"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
"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.
Prof. Dr. M. Cristina Polidori
Klinik II für Innere Medizin
Universitätsklinik Köln
Dr. Michael R. Kreutz
Research Group Neuroplasticity
Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg
Prof. Dr. Inna Slutsky
Department of Physiology & Pharmacology
Tel Aviv University
Prof. Dr. Sanaz Mostaghim
Institute for Intelligent Cooperating Systems
Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg
Prof. Dr. Zuzana Walker
Division of Psychiatry
University College London
Dr. David Berron
Junior Research Group Clinical Cognitive Neuroscience
German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Prof. Dr. Emrah Düzel
Institute of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia Research
Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg
Prof. Dr. Aiden Haghikia
Universitätsklinik für Neurologie
Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg
Prof. Dr. Yaakov Stern
Cognitive Neuroscience Division
Columbia University, New York
Prof. Dr. Stefan Remy
Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
Magdeburg
Dr. Anne Maass
Junior Research Group Multimodal Neuroimaging
German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Prof. Dr. Rafael Mikolajczyk
Institute for Medical Epidemiology, Biometry and Informatics
Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Prof. Dr. Rodrigo Quian Quiroga
Centre for Systems Neuroscience, University of Leicester, Universitätsklinik für Neurologie, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Prof. Dr. Markus Ullsperger
Institute for Psychology
Otto-von-Guericke University
Prof. Dr. Thomas Wolbers
Research Group Aging, Cognition & Technology
German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Dr. Michael Schöttler
Head of Neurodegenerative and Rare Diseases
Roche Pharma AG
Aditya Nemali
Institute of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia Research
Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg
Jose Bernal, PhD
German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
Dr. Laura Wisse
Proactive Ageing
Lund University
Prof. Dr. Christian Apfelbacher
Institute of Social Medicine and Health Systems Research
Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
CHAIRS
Dedication. Expertise. Passion.
Dr. Janelle Pakan
Research Group Neural Circuits & Network Dynamics
Institute of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia Research
Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg
Prof. Dr. Myra Spiliopoulou
Research Lab Knowledge Management & Discovery
Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg
Prof. Dr. Magdalena Sauvage
Functional Architecture of Memory
Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology Magdeburg
Dr. Anne Maass
Junior Research Group Multimodal Neuroimaging
German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
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.
Prof. Dr. Emrah Düzel
Institute of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia Research
Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg
Prof. Dr. Aiden Haghikia
Universitätsklinik für Neurologie
Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg
Prof. Dr. Stefan Remy
Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
Magdeburg
