Registration open (The registration is subject to the room’s capacity)
Auditorium (Paranimf), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences University of Barcelona
Venue: Casanova, 143
June 3, 2025
From Neurotrophins to stem cells as treatment in Parkinson’s disease
Registration
Open ceremony: Ernest Arenas: a key player in improving biomedical research in Catalonia
- Jordi García, Vicerector for Research of the University of Barcelona
- Antonio Huerta, Director of the Catalan Institution for Research and Advaced Studies (ICREA)
- Diego Arango, Director of the Institute of Biomedical Research of Lleida (IRBLleida)
- Gabriel Capella, Director of the Institute of Biomedical Research of Bellvitge (IDIBELL) Begoña Benito, Director of the Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR)
- Jordi Alberch, Director of the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona (UBneuro)
Patrik Ernfors, Karolinska Institute: The advent of neurotrophins; with ramifications into the present
Coffee break
Isabel Fariñas, University of Valencia: From neuroprotection to neurorestoration
Elena Cattaneo, University of Milano: Advancing Huntington’s Disease research with stem cells and single-cell genomics
Emilia Sif Asgrimsdottir, Karolinska Institute: Unraveling the roles of endogenous radial glia subtypes in midbrain dopaminergic neuron development
Lunch
Anders Björklund, University of Lund: Cell replacement therapy for Parkinson’s disease: from fetal cells to PSC-derived progenitors
Josep M Canals, University of Barcelona: Developing complex human models to understand neurodegeneratives diseases.
Closing ceremony
Organizing Committee
Esther Pérez-Navarro, Josep M Canals and Jordi Alberch
Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona