2nd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE INSTITUTE OF

NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH (INBR)

OWERRI, NIGERIA, 20-25 JULY 2008

FINAL PROGRAMME OF INBR 2008

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SUNDAY 20 JULY 2008

ADVANCED SCHOOL

THEME: RESEARCH: THE ROOT OF NATION GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

TIME: 9AM -8PM

VENUE: IMO STATE UNIVERSITY, OWERRI, NIGERIA

CONFIRMED TOPICS AND SPEAKERS:

INBR 2008 ADVANCED SCHOOL

Programme

Basic Neuroanatomy – Polycarp Nwoha 9-10am

Introductory Neurophysiology – Eme Osim 10am-11am

Neuroendocrinology – Richard Brown 11-12noon

Basic Neurochemistry –Anna-Leena Siren 12 noon – 1 pm

Lunch Break 1pm – 2pm

Traumatic Brain Injury – Esther Shohami 2pm – 3pm

Chemical Neurotransmission – Anna-Leena Siren 3pm – 4pm

Psychopharmacology of antidepressant (TCA) – Mohammed Sebit 4pm- 5pm

Learning and Memory – Richard Brown 5pm- 6pm

Short presentations by the students 6-8pm

Standby topic: Quality Assurance – Maduabuchi John-Moses

 

School Officials

Director: Professor Esther Shohami (Israel)

Deputy Director: Professor Richard Brown (Canada)

Registrars: Professor Mohammed Sebit (Zimbabwe) and Dr. Maduabuchi John-Moses (Nigeria)

 

Members of the Advanced School Committee:

Esty Shohami – Chairperson

Richard Brown

Chuma Okere

Alphonsus Ekwerike

Maduabuchi John-Moses

Iheanyi Okoro

Sebit Mohammed

 

PROGRAMME OF CONFERENCE PROPER
MONDAY 21 JULY 2008

9AM – 12NOON

INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR NEUROCHEMISTRY (ISN)-SPONSORED SYMPOSIUM

THEME: SOLVING THE PROBLEMS OF THE AFRICAN NEUROSCIENTIST

Speakers: Obuotor Efere, Out Mesembe, Idowu Abimbola, Igbokwe Casmir, Bisong Sunday, Afonne Johnson

 

12NOON – 12.30PM

TEA BREAK

 

12.30PM – 1.30PM

PLENARY LECTURE 1: Endocannabinoids as neuroprotective agents after traumatic brain injury - Esther Shohami

 

1.30PM – 2.30PM

LUNCH BREAK

 

2.30PM-3.30PM

COLLOQUIM

THEME: ROLE OF GOVERNMENT AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH

Chair: Professor Innocent C. Okonkwo (VC IMSU); Co-Chair: Professor Richard Brown

 

3.30PM-4.30PM

PLENARY LECTURE 2: Dangers of close exposure to telephone mast base station

- Polycarp Nwoha

 

4.30PM – 5.00PM

INTERACTIVE FORUM AND TEA BREAK

 

5.00PM – 6.00PM

PLENARY LECTURE 3: Experimental models for the study of traumatic brain injury

- Nick Pleslina/Esther Shohami

 

6.00PM – 7.00PM

CONFERENCE COCKTAIL

 

TUESDAY 22 JULY 2008

 

9AM – 10AM

PLENARY LECTURE 4: Evaluating mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease - Richard Brown

 

10AM – 10.45 AM

CATCH THEM YOUNG – STUDENTS FORUM

 

10.45AM – 12NOON

OPENING CEREMONY

 

12NOON – 12.30PM

INTERACTIVE FORUM AND TEA BREAK

 

12.30PM – 1.30PM PLENARY LECTURE 4: The neurobehavioral effects of phytoestrogens on hamsters - Tim Moore

 

1.30PM -3.00PM

MINI-SYMPOSIUM

 

3PM – 4PM

PLENARY LECTURE 5: The effects of crude extract of the leaves of mitragyna speciosa on neural tube development in fetal rat - Bala Muhammad

 

4PM – 6PM

POSTER PRESENTATION 1

 

6PM – 6.30 PM

INTERACTIVE FORUM

6.30PM – VARIETY NIGHT

 

WEDNESDAY 23 JULY 2008

9AM – 10AM

PLENARY LECTURE 6: GABAergic neurotransmission and its role in neurogenesis - James Auta

 

10AM – 12NOON

MINI-SYMPOSIUM

Speakers: Olopade James, Ofusori David, Ogunrobi Dupe, Oze Gabriel

 

12NOON – 12.30PM

INTERACTIVE FORUM AND TEA BREAK

 

12.30PM – 2.30PM

POSTER PRESENTATION 2

 

2.30PM – 3.30PM

PLEANRY LECTURE 7: The dorsal raphe nucleus: serotonin is part of the story - Chuma Okere

 

3.30PM – 5.30PM

BRIEF TOURS

 

6PM – 7PM

QUALITY ASSURANCE IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. Inauguration of  the Nigerian Society of Quality Assurance (SQA) – John-Moses Maduabuchi/Polycarp Nwoha

 

THURSDAY 24 JULY 2008

 

9AM – 10AM

PLENARY LECTURE 8: Erythropoietin plays a role in recovery after traumatic brain injury

- Anna-Leena Sirèn

 

10AM – 11AM

PLENARY LECTURE 9: What is in a face for men and women? - Philip Njemanze

 

11.30AM – 12NOON

INTERACTIVE FORUM AND TEA BREAK

 

12NOON – 2PM

SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM

Speakers: Mohammed Sebit (Psychopharmacology of Antidepressants), Alphonsus Ekwerike (The role of Lambo Foundation in neuroscience development in Africa, and the innovative discovery of the neuroendocrinological research professions of Neurosquatemetry & Sciencemedicine course studies)

 

2PM – 3PM

LUNCH BREAK

 

3PM – 5PM

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

 

5PM – 6PM

CONFERENCE SPECIAL FORUM: CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN NEUROSCIENCE

 

8PM – 12MID-NIGHT

END OF CONFERENCE AWARD DINNER

 

FRIDAY 25 JULY 2008

POST-CONFERENCE TOURS

 

MBARI CULTURAL CENTERS IN NGURU MBAISE AND EGBU OWERRI

CIVIL WAR MUSEUM UMUAHIA