CONNECT Symposium 2025
One day of cutting-edge in vitro models: Jan. 10th 2025
You’re invited to discover the latest advances in brain organoid research and in vitro BBB models! For one day , the CONNECT Symposium will bring together leading scientists and professionals, including international keynote speakers Dr. Adrian Ranga (KU Leuven) and Dr. Roberto Villaseñor (Roche). Daily lunch, refreshments and a borrel is included.
Read more about symposium themes here.
Location:
Boothzaal, University Library Utrecht Science Park
Who can join?
PIs, PhDs and postdoc researchers; (co-) founders, junior and senior scientists from private industry; any professional or student enthused about in vitro modeling!
Registration:
Sign up and submit your registration fee here.
For more information or if you are interested in speaking, send an email to symposiumconnect@umcutrecht.nl.
PhD course Neurodevelopment 2024
A new PhD course for Neurodevelopment will take place between the 18-22 November 2024! Organised by Cora Nijboer, Michael van der Kooij, Myrna Brandt, Carla Gomes da Silva, and Onur Basak of the UMC Brain Center, this course will combine multiple aspects of neurodevelopmental disorders. We will start by lectures on Autism Spectrum Disorder (day 1), dive into the recent developments on Neonatal Brain Injury (day 2), discuss how early priming of events can affect long term outcome (day 3) and see the state-of-the-art in pediatric neurooncology (day 4). These will be supplemented by journal clubs, career sessions, a wild card game to set the tone for student-designed project challenge (day 5)!
Who can join?
PhD Students enrolled at a Dutch University with great enthusiasm on Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Credits:
The course procides 1.5 ECTs
Registration:
Please contact the CEN secreteriaat (Cen-secretariaat@umcutrecht.nl) for registration. For more information, you can reach out to F.R. de Andrade (F.R.deAndrade-2@umcutrecht.nl).
Program:
Monday 18 November Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Keynote lectures by Prof. Em. Peter Burbach, Prof. Olga Penagarikano & Prof. Hilgo Bruining
- Roundtable & video analysis “Support housing for ASD patients”
- Welcome drinks & snacks
Tuesday 19 November Neonatal Brain Injury
- Keynote lectures by Dr. Jeroen Dudink, Dr. Daan Ophelders & Prof. Maria Cecilia Angulo
- Outreach: patenting your science and a workshop on designing graphical abstracts
Wednesday 20 November Early Priming and Long-Term Outcome
- Keynote lectures by Dr. Aniko Korosi, Dr. Jinte Middeldorp, Dr. Sharon Kolk & Dr. Ronald Poppe
- Journal club: decisions in storybuilding by 3 senior neuroscientists
- Life after science: speed-dating with PhD alumni that hold careers in education, valorization, government & industry (including drinks)
Thursday 21 November Pediatric Neuro-Oncology
- Keynote lectures by Prof. Marcel Kool, Dr. Benedetta Artegiani and others
- Game “keep your cards close”: new frontiers in neurodevelopment research
Friday 22 November Student pitches & more!
- Pitch your innovative project (team-competition)
- Writing & funding: interactive sessions with the editor-in-chief of Glia and the Dutch Brain Foundation
- Quiz
- Goodbye drinks & snacks
Daily lunch is included. Please let us know if you have any dietary requirements.
PhD course: Current Issues in Neurodevelopment
Aim:
The aim of this PhD course is to provide participants with a thorough understanding of the molecular and cellular basis of neural development and to discuss state-of-the-art techniques, in vitro and animal models that can be used to study the developing nervous system.
Organisation:
Organising institute: Brain Center, UMC Utrecht, UtrechtDates: 8-12 november 2021 Registration through: cen-secretariaat@umcutrecht.nl Duration of the course: 1,5 ECTs Maximum number of participants: 40 Accessible for: Brain Center PhD candidates (and ONWAR PhD students) Costs: free of charge
Contents:
This PhD course is divided into five days (8-12 november 2021) with both ‘online’ and ‘live’ sessions and covers various aspects that are imperative for studying neural development in health and disease. The focus will be on electrophysiological, omics and in vitro technical approaches. Each day there will be at least two lectures, which will be mixed with interactive assignments.
The preliminary list of speakers:
Prof. Takao Hensch (Harvard University, Neurology, Molecular & Cellular Biology)
Em. Prof. Peter Burbach (UMC Utrecht Brain Center, Translational Neuroscience)
Prof. Sten Linnarsson (Karolinksa, Molecular Neurobiology)
Dr. Nael Nadif Kasri (Radboud University, Donders Center for Medical Neurosciences)
Prof. Thomas Quatieri (MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Biotechnology and Human Systems)
Dr. Jeroen Dudink (UMC Utrecht Brain Center, Wilhelmina Childrens Hospital, Neonatology)
Dr. Corette Wierenga (Utrecht University, Cell Biology)
Prof. Manon Benders (UMC Utrecht Brain Center, Wilhelmina Childrens Hospital, Neonatology)
Prof. Jeroen Pasterkamp (UMC Utrecht Brain Center, Translational Neuroscience)