Activities for Researchers:
Our Expertise
You can find information about the expertise of each institution here
Past events in 2022
Workshop | Rome, Italy | 19-20 September 2022
"Synaptic Function in epileptic disorders: from basic research to clinical implications"
Workshop program
3rd EpiEpiNet Annual Meeting | Lisbon, Portugal | 23-24 September 2022
Annual Meeting program - here
Technical Course | Lisbon, Portugal | 26-28 September 2022
"Animal Behavioral Testing: from handling to analysis"
Program here
Strategic Research Lines / Axes
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Synaptic & genetic dysfunctions in Rett Syndrome &
other neurodevelopmental forms of epilepsy:
Mitigating synaptic and cognitive dysfunctions
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Astrocyte-to-neuron disfunction in epilepsy
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Neuroinflammation, epileptogenesis & epilepsy
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Mechanisms operated by novel putative therapies
against epileptogenesis & epilepsy
About the cover: Adaptation of a microscopy image from mouse hippocampal neurons cultured in vitro and stained with antibodies against the cytoskeleton marker alpha-tubulin.
Acknowledgement: Ricardo Viais, Ana Sebastião Laboratory, iMM
Summer Schools
Summer Schools are devoted to research themes of broad interests and aim to open new avenues for further collaborations between participants as well will pave the way for the establishment of new independent research lines to be carried out by early stage researchers:
- 2024 | "Channels and their implication in epilepsy and other neurological diseases" in Rome
PAST EVENTS:
- 2022 | "Optogenetics and Chemigenetics in epilepsy research" in Lund
20-24 June 2022
Summer School Programme
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- 2021 - "Trends & challenges in epilepsy research"
In this Summer School we had the chance to bring together outstanding scientists, clinical experts and early stage researchers to debate the state of art and current challenges in epilepsy(ies) treatment and research.
This Summer School was held as an hybrid event both online and in-person in Portugal, surrounded by the beautiful Autumn sun, waves and beaches of Costa da Caparica. This allowed us to discuss science and build bridges to boost research in epilepsies in an outstanding and relaxing environment.
It was so good to be back to in-person meetings.
Stay tunned for future events like this one!
A special acknowledgement to all the participants and, particularly, to our Speakers:
- Carla Bentes (Hospital of Santa Maria, Portugal) - "Epilepsy or Epilepsies? - A clinical perspective"
- Sara Xapelli (iMM, Portugal) - "Epilepsy or Epilepsies? - models of epilepsy"
- Nuno Canas (Beatriz ângelo Hospital, Portugal) - "Therapeutic Strategies in Epilepsies: Available drugs and their limitations"
- Gabriele Losi (Istituto di Neuroscienze, Italy) - "Mechanisms of focal seizure generation and propagation"
- Sandra Vaz (iMM, Portugal) - "Understanding the astrocytic role in absence seizures and their comorbidities"
- Bárbara Leal (University of Porto, Portugal) - "Genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of diagnosis / Prognostic biomarkers in epilepsy"
- Merab Kokaia (University of Lund, Sweden) - "Targeting neuropeptides and neutrophic factors for gene therapy in epilepsy"
- Annamaria Vezzani (IRCCS, Milan Italy) - "Neuroinflammation in epilepsy: cause & consequence, potential therapeutic targets and biomarkers"
- José Pimentel (University of Lisbon, Portugal) - "From pathology to the clinic of epilepsy"
- Michele Simonato (IRCCS, Italy) - "Neurotrophic factors in epileptogenesis"
- Eleonora Aronica (University of Amsterdam) - "mTORopathies and epileptogenesis"
- Ana Gomes Pereira (Dona Estefânia Hospital, Portugal) - "Epilepsy - is it a neurodevelopment disorder?"
- Ana Fred (University of Lisbon) - "Epileptic crisis detection and prediction: a Multimodal approach towards continuous monitoring and personalised medicine"
- Bárbara Gomes (iMM, Portugal) - Workshop on technology transfer and data protection"
- Filipa Gonçalves (Bial, Portugal) - "Focus on eslicarbazepine acetate: from clinical studies to clinical practice"
- Eleonora Palma (University of Rome Sapienza, Italy) - "Unconventional effects of old and novel antiepileptic drugs"
- Mário Miguel Rosa (Hospital of Santa Maria, Portugal) - "Cannabis and epilepsy: cannabidiol - the path becomes clearer"
- Mária Deli (Biological Research Centre, Hungary) - "Strategies to promote the transport of drugs across the blood-brain barrier"
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Scientific Workshops
Annual EpiEpiNet Workshops will work as training oportunities and scientific discussion forums for early stage researchers:
- "Use of human epileptic tissue from epilepsy surgeries as a validation step of findings in animal models"
1 - 2 June 2023 | Lund, Sweden
PAST EVENTS:
- "Synaptic Function in epileptic disorders: from basic research to clinical implications"
19-20 September 2022 | Rome, Italy
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- "Neuropathology of Epilepsy: from experimental models to human disease tissue"
23-24 November 2021 | Online
Organised by:
Amsterdam Medical Center / University of Amsterdam
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- "Use of human epileptic tissue from epilepsy surgeries as a validation step of findings in animal models"
2023 - LUND
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International EpiEpiNet Scientific Conference
5-7 June 2023 - LISBON
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2021
- Review article - Pharmacological Research
Of adenosine and the blues: The adenosinergic system in the pathophysiology and treatment of major depressive disorder
Joana I. Gomes, Miguel Farinha-Ferreira, Nádia Rei, Joana Gonçalves-Ribeiro, Joaquim A.Ribeiro, Ana M.Sebastião
Institutions involved: Instituto de Farmacologia e Neurociências, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal); Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (Portugal)
Available online at:
Of adenosine and the blues: The adenosinergic system in the pathophysiology and treatment of major depressive disorder - ScienceDirect
(Gold Open Access)
2020
- Review arcticle – International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Diogo M Lourenço*, Leonor Ribeiro-Rodrigues*, Ana M Sebastião, Maria J Diógenes , Sara Xapelli
*These authors contributed equaly to this work
Institutions involved: Instituto de Farmacologia e Neurociências, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal); Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (Portugal)
Available online at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7582633/ (Gold Open Access)
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