Programme

21st Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience
From stem cells to behaviour in the normal and diseased nervous system

Join us in Antibes, along the beautiful Mediterranean coast of Southern France, for an exciting and diverse scientific programme that will provide an opportunity to keep you informed about the most recent advances in fundamental and disease-focused developmental neuroscience.

Organised by the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience (ISDN), this meeting will include a balance of topics on human and animal models of neural development and disease:

• Pluripotent stem cell approaches in the normal and diseased brain
• Stem cells and psychiatric disorders
• Evolution of the mammalian cortex
• Autophagy in neurodegenerative diseases
• Generation of cell diversity in the developing brain
• Wnt signalling in neurodevelopment
• Hypothalamic cell fate specification and function
• From circuits to behaviour
• Control of neuronal morphology, from genes to activity
• Sensorimotor assembly and integration
• The role of microRNAs in neurogenesis
• Neurobiology of stress
• Sleep evolution in childhood and brain development
• Astrocyte development and function

As in previous years, ISDN will provide a number of travel and poster awards for trainees.

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ENP Ecole des Neurosciences Paris -IDF
Federation of Neurosciences, Université Paris Descartes
IBENS, Ecole Normale Supérieure

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25 Lectures, 7 days practical work and demonstrations
Practicals and demonstrations fee 1300 Euro with accommodation
500 Euro without accommodation.
Lecture program open without charge (requires registration)
Deadline for applications: 15 February 2016

Energy homeostasis, i.e. the regulation of food intake and energy expenditure is essential for animal survival. The failure in regulating these important physiological processes has major implications on human health, giving rise to disorders such as obesity and anorexia. A variety of research approaches has been used to identify molecular and neural networks underlying food intake and metabolic homeostasis. These approaches include human genetics to reveal the heritable basis of obesity, optogenetics and physiology in rodents to identify neural circuits that regulate eating behaviours and genetic screens in invertebrate model organism to investigate neuromodulatory pathways for metabolism and food intake.

The main goal of this EMBO Workshop is to bring together expertise from these different disciplines to discuss recent developments and landmark discoveries. We aim to foster a platform that will stimulate discussions between researchers and allow interdisciplinary exchange of ideas and research tools.

The session topics will cover neural control of weight homeostasis, nutrient sensing by the nervous system and molecular pathways for metabolic control and eating behaviour. We will give special attention to young scientists, such as students, postdocs and junior group leaders by creating a stimulating scientific atmosphere with talks, discussions, poster sessions and social events.

Registration fees:

Student: 320 EUR
Academic: 420 EUR
Industry: 520 EUR

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This Conference aims at bringing together basic and translational research leaders, to foster a conversation on how research on neurobiology and psychiatry can synergize to improve the understanding and treatment of psychiatric diseases.

The scientific program is structured around the concept of research domains, highlighting the neurobiology of major cognitive functions and how their dysfunction impacts on disease. Each of five half-day sessions will focus on one major cognitive function through four main talks. In addition, each session will include a keynote lecture by a psychiatrist. A few short talks selected from the abstracts submitted by participants will complete each session.

The two-and-half day conference will be held at Campus Biotech in Geneva.
The anticipated size is about 200 participants.

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This conference has been established as a high-quality meeting on contemporary neuroscience for many years. For the 18th conference we aim at topping previous programs by inviting most distinguished neuroscientists as keynote speakers and select high-quality symposia. Sölden is an Alpine village about 1 hr. drive from the city of Innsbruck in Austria. The venue is a 5-star SPA hotel in one of the largest ski resorts in Austria with a restaurant carrying prestigious awards by international restaurant guides. Normally 120 – 150 participants, among them a large number of recognized scientists share the opportunity to meet colleagues in a relaxed and cosy atmosphere. During the day, time for skiing in the high altitude ski resort is perfectly possible even in April.

Conference Structure
Keynote Lectures
Symposia
Special Interest Sessions
Posters

Keynote lectures by invitation only. Symposia and special interest sessions are selected from complete applications according to the guidelines. All other registered participants may submit one abstract for poster presentation, which must be submitted before the abstract deadline. No short oral presentations will be scheduled.

Posters: Contributions from all fields of basic neuroscience are welcome; abstracts and registration to be submitted before the abstract deadline: Feb. 15th 2016

The conference will start on April 2nd 2016 in the late afternoon and end on April 6th 2016 in the afternoon.

Scientific Organizers
Alois Saria, chair (Austria)
Tobias Bonhoeffer (Germany)
Nils Brose (Germany)
Stephan Schwarzacher (Germany)

Organized by
Univ.Prof. Alois Saria
Brainplatform.net e.U.

Upcoming Deadlines
Abstracts: Feb.15, 2016
Online registration closes: Mar.21, 2016

Contact
Prof. Alois Saria (chair)
Medical University Innsbruck
Center of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Experimental Psychiatry Unit
Innrain 66a, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Phone: +43 512 504 23715 (secretariat)
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For further information on this meeting, please visit: http://www.icn2016.uy

Neural development is not restricted to embryonic or early postnatal stages but continuous throughout life in the mammalian brain. This conference will bring together leaders from diverse fields such as embryonic cortical development, adult neurogenesis, human imaging, and stem cell-based neural disease modelling to discuss recent advances in understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms regulating neural stem cell activity, neuronal specification and functional significance of circuitries modified by the addition of new neurons. In addition, translational perspectives and implications for disease modelling will be covered.

Plenary Speakers

Prof. Gordon Fishell (NYU Langone Medical Center)

Prof. Fred H. Gage (Salk Institute)

Prof. Dr. Magdalena Götz (Munich Center for Neurosciences)

Prof. Rene Hen (Columbia University)

Prof. Rudolf Jaenisch (Whitehead Institute)

Prof. Dr. Sebastian Jessberger (University of Zurich)

Prof. Dr. Gerd Kempermann (CRTD Dresden)

Prof. Pierre-Marie Lledo (Institut Pasteur)

Prof. Guo-li Ming (Johns Hopkins University)

Prof. Alejandro Schinder (Fundación Instituto Leloir)

Prof. Ben Simons (University of Cambridge)

Prof. Hongjun Song (Johns Hopkins University)

Website: http://www.fusion-conferences.com/conference35.php

Dear Colleagues,

It is our pleasure to announce that registration and abstract submissions are now open for the 6th annual meeting of the GDR Multielectrode that will be held in Grenoble (minischool) and Autrans (conference) on January 5-8, 2016.

You will find the preliminary program and all useful informations and instructions to register at the following address :

http://gdr2904grenoble.sciencesconf.org/

Please don’t hesitate to spread the word around you to make this event as rich as possible.

Several companies will present their products, and we particularly thank Blackrock Microsystems, Atlas Neuroengineering, and g.Tec for their strong support.

Important notes:

1) The language of the meeting is English
2) Deadline for registration and abstract submission is November 15, 2015
3) There are mostly double rooms and only extremely few single rooms available onsite for participant housing, so please choose a single room only if really necessary – thank you so much for your understanding!
4) We plan to organize several practical hands-on sessions in parallel for the second half of the minischool, please let us know which one you would be interested in.
5) This year, a special demo session will be held on Friday 8 afternoon, so you can submit an abstract for this session if you would like to demo a software or a hardware
6) Bus transportation will be available to go from Grenoble to Autrans and back. We plan to propose 2 buses to go back to Grenoble on Friday afternoon at two different times, please specify which one you would prefer.
7) Finally, we have planed a time for an outdoor activity on Thursday 6th afternoon (snow equipment provided). If we have snow, a biathlon initiative will be organized. Please let us know if you would be interested to participate, given that it will be free and will not require any special skiing skills, so everyone can participate!

Looking forward welcoming you in the Alps,

Best regards,

Yvert Blaise
Inserm Research Director

on behalf of the whole organizing committee.

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