Lineup

Preliminary course program

23rd February 2023

16:00-17:30 CET

Introduction to the course

Marco de Curtis, Maria Paola Canevini, Piotr Suffczynski and Premysl Jiruska 

17:40-19:10 CET

Lecture: Introduction to human epilepsy

Marian Galovic and Petr Marusic

2nd March 2023

16:00-17:30 CET

Interactive session: Seizures and epilepsy

Marian Galovic, Shilpa Kadam, Vadym Gnatkovsky, Maria Paola Canevini and Petr Marusic

17:40-19:10 CET

Lecture: Epileptic neurons and epileptic networks

Premysl Jiruska and Piotr Suffczynski

9th March 2023

16:00-17:30 CET

Interactive session: Epileptic neuron and neural circuits

Piotr Suffczynski and Premysl Jiruska

17:40-19:10 CET

Lecture: The role of glia, inflammation and metabolism in epilepsy

Erwin van Vliet

16th March 2023

16:00-17:30 CET

Interactive session: Glia and inflammation

Erwin van Vliet

17:40-19:10 CET

Lecture: Research tools – electrophysiology and imaging

Christos Lisgaras and Premysl Jiruska

23th March 2023

16:00-17:30 CET

Interactive session: Imaging in epilepsy

Premysl Jiruska and Ondrej Novak

17:40-19:10 CET

Lecture: Research tools – morphology, biochemistry, molecular biology

Julika Pitsch and Silvia Cases-Cunillera

30th March 2023

16:00-17:30 CET

Interactive session: How to study brain tissue morphology

Julika Pitsch and Silvia Cases-Cunillera

17:40-19:10 CET

Mechanisms of seizure initiation, spread, and terminationy

Marco de Curtis and Vadym Gnatkovsky

6th April 2023

16:00-17:30 CET

Interactive session: EEG interpretation of epileptic activity

Vadym Gnatkovsky and marco de Curtis

17:40-19:10 CET

Lecture: Epileptogenesis – molecular, cellular, and network reorganization

Nihan Çarçak

13th April 2023

16:00-17:30 CET

Lecture: Epileptogenesis in developing brain

Simona Balestrini and Stephanie Baulac

17:40-19:10 CET

Lecture: Focal epilepsy – neuropathological substrates and underlying mechanisms

Katja Kobow

20th April 2023

16:00-17:30 CET

Interactive session: Interpretation of histological findings – identify the lesion

Katja Kobow, Angelika Mühlebner and Lucas Hoffmann

17:40-19:10 CET

Lecture: Neurobiological aspects of generalized epilepsies

Gilles Huberfeld, Piotr Suffczynski

27th April 2023

16:00-17:30 CET

Interactive session: Experimental studies and data interpretation in genetic epilepsies

Massimo Mantegazza and Cristina Ruedel-Reschke

17:40-19:10 CET

Lecture: Epileptic encephalopathies

Simona Balestrini and Christian Korff

4th May 2023

16:00-17:30 CET

Interactive session: From the diagnosis to the treatment of epileptic encephalopathies

 Christian Korff and Simona Balestrini

17:40-19:10 CET

Lecture: Status epilepticus

Matthew Walker

11th May 2023

16:00-17:30 CET

Lecture: Models of seizure and epilepsies

Nihan Carcak, Erwin van Vliet and Christos Lisgaras

17:40-19:10 CET

Interactive session: Choose the best model for your experiments

Nihan Carcak, Erwin van Vliet and Christos Lisgaras

18th May 2023

16:00-17:30 CET

Lecture: Anti-seizure medications and therapeutic approaches

Premysl Jiruska and Cristina Ruedel-Reschke

17:40-19:10 CET

Lecture: Future therapeutic approaches

Gabriele Lignani

25th May 2023

16:00-17:30 CET

Lecture: Epilogue – 20 mysteries that should be solved in epilepsy

Marco de Curtis et al.

17:40-19:10 CET

Panel discussion

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