This course will be held from April 18th to 22nd 2016 but internal MSc and PhD program students will have an extra week (April 26-29, 2016). Click here to download the programme

  Monday, April 18th 2016   :::   Introduction and Epigenetics in Neuroscience
  09:15 - 09:30 Registration at the ICVS/ECS hall
  09:30 - 09:45 Introduction and Objectives [Luísa Pinto]
  09:45 - 10:30 T1: Introduction to Epigenetics [Joana Marques]
  10:30 - 11:00 Coffee-break
  11:00 - 11:30 T2: Methodologies to study Epigenetics [Joana Marques]
  11:30 - 13:00 Lunch
  13:00 - 14:00 "Ciência Falada" - Gonçalo Castelo-Branco (Karolinska Institute)
  14:00 - 15:00 T3: MiRNA deregulation in dementia: epigenetic tools, biomarkers and therapeutic targets [Ana Luísa Cardoso]
  15:00 - 16:00 T4: Stress and the reward circuit: from genes to neurons to behaviour [Ana João Rodrigues]
  16:00 - 16:30 Coffee-break
  16:30 - 18:00 T5: Epigenetic factors that modulate neuro- and glio-plasticity in depression [Luísa Pinto]

  Tuesday, April 19th 2016   :::   Epigenetics in Cancer
  09:30 - 10:45 T6: Genetic and epigenetic players in brain tumors: mechanistic and prognostic insights [Bruno Costa]
  10:45 - 11:15 Coffee-break
  11:15 - 12:00 T7: Deciphering the role of the tumor suppressor gene SPINT2 in solid tumors [Marta Viana-Pereira]
  12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
  14:00 - 15:45 T8: MiRNAs deregulation in Prostate cancer [Carmen Jerónimo]
  15:45 - 16:15 Coffee-break
  16:15 - 18:00 T9: Epigenetic mechanisms of gene expression regulation in gastric cancer [Carla Oliveira]

  Wednesday, April 20th 2016   :::   Epigenetics in Developmental Biology
  10:30 - 10:45 T10: Epigenetic regulation of neural differentiation [Joana Marques]
  10:45 - 11:15 Coffee break
  11:15 - 12:30 T11: Early programming of the oocyte epigenome temporally controls late prophase I transcription and chromatin remodeling [Rui Martinho]
  12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
  14:00 - 15:45 T12: Safeguarding the integrity of genetic information [Sérgio Almeida]
  15:45 - 16:15 Coffee break
  16:15 - 18:00 TT13: Principles of epigenetic inheritance [Lars Jansen]

  Thursday, April 21st 2016   :::   Genomic Imprinting / Epigenetics in Intellectual Disabilities
  09:30 - 12:30 T14: Genomic Imprinting in mammals [Philippe Arnaud]
  12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
  14:00 - 15:30 T15: X-Chromosome inactivation [Simão Teixeira da Rocha]
  15:30 - 16:00 Coffee break
  16:00 - 18:00 T16: Genomic imprinting and Assisted Reproduction Techniques [Joana Marques]

  Friday, April 22nd 2016   :::   Epigenetics, Reprogramming and Cellular Memory
  09:30 - 10:30 T17: The genetics of epigenetics in neurodevelopmental disorders [Patrícia Maciel]
  10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
  11:00 - 12:00 T18: Programming Definitive Hematopoiesis [Filipe Pereira]
  12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
  13:00 - 14:30 T19: SEMINAR  :::  Epigenetic mechanisms in preimplantation development [Miguel Branco]
  14:30 - 15:00 Scientific discussion with Seminar Presenter
  15:00 - 16:00 T20: The mystique of Epigenetics [Vasco Barreto]
  16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break
  16:30 - 17:30   T21: Programming Mental Healthspan [Osborne Almeida]
  17:30 - 18:00   Final Remarks/ Quizz

  April 26th to 29th 2016  :::  Only for internal MSc and PhD program students
  All day Individual/Tutorial training