2013 Conference Details
WIRING THE BRAIN 2013 July 18 – 22, 2013
Organizers:
Catalina Betancur, INSERM, Paris, France
Ed Bullmore, Cambridge University, UK
Z. Josh Huang, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Helen Mayberg, Emory University
Kevin Mitchell, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
The main goal of this meeting is to bring together researchers from diverse fields to explore how brain connectivity is established, how genetic variation can affect these processes, how circuit and network function are affected by defects in neural development and how this can lead to psychiatric and neurological disease.
Topics:
*Genetically Programmed Development
*Activity-dependent Development
*Genetics of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
*Modeling Neurodevelopmental Disorders
*Connectivity – from Synapses to Systems
*Circuits – Function & Dysfunction
*Wiring the Human Brain
*Cognitive Development – the Emergence of the Mind
Keynote Speaker:
Huda Zoghbi, Baylor College of Medicine
Invited Speakers:
Katrin Amunts, Amy Arnsten, Joshua Buckholtz, Joseph Buxbaum, B.J. Casey, Ricardo Dolmetsch, Kafui Dzirasa, Elizabeth Engle, Guoping Feng, Simon Fisher, Dan Geschwind, Jay Giedd, Ann Graybiel, Takao Hensch, Milos Judas, David Lewis, Guillermina Lopez-Bendito, Oscar Marin, Declan Murphy, Alvaro Pascual-Leone, Hans-Hilger Ropers, Peter Scheiffele, Nenad Sestan, Olaf Sporns, Li-Huei Tsai, Gina Turrigiano, Lucina Uddin, Peter Uhlhaas, David van Essen, Essi Viding, Ronald Yeo
We hope to see you at Cold Spring Harbor in July.
This conference is supported in part by funds provided by the national Institutes of Health and the Cold Spring Harbor Corporate Sponsor Program
We have funds to provide partial scholarships for individuals who are US citizens/permanent residents from minority groups under-represented in the life sciences. Please provide justification in writing to Demetria Mudar (dmudar@cshl.edu) and state your financial needs. Preference will be given to those applying who submit abstracts to the meeting.
All questions pertaining to registration, fees, housing, meals, transportation, visas, abstract submission or any other matters may be directed to Demetria Mudar (dmudar@cshl.edu)
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