Upcoming Events
Drug Discovery in Neuroscience Seminar Series
This spring the RSZ TNC is offering a short lecture series on preclinical drug discovery for the neuroscience community. Neuroscience drug discovery requires expertise from several disciplines represented by speakers in this series. It is intended to give translational neuroscientists at all career stages insight into the drug discovery process from experts part of the local pharmaceutical and biotechnology ecosystem.
AAN 2024 Annual Meeting
The American Academy of Neurology’s Annual Meeting is the largest gathering of neurologists and neuroscience professionals and offers top-tier education, the latest in scientific discoveries, and an abundance of opportunities to connect with friends and colleagues from around the globe.
Core Showcase Webinar
Learn about the latest core resources available to you through the IDDRC, from disease identification to drug discovery.
Featured Cores:
- Animal Behavior and Physiology Core
- Cellular Imaging Core
- Gene Analysis and Editing Core (part of the Molecular Genetics Core and Mouse Gene Manipulation Core)
- Human Neuron Core
Open to all BCH-wide and HMS investigators
Sponsored by the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center
Society for Neuroscience Conference
Scientists from around the world will congregate at Neuroscience 2023 to discover new ideas, share their research, and experience the best the field has to offer.
At Neuroscience 2023, you will have the opportunity to present research, network with scientists, attend session and events, and browse the exhibit hall. Virtual posters will be available Thursday, November 2–Friday, December 15.
CNS Annual Meeting 2023
Save the Date for the Child Neurology Society 52nd Annual Meeting to take place this year in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Visit the website with important registration, abstract submission and travel information.
NORD Breakthrough Summit
The National Organization for Rare Diseases’ annual event is at the intersection of research, drug development, policy, and care. Industry executives, patient advocacy leaders, researchers, and government partners come together to demonstrate and strengthen their commitments to creating a brighter future for rare patients.
AUCD Annual Meeting 2023
The AUCD Conference brings together more than 1,100 researchers, policymakers, practitioners, professionals, advocates, community leaders, and students. This annual event promotes innovative thinking designed to launch disability policy, research, and advocacy initiatives to the next level.
NINDS “Challenges in Pediatric Neuroscience Research Webinar Series
The next installment of the NINDS “Challenges in Pediatric Neuroscience Research Webinar Series” will be on May 12 from 2-3 PM ET. This episode will be about remote neuropsychological assessments and features an interview with Heather Hazlett from the UNC IDDRC.
Dr. Heather Hazlett, University of North Carolina, is a licensed psychologist with a background in child neuropsychology and with research interests in neurodevelopmental disorders.
American Academy of Neurology 2023
Registration is now open for American Academy of Neurology’s Annual Meeting. Follow link below for details.
Music and the Brain
“Music and the Brain: from Health to Healing.” This full-day event will take place on Friday, January 20, 2022 from 9am-6pm. The program will focus on how music can elicit emotion, guide movement, and promote social inclusion particularly for individuals with ASD. Music and the Brain has been organized by Drs. Michela Fagiolini and Takao Hensch, together with the Conte Center at Harvard and the Berklee School of Music.
Boston Infantile Spasms Symposium
The BCH Infantile Spasms (IS) Symposium will be a one-day gathering bringing together the clinical and research efforts related to IS from BCH and the Greater Boston area. Boston Children’s Hospital through the Infantile Epileptic Spams Program and other research groups have been at the forefront of the outstanding clinical care and research productivity related to IESS. On October 11th these groups will come together for a symposium to explore the prospects of coordinating our collective efforts more closely to improve outcomes of babies with infantile epileptic spasms.
For more information and registration details follow the link below.
Child Neurology Society Annual Meeting
Save the Date for the Child Neurology Society 51st Annual Meeting to take place this year at the Duke Energy Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. For more information visit: CNS – Annual Meeting
Inaugural Rosamund Stone Zander Translational Neuroscience Center Symposium
The Rosamund Stone Zander Translational Neuroscience Center (RSZ TNC) at Boston Children’s Hospital will host its symposium entitled Gene Therapy for Pediatric Neurological Disorders on Tuesday, October 18th 2022.
Please save the date.
Seminar Series
Translational Neuroscience
Seminars
The Rosamund Stone Zander Translational Neuroscience Center holds monthly seminars for physicians, medical students, clinical trials staff, laboratory principal investigators and post-doctoral fellows.
Neurobiology Seminar Series
The Harvard Medical School Department of Neurobiology, the FM Kirby Neurobiology Center, and the IDDRC at Boston Children’s Hospital cosponsor this series, featuring outstanding neuroscientists from around the world.
Manton Center Rare Disease Seminars
The Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research at Boston Children’s Hospital holds monthly gatherings for investigators and trainees to share research and interests among colleagues.