Theme Annual Meeting
Target audience All researchers affiliated to the Amsterdam Neuroscience research institute
Language English

General

Graphic design of Annual Meeting 2024

The Annual Meeting 2024 will be filled with exciting lectures, showcases by Young Amsterdam Neuroscientists, and updates on revolutionary cases in neuroscience. Moreover, there will be plenty of moments to connect with your peers and fellow neuroscientists during the poster market. lunch or drinks.

It’s time to bring the neuroscientists and -clinicians of Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and University of Amsterdam together again - this year in RAI Amsterdam on December 13.

Program Amsterdam Annual Meeting, December 13, 2024

Program

08:00 - 09:00 Registration and coffee

09:00 - 09:15 Word of Welcome
Amsterdam Neuroscience directors Guus Smit, Yolande Pijnenburg and Marten Smidt


09:15 - 11:00 35 years of research in Amsterdam: a revolution in the field of leukodystrophies
Prof. dr. Marjo van der Knaap and team (Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam Leukodystrophy Center)


11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 - 12:30 Research reports of Young Amsterdam Neuroscientists (YAN)
Led by dr. Priyanka Rao-Ruiz (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

12:30 - 14:30 Lunch and poster market

14:45 - 15:15 Boosting Endogenous Dopamine Production: A Novel Therapeutic Approach for Parkinson’s Disease?
Dr. Lars van der Heide (University of Amsterdam, Parkinnova Therapeutics)

15:15 - 15:45 Identifying therapeutic mechanisms of deep-brain stimulation in a mouse model for OCD
Prof. dr. Ingo Willuhn Amsterdam (Amsterdam UMC, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience)

15:45 - 16:30 Keynote lecture 'Harnessing my daughter's diagnosis to drive novel treatments for neurodevelopmental disorders'
Dr. Madeleine Oudin (Tufts University, USA)

16:30 - 16:45 Poster prizes & Vote of thanks

16:45 - 18:30 Drinks and networking

This years’ poster market will be organized in close collaboration with the program leaders of each of the nine research programs. They will select a limited amount of poster presenters per research program.

More information on the speakers and their presentations will follow soon.

Date and Location

Time From 08.00 to 18.30
Start date Friday, December 13, 2024
Location Forum area (Entrance E), RAI Amsterdam
RAI Amsterdam

Costs and registration

Participation is free. Registration is now open! We hope to see you there.

Register here

This event is exclusively for researchers affliated with Amsterdam Neuroscience or Neuroscience Master students from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and University of Amsterdam.

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