Akadēmiskais centrsSCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2017 | |
13:30 - 15:00 | REGISTRATION |
OPENING CEREMONY | |
15:00 - 15:15 | WELCOME |
Indriķis Muižnieks, Rector, University of Latvia Valdis Folkmanis, Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Latvia Baiba Jansone, Conference Chair, President of the Latvian Society of Pharmacology (Latvia) | |
SESSION I | Chairs: Maija Dambrova (Latvia), Shyam Sunder Chatterjee (Germany) |
15:15 - 15:45 | CAN WE PUT BRAKES ON AGING? Inga Kadish, Thomas van Groen, Amit Patki, Tim R. Nagy, David B. Allison (USA) |
15:45 - 16:15 | TREATMENT OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE USING SMALL D-PEPTIDES |
16:15 - 16:45 | RGD AS THE PUTATIVE NEURONAL ACTIVITY CENTRE OF OLIGOPEPTIDE LUNASIN |
16:45 - 17:05 | TEA AND COFFEE BREAK Posters, Exhibition and Informal Networking |
THE 45TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LATVIAN SOCIETY OF PHARMACOLOGY | |
SESSION II | Chairs: Baiba Jansone (Latvia), Lembit Allikmets (Estonia) |
17:05 - 17:35 | THE GUIDE TO PHARMACOLOGY: A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE BRITISH PHARMACOLOGICAL SOCIETY (BPS) AND THE NOMENCLATURE COMMITTEE OF THE UNION OF BASIC AND CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY (NC-IUPHAR) Stephen P.H. Alexander (UK), Arthur Christopoulos (Australia), Anthony P. Davenport (UK), Jamie A. Davies (UK), Doriano Fabbro (Switzerland), Elena Faccenda (UK), Simon D. Harding (UK), Adam J. Pawson (UK), Joanna L. Sharman (UK), Christopher Southan (UK), Michael Spedding (France) |
17:35 - 18:05 | THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF PROFESSOR MODRIS MELZOBS TO THE PHARMACOLOGY OF LATVIA: COMMEMORATING HIS 90TH ANNIVERSARY |
18:05 - 18:20 | THE FORTY FIVE YEARS OF THE LATVIAN SOCIETY OF PHARMACOLOGY |
SESSION III | Baiba Jansone, Maija Dambrova (Latvia) |
18:20 - 18:50 | CONGRATULATION CEREMONY OF NEW HONORARY MEMBERS OF THE LATVIAN SOCIETY OF PHARMACOLOGY |
19:00 - 20:30 | WELCOME RECEPTION |
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2017 | |
8:30 - 9:00 | REGISTRATION Posters, Exhibition and Informal Networking |
SESSION IV | Chairs: Una Riekstiņa (Latvia), Malle Kuum (Estonia) |
9:00 - 9:30 | MONITORING OF LIGAND BINDING TO RECEPTORS USING FLUORESCENCE ANISOTROPY BASED ASSAY Ago Rinken (Estonia) |
9:30 - 10:00 | DEVELOPING NEW THERAPIES FOR RARE BATTEN DISEASE Maija Dambrova, Valerjans Kauss (Latvia) |
10:00 - 10:30 | ONCOLYTIC CANCER VIROTHERAPY WITH RIGVIR® Pēteris Alberts, Andra Tilgase (Latvia) |
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10:30 - 11:00 | THE IMPACT OF CANCER EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES ON MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL PHENOTYPE Una Riekstina, Aija Linē, Ruta Muceniece (Latvia) |
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11:00 - 11:30 | TEA AND COFFEE BREAK Posters, Exhibition and Informal Networking |
SESSION V | Chairs: Inga Kadish (USA), Emilio Clementi (Italy) |
11:30 - 12:00 | CANNABINOIDS - COMPLEXITY AT EVERY LEVEL ON THE PATH TO THERAPEUTIC EXPLOITATION: PLANT CANNABINOIDS; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; TARGET RECEPTORS; TRANSFORMING ENZYMES Stephen P.H. Alexander (UK) |
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12:00 - 12:30 | HOW, WHY, AND WHEN TO TRAIN THE PHARMACOLOGICAL TARGETS FOR PREVENTION OF SECOND BRAIN INJURIES? Shyam Sunder Chatterjee (Germany) |
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12:30 - 13:00 | TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY-INDUCED COGNITIVE DECLINE: MECHANISMS AND TREATMENT OPTIONS Liga Zvejniece, Edijs Vavers, Baiba Svalbe, Maija Dambrova (Latvia) |
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13:00 - 13:30 | PHARMACOLOGICAL MODULATION OF PLASMA BILIRUBIN CONCENTRATION TO ACHIEVE NEUROPROTECTIVE ACTION Mojca Kržan, Lovro Žiberna (Slovenia) |
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13:30 - 14:30 | LUNCH POSTER PRESENTATIONS (14:00-14:30) Exhibition and Informal Networking |
SESSION VI | Chairs: Thomas van Groen (USA), Vija Kluša (Latvia) |
14:30 - 15:00 | EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES AS POTENTIAL NOVEL THERAPEUTIC TOOLS AGAINST NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES Augustas Pivoriūnas (Lithuania) |
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15:00 - 15:30 | NEUROPROTECTIVE ACTION OF GAMMAPYRONE, A GABA-CONTAINING PEPTIDE-MIMICKING COMPOUND Vladimirs Pilipenko, Karina Narbute, Ulrika Beitnere, Jolanta Pupure, Juris Rumaks, Baiba Jansone, Janis Poikans, Egils Bisenieks, Vija Klusa (Latvia) |
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15:30 - 16:00 | OVERCOMING DRUG BARRIER OF THE BRAIN BY CLAUDIN PEPTIDOMIMETICS Ingolf E. Blasig (Germany), Olga Breitkreuz-Korff (Germany), Lars Winkler (Germany), Sophie Dithmer (Germany), Philipp Berndt (Germany), Andre Rex (Germany), Memet Kaya (Turkey), Stephan Liebner (Germany), Hartwig Wolburg (Germany), Rosel Blasig (Germany) |
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16:00 - 16:30 | Aβ OLIGOMER ELIMINATING D-ENANTIOMERIC PEPTIDES ENHANCE COGNITION AND IMPEDE NEURODEGENERATION EVEN BY ORAL APPLICATION Dieter Willbold (Germany) |
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POSTER AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT | |
16:30 - 16:45 | Poster Award Committee: Inga Kadish (USA) Ruta Muceniece (Latvia) Ago Rinken (Estonia) |
16:45 - 17:00 | CLOSING CEREMONY |