Preliminary programme

12:30 - 13:30

Registration

13:30 - 13:45

Welcome & Opening

Katja Schenke-Layland, Vice-President for Research, University of Tübingen

13:45 - 15:45

Session 1: Neurodevelopment

13:45 - 14:45 Keynote: Jürgen Knoblich (Vienna, Austria)

14:45 - 15:05 Selected talk 1

15:05 - 15:25 Selected talk 2

15:25 - 15:45 Selected talk 3

15:45 - 16:10

Coffee break

16:10 - 17:50

Session 2: Neurosensory

16:10 - 17:10 Botond Roska (Basel, Switzerland)

17:10 - 17:30 Selected talk 4

17:30 - 17:50 Selected talk 5

17:50 - 19:20

Poster Session 1

19:30 - 21:30

Reception

Alte Aula, Münzgasse 30, 72070 Tübingen

09:00 - 10:20

Session 3: Neurodegeneration I

09:00 - 10:00 Julia TCW (Boston, USA)

10:00 - 10:20 Selected talk 6

10:20 - 10:40

Coffee break

10:40 - 12:20

Session 3: Neurodegeneration I

10:40 - 11:00 Selected talk 7

11:00 - 11:20 Selected talk 8

11:20 - 12:20 Sponsorship talks

12:20 - 13:00

Lunch break

13:00 - 14:30

Workshops (parallel)

(W1) Basic Principles of science communication – Markus Gottschling (University of Tübingen)

(W2) Planning my next step – Career development inside/ outside academia – Silke Thul, Sabrina Lehner (DZNE Bonn, Germany)

(W3) Technology Transfer Trivia – Patrick Wunderlich, Dennis de Coninck (DZNE Bonn, Germany)

(W4) Organoid Intelligence – Alina Wernick (University of Tübingen) and Miriam Klopotek (University of Stuttgart)

14:30 - 15:00

Coffee break

15:00 - 17:00

Session 4: Neuroglia

15:00 - 16:00 Elly Hol (Utrecht, The Netherlands)

16:00 - 16:20 Selected talk 9

16:20 - 16:40 Selected talk 10

16:40 - 17:00 Selected talk 11

17:00 - 18:30

Poster session 2

19:30

Conference Dinner

upon invitation only

09:00 - 10:40

Session 5: Neurodegeneration II

09:00 - 10:00 Anna Williams (Edinburgh, UK)

10:00 - 10:20 Selected talk 12

10:20 - 10:40 Selected talk 13

10:40 - 11:10

Coffee break

11:10 - 13:10

Session 6: Emerging Technologies

11:10 - 12:10 Martin Kampmann (San Francisco, USA)

12:10 - 12:30 Selected talk 14

12:30 - 12:50 Selected talk 15

12:50 - 13:10 Selected talk 16

13:10 - 14:00

Wrap-up & lunch

Information

Information about the different session, registration fees, travel stipends etc…

Workshops

These workshops provide training in essential “soft skills” and encourage critical thinking and discussion.

Keynote Speakers

Confirmed keynote speakers: They all utilize stem cells to investigate neurosciece, from development to neurodegeneration and beyond.

Registration is open