Generating Diverse Cell Types and Networks in the Nervous System

The Gordon Research Seminar on Neural Development is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas.

Nervous systems are composed of diverse cell types, which function together in circuits to sense the environment and permit animal behavior. In this meeting, we will discuss how the birth and differentiation of cells and their incorporation into neural networks generates diversity at multiple levels. We will also highlight potential therapeutic interventions against neural diseases that arise from defects in these basic developmental processes.