Registration

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Welcome (Eva Naninck)

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Keynote speaker: Sophie Layé

The impact of polyunsaturated fatty acids on the brain

French National Institute for Agricultural Research - Laboratoire Nutrition et Neurobiologie Intégrée (NutriNeuro), Bordeaux, France.

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Session 1: Nutrition x Cognition

Chair: Maralinde Abbink

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Eline van der Beek

Early nutrition and metabolic programming

Department of Pediatrics, University Groningen Medical Centre & Nutricia Research, Utrecht, NL

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Mark Verheijen

Lipids in neuron-glia interaction

Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Vrije University, Amsterdam, NL

 

Kitty Reemst

Dietary intervention with LC-PUFAs to prevent the effects of early-life stress

Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, Amsterdam, NL

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Coffee

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Session 2: Stress x Metabolism

Chair: Silvie Ruigrok

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Liesbeth van Rossum

Biological stress and obesity

Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, NL

 

Onno Meijer

The Glucocorticoid Receptor as a target in metabolic disease

Leiden Universitair Medisch Centrum, Leiden, NL

 

Laura Koekkoek

Metabolic programming

Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam, NL

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Lunch + posters

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Keynote speaker: Staci Bilbo

Inflammatory challenges early in life

Harvard University, Director of Research, Lurie Center for Autism, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA

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Session 3: Inflammation x Brain

Chair: Janssen Kotah

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Elga de Vries

Alterations in the neurovascular unit underlying neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative conditions 

Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, NL

 

Bart Eggen

The (epi)genetic regulation of microglia identity and function under normal and neuroinflammatory conditions

Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, NL

 

Erik van Tilborg

Inflammation x brain interactions in white matter injury of prematurity

University Medical Centre, Utrecht, NL

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Coffee

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Session 4: Stress x Memory

Chair: Aniko Korosi

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Harm Krugers

Early-life stress affecting emotional memory

Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, Center for Neurosciences, Amsterdam, NL

 

Mirjam van Zuiden,

Dutch hunger winter PTSD

Department of Psychiatry, Academisch Medisch Centrum, Amsterdam, NL

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Marloes Henckens

Understanding the mechanistic underpinnings of stress-related mental disorders using human and animal research techniques

Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behavior, Nijmegen, NL
 

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Closing lecture: Aniko Korosi

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Drinks