Neural development continues throughout life in the mammalian brain. This conference will bring together leaders from diverse fields, such as embryonic cortical development, adult neurogenesis, patient-derived stem cell-based 2D and 3B brain organoid disease modelling, direct reprograming and transplantation to discuss recent advances and remaining gaps in the understanding of the cellular and molecular mechanisms regulating neural stem cell activity, neural fate specification and functional significance of circuitries modified by the addition of new neurons in health and diseases.

Sign up for the GRC/GRS Alcohol and the Nervous System. In the GRS trainees take center stage to present their research in a diverse and supportive environment. This year we focus on the gap between preclinical and clinical studies. Limited slots available! Submit your abstract before 29/9!

The aim of the meeting is to stimulate and expand the interdisciplinary and (inter)national networking of researchers in the neuroscience and stem cell field. Robin Ali (London), Roger Barker (Cambridge), Anna Herland (Stockholm), Florian Merkle (Cambridge), Giorgia Quadrato (Los Angeles), and Marius Wernig (Stanford) will deliver keynote lectures spanning topics from neurodevelopment to neurodegeneration, neurosensory, neuroimmunology, neurovascular and translational neuroscience.