Amsterdam Central Station or from Amstel Station take line 54 (direction "Gein"). From Duivendrecht and Bijlmer lines 50 and 54 go to Gein. Exit at Holendrecht station and follow the covered walkway to the AMC (10 min.) HOW TO REACH DE VU UNIVERSITY AND VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER AMSTERDAM Addresses at the VU/VUmc: De Boelelaan 1085 and Van der Boechorststraat 7. For route description and maps, please see: