BRAIN DAY 2017 – Programme

FROM FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH TO THERAPY

A day with a focus on Bochum’s neuroscience with lectures, information stands and activities.
13.09.2017, 13-17, RUB Conference Center


PROGRAMME

13:00BEGIN OF THE SUPPORTING PROGRAMME
Presentations of support groups
Activities to join in
13:30WELCOME AND OPENING
Prof. Dr. Denise Manahan-Vaughan,
Speaker of Collaborative Research Centre 874, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
13:45THE POWER OF SCENT: NEW MODES OF ACTION OF OLFACTORY RECEPTORS
Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. med. habil. Hanns Hatt,
Department of Cellphysiology,
Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
14:15“NOW SHOUTING IN TRIUMPH, NOW SUNK IN DESPAIR” – WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT BIPOLAR DISORDER
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Nadja Freund,
Zentrum für klinische Forschung,
Experimentelle und Molekulare Psychiatrie
14:45COFFEE BREAK + SUPPORTING PROGRAMM
16:00BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACES IN NEURO-REHABILITATION: HOW THE CHIP IN THE BRAIN CONQUERS PARALYSIS
Dr. Christian Klaes,
Emmy Noether research group leader, Department for Neurosurgery,
University Medical Center Knappschaftskrankenhaus Bochum
16:30THE GUT-BRAIN AXIS AND NEUROLOGICAL DESEASES
Prof. Dr. Dr. Horst Przuntek,
Leiter der Abteilung für Neurologie
und Komplementärmedizin,
Evangelisches Krankenhaus Hattingen

SUPPORTING PROGRAMME

The neuroscientists from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum have come up with an exciting new program and we would like to invite you to join us, test your brain cells and chat with our researchers.

Where are hippocampus, cerebellum, or pituitary gland? Members of the Institute of Anatomy, Department of Cytology, will help you get oriented in the brain. Discover the most astonishing human organ under the microscope, through exhibits, and diagrams.

The ability to navigate in space is central to our daily life. It is difficult to investigate the underlying principles, because most methods of investigation require a person who lies quietly. Experimenting with virtual reality might offer a solution for this problem. Members of the Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience are going to show you some virtual reality experiments and you are welcome to test your own skills.

Not even our senses are infallible – you can test your own brain with our optical illusions provided by Prof. Dr. Ulf Eysel from the Department of Neurophysiology. Scientists of the research group for advanced fluorescence microscopy will guide you through the fascinating world of optical illusions and explain how they work.

If someone has poor eyesight, he or she gets glasses – but what happens, if you lose your sense of touch? Find out how the sense of touch is measured and discover how your own brain is working. The Neural Plasticity Lab invites visitors to see and influence their own brain activity using an EEG.

One of the research projects of the Knappschaftskrankenhaus Bochum is a robotic arm that can be operated by paraplegics with their thoughts. Find out how “controlling with the force of the thought” works.

Left or right? Test your handedness with the help of the staff of the Faculty of Psychology. Or use a special app to find out which side of the brain processes speech.


INFORMATION STANDS OF THE SUPPORT GROUPS

Aphasiker-Zentrum NRW e.V.

Autismus-Therapie-Zentrum Dortmund und Hagen

Clusterkopfschmerz-Selbsthilfe-Gruppe Recklinghausen

Deutsche Guillain-Barré Syndrom Initiative e.V.

Deutsche Myasthenie Gesellschaft e.V.

Deutsche Restless Legs Vereinigung Bochum

Epilepsie-Selbsthilfegruppe Essen

Kinderneurologie-Hilfe Münster e.V. (KNH)


REGISTRATION

Participation is free of charge
Please confirm your attendance via
Sfb874-pr@rub.de
Or Phone: 0234 32-26675


DIRECTION

Public Transport subway U35 exit “Ruhr-Universität Bochum”, enter through Mensa (university cafeteria)

Download detailed directions here. (in German)

Car: via Universitätsstraße, Parking Deck P9, then follow signposts

Download Map Directions here.