NeuroCampus Aarhus invites all interested in neuroscience to attend the third annual Neuroscience Day

2017.01.09 | Susanne Schousboe Sjøgaard

On 2 May, NeuroCampus Aarhus hosts Neuroscience Day.

The event is open to all pre- and post-graduate students, postdocs, assistant and associate professors, professors, clinicians, caregivers, foundations and organizations interested in neuroscience.

Neuroscience Day is an annual event where up to 400 neuroscientists from Aarhus University, Aarhus University Hospital, RegionMidt, invited speakers, as well as professional organizations and foundations meet to present and discuss their research and potential collaboration across disciplines, faculties and organizations.

A central theme this year is MEMORY – from molecule to patient; i.e. research on the underlying molecular mechanisms in the healthy brain and what goes wrong in the diseased brain is presented and discussed. Keynote speakers are the 2016 Brain Prize Winner Prof. Richard Morris, UK, and Prof. Maiken Nedergaard, Copenhagen University.

Program and practical information: http://neurocampus.au.dk/neuroscience-day/neuroscience-day-2017/

Registration deadline: Wednesday 19 April

Abstract submission deadline: Monday 27 March

Invited keynote speakers:

• Brain Prize Winner 2016 Prof. Richard Morris, University of Edinburgh. More information.
• Prof. Maiken Nedergaard, Center for Basic and Translational Neuroscience, University of Copenhagen. More information.

Invited speakers:

• Prof. Dorthe Berntsen, CON AMORE, AU
• Prof. Gregers Wegener, Translational Neuropsychiatry Unit, Dept. of Clinical Medicine, AU
• Assoc. prof. Ditte Demontis, iPSYCH, AU
• Assoc. Prof. Carmela Matrone, Dept. of Biomedicine, AU
• CEO and Founder of Brain+, Kim Baden-Kristensen
• Jan Egebjerg, Vice President Neurodegeneration and Biologics, Lundbeck
• Julie Rubow and Bjørn Jakobsen, "Llife with Alzheimers" 
• Nis Peter Nissen, Director of the Danish Alzheimer Association

Foundations, associations, and organizations in attendance:

• The Danish Alzheimer Association - Director Nis Peter Nissen