2nd International Symposium 2022

2^nd International RTG2162 Symposium

“Developmental Processes in CNS Plasticity and Pathogenesis”

Group picture in sunny Erlangen at the Max-Planck-Institute for the Science of Light

From 4^th to 6^th of October 2022 our Research Training Group 2162 organized its 2^nd international Symposium, where we had the great pleasure of hosting a number of outstanding neuroscientists whose presentations ranged from basic research to the development of innovative therapies.

Many thanks to our speakers for attending and for giving inspiring presentations – it was a pleasure to have them with us:

Prof. David Rubinsztein (Keynote Speaker ) University of Cambridge, UK	Dr. Sabine Liebscher LMU Munich, DE	Dr. Simon T. Schäfer Technical University of Munich, DE
Dr. Daniel Berg University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK	Prof. Dies Meijer The University of Edinburgh, UK	Dr. Iris Schäffner FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, DE
Dr. Johan Holmberg Karolinska Institute Stockholm, SE	Prof. Guo-Ii Ming University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, US	Prof. Hongjun Song University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, US
Prof. Claire Jacob Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, DE	Dr. Helena Mira Institute of Biomedicine of Valencia, ES	Dr. Deepak P. Srivastava King’s College London, UK
Prof. Sebastian Jessberger University of Zurich, CH	Dr. Alexi Nott Research Institute at Imperial College London, UK	Prof. Tomohisa Toda German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, DE
Prof. Martin Kerschensteiner LMU Munich, DE	Dr. Michel Aimé Picardo Institute of Neurobiology, Marseille, FR	Prof. Andreas Vlachos Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, DE
Prof. Natalia Kononenko University of Cologne, DE	Prof. William D. Richardson University College London, UK

We were generously allowed to use the MPI fot the physics of light in Erlangen as the venue for our symposium – a location flooded with light and offering all the facilities a symposium needs: