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Course program

Review all the speakers and their topics, divided into 3 days of activity. Organized by day and thematic working session.

Day 1: Introduction to Neurepiomics

21/10

Session 1: Introduction

Dr.Hieab Adams (Chile & Netherlands)

9:00-9:05 Welcome

Prof. Lenore Launer (US)

9:05-9:35 Epidemiology of stroke and dementia

Prof. Sudha Seshadri (US)

9:40-10:10 (Gen)omics of dementia and imaging endophenotypes

Prof. Stephanie Debette (France)

10:15-10:45 (Gen)omics of stroke and MRI-markers of cerebral small vessel disease

10:45 – 11:00 Coffee break

Session 2: Genome wide association studies

Dr. Aniket Mishra (France)

11:00-11:30 Introduction to methodological approaches for GWAS and WGS, with practical tutorial

Dr. Myriam Fornage (US)

11:35- 12:05 Leveraging population diversity and admixture for genomic and multiomic studies

Dr.Alfredo Ramírez (Germany and Chile)

12:10-12:40 (Gen)omics of brain disease in non-European ancestry populations

12:45 – 14:10 Lunch

Session 3: Unraveling brain phenotypes

Dr. Tomas Paus (Canada)

14:15-14:45 From virtual histology to novel brain imaging phenotypes for omics of brain disease

Dr. Olivier Colliot (France):

14:50-15:20 AI/ML approaches to leverage very large-scale clinic-based brain MRI resources

Dr. Ami Tsuchida(France):

16:15-16:40 AI/ML approaches to derive comprehensive MRI-markers of cerebral small vessel disease

16:00 – 16:15 Coffee break

Session 4: Mechanisms in neurodegeneration

Prof. Claudia Duran Aniotz (Chile)

16:15-16:45 Blood biomarkers in AD: status quo in LA

Dr. Claudia Satizabal (Chile)

16:50-17:20 Vascular mechanisms in neurodegeneration: the MarkVCID consortium

Dr. Jacobo Diego Sitt (France)

17:25-17:55 Whole brain modelling for simulating pharmacological interventions on patients with disorders of consciousness

18:30 – 22:30 Group dinner

Day 2: (Gen)omics of brain disease in non-European ancestry populations

22/10

Session 5: Neurodegeneration in diverse groups

Dr. Tavia Evans (Ireland)

9:05-9:30 A global perspective on neurodegeneration: barriers and solutions to more representative research

Prof. Agustín Ibanez (Chile)

9:35-10:05 Multimodal diversity, biophysical modeling, brain clocks, and higher-order interactions in aging and dementia

Dr. Sarael Alcauter (Mex)

10:10-10:40 MexPD: genes, mental health, and brain function in Parkinson's Disease in Mexico

10:45 – 11:00 Coffee break

Session 6: Stroke in diverse groups

Prof. Rufus Akinyemi (Nigeria)

11:00-11:30 African Stroke Organization and first indigenous African GWAS, African Dementia Network

Prof. Hee-Joon Bae (Korea)

11:35-12:05 GENESIS-K, towards a global vascular brain health initiative in East-Asia

Prof. Guido Falcone (US)

12:10-12:40 Unraveling stroke mechanisms and risk factors in diverse populations using genomics in the All of Us study

Dr. Leslie Ecker-Ferreira (Brazil)

12:45-13:15 Contributions of the Joinville Stroke Biobank to Stroke Genetics Research in Brazil

13:20 – 14:35 Lunch

15:30 – 17:00 BrainLat tour + group picture (including transportation)

17:00 – 21:00 Social event and dinner (including transportation)

Day 3: Cutting edge technologies

23/10

Session 7: Emerging techniques

Dr. Phil de Jager (US)

9:05-9:30 Modeling single nucleus data to reconstruct the sequence of cellular events leading to Alzheimer’s disease

Dr. Hieab Adams (Nederland and Chile)

9:35-10:05 Deciphering cell death in vivo using cell-free DNA methylation

Dr. Joshua Harper (Paraguay)

10:10-10:40 Engineering an ultra-low-field MRI for brain research

10:45 – 11:00 Coffee break

Session 8: Low-field imaging spotlight

Dr. Jean-Michel Franconi (France)

11:00-11:30 Opportunities and challenges of low-field MRI – a physicist’s perspective

Dr. Philippe Massot (France)

11:35-12:05 Opportunities and challenges of low-field MRI – a physicist’s perspective

Dr. Pablo Irarrazaval (Chile)

12:10-12:40 Challenges of imaging at low field: sequences and reconstruction

Dr. Carolina Ochoa Rosales (Chile)

12:45-13:15 Utilizing ultra-low-field imaging in research and clinical practice

13:30 – 14:45 Lunch

End of Neurepiomics

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