Organized by

• Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, UMC Utrecht
• Rintveld Center for Eating Disorders, Altrecht Mental Health Institute

Main focus

The main focus of the workshop was the translation from preclinical to clinical “Bridging the gap: Theory and practice of translational research". Some of the topics were:

• Biology of energy balance, neural pathways of eating behavior
• Animal models of psychiatric diseases in theory and practice
• Neurobiology in clinical practice
• Clinical examples: The Manometer method

Key note speakers:

• Anton Scheurink
  Biology of energy balance
  State University of Groningen
  http://www.rug.nl/staff/a.j.w.scheurink/index
• Roger Adan
  Molecular and neural pathways of eating behavior
  Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, UMC Utrecht
  http://www.umcutrecht.nl/subsite/Rudolf_Magnus_Institute/Staff/Staff_A_-...
• Martien Kas
  Animal models of psychiatric diseases (in theory and practice)
  Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, UMC Utrecht
  http://www.umcutrecht.nl/subsite/Rudolf_Magnus_Institute/Staff/Staff_J_-...
• Annemarie van Elburg
  Neurobiology in clinical practice
  Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, UMC Utrecht; medical manager, Rintveld Eating Disorder Centre, Altrecht Mental Health Institute
  http://www.altrecht.nl/eCache/INT/52/908.html
• Chaim Huyser
  Clinical example: The Mandometer method
  Child and Adolescent Psychiater, De Bascule, Mandometer Centre
• Jacquelien Hillebrand
  Translational research in theory and practice
  Institut for Nutztierwissenschaften, ETH Zurich
  http://www.pt.inw.agrl.ethz.ch/people/jhillebr

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