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SYMPOSIUM

Cognitive Vitality:
The Brain

in its Body

February, 16th 2023 closed part
February, 17th 2023 open part 
at Dorint Herrenkrug Parkhotel
Herrenkrug 3, 39114 Magdeburg

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"To stimulate cognitive vitality is of utmost importance throughout life and especially when a population becomes older.  Most of the daily activities in elderly are dependent on intact cognition. These data are well-known from epidemiological studies. With a center focusing on cognitive vitality it will be possible to implement and stimulate different areas important for keeping a good cognition up in old age."
Prof. Dr. Bengt Winblad
Prof. Dr. Bengt Winblad
Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society
Karolinska Institute, Stockholm
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"People want the best-possible medical care. But, what they actually want is to stay healthy and not to fall ill in the first place. This health maintenance is the main focus of the Cluster of Excellence initiative “Cognitive Vitality” which has been selected in a competitive process within the University of Magdeburg and which we as the government of Saxony-Anhalt strongly endorse."
Thomas Wünsch
Staatssekretär im Ministerium für Wissenschaft,Energie, Klimaschutz und Umwelt des Landes Sachsen-​Anhalt- Amtschef -

SPEAKER

Dedication. Expertise. Passion.

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Prof. Dr. M. Cristina Polidori

Klinik II für Innere Medizin
Universitätsklinik Köln

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Dr. Michael R. Kreutz

Research Group Neuroplasticity
Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg

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Prof. Dr. Inna Slutsky

Department of Physiology & Pharmacology
Tel Aviv University

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Prof. Dr. Sanaz Mostaghim

Institute for Intelligent Cooperating Systems
Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg

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Prof. Dr. Zuzana Walker

Division of Psychiatry
University College London

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Dr. David Berron

Junior Research Group Clinical Cognitive Neuroscience
German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases

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Prof. Dr. Emrah Düzel

Institute of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia Research
Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg

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Prof. Dr. Aiden Haghikia

Universitätsklinik für Neurologie
Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg

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Prof. Dr. Yaakov Stern

Cognitive Neuroscience Division
Columbia University, New York

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Prof. Dr. Stefan Remy

Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
Magdeburg

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Dr. Anne Maass

Junior Research Group Multimodal Neuroimaging
German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases

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Prof. Dr. Rafael Mikolajczyk

Institute for Medical Epidemiology, Biometry and Informatics
Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

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Prof. Dr. Rodrigo Quian Quiroga

Centre for Systems Neuroscience, University of Leicester, Universitätsklinik für Neurologie, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg

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Prof. Dr. Markus Ullsperger

Institute for Psychology
Otto-von-Guericke University

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Prof. Dr. Thomas Wolbers

Research Group Aging, Cognition & Technology
German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases

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Dr. Michael Schöttler

Head of Neurodegenerative and Rare Diseases
Roche Pharma AG

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Aditya Nemali

Institute of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia Research
Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg

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Jose Bernal, PhD

German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases

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Dr. Laura Wisse

Proactive Ageing
Lund University

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Prof. Dr. Christian Apfelbacher

Institute of Social Medicine and Health Systems Research
Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg

CHAIRS

Dedication. Expertise. Passion.

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Dr. Janelle Pakan

Research Group Neural Circuits & Network Dynamics
Institute of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia Research
Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg

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Prof. Dr. Myra Spiliopoulou

Research Lab Knowledge Management & Discovery
Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg

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Prof. Dr. Magdalena Sauvage

Functional Architecture of Memory
Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology Magdeburg

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Dr. Anne Maass

Junior Research Group Multimodal Neuroimaging
German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases

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Prof. Dr. Thomas Schüler

Institute for Molecular and Clinical Immunology
Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg

AGENDA

9:00       

Welcome and Opening:

An introduction to initiative 'CoVitality'

by Emrah Düzel, Aiden Haghikia, Stefan Remy

Somatic factors, iatrogenic risks 

Chair: Thomas Schüler

9.30

Aging and Cognition

by M. Cristina Polidori

9.50

Postoperative cognitive dysfunction: from mechanisms to interventions

by Emrah Düzel

10.05

Understanding neuronal exhaustion and promoting its recovery

by Aiden Haghikia

10.20      Coffee Break

Cognitive circuits in health and disease 

Chair: Janelle Parkan

10.50

A unique coding of memories in the human hippocampus

by Rodrigo Quian Quiroga

11.05

Defining the set points in neural circuits: from mechanisms to homeostatic failures

by Inna Slutsky

Excitation-transcription coupling as neural resource of cognition

11.25

by Michael R. Kreutz

11.40

Cognitive Control and Acetylcholine

by Markus Ullsperger

12.00      Lunch Break

Specialized care and real-life readouts 

Chair: Anne Maass

13.00

The role of patient-reported outcomes in critical illness survivors

by Christian Apfelbacher

13.15

Virtual cohort for digital health research - challenges and perspectives.

by Rafael Mikolajczyk

EDoN initiative: early detection of dementia?

13.30

by Zuzana Walker

13.50

The role of cognitive vitality in public health.

by Michael Schöttler

14.10

Real-world participation: bidirectional interactions with emotional, cognitive and sensorimotor health.

by Thomas Wolbers

14.25      Coffee Break

Preclinical AD, reserve, immunefactors and hyperexcitability

Chair: Magdalena Sauvage

14.55

FMRI-based functional changes in at-risk stages for Alzheimer's disease

by Anne Maass

15.10

Studying cognitive reserve

by Yaakov Stern

15.30

Evolving Brain and Cognitive Dysfunction in early Alzheimer’s disease: From Neuroimaging to Digital Cognitive Markers

by David Berron

15.45

Primary Age-related Tauopathy: gaining new insights in the etiology and prognosis from postmortem and in vivo studies

by Laura Wisse

16.05

Mechanisms of circuit dysfunction

by Stefan Remy

Data Science and Image Analysis 

Chair: Myra Spiliopoulou

16.20

Multi-Objective Optimisation and Decision-making: Unfolding the variability

by Sanaz Mostaghim

16.35

Learning multimodal latent signatures of ageing and AD with VAE-GANs

by Aditya Nemali

Perivascular spaces become enlarged with ageing; insights from a longitudinal multicentre study

16.50

by Jose Bernal

17.05        Concluding remarks 

by Bengt Winblad, Axel Haverich

17.15         General Discussion

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Dedication. Expertise. Passion.

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Prof. Dr. Emrah Düzel

Institute of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia Research
Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg

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Prof. Dr. Aiden Haghikia

Universitätsklinik für Neurologie
Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg

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Prof. Dr. Stefan Remy

Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
Magdeburg

Cognitive Vitality: The Brain in its Body
17. Feb., 09:00
Dorint Herrenkrug Parkhotel
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