Between November 11th and 14th, the students of the Postgraduate Program in Pediatrics and Child Health at PUCRS take the course “Neurosciences: in theory and in practice”. The proposed activity aims to teach graduate students through lectures that will target undergraduate health students. The idea is that the speakers address topics on their respective research topics in a didactic and interactive way in order to stimulate and promote public interest in scientific research. The event takes place in room 308 of the School of Medicine, at Hospital São Lucas da PUCRS.

Check out the full schedule:

NOVEMBER 11 (Monday)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm - Opening
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Daniel Rodrigo Marinowic
20h - 20h45 - Neurodevelopment
Speaker: Pamella Azevedo, Biologist, PhD, Post-doctoral student at PPG in Medicine and Health Sciences, PUCRS
8:45 pm - 9:00 pm - Break
9:00 pm - 9:45 pm - High cognitive performance: the overweight
Speaker: Wyllians Vendramini Borelli, MD, PhD

NOVEMBER 12 (Tuesday)
19h15 - 20h - Cell therapy in the treatment of epilepsy: from the bench to the clinical trial.
Speaker: Gabriele Zanirati, Biologist, PhD, Post-doctoral student at PPG Pediatrics and Child Health, PUCRS
8:00 pm - 8:45 pm - Extracellular vesicles as perspectives for personalized treatment.
Speaker: Allan Marinho Alcará, Biologist, master's student at PPG in Pediatrics and Child Health, PUCRS
8:45 pm - 9:00 pm - Break
21h - 21h45 - Cell culture methods
Speaker: Ismael Plentz, Biologist, master's student at PPG in Pediatrics and Child Health, PUCRS

NOVEMBER 13 (Wednesday)
Afternoon / Practical (Schedule below)
Groups A, B, C, D of 5 participants.
Activities:
- Guided visit to the Brain Institute (InsCer)
Speakers: Samuel Greggio, Biomedical, PhD; Gianina Venturin, Pharmaceutical, PhD
- Development of cell models
Speaker: Felipe Rodrigues, Biomedical, MSc, PhD student at PPG Pediatrics and Child Health, PUCRS; Ismael Plentz, Biologist, master's student at PPG in Pediatrics and Child Health, PUCRS
- Electrophysiology.
Speaker: Zaquer Costa-Ferro, Biologist, PhD; Simone Salamoni, Biologist, PhD
- Molecular and imaging tests for the study of neurosciences.
Speakers: Isadora Machado Ghilardi, Biologist, master's student at PPG Pediatrics and Child Health PUCRS; Allan Marinho Alcará, Biologist, master's student at PPG in Pediatrics and Child Health, PUCRS

Night / theoretical
19h15 - 19h45 - Biochemical aspects in neurosciences.
Speaker: Ângela Zanatta, Biomedical, PhD, Post-doctoral student at PPG Medicine and Health Sciences, PUCRS
7:45 pm - 8:30 pm - Biomaterials as a model in the study of neurosciences
Speaker: Felipe Rodrigues, Biomedical, MSc, PhD student at PPG Pediatrics and Child Health, PUCRS
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm - Break
8:45 pm - 9:15 pm - Depression and neuroinflammation
Speaker: Isadora Machado Ghilardi, Biologist, master's student at PPG Pediatrics and Child Health, PUCRS
9:15 pm - 9:45 pm - From genomes to gliomas, how bioinformatics can guide neuroscience in the era of big data
Speaker: Eduardo Vieira, Biologist, PhD student at PPG Cellular and Molecular Biology, PUCRS

NOVEMBER 14 (Thursday)
19h15 - 20h - Organoides as a tool for three-dimensional studies
Speaker: Fernanda Majolo, Biologist, PhD, Post-doctoral student at PPG Medicine and Health Sciences, PUCRS
20h - 20h45 - Impact of the Zika Virus
Speaker: Laura Siqueira, Biomedical, master's student at PPG in Pediatrics and Child Health, PUCRS
8:45 pm - 9:00 pm - Break
21h - 21h45 - Peripheral immunity and diseases of the nervous system
Speaker: Daniele Vieira, Biologist, PhD