ISDN 2006 - CALL FOR PAPERS

Authors should submit abstracts for poster and short oral presentations online at http://www.isdn-conference.elsevier.com by 31 March 2006. Four abstracts submitted by the deadline will be selected by the program committee for their originality and topical interest for an award of US$500.00 each.

ISDN 2006 - PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

Details of the plenary lectures and the symposia to be given at ISDN

2006 are detailed below. For more detailed information please visit:

http://www.isdn-conference.elsevier.com

 Plenary Lectures

Deconstructing smell

- Linda Buck, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, USA

Synapse formation in the developing nervous system

- Joshua Sanes, Harvard University, USA

HLHs and neural development

- Ryoichiro Kageyama, Kyoto University, Japan

Signaling mechanisms regulating neuronal circuit formation

- Michael Greenberg, Harvard University, USA

Molecules determining axon guidance

- Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Genentech, USA

Development of sensory networks in C. elegans

- Cori Bargmann, Rockefeller University, USA

Symposia

Neural Crest and PNS Development

Genetics of Autism

Synapse Formation in the Developing Nervous System Adult Neurogenesis Neural Stem Cells during Embryogenesis Fragile X Syndrome Signaling Mechanisms Regulating Neuronal Growth/ Morphology Perinatal Ischemia Axon Pathfinding Mechanisms Nervous System Tumors and Cancer Stem Cells Control of Myelination Development and Maintenance of Neuronal Networks Growth Factors and Cell Fate Decisions Cellular Mechanisms Regulating Neural Plasticity

Registration for the conference is now open at http://www.isdn-conference.elsevier.com

Delegates wishing to stay at the conference venue should register now and book accommodation to ensure a room at the Banff Centre.

ISDN 2006 is organized by the International Society of Developmental Neuroscience with administration provided by Elsevier.

ORGANIZERS

Freda Miller (President, ISDN), University of Toronto, Canada David Kaplan (Program Chair), University of Toronto, Canada

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Yves Barde, University of Basel, Switzerland Lloyd Greene, Columbia University, USA Robert Miller, Case Western University, USA Pat Levitt, Vanderbilt University, USA John Steeves (Secretary General, ISDN), ICORD and University of British Columbia, Canada

For further information please visit

http://www.isdn-conference.elsevier.com or contact jm.seabrook@elsevier.com