The Program

MORNING SYMPOSIUM
Applied and Functional Modelling: fMRI, Graph Theory, Functional Connectivity, Analysis and Interpretation of Cognitive Data.

8:45–9:00 Welcome and Registration

9:00–9:45 Multiscale structural and functional brain networks in health and disease
Jesus Cortes, BioCruces Hospital Clinic, Bilbao, Spain.  

9:45–10:30 Discovering functional networks using coupled cortical oscillations
Craig Richter, Basque Center On Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL), Santander, Spain.

10:30–11:00 COFFE BREAK

11:00–11:45 Linking hubs, embryonic neurogenesis, transcriptomic, and diseases in human brain networks
Paolo Bonifazi, BioCruces Hospital Clinic, Bilbao, Spain.

11:45–12:30 Neuron-Glial Circuits Across the Cognitive Spectrum
Maurizio De Pitta, Basque Center for Applied Mathematics (BCAM), Bilbao, Spain, and the Krembil Research Institute,
Toronto, Canada.   

12:30–14:00 LUNCH

AFTERNOON TOPIC SESSION

Modeling Neuron-Glial Interactions.

Curator: Maurizio De Pitta (BCAM/Krembil)

14:00–16:00 From Tripartite-Synapses to Neuron-Glial Networks

16:00–16:30 BREAK

16:30–18:00 Focus Session: Bistable Tripartite Synapses Synapses

MORNING SYMPOSIUM
Fundamental Models in Computational Neuroscience: McCulloch-Pitts Neurons and Hopfield Networks, Spin Glass Thermodynamics, Attractor Dynamics, and Chaos.

8:45–9:00 Setup

9:00–9:45 Nonequilibrium associative memories in neuroscience and machine learning

  Miguel Aguilera, Basque Center for Applied Mathematics (BCAM), Bilbao, Spain

9:45–10:30 Feedback Ising models neural networks dynamics

  Daniele De Martino, Biofizika Institute (CSIC-UPV/EHU), Leioa, Spain

10:30–11:00 COFFE BREAK

11:00–11:45 Nonlinear dynamics in small groups of Hindmarsh-Rose neurons

  Dmitry Sinelshchikov, Biofizika Institute (CSIC-UPV/EHU), Leioa, Spain

11:45–12:30 Emergence of modular and hierarchical neural networks driven by learning of external stimuli

  Gorka Zamora-Lopez, Pompeu Fabra University, (UPF), Barcelona, Spain

12:30–14:00 LUNCH

AFTERNOON TOPIC SESSION

Glial Functional Readouts

Curator: Maurizio De Pitta (BCAM/Krembil)  

14:00–16:00 Hodgkin-Huxley models for Glial Calcium 

16:00–16:30 BREAK

16:30–18:00 Focus Session: Attractor dynamics in a GPCR model of astrocyte readout.

MORNING SYMPOSIUM
Brain-Inspired Modeling Tools: TVB and Neuro-AI approaches

8:45–9:00 Setup

9:00–9:45     The Virtual Brain (TVB) - Architectural view over a modeling tool for full brain simulation

   Romina Baila, CODEMART, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

9:45–10:3      Focus Session: How to Harness The Virtual Brain Capability.
Romina Baila, CODEMART, Cluj-Napoca, Romania 

10:30–11:00 COFFE BREAK

11:00–11:45 Digital twin technology to better understand and treat the brain

  Christophe Bernard, Aix-Marseille University (AMU), Marseilles, France

11:45–12:30 BiaPy: Empowering bioimage analysis workflow for all audiences

  Ignacio Arganda-Carreras, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), DIPC, Biofisika Institute,  Leioa, Spain

12:30–14:00 LUNCH

AFTERNOON TOPIC SESSION

Physics of Neuron-Glia-Vascular Interactions.

Curator: Michelangelo Volpi (BCAM)

14:00–16:00 Conceptualization of the Glymphatic System and the Physics behind it.

16:00–16:30 BREAK

16:30–18:00 Focus Session: Computational Fluid Dynamics in the NGVU.