Brain Development Symposium 2008

Following the success of this year's Brain Development meeting, Abcam is pleased to annouce a follow-up symposium to be held over two days in May 2008.

Registration for this event has now closed.

Venue

Regent's College, London

Program

View the schedule of talks PDF

Date

12 - 13 May 2008

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Time

Day 1 (12 May): 10.00 - 18:30

Day 2 (13 May): 09:00 - 16:00

Organizers

Francois Guillemot & Abcam

Invited speakers

Evelyne Bloch-Gallego (Institut Cochin)
Small GTPases and subcellular reorganizations in hindbrain tangential migrations and nuclei formation
Andrea Brand (University of Cambridge)
Regulation of self-renewal and differentiation in the drosophila nervous system
Mario De Bono (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology)
Understanding how behaviour evolves
Jonathan Clarke (University College London)
Role of polarised cell divisions and mesoderm in zebrafish brain morphogenesis
Sonia Garel (Ecole Normale Supérieure)
Cell migration as a path-opener for thalamo-cortical projections: roles and mechanisms
Alex Gould (The National Institute for Medical Research)
A timer coregulating cell fate and proliferation during Drosophila neurogenesis
Alicia Hidalgo (University of Birmingham)
Neurotrophic and gliatrophic factors in drosophila
Ruediger Klein (Max-Planck Institute of Neurobiology)
Repulsive cell-cell communication regulating the wiring of the nervous system
Patrick Lemaire (Institute for Developmental Biology of Marseille)
Gene regulatory networks and the control of ciona intestinalis development
Kate Lewis (University of Cambridge)
Interneuron specification in the vertebrate spinal cord
Jeff Macklis (Harvard Medical School)
Molecular development of corticospinal motor neurons and other forebrain projection neuron circuitry
Franck Polleux (University of North Carolina)
srGAP2, a gene specifically duplicated in the human lineage, controls multiple aspects of cortical development through its non-canonical F-BAR domain
David Price (University of Edinburgh)
Development of sensory inputs to the mammalian brain
Stephen Price (University College London)
Cadherin gene expression in the development of neuronal nucleus formation
Lukas Sommer (Institute of Anatomy, University of Zurich)
Control of proliferation and differentiation in neural stem cells
Pierre Vanderhaeghen (University of Brussels)
Corticogenesis in a dish: intrinsic mechanisms of specification of cortical neurons from stem cells
Jochen Wittbrodt (University of Heidelberg)
Retinal morphogenesis - single cells and vesicular transport as driving forces

Topics

As last year, the meeting will cover various aspects of neural development including:

Cell fate specification
Connectivity
Migration
Behaviour

Call for abstracts

Abstracts (oral and poster) are now invited which fit the themes outlined above

Deadline for oral abstracts: Tuesday 25 March 2008

Deadline for poster abstracts: Monday 21 April 2008

Registration fees

Registration for this event has now closed.

Early bird fee: Standard rate:

£175 full £225 full

£85 students £135 students

All prices are inclusive of VAT and include access to sessions; lunch and refreshments on 12 and 13 May; attendance at the welcome reception; book of abstracts and other conference materials.

Students are categorized as those in full time education at the time of registering. Proof of student status may be requested.

Early bird deadline: Tuesday 25 March 2008 (standard rates apply after this time)

Accommodation

Ellis Salsby Ltd is the appointed agent to handle the accommodation for this event. They have negotiated preferential rates at local hotels. Delegates requiring accommodation can see the Ellis Salsby website to view and book accommodation available.

Alternatively Visit London is the official website for visitors to the City with comprehensive guides to accommodation, transport and attractions.

Contact us

If you have any questions please email Abcam Events Team or call +44 (0) 1223 696000

We look forward to welcoming you to London