Adult Neurogenesis 2021

Due to COVID-19, this conference has been postponed to 2021 but let's keep conversations going with the Adult Neurogenesis - digital talks on October 6, 2020! More information.

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Topics

• ​​​​​​​​​​Precursor cells and neuronal development
• Regulation and function
• Regenerative and reactive neurogenesis
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Summary  

Adult neurogenesis is distinct from embryonic forms of neurogenesis in that neuronal development underlies extrinsic regulation, from physiological to pathological. This regulation targets different stages of neuronal development, between cell cycle entry and proliferation of radial glia-like stem cells to the lasting integration of the newly generated neurons. There are obvious feedback loops in that regulation of neurogenesis might alter behavior, which in turn acts back on adult neurogenesis. But how does this all work? How does regulation occur across scales? What constitutes ‘causes’ and ‘mechanisms’ in such complex system? The 2020 Adult neurogenesis meeting uses these key questions as entry point into discussions about how activity and development are linked in adult neurogenesis.

This conference adjoins with the Building and Repairing the Brain 2021 meeting (October 6-8, 2021). 
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Contents  

Confirmed speakers

• Nora Abrous (Neurocentre Magendie, France)
• ​Jenny Hsieh (UT Southwestern Medical Center, US)
• Sebastian Jessberger (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
• Gerd Kempermann (Center for Regenerative Therapies TU Dresden, Germany)
• Orly Lazarov (The University of Illinois at Chicago, US)
• María Llorens Martín (Centre for Molecular Biology "Severo Ochoa", Spain)
• Ana Martin-Villalba (German Cancer Research Center, Germany)
• Alejandro Schinder (Fundación Instituto Leloir, Argentina)
• Sandrine Thuret (King's College London, UK)
• Tara Walker (The University of Queensland, Australia)
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