Invited Speakers
We have an exciting selection of invited speakers from around the globe to present at the upcoming Anatomical Society Summer Meeting at St. John's College, Oxford, UK. 14th-16th July 2025.
- Alain Chedotal, Institut de la Vision, Paris- Tridimensional analysis of human nervous system development.
- Arnold Kriegstein, Kriegstein Lab, UCSF, San Francisco- Genomic insights into human brain development and disease.
- Zeljka Krsnik, University of Zagreb- Initial regional patterning and laminar dynamics in the developing human prefrontal cortex.
- Madeline Lancaster, MRC lab of Molecular Biology, Cambridge-Exploring mechanisms controlling human brain evolution using organoids.
- Tom Nowakowski, UCSF, San Francisco- Uncovering the strategies of human radial glia using high throughput genomics.
- Ana Namburete, University of Oxford- Mapping fetal brain anatomy with ultrasound and AI.
- Faye McLeod, Newcastle University- Modelling monogenic epilepsy in human foetal brain slice cultures.
- Katie Long, KCL, London- How the extracellular matrix shapes the developing human cortex.
- Eva Anton, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill- Primary Cilia: A Novel Signaling Gateway To Cortical Neural Circuits.
- Sara Bandiera, University of Oxford- Extrinsic modulation of cortical development by early thalamic innervation in the human foetal brain..
- Becky Carlyle, Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery, University of Oxford- Advances in human brain development and developmental disorders.
- David Price, University of Edinburgh-Variation in human brain development. Sponsored by Primal Pictures.
- Nenad Sestan, Yale school of Medicine, New Haven- Origins of the Prefrontal Cortex and Cognitive Emotional Networks: What Makes Us Human.
- Rebeccah Slater, University of Oxford- The painful brain: developing pain perception in early infancy.
- Helen Stolp, Royal Veterinary College, London- Short- and long- term effects of acute early-life activation of the GABAa receptor on neuronal development.
- Luana Campo Soares, University of Oxford- TBC.
- Tim Zolnik, Charite Universitatsmedizin, Berlin- Orexin-activated neurons of the human cortex.
- Flora Vaccarino, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven- Organoid models of human brain development and developmental disorders.
- Jetro Tuulari, Neurocenter Finland, Turku- Prenatal exposures and early life neuroimaging- the importance of looking beyond the first weeks of life
- Masahiro Tsuji, Kyoto's Women's University- Pathophysiology of neurodevelopmental disorders associated with low birthweight.
- Anton Tonchev, Medical University of Varna- An insight into human cortical development from adult neurogenesis.
- Chiaki Ohtaka-Maruyama, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science- Molecular Basis of Sub-plate Layer Expansion in Human Fetal Brain Development.
