Program
Educational Day
Educational Day
This year the committee have decided to collect a group of unique ideas into an Educational Day here at Brain 2025, being held on Sunday 1 June 2025. The committee have curated a unique set of educational courses that you can participate throughout the day.
This will also be an opportunity to network and gain exposure in a smaller learning environment.
Anna Rosell & Jerome Badaut
Kazuto Masamoto & Ann Stowe
Ann Stowe & Jill Abney
Dr. Francesca Mandino (Yale University)
Sandeep Golla and Richard Carson
Mark Lubberink and Sharna Jamadar
You can select educational courses during the registration process ($100 per course).
ISCBFM ECI members will receive 80% of the course fee covered by the ISCBFM fund.
This will also be an opportunity to network and gain exposure in a smaller learning environment.
June 1 Grand ballroom 101
09:00-12:30
BC 01: Fundamental Concepts and Latest Advances in Preclinical Animal Modelling
ModeratorAnna Rosell & Jerome Badaut
Welcome from Chairs
Modelling ischemic stroke in mice: Is MCAo really MCAo?
Nick Plesnila (University of Munich (LMU), Germany)
Find your target: Using photothrombosis for focal subcortical strokes.
Elena Blanco-Suárez (Thomas Jefferson University, USA)
Tools to assess post-stroke depression and cognitive impairment: considerations of age and sex as modifying variables
Farida Sohrabji (Texas A&M Health College of Medicine, USA)
Learning about novel and classical animal models of hemorrhagic stroke
Eunhee Kim (The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, USA)
Promising animal models of vascular cognitive impairment for mechanistic and therapeutic investigations
Yorito Hattori (National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Japan)
Discussion
14:00-17:30
BC 02: Basics of the Full Brain Imaging Spectrum and Analysis
ModeratorKazuto Masamoto & Ann Stowe
Computational pipeline for analysis of cerebral microvascular networks imaged on two-photon fluorescence microscopy
Bojana Stefanovic (Sunnybrook Research Institute, Canada)
Deep learning toolbox for optical coherence tomography angiogram analysis
Jonghwan Lee (Brown University, USA)
Light and sound for multi-scale interrogation of cerebral anatomy and function
Daniel Razansky (University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
Multiparametric MRI in preclinical and translational stroke research
Rick Dijkhuizen (University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands)
June 1 Grand ballroom 102
09:00-12:30
BC 03: AI and Machine Learning in Our Scientific Lives
ModeratorAnn Stowe & Jill Abney
AI in research: An interactive discussion about opportunities, obstacles, and emerging trends
Jill Abney (University of Kentucky, USA)
Practical AI tools to streamline research efficiency
Annabel McAtee (University of Kentucky, USA)
Standards for scRNA-seq analysis for physicians and scientists studying cerebrovascular disease
Dandan Sun (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
Collaboration with AI developers and implementation in society: Insights from our work on automated 3D MRI segmentation
Shigeki Yamada (Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science, Japan)
Foundation models in neuroimaging: Future-Proofing our workflows
Pere Canals (Vall d'Hebron Research Institute/Stanford University, Spain)
14:00-17:30
BC 04: The Art of Applying: Academic Job Applications and Package Negotiations
ModeratorDr. Francesca Mandino (Yale University)
Asking for help with your job search
Evan D Morris (Yale University, USA)
Constructing a strong application
Xin Yu (Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, USA)
Research talk and research statement
Garth J. Thompson (Anhui Institute of Chinese Medicine, China)
Navigating startup negotiations
Yen-Yu Ian Shih (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA)
June 1 Grand ballroom 103
09:00-12:30
BP 01: Practical Applications of Tracer Kinetic Modeling in Brain PET: Challenges and Opportunities
ModeratorSandeep Golla and Richard Carson
PET data and preprocessing
Paolo Zanotti Fregonara (Perceptive Inc., France)
Introduction to compartment modelling
Richard E. Carson (Yale University, USA)
Flow and metabolism
Mark Lubberink (Uppsala University, Sweden)
NeuroPET quantification using reference tissue models
Sandeep Golla (Amsterdam University Medical Centre, Netherlands)
Simplifications and clinical use of quantification
My Jonasson (Uppsala University, Sweden)
14:00-17:30
BP 02: Molecular Connectivity for Beginners
ModeratorMark Lubberink and Sharna Jamadar
Methodological aspects of connectivity
Murray Reed (Medical University of Vienna, Austria)
Metabolic connectivity and fPET
Sharna Jamadar (Monash University, Australia)
Unlocking a new framework for mapping brain networks: Single-subject metabolic connectivity with dynamic [¹⁸F]FDG-PET
Giulia Vallini (University of Padova, Italy)
Molecular connectivity: Background and potential clinical applications
Igor Yakushev (Technical University of Munich, Germany)
ISCBFM ECI members will receive 80% of the course fee covered by the ISCBFM fund.