Prof Steve Cole
Title: “RNA Biomarkers for Precision Immunopsychiatry in Major Depression”
Prof Christine Heim
Title: “Stressed Beginnings, Vulnerable Minds: The Neurobiology of Early-Life Stress across the Lifespan”
Fabia Filipello & Jehanita Jesuthasan
Title: “Type I Interferon at the Maternal–Fetal Interface Alters Microglia and Synaptic Integrity in Neurodevelopmental Disorders”
Title: “Genetic evidence for repurposing immunomodulatory drugs for major depressive disorder”
Prof John Lukens
Title: “Innate Immunity at the Crossroads of Neurological Health and Disease”
Dr Paolo Enrico & Dr Naghmeh Nikkheslat
Title: “From Immune Stratification to Molecular Lipid Mapping: Translational Insights from Psychosis and Perinatal Depression”
Title: “Immune and Kynurenine Pathway Alterations Across Risk and Remission in Adolescent Depression”
Dr Alessandro Venturino & Maddy Kirkpatrick
Titles:
"A brain-body axis promotes a sexual dimorphic microglia response in the visual cortex after ketamine anaesthesia” - Dr Alessandro Venturino
“Modelling the Intergenerational Impact of Antenatal Depression: How Oestradiol Modulates Inflammatory Responses in Fetal Hippocampal Cells” - Maddy Kirkpatrick
Dr Hemmo Drexhage
Title: One Size Does Not Fit All - The therapeutic effect of additional statins in schizophrenia is restricted to a particular group of patients showing indications of a pro-inflammatory setpoint in blood monocytes
Professor Christian Otte
Title: Statins as antidepressants in patients with comorbid obesity and major depression?: Results from the multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled SIMCODE trial
Dr Julie Lasselin
Speaker: Dr Julie Lasselin
Talk Title: “Inflammation-induced emotional and behavioural changes in humans and role of top-down factors”
Dr Jonathan Savitz
Speaker: Dr Jonathan Savitz
Talk Title: “Response to Inflammatory Challenge in Major Depressive Disorder”
Dr Aiste Lengvenyte & Becky Milton
Speakers: Dr Aiste Lengvenyte & Becky Milton
Talk titles:
"In search of peripheral signatures of suicidal behaviours” - Dr Aiste Lengvenyte
“Obesity and Depression: An Immunometabolism Link?” - Becky Milton
Professor Carmine Pariante
Speaker: Professor Carmine Pariante
Talk Title: “Increased Inflammation in Depression: A biological and philosophical update”
Dr Michele Santoni & Dr Amalie Couch
Speakers: Dr Michele Santoni & Dr Amalie Couch
Talk titles:
"Investigation between the endocannabinoid and mesocorticolimbic systems in a maternal immune activation model of schizophrenia" - Dr Michele Santoni
“Cellular Conversations in the Context of Psychiatric Risk: Revealing Cell-Specific Responses to IL-6 in hiPSC-Derived Microglia and Neural Progenitor Cells” - Dr Amalie Couch
Dr Femke Lamers
Speakers: Dr Femke Lamers
Talk Title: “Immunometabolic Dysregulations in Major Depressive Disorder: Implications and examples for personalized treatment”
Courtney Worrell & Edward Palmer
Speakers: Courtney Worrell & Edward Palmer
Talk Titles:
“Exploring the effect of childhood trauma in the inflammatory gene expression differences observed in treatment response in depression” - Courtney Worrell
“Using Biomarkers to elucidate the role of inflammation in mental health – results from longitudinal and cohort studies” - Edward Palmer
Prof Bernhard Baune
Speakers: Prof Bernhard Baune
Talk Title: “Immunogenetics findings in Psychiatric disorders”
Prof Aric Prather
Speakers: Prof Aric Prather
Talk Title: “Sleep and Susceptibility to Infectious Illness: COVID-19 and Beyond”
Dr Manish Jha & Dr David Goldsmith
Speakers: Dr Manish Jha & Dr David Goldsmith
Talk Titles:
“Weighing Options When Selecting Antidepressants: Can Immune Biomarkers Help?” - Dr Manish Jha
“Toward Achieving Specificity in Inflammation and Psychosis: Effects on Nucleus Accumbens – Insula Circuitry in Association with Deficits in Motivation and Pleasure” - Dr David Goldsmith
Dr Anthony Vernon
Speakers: Dr Anthony Vernon
Talk Title: "Modelling immune activation in development using induced pluripotent stem cells"
Dr Luca Sforzini & Dr Benedetta Vai
Speakers: Dr Luca Sforzini & Dr Benedetta Vai
Talk Titles:
Gene-Expression Profiles in Major Depressive Disorder: From Clinical Phenotypes to Immunopsychiatry - by Dr Sforzini
Improving mood disorders healthcare: capturing the biological heterogeneity with machine learning” - by Dr Vai
Prof Marion Leboyer
Speakers: Prof Marion Leboyer
Talk Title: Immuno-Genetic Background of Major Psychiatric Disorder
Prof Greg Miller
Speaker: Professor Greg Miller
Talk Title: Understanding the Health Consequences of Children’s Exposure to Violence
Dr Giulia Lombardo & Dr Andrea Ballesio
Speakers: Dr Giulia Lombardo & Dr Andrea Ballesio
Talk Titles:
“Sex Hormones & Inflammation in Major Depression Disorder” by Dr Giulia Lombardo
“Inflammation and depression: a prospective from insomnia research” by Dr Andrea Ballesio
Prof Igor Branchi
Speaker: Professor Igor Branchi
Talk Title: “Breaking free from the inflammatory trap of depression: regulating the interplay between immune activation and plasticity to foster mental health”

