The Neuro-SysMed seminar series
The overarching aim of the Neuro-SysMed Seminars is to provide knowledge into the research field of the disciplines involved in Neuro-SysMed. The seminar series started up in May 2022, and the seminars are organized as monthly meetings where members of Neuro-SysMed and invited local, national and international speakers provide talks on current topics.
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Before each seminar, the participants gather for an informal, included lunch, facilitating social interactions, networking and discussions across the groups and roles. The seminars are also open to research environments outside of the Neuro-SysMed communities.
Participation in the seminar series provides 3 ECTS for PhD candidates and is part of the Neuro-SysMed Graduate School of Translational Neuroscience under the subject code NEUROSYSM920, covering both the Neuro-SysMed Seminars and the Annual Symposium (first edition of the symposium will be in 2023). Kjell-Morten Myhr and Charalampos Tzoulis are academically responsible for the seminars, and Sam Anandan and Cecilie Kristiansen are the 2023 coordinators.
2024 seminars
JANUARY 10
Ole-Bjørn Tysnes and Tale Bjerknes, Neuro-SysMed, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Node
Title: ALS – update on genetics, biomarkers and clinical studies at Neuro-SysMed
Place: The auditorium in Armauer Hansens Hus (campus Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen)
Time: January 10, 2024
FEBRUARY 14
Bettina Husebø, Elise Førsund, Monica Patrascu and Brice Marty, Neuro-SysMed, Care node
Title: Can digital phenotyping replace the care for my granny?
Place: The auditorium in Armauer Hansens Hus (campus Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen)
Time: February 14, 2024
MARCH 13
Caroline Engen, Neuro-SysMed, RRI/PPI node
Title: Restructuring Neurology: Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI)
Place: The auditorium in Armauer Hansens Hus (campus Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen)
Time: March 13, 2024
APRIL 24
Kristoffer Haugarvoll, Neuro-SysMed, Dementia node
Title: Restructuring Neurology: Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI)
Place: The auditorium in Armauer Hansens Hus (campus Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen)
Time: April 24, 2024
MAY 15
Svein Isungset Støve, Neuro-SysMed,
Title: Screening for activity modulators of targets relevant for Parkinson’s disease and hyperkinetic movement disorders
Place: The auditorium in Armauer Hansens Hus (campus Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen)
Time: May 15, 2024
2023 seminars
JANUARY 18
Laura Airas, University of Turku.
Title: Microglia in multiple sclerosis – pathogenesis and imaging
Place: The auditorium in Bikuben, Jonas Lies vei 69
Time: January 18, 2023
FEBRUARY 15
Christian Dölle, Neuro-SysMed researcher on Parkinson's Disease and NAD-metabolism at the University of Bergen and Haukeland University Hospital
Title: Cell models for Parkinson`s Disease
Place: The auditorium in Bikuben, Jonas Lies vei 69
Time: February 15, 2023
MARCH 22
Ole-Bjørn Tysnes on the topic ALS
Title: to be announced
Place: The auditorium in Bikuben, Jonas Lies vei 69
Time: March 22, 2023 at 11:30-13:00 (lunch from 11:30-12:00)
APRIL 26
Aurora Martinez on the topic Drug Screening
Title: to be announced
Place: The auditorium in Armauer Hansens Hus
Time: April 26, 2023 at 11.30-13.00 (lunch 11.30-12.00)
MAY 24
Gonzalo Sanchez Nido and Fiona Dick on the topic Informatics.
Title: to be announced
Place: The auditorium in Armauer Hansens Hus
Time: May 24, 2023 at 11.30-13.00 (lunch 11.30-12.00)
JUNE 21
Trond Riise on the topic Registry epidemiology
Title: to be announced
Place: The auditorium in Armauer Hansens Hus
Time: June 21, 2023 at 11.30-13.00 (lunch 11.30-12.00)
Tentative dates for the autumn term:
SEPTEMBER 13
Mathias Ziegler on the topic Metabolics
Title: to be announced
Place: to be announced
Time: September 13, 2023 at 11.30-13.00 (lunch 11.30-12.00)
OCTOBER 11
Speaker and topic to be announced.
Title: to be announced
Place: to be announced
Time: October 11, 2023 at 11.30-13.00 (lunch 11.30-12.00)
NOVEMBER 29
Speaker and topic to be announced.
Title: to be announced
Place: to be announced
Time: November 29, 2023 at 11.30-13.00 (lunch 11.30-12.00)
DECEMBER 13
Speaker and topic to be announced.
Title: to be announced
Place: to be announced
Time: December 13, 2023 at 11.30-13.00 (lunch 11.30-12.00)
2022 seminars
In 2022, the following Neuro-SysMed Seminars took place.
MAY 25, 2022
Kjell-Morten Myhr, Director of Neuro-SysMed, Professor at (and in 2022 Head of) the Department for Clinical Medicine at the University of Bergen and Senior Consultant at the Department of Neurology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen.
Øivind Torkildsen, Neuro-SysMed PI, Professor at the Department for Clinical Medicine at the University of Bergen and Senior Consultant at the Department of Neurology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen.
Title of the talk: The role of Ebstein-Barr Virus in MS
JUNE 22, 2022
Charalampos Tzoulis, Professor of Neurology and Neurogenetics at the University of Bergen and Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, co-Director of the Neuro-SysMed and Director of the K.G Jebsen Center for Translational Research in Parkinson’s disease.
Title of the talk: NAD replenishment therapy in Parkinson’s disease: A New Hope?
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
Kristin Nielsen Varhaug, MD, PhD, from the Mitochondrial Medicine & Neurogenetics (MMN) group in Neuro-SysMed.
Title of the talk: The role of mitochondrial function and dysfunction in Multiple Sclerosis
OCTOBER 11, 2022
Paula Perez Pardo, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, the Netherlands.
Title of the talk: Gut microbes in Parkinson’s disease: opportunities for microbial-based therapies
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
Jan Reinert Karlsen, Associate Professor and Neuro-SysMed PI, academic coordinator for Major Issues in Research and Society and leader of Research Group Theory of Science at the Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities, University of Bergen.
Title of the talk: Sufferings in ageing persons. Is reflection relevant for precision medicine?
DECEMBER 14, 2022
Bettina Husebø, Neuro-SysMed PI, Professor at the Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care and Leader of the Centre for Elderly and Nursing Home Medicine.
Title of the talk: Paradigm Change in Elderly Care: Can Artificial Intelligence Support Us to Understand Dementia?