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Keynote Speakers

Sophie Layé

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

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Effects of essential fatty acids on the brain

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Staci Bilbo

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

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Inflammatory challenges early in life

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Session Speakers

Eline van der Beek

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

Early nutrition and metabolic programming

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Bart Eggen

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

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

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Marloes Henckens

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

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

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Laura Koekkoek

Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Amsterdam, NL

Metabolic programming

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Harm Krugers

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

Early-life stress affecting emotional memory

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Onno Meijer

Leiden Universitair Medisch Centrum, Leiden, NL

The Glucocorticoid Receptor as a target in metabolic disease

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Kitty Reemst

Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, Amsterdam, NL

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

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Liesbeth van Rossum

Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, NL

Biological stress and obesity

 
 
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Erik van Tilborg

University Medical Centre, Utrecht, NL

Inflammation x brain interactions in white matter injury of prematurity

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Mark Verheijen

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

Lipids in neuron-glia interaction

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Elga de Vries

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

Alterations in the neurovascular unit underlying neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative conditions 

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Mirjam van Zuiden

Department of Psychiatry, Academisch Medisch Centrum, Amsterdam, NL

Dutch hunger winter PTSD

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