Richard Robitaille (Université de Montréal • Montréal, Canada)
Ca²⁺ imaging tools: modes of action and limitations
[30 min + 10 min discussion]

Amit Agarwal (Heidelberg University • Heidelberg, Germany)
Astrocyte Ca²⁺ signals: analysis and interpretation
[30 min + 10 min discussion]

Coffee break

Alfonso Araque (University of Minnesota • Minneapolis, MN, USA)
Stimulating neurons and astrocytes
[30 min + 10 min discussion]

Student presentations 1

[7 min + 3 min discussion each]

Simon Alvado (Montréal, Canada)
Efficacy and quality of neuromuscular junction reinnervation: impacts in ALS

Rafael Falcon Moya (Minneapolis, MN, USA)
Enhancement of synaptic plasticity and learning mediated by dopaminergic activation of hippocampal astrocytes

Nikola Habek (Zagreb, Croatia)
GABA transporter 3 in the interaction between astrocytes and hippocampal interneurons

Jacob Noeker (Minneapolis, MN, USA)
Serotonin-induced astrocyte activity: neuromodulatory control of fear behavior

Alicia Rey (Lausanne, Switzerland)
The role of astrocytic fatty acid beta-oxidation in the postnatal and adult mouse brain

Rafaela Seixas (Oporto, Portugal)
Investigating astrocytic heterogeneity at the level of individual perisynaptic processes

Agora • Info & Preparation (1)

Lunch

Student presentations 2

[7 min + 3 min discussion each]

Fabio Allia (Enna, Italy)
Glial cells in rare neurodegenerative disorders: a focus on Krabbe disease

Isabel Anaí Echeverría Oviedo (Leuven, Belgium)
The role of astrocyte-neuron interactions in the brain’s recovery from sensory loss

Arthur Aleksandrovich Ermakov (Utrecht, The Netherlands)
Exploring reactive gliosis in dementia with human iPSC-derived models: gaining mechanistic insight and assessing functional impact

Marieke Krepel (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Proteostatic neuron to astrocyte signalling induced by tau pathology

Anita Lygeroudi (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Ceramide levels elucidated in astrocyte reactivity in Alzheimer’s disease

Mariacristina Mazzitelli (Lubbock, TX, USA)
The role of amygdala astrocytes in the development of chronic pain

Frank Kirchhoff (University of Saarland • Homburg, Germany)
Genetic mouse models to study astrocyte physiology in vivo
[30 min + 10 min discussion]

Coffee break

Student presentations 3

[7 min + 3 min discussion each]

Matilde Amat di San Filippo (Bern, Switzerland)
Diversity of astrocyte signalling in neuronal plasticity and memory formation

Sofia Barile (Genoa, Italy)
Deciphering astrocytic involvement in valence processing within the dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN)

Clara Franco (Paris, France)
A flexible hypothalamic astrocyte network adapts to high-energy diet in a sex-dependent manner

Shay Meron Asher (Jerusalem, Israel)
How do astrocytic activity and astrocytic domains affect hippocampal neuronal place cells?

Ingrid Peterson (Tucson, AZ, USA)
Understanding the role of brainstem glial dysfunction during medication overuse headache

Lisa Porschen (Lund, Sweden)
High-fat diet-induced alterations of cerebrovascular S1P signaling in experimental stroke

Saana Seppälä (Tampere, Finland)
Biophysically and morphologically detailed computational models for neuron-astrocyte interactions in health and disease

Dinner

Student presentations 4

[7 min + 3 min discussion each]

Naama Brezner (Montréal, Canada)
DNA methylation in astrocyte maturation

Max Gentenaar (Leiden, The Netherlands)
Single-nucleus sequencing in R6/2 mice reveals Huntington’s disease specific cell populations and partial transcriptional normalization by GR antagonism

Ombeline Gruere (Homburg, Germany)
Molecular characterization and functional Integration of Fañanas Cells in the mouse cerebellum

Agathe Lafont (Montréal, Canada)
Exploring vulnerability across NMJs in ALS: physiological and transcriptomic insights

Bohan Li (Beijing, China)
Multiplex imaging of purinergic dynamics in vivo with an expanded toolbox of GRAB sensors

Matthew Holt (University of Porto • Oporto, Portugal)
The expanding RNA-seq toolkit and its application to astrocyte biology
[30 min + 10 min discussion]

Coffee break

Student presentations 5

[7 min + 3 min discussion each]

Alessia Memeo (Bari, Italy)
S-palmitoylation dependence of AQP4-M1 tetramers dynamics

Marta Mestroni (Bordeaux, France)
Cannabinergic astrocytes may mediate eCB activity through linoleic acid metabolism in mice

George Sideris-Lampretsas (London, United Kingdom)
Serotonin-mediated pericyte constriction in health and Alzheimer’s disease

Ghanendra Singh (Graz, Austria)
Modeling astrocytic blood brain barrier and sex-specific contribution in major depressive disorder

Sara Sposito (Rome, Italy)
Inducible pluripotent stem (iPS) cell-derived human astrocytes as a new disease model for the megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy with subcortical cysts (MLC): searching for shared pathological mechanisms of myelin degeneration in astrocytopathies

Keith Murai (McGill University Health Centre • Montréal, Canada)
Targeting astrocytes: labeling approaches for astrocyte visualization and molecular manipulation
[30 min + 10 min discussion]

Lunch

Student presentations 6

[7 min + 3 min discussion each]

Natalia Quiroz Correa (Medellin, Colombia)
Astrocyte-like cells derived from menstrual blood-derived mesenchymal stromal cells: an efficient platform for disease modeling and therapy testing

Lucille Torres (Saclay, France)
Analysis of mouse subicular astrocytes in the context of Alzheimer’s disease

Anna Törteli (Szeged, Hungary)
Spreading depolarization causes reperfusion failure after acute ischemic stroke

Lola Ugalde-Triviño (Madrid, Spain)
Interactions established by isoform-specific TrkB-T1 sequences govern inflammatory response and neurotoxicity in stroke

Diego Julian Vesga Jimenez (Regensburg, Germany)
Astrocytes phagocytic sexual dimorphism fosters Major Depressive Disorder through MEGF10 dysfunction

Rosa C. Paolicelli (University of Lausanne • Lausanne, Switzerland)
The relevance of functional assays to understand microglial complexity
[30 min + 10 min discussion]

Agora • Preparation (2) [with coffee]
Students divided in groups

Pizza party

Giovanni Marsicano (INSERM • Bordeaux, France)
Behavioural studies: data first, interpretations later
[30 min + 10 min discussion]

Elly Hol (UMC Utrecht • Utrecht, The Netherlands)
Human astrocytes: from postmortem brains to iPSC models
[30 min + 10 min discussion]

Coffee break

Kerstin Lenk (Graz University of Technology • Graz, Austria)
Computational astrocyte models at the single-cell level
[30 min + 10 min discussion]

Mark Verheijen (Vrije Universiteit • Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Molecular analysis of astrocyte subdomains
[30 min + 10 min discussion]

Lunch

Departure to Ravenna
Sightseeing and guided tours, followed by dinner
Return to Bertinoro after dinner

Amit Agarwal (Heidelberg University • Heidelberg, Germany)
Decoding mitochondrial dynamics in cortical astrocytes
[30 min + 10 min discussion]

Shan Bian (Tongji University • Shanghai, China)
Using brain organoids to understand the evolution and development of human brains
[30 min + 10 min discussion]

Coffee break

Alfonso Araque (University of Minnesota • Minneapolis, MN, USA)
Scaling up tripartite synapses: from synapses to network and behavior
[30 min + 10 min discussion]

Keith Murai (McGill University Health Centre • Montréal, Canada)
Structural signatures of astrocytes in CNS health and disease
[30 min + 10 min discussion]

Lunch

Frank Kirchhoff (University of Saarland • Homburg, Germany)
The astroglial GABAB receptor and absence epilepsy – sex-specific differences in response to GHB
[30 min + 10 min discussion]

Kerstin Lenk (Graz University of Technology • Graz, Austria)
Computational astrocyte models at the network level
[30 min + 10 min discussion]

Agora • Preparation (3) [with coffee]
Students divided in groups

Dinner

Rosa C. Paolicelli (University of Lausanne • Lausanne, Switzerland)
Early microglia dysfunction in brain diseases
[30 min + 10 min discussion]

Elly Hol (UMC Utrecht • Utrecht, The Netherlands)
The astrocyte cytoskeleton in brain diseases
[30 min + 10 min discussion]

Coffee break

Giovanni Marsicano (INSERM • Bordeaux, France)
CB1 receptor in astrocytes: a link between metabolism and synapses
[30 min + 10 min discussion]

Matthew Holt (University of Porto • Oporto, Portugal)
Astrocytes: central players in differential synaptogenesis?
[30 min + 10 min discussion]

Lunch

Mark Verheijen (Vrije Universiteit • Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Astrocyte-synapse contacts in memory function
[30 min + 10 min discussion]

Giorgio Carmignoto (CNR Institute of Neurosciences • Padua, Italy)
A novel view of astrocyte Ca²⁺ dynamics in brain functioning
[30 min + 10 min discussion]

Richard Robitaille (Université de Montréal • Montréal, Canada)
Glial cells regulate neuromuscular junction in health and disease
[30 min + 10 min discussion]

Agora Preparation (4) [with coffee]
Students divided in groups

Dinner