The First International Meeting
“Mechanisms of Seasonal Changes in the Brain and in Reproduction”
Institute of Applied Biotechnology and Basic Sciences
University of Rzeszow
Werynia Palace 22.04.2015

Program:
9:15 Welcome ceremony, Prof. Marek Koziorowski, Dean of the Institute of Applied Biotechnology and Basic Sciences
9:20 Opening ceremony, President of the University of Rzeszow, Rector, Prof. Aleksander Bobko
Plenary session:
Chairman Prof. Marek Koziorowski, Co-chairman Prof. Dan Oren
9:30 Prof. Dan Oren: Fulbright Poland Scholar, 2014-2015, Yale University, “Coloured light and SAD”
10:15 Prof. Konstantin Danilenko: Institute of Physiology of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, “Influence of light on reproductive function in women”
11:00 PhD Maria Romerowicz-Misielak; University of Rzeszow, ”Changes in GnRH and GnRH-R genes expression after carbon monoxide increase in the cavernous sinus”
11:45 Coffee break
12:15 Prof. Timothy Brown: University of Manchester, "Unexpected sensory properties of the suprachiasmatic timekeeping network”
13:00 Prof. Matthaeus Willeit: Medical University of Vienna, "A search for light-sensitive stuctures in the brain"
13:45 Coffee break
14:15 Prof. Teodor Postolache: University of Maryland, “Seasonality and neuroimmunology of suicidal behavior : the upstream, the downstream and the modifiable”
15:00 Prof. Yael Heifetz: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, “Clocks, secretory cells and Drosophila female fertility”
15:45 Tour of laboratories and animal facility