
CONFERENCE
Development of the dopaminergic system – from stem cells to circuits
13-15 May 2019, Crete
The mammalian brain is anatomically and functionally complex, and susceptible to diverse forms of neuropathology. A fundamental goal of developmental neuroscience is to understand the molecular, cellular and activity-based mechanisms that control the formation and maintenance of neural circuits. This knowledge is fundamental to better understand how these mechanisms become compromised in neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative/psychiatric disorders.
In recent years, the development and function of dopamine neurons has come under intense focus, driven by the ambition of generating dopaminergic neurons for cell replacement strategies in Parkinson’s disease (PD).To deepen our understanding of dopamine biology in the healthy brain and to develop strategies to ameliorate disease states, it is essential to bring together neurodevelopmental research, approaches to dissect complex neuronal networks, and advanced pluripotent stem cell technologies.
The 2019 conference “Development of the dopaminergic system-from stem cells to circuits” will feature an exciting and diverse scientific programme focused on recent advances and future directions in fundamental and applied developmental neuroscience centred on the midbrain dopaminergic system. We look forward to you joining us in this interesting and informative meeting and help us form a growing network of interactions and collaborations aiming at pushing the boundaries of research in the field of dopaminergic development.

Prof. Rajeshwar Awatramani
Associate Professor of Neurology
Northwestern University, USA

Dr Emmanouil Metzakopian
Team leader
UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI), University of Cambridge

Prof. Sandra Blaess
Heisenberg-Professorship in Neurodevelopment
University of Bonn, Germany

Prof. Martin Lévesque
Associate professor at Laval University, Canada
Head of Neurodevelopmental group at CERVO Brain Research Centre
More about the organising committee…
| Fees* | Conference Ticket | Add a guest (accommodation only) |
| Academia | €949 | €279 |
| Industry | €1249 | €279 |
*This event is all inclusive. Your registration fee includes the conference attendance, your free CamBioScience membership, 3 nights (check-in on the 12th and check-out on the 15th) stay at the Fodele Beach Resort, all meals and all beverages (this also includes your food and drinks outside of the conference programme). Your hotel reservation will include a double room for single occupancy.
Please email enquiries to ddsscc@cambioscience.com
EARLY REGISTRATION period is extend to 29th March 2019, secure your ticket early!
Additional nights: You can book extra nights on the Resort’s booking system using booking code Cambio for preferential rates. Please make sure to book under the name of the conference attendee to stay in the same room throughout your stay.
Additional guests: For the extra nights, please select the number of guests aa needed. For the night of the 12th, 13th, and 14th, you can book additional guests as a separate ticket when you register following the link below.
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When you register you can submit a talk or poster abstract once you’ve picked a ticket type. ↓
The closest airport to the resort is HERAKLION “Nikos Kazantzakis” International Airport, situated 28 Km east from the Fodele Beach Hotel (it costs approximately 45€ and take 20 to 30 minutes by Taxi).
Siew-Lan Ang, Crick Institute, UK Ernest Arenas, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden Rajeshwar Awatramani, Northwestern University, USA Anders Bjorklund, University of Lund, Sweden Sandra Blaess, University of Bonn Germany Vania Broccoli, San Raffaele Scientific Institute/CNR Institute of Neuroscience, Italy Claude Brodski, Ben Gurion University, Israel Huaibin Cai, NIH National Institute on Aging, USA Wolfgang Driever, University of Freiburg, Germany Siew-Lan Ang, Crick Institute, UK Su-Chun Zhang, University of Wisconsin-Madison/Duke-NUS Medical School, USA Cecilia Flores, McGill University, Canada Mary Hynes, Stanford University, USA Jeff Kordower, Rush University, USA Martin Lévesque, Laval University, CERVO Brain Research Centre, Canada Emmanouil Metzakopian, UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI), University of Cambridge, UK Lia Panman, MRC Toxicology Unit, Cambridge, UK Janelle Drouin-Ouellet, University of Montreal, Canada Juha Partanen, University of Helsinki, Finland Jeroen Pasterkamp, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands Thomas Perlmann, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden Nilima Prakash, Hamm-Lippstadt University of Applied Sciences, Germany Alain Prochiantz, College de France, France Jens Schwammborn, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg Marten P. Smidt, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Lorenz Studer, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA Louis-Eric Trudeau, University of Montreal, Canada Andrea Wizenmann, Univeristy of Tübingen, Germany Wolfgang Wurst, Helmholtz Zentrum münchen, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Germany











