Cajal Club mini-conference at FENS
The Cajal Club is organizing a mini-conference the morning of Saturday 11 July 2020, as part of the official program of the 12th FENS Forum of Neuroscience in Glasgow, UK. The title of this mini-conference is “A Celebration of Women in Developmental Neuroscience: History and Homage to Ramón y Cajal”. The mini-conference is inspired by three themes: First, Cajal Club-sponsored meetings at other venues traditionally focus on the cerebral cortex. Here we will highlight advances in the several other model systems Cajal studied, with a focus on development. Second, we aim to celebrate women in science by showcasing women scientists especially in Europe who work on these systems. Third, we will have the opportunity to hear about the women neuroscientists in the Cajal school through a talk by Fernando de Castro, who has recently authored an article on this theme.
See below for registration and full program.
Registration for the mini-conference is now open:
Main contact person
Oscar Marín
Centre for Developmental Neurobiology
New Hunt's House
King's College London
Guy's Campus
London SE1 1UL
Email: oscar.marin@kcl.ac.uk
Office: +44 (0) 207848 8655
Co-organizer:
Carol Mason
Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute
Columbia University
Jerome L. Greene Science Center
3227 Broadway
Room L3-043, Quad 3C
New York, N.Y. 10027
Email: cam4@columbia.edu
Office 212-853-1084 (office)
Provisional Programme:
08.30 Arrival and registration (coffee available)
Welcome and Introduction
Session I – Spinal cord, hypothalamus
09.00 Esther Stoeckli
09:25 Valerie Castellani
09:50 Marysia Placzek
10:15 Coffee break
Session II – Visual pathway
10.45 Eloisa Herrera
11:10 Lynda Erskine
12:35 Paola Bovolenta
12:00 Lunch
Special Presentation
13.00 Fernando de Castro
Session III – Cerebellar and Cerebral Cortices
13:45 Fekrije Selimi
14:10 Linda Richards
14:35 Alessandra Pierani
Conclusions
15:00 End of the mini-conference
