Microglia 2018

Overview

Topics

• Ontogeny and diversity
• Microglia physiology
• Microglia and the synapse
• Microglia and other cells
• Neurodegeneration/psychiatric disorders
• New ways to study microglia

Aims

This workshop will bring together expert and novice researchers studying microglia physiology in health and disease in an interactive meeting format that promotes the latest work in the field. The study of microglia cells has seen an explosion of activity and interest in the last five years, with large numbers of new researchers entering the field driven by the advent of new imaging and genetic tools that have allowed the visualisation and manipulation of microglia in the context of the intact brain.

The workshop will highlight the latest research by including a large fraction of speakers from among submitted abstracts. It will also bring together researchers with diverse technical and scientific expertise in order to stimulate interdisciplinary research at the boundaries of traditional fields and will feature ample opportunity for informal interaction among participants.

Speakers

Keynote Speaker

Christopher K. Glass

University of California, San Diego

USA

David Attwell

University College London

UK

Speakers

Etienne Audinat

École des Neurosciences de Paris Île-de-France,

France

Mariko Bennett

Stanford University

USA

Staci Bilbo

MassGeneral Hospital for Children

USA

Florent Ginhoux

Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN)

Singapore

Melanie Greter

University of Zurich

Switzerland

Julien Muffat

The SickKids Research Institute

Canada

Junichi Nabekura

National Institute for Physiological Sciences

Japan

Harald Neumann

University of Bonn

Germany

Marco Prinz

University Medical Center Freiburg

Germany

Richard Ransohoff

Third Rock Ventures

USA

Amanda Sierra

Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science

Spain

Beth Stevens

Boston Children’s Hospital

USA

William Talbot

Stanford University

USA

Scientific Organisers

Sonia Garel

Institut de Biologie de l’École Normale Supérieure

France

Cornelius Gross

EMBL Rome

Italy

Francesca Peri

University of Zurich

Switzerland

Dorothy Schafer

University of Massachusetts Medical School

USA

Conference Organisers

George Luca-Ruse

EMBL Heidelberg

Germany

Programme