EBPS - Pre-meeting Summer School on Addiction Research

EBPS - Pre-meeting Summer School on Addiction Research

August 15-21, 2023

Organizer: Rainer Spanagel and Wolfgang Sommer, Central Institute of Mental Health (ZI) Mannheim, Germany - Institute of Psychopharmacology

Topic 2023: Translational Addiction Research - A Systems-Oriented Approach: From Genes to Brain to Behavior

Objectives: To educate PhD and MD students, as well as young post-docs, to become a new generation of addiction researchers. Participants will be educated and trained on different system levels from genes to the cellular to large network level towards behavior - all in a translational perspective. We will also have a focus on animal research combined with ethical issues and open science (6Rs); i.e., The principle of the 3Rs (Replace, Reduce and Refine) is extended to the 6Rs principle, which is Robustness, Registration, and Reporting.

Where: The venue side and accommodation is in Heidelberg,

How to apply and costs:** Please send a personal statement of interest (max. 1 page) and your CV to rainer.spanagel@zi-mannheim.de. Deadline is 15th of June, 2023 . If you are selected as a participant of the summerschool all costs for accomodation and meals are at the expense of the organizer. THIS ONE-WEEK COURSE IS FREE OF CHARGE!** However, you will have to pay for your own travel expenses.

Program

Day 1 (15th) - Animal Research & Open Science

• Natascha Drude - Towards 6Rs and the QUEST Center for Responsible Research
• Francesca Petetta - Public perception of laboratory animal testing: Historical, philosolphical, and ethical view
• Marcus Meinhardt/Sabine Chourbaji - The Rhine Neckar 3R center
• Björn Gerlach - How to enhance quality in preclinical research - the EQIPD system
• Gordon Feld - Open science and Translation
• Interactive Panel Discussion

Day 2 (16th) - What is Addiction? A Systems Perspective

• Rainer Spanagel - A Systems Perspective in Addiction Research
• Patrick Bach - Neuroimaging in AUD and neuroenhancement
• Angelo Bifone - Multimodal neuroimaging in rodents

Day 3-4 (17 & 18th) - Effects of Drugs of Abuse in iPSCs and organoids, Multiomics in Addiction Research

• Anita Hansson/Rainer Spanagel - Presentation of an experimental work plan
• Lea Zillich/Eric Poisel/Stefanie Witt - Biobank, multiomics and data analyses
• Translational Animal Neuroimaging/Human Neuroimaging and data analysis
• Rick Bernardi/Tobias Buchborn - Animal models of addiction
• Malin Schmid/Annasara Artiolo/Raquel Perez Fernandez - iPSCs and organoids

Day 5 (19th) - Treatment Approaches

• Tobias Buchborn - Psychedelics and alcohol addiction
• Jorge Manzanares - The endocannabinoid system, a treatment target?
• Valery Grinevich - The oxytocin system and its role in physiology and pathophysiology

Day 6 (20th) - Break

Day 7 (21st) - Studying Addiction in Animals

• Nazzareno Cannella - The 3-crit model of addiction
• Yavin Shaham - Incubation of drug-seeking
• Wolfgang Sommer - Translation of preclinical findings and novel treatment targets