Abstract submission is open for the 25th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience (ISDN) in Montpellier, France, 21-24 September 2024.

Abstracts are invited for talks and posters to join an exciting and diverse invited programme focused on recent advances and future directions in fundamental and applied developmental neuroscience.

The following speakers will give plenary lectures:

Laure Bally-Cuif, The Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
Alain Chédotal, The Vision Institute, Paris, France
Orly Reiner, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Linda Richards, WUSTL, USA

Prizes will be awarded to the best posters presented by trainees and travel bursaries are available.

Symposia will be organised on the following topics:

Cell type diversity from evo-devo perspectives

Genetic, molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the emergence of human-specific features of brain development

How microglia shape the brain

Glial morphogenesis in physiological and pathological contexts

Organoid modelling of CNS development in health & disease

Forces and mechanosensation in brain development

Development of the somatosensoy system

Regulation of inhibitory neuron development

Temporal and epigenetic control of neural development

Development of cerebellum and cerebellar circuitry in neurodevelopmental disorders