International conference on human brain tissue research, Munich, Germany

The EU-funded 'Network of excellence' project BrainNet Europe is organising an international conference on human brain tissue research from 10 to 12 December in Munich, Germany.

The conference will focus on the practice of modern brain banking and molecular research using human brain tissue.

The topics will include:
- Multiple Sclerosis and other demyelinating diseases;
- frontotemporal dementia;
- Alzheimer, Parkinson, motoneuron disease, prion disease, psychiatric diseases;
- neuropathological diagnostic criteria;
- epigenetics;
- gene expression profiling;
- proteomics;
- neurochemistry;
- brain bank management;
- data handling and protection;
- ethical issues.For further information, please visit:
http://www.brainnet-europe.org/conference/(opens in new window)