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 functional and structural 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), San-Sebastian, Spain.

10:30–11:00 COFFE BREAK 

11:00–11:45 Pathotopologies’ dynamics and astrocytes: Evidence from animal models

Paolo Bonifazi, Bio Cruces Hospital Clinic, Bilbao, Spain. 

11:45–12:30 Neuron-Glial circuits for cognition.

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 Setup

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, 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 BiaPy: Bioimage analysis workflow for all audiences 

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

9:45–10:30 Digital twin technology to better understand and treat the brain 

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

10:30–11:00 COFFE BREAK 

11:00–11:45 The Virtual Brain (TVB) – Architectural view over a modeling tool for full brain simulation

Romina Baila, CODEMART, Cluj-Napoca, Romania 

11:45–12:30 Focus Session: How to Harness The Virtual Brain Capability.

Romina Baila, CODEMART, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

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.