nTMS Functional Mapping Bootcamp

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About the event

This bootcamp is targeting neurosurgeons, neurologists, neurophysiologists, neuropsychologists, neuroscientists, and anyone who is interested in understanding the fundamentals of TMS (from fundamentals of navigated TMS neurophysiology and biophysics, MRI processing to applications of navigated TMS in research and clinical practice and data inspection, export and interpretation various setups and analysis methods) and contextualizing the applications around functional mapping. The general introduction on day one will be followed by a more specialized theme on the second day focused on motor and speech functional mapping.

The expert instructors are leading researchers in their field. Together with the ANT Neuro specialists, they will guide the participants all the way from the introduction to broader applications, the MRI preprocessing, data analysis, export, and interpretation steps.

During the practical sessions, the participants will be in supervised groups acquiring data and gaining a thorough hands-on experience to help them start with their own future functional mapping procedures.

The Berlin nTMS Bootcamp is particularly suited for PhD students, early-career researchers and anyone who would like to be well-equipped to get started with mapping acquisition and analysis with neuronavigated TMS. 

Program

Day 1:    Thursday, January 25, 2024        

• 9:00- Welcome notes
• 9:30- Fundamentals of navigated TMS neurophysiology and biophysics by Dr. Giulio Di Cosmo
• 10:15- Safety measures of nTMS and quality assurance by Dr. Kerstin Häringer
• 10:45- Coffee break
• 11:15- Applications of navigated TMS in research and clinical practice by Dr. Molood S. Safavi
• 12:00- Lunch break
• 13:00- MRI brain model creation & coordinate space for navigated TMS by Dr. Rachel N. Pläschke
• 13:45- Visor2 hardware demo by ANT Neuro Application Experts
• 14:15- Coffee break
• 14:45- General overview visor2 software workflows demo by ANT Neuro Application Experts
• 15:15- Hands on session with nTMS and Q&A Session
• 18:00- Social event  

Day 2:    Friday, January 26, 2023

• 9:00- nTMS in neurosurgical practice by Dr. med. Jann Wojak (neurosurgeon)
• 10:00- Motor mapping best practices and protocols by Dr. med. Jann Wojak (neurosurgeon)
• 11:00- Coffee break
• 11:30- Language Mapping-best practices and protocols by Dr. Oksana Lyalka
• 12:15- Lunch break
• 13:15- Hands on MRI brain model segmentation & coordinate space in visor2 by Dr. Rachel N. Pläschke
• 14:00- Hands on functional mapping
• 15:00- Coffee break     
• 15:30- Data analysis, export and interpretation (interactive session)
• 16:30- Q&A and concluding remarks

About the speakers

Dr. Med. Jann Frederik Wojak

Neurosurgeon, University Hospital of Lübeck, Germany

Dr. Jann Frederik Wojak is Specialist in Neurosurgery, currently working at the University hospital of Luebeck, Germany (UKSH, Campus Luebeck). For his doctoral thesis in neurology at the university of Luebeck, Dr. Wojak worked on the topic “Investigations on bilateral vestibular failure: About the influence of predictive mechanisms on the vestibulo-ocular reflex and the dependence of gravidity, vestibular and proprioceptive inputs on stand oscillation”. In the following years, he worked as a specialist registrar and post-doctoral research assistant in neurosurgery at the University hospital of Luebeck, Germany (UKSH, Campus Luebeck) and at the “CHU de Bordeaux” (University hospital of Bordeaux, France), he completed a fellowship in skull base surgery and neurosurgical Oncology at the “CHU de Bordeaux” (University hospital of Bordeaux, France). Dr. Wojak is subspecialized in skull base surgery and neurooncology, endoscopic neurosurgery, vascular neurosurgery, neuromonitoring, and neurointensivcare medicine. His current research subjects comprises: Opportunities in pre- and post-surgical TMS-mapping and -treatment, neuromonitoring in subarachnoid hemorrhage- and cerebral injury- patients, and resting state fMRI analyses for presurgical gradings in glioma-patients.

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Dr. Kerstin Häringer, 

Founder and COO, MAG & More, Germany