ISDN 2010
Estoril, Portugal | 6-9 June 2010

POSTER ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE - 15 MARCH 2010

Submit abstracts and view programme information at:
www.isdn-conference.elsevier.com

Contributions are currently invited for poster presentation at ISDN 2010 - the 18th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience.

Four poster abstracts submitted by the deadline of 15 March 2010 and selected by the Programme Committee for their originality and topical interest will each be awarded € 300.00. In addition, a number of student bursaries are available to support attendance at ISDN 2010.
Submit your abstracts now at www.isdn-conference.elsevier.com

Present your latest research alongside these focused Symposia

- Cilia in the Developing Nervous System: Organizers of Signalling and Migration
Chair: Joseph Gleeson, University of California, San Diego, USA

- Development of the Synapse
Chair: Takao Hensch, Harvard University, USA

- Genomic Basis of Neuropsychiatric Disorders including Autism and Schizophrenia and Intellectual Disability
Chair: Pamela Sklar, Harvard Medical School, USA
Co-Chair: Jonathan Sebat, University of California, San Diego, USA

- Human Brain Evolution
Chair: Colette Dehay: Inserm U846, France

- Mechanisms and Diseases of Early Brain Development
Chair: Sam Pleasure, University of California, San Francisco, USA

- Molecularly Targeted Therapy for Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Chair: Alcino Silva, University of California, Los Angles, USA

- Neuroimaging
Chair: Scott Fraser, California Institute of Technology, USA

- Transcriptional Control of Neuronal and Glial Cell Fates
Chair: Ryoichiro Kageyama, Kyoto University, Japan

Plenary Speakers

David Sweatt, McKnight Brain Institute, USA
Adrian Bird, Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, UK
Jay Giedd, National Institute of Mental Health, USA
Karl Deisseroth, Stanford University, USA
Constance Scharff, Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany
Jeff Noebels, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
Peter Scheiffele, Biozentrum University Basel, Switzerland

View the full programme at www.isdn-conference.elsevier.com

DELEGATE REGISTRATION

ISDN 2010 provides delegates with an opportunity to present their work on fundamental and disease-focused developmental neuroscience and to learn about the most recent advances in the field from a comprehensive invited programme of plenary lectures and focussed symposia sessions. Discounted delegate rates apply for all levels of student trainees. Online registration for ISDN 2010 is now open at www.isdn-conference.elsevier.com.

ISDN 2010 is the 18th biennial meeting organized by the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience. Conference administration is provided by Elsevier, publisher of International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience.

Conference Committee
Chair: Daniel Geschwind, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Magdalena Gotz, Max-Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Germany
Francois Guillemot, National Institute for Medical Research, UK
Takao Hensch, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan
Ryoichiro Kageyama, Kyoto University, Japan
Pat Levitt, Vanderbilt University, USA
J. Regino Perez-Polo, Sealy Center for Molecular Medicine
Samuel Pleasure, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Alcino Silva, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Stefano Stifani, Montreal Neurological Hospital and Institute, Canada
Li-Huei Tsai, Picower Institute for Learning & Memory, Brain & Cognitive Sciences and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA Bernard Zalc, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, France

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