Past ISDN Meeting 2004 Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
4-7 August 2004, 15th Biennial Meeting of ISDN at the Edinburgh Conference Centre, Heriot-Watt University, Scotland, UK
Organizing Committee:
Host Chair: Peter Brophy
Program Chair: Robert H. Miller
Conference Chair: John Edmond
Plenary Lecturers:
- Patterning the CNS. - Andrew Lumsden
- Building a brain. - Derek van-de Kooy
- Schizophrenia as a neurodevelopmental disorder of synapses. - Pat Levitt
- Neurotrophins in development and disease. - Yves Barde
Symposia:
- Cell fate determination in the CNS.
Chair - Martin Raff - Progenitor cell migration into the embryonic telencephalon.
Chair - Wendy Macklin - Control of oligodendrocyte development.
Chair - Rashmi Bansal - Development of the olfactory system.
Chair - Sue Barnett - Emerging concepts on neural stem cells.
Chairs - Jean De Vellis and Ernesto Bongarzone - Roles of TGFB in the nervous system.
Chair - Alison Hall - Molecular regulation of neural crest development.
Chair - Kristjan Jessen - Mitochondrial alterations in the immature and aging brain.
Chairs - G Fiskum and JB Clark - Genetic control of behavior.
Chair - Evan Deneris - Neurobiological bases of developmental disorders.
Chair - Frank Tarazi - Developmental perturbations in myelination.
Chair - Ian Duncan - Cognitive dysfunction of aging.
Chair - Regino Perez-Polo - Axonal development to regeneration.
Chair - John Steeves - Animal models for autism.
Chair - Jean Lauder - Basic studies for essentiality of DHA for brain development.
Chair - N Salem