Neuroinformatics in Belgium.
Promotion zaal (Aula UIA)
March 14, 2002
Schedule:
13:00 - 13.30 : E. De Schutter (UA): "Neuroinformatics defined: perspectives from the OECD Global Science Forum"
13.30 - 16.45 : Scientific presentations by Belgian Neuro-informatics labs.
13.30 : S. Schiffman and D. Gall (ULB): "Modulation of ion channel activity, synaptic transmission and neuronal excitability in the cerebellum and the striatum: a combined experimental and theoretical approach"
13.45 : A. Goldbeter (ULB): "Modeling the molecular regulatory mechanism of circadian rhythms"
14.00 : G.A. Orban (KUL): "Biological vision and artifical life"
14.15 : M. Van Hulle (KUL): "New tools and algorithms for functional neuro-imaging"
14.30 : P. Lefevre (UCL): "Modeling neural control of movement"
14.45 : B. Manderick (VUB): "An agent-based approach to adaptive dynamics"
15.00 : coffee break
15.30 : J.M. Rigo (ULg): "From molecular and cellular neurobiology to neuroinformatics in Liège"
15.45 : E. Thomas (ULg): "Bioinformatic tools in studies of corti-cothalamic excitability"
16.00 : V. Steuber (UA): "Realistic modeling of cerebellar cortex"
16.15 : R. Cannon (UA): "Non-curated databases for experimental data and models in neuroscience"
16.30 : L. Leybaert (RUG): "Modeling brain glucose fluxes and metabolic coupling in a compartmentalized model focusing on astrocyte-endothelial interactions"
16.45 - 17.30 : panel discussion on needs of the neuro-informatics field in Belgium (including administrators from funding agencies).
Confirmed representatives:
- AWI: P. Dengis, V. Lories
- DWTI: not known yet
- FWO: J. Traest
- FNRS: S. Schiffmann
- IWT: not known yet