23rd Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience

Advancing understanding of nervous system development and neurodevelopmental disorders

September 1-4, 2020 | Vancouver Convention Centre, Canada

We understand you may be concerned about not being able to attend due to the Coronavirus COVID-19 situation. Rest assured that we will refund your registration fee, with no penalty, should you wish to cancel during the uncertainty of the outbreak.

Join us for ISDN2020 – the biennial conference of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience (ISDN) - in Vancouver, one of the most outstanding convention cities in the world, surrounded by snow-capped peaks, sun drenched sands and the sparkling Pacific Ocean.

The 2020 meeting will feature an exciting and diverse scientific program focused on recent advances and future directions in fundamental and applied developmental neuroscience arranged within the following symposia:

Single cell OMIC approaches to study cell lineage and system organization
Chair: Dr. Songhai Shi, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA
Development of the cerebellum and cerebellar tumours
Chair: Dr. Dan Goldowitz, University of British Columbia, Canada & Dr. Michael Piper, University of Queensland, Australia
Autism spectrum disorders
Chair: Dr. Dalila Pinto, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA
Primary cilia in normal and pathological conditions
Chair: Dr. Jeong Ho Lee, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea
Development of astrocytes
Chair: Dr. Shubha Tole, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India
Epigenetics and chromatin remodeling in neural coding
Chair: Dr. Yukiko Gotoh, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Evolution and cortical expansion of the human brain
Chair: Dr. Fumio Matsuzaki, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Japan
Adult neurogenesis
Chair: Dr. Freda Miller, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Canada
Non-coding elements and human brain development
Chair: Dr. Flora Vaccarino, Yale School of Medicine, USA

Abstracts are invited for short talks and posters on all aspects of developmental neuroscience by March 20, 2020.

As in previous years, ISDN will provide a number of travel and poster awards for trainees.

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Plenary Speakers

Mototsugu Eiraku, Kyoto University, Japan
Arnold Kriegstein, UCSF, USA
Pat Levitt, University of Southern California, USA
Peggy Mason, University of Chicago, USA
Michelle Monje, Stanford University, USA

Scientific Committee

Meeting Co-Chair
Daniel Goldowitz, University of British Columbia, Canada

ISDN Secretary-General and Meeting Co-Chair
Stefano Stifani, McGill University, Canada

Francois Guillemot, The Francis Crick Institute, UK
Pierre Leprince, University of Liège, Belgium
Fumio Matsuzaki, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Japan
Michael Piper, University of Queensland, Australia
Catharine Rankin, University of British Columbia, Canada
Song-Hai Shi, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA
Shubha Tole, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), India
Flora Vaccarino, Yale School of Medicine, USA