Benzon Symposium No. 62

BENZON研讨会第62号移动指南应用程序。

The Benzon Symposia are international conferences on front line research in medical, pharmaceutical, and related sciences funded by the Alfred Benzon Foundation.

The concept of the 62nd Benzon Symposium is to bring together the world’s leading scientists from two research fields: DNA damage/repair and neuroscience, in order to facilitate collaboration and open up new avenues for research. The intention is to create an intense and interactive environment for both young and experienced scientists. The 62nd Benzon Symposium will highlight recent major advances in our knowledge of how DNA damage and repair affect the developing and mature nervous system, and relate this to strategies for the prevention of neurological disease. A key purpose is to gather together leading scientists within different fields of biology to facilitate the exchange of methodologies and conceptual thinking. The result should improve our understanding of neural homeostasis in healthy and diseased brain, and help to identify potential preventative or therapeutic avenues for alleviating the pathological consequences of neurodegenerative disorders.The sessions will emphasize both achievements and challenges within these two different research fields, promoting cross-disciplinary approaches and novel concepts.

The Symposium is a full 4-day scientific meeting. The format will be a combination of state-of-the-art lectures by leading experts in the field, selected oral-poster presentations by young scientists, and poster presentations.

The titles of the sessions are:

Epidemiology of aging and neurodegeneration

The basic biology of DNA damage response and repair in brain

Homeostasis in the brain

The pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disorders

The venue will be Hotel Skt. Petri (http://sktpetri.com), beautifully located in the center of Copenhagen for the entire event. All participants will stay at Skt. Petri. Approved abstracts will be presented as posters and/or oral presentations. Scientists whose abstracts have been accepted will be notified by the end of May (by e-mail), and they will be able to register and pay participation fee (incl. hotel accomodation Sunday-Thursday, food and social eventes) online with a credit card at this site.

Invited speakers:

Barzilai, Nir

Bohr, Vilhelm

Caldecott, Keith

Campisi, Judith

Christensen, Kaare

Deisseroth, Karl

Heintz, Nathaniel

Herrup, Karl

Hickson, Ian D.

Hoeijmakers, Jan

Larsson, Nils-Göran

Lavin, Martin

Mann, Matthias

McKinnon, Peter

McMurray, Cynthia

Nedergaard, Maiken

Nussenzweig, Andre

Rasmussen, Lene Juel

Schumacher, Björn

Shiloh, Yosef

Song, Hongjun

Vijg, Jan

Wang, Zhao-Qi

Wyss-Corray, Tony