Human Neurodevelopment Symposium

bit.bio are sponsors of this two day symposium by the MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders. This symposium will cover a range of topics from fundamental research into human neurodevelopment to preclinical stem cell and therapeutics research for a variety of disorders. The meeting will run over two days and will feature talks from some of the international leaders in the field as well as plenty of opportunities for early career researchers to present their latest findings.

The symposium will be in-person with a special hybrid public engagement session titled “Exploring the dimensions of research into the developing human brain” on Monday 4th September between 4:30-6pm. The session will be chaired by Professor Richard Wingate and feature talks & a panel discussion with Dr Tom Arichi, Dr Nita Solanky and Dr Hélène Doerflinger.

Confirmed speakers:

Nadia Bahi-Buisson, Paris Descartes University

Victor Borrell, Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante

Marisa Karow, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Erlangen-Nürnberg

Alexandre Baffet, Institut Curie

Adrian Harwood, Cardiff University

Silvia Cappello, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry

Cécile Charrier, IBENS

Andrea Serio, The Francis Crick Institute

Grainne McAlonan, King’s College London

Tom Nowakowski, UCSF