Roots of Neurodiversity
Scuola Normale Superiore Sala Azzurra 17.December 2024
9:00 am ~ 6:00 pm Pisa, ITALY
plasticity & perception
9.00-9.30 Tommaso Pizzorusso (Scuola Normale Superiore)
"Brain wide approaches to neuroplasticity and
behavior"
9.30-10.05 Takao Hensch (BCH / IRCN)
“Unlocking critical periods”
10.05-10.30 MOU Signing/photo/coffee break
10.30-11.00 Paola Binda (University of Pisa)
“Plasticity of the adult visual brain: studies in humans”
11.00-11.30 Kenichi Ohki (UTokyo IRCN)
“Development of cortical-cortical connections in the
visual system”
11.30-12.00 Davide Bottari (IMT Lucca)
“Experience-dependent plasticity in typical and
atypical developmental trajectories”
12.00-13.30 Lunch
interoception & computation
13.30-14.00 Paola Tognini (Scuola Superiore Sant’ Anna)
“Mechanisms underlying the effects of nutritional
challenges on brain function and behavior”
14.00-14.30 Yukie Nagai (UTokyo IRCN)
“Exploring Neurodiverse Minds through Embodied Predictive
Processing”
14.30-15.00 Eleonora Russo (Scuola Superiore Sant’ Anna)
“Uncovering Hidden Regularities: Unsupervised Approaches
to the Discovery of Neuronal Latent States and Dynamics”
15.00-15.20 coffee break
novel etiologies & treatment
15.20-15.50 Kazuo Emoto (UTokyo IRCN)
“Presynaptic Ube3a eliminates developing synapses”
15.50-16.20 Laura Baroncelli (CNR)
“Creatine Transporter Deficiency: Navigating the Path to
Effective Therapy”
16.20-16.50 Takamitsu Watanabe (UTokyo IRCN)
“Diversity of brain dynamics”
16.50-17.00 Concluding remarks
