Organisers
- Armen Saghatelyan (University of Ottawa)
- Karun Singh (Krembil Research Institute)
- David Kaplan (SickKids)
Date & Time: May 18, 2026 – Full day
Location: Hotel Bonaventure
Ticket Price: 70$ if registered for CAN, 90$ if not registered for CAN
Registration: Eventbrite link coming soon
Description:
The 7th Satellite Meeting on Neural Stem Cells (NSCs) and Neural Development will bring together experts and trainees to share ideas and discuss recent advances in embryonic and postnatal stem cells, synaptogenesis, and neurodevelopmental disorders. Speakers from institutions across Canada and at all career stages will present new findings on how neural development proceeds under normal conditions and how its disruption leads to disease.
The meeting will feature three themed sessions:
Session 1: Mechanisms underlying NSC heterogeneity and fate specification
Session 2: Synaptic development
Session 3: Human cellular models for studying neurodevelopmental disorders
We hope that this event will further strengthen collaborations and catalyze new interactions among researchers in the neurodevelopmental field.
TENTATIVE PROGRAM
May 18th, Hotel Bonaventure
- 8h30: arrival and registration
- 8h55 opening remarks
20min talks + 5 min questions
Session 1: Neural stem cells: from development to function
- 9h00 Freda Miller (UBC)
- 9h25 Guang Yang (U. Calgary)
- 9h50 Mateusz Ambrozkiewicz (U. Calgary)
- 10h15 short-talk from trainee
- 10h30 coffee break
Session 2: Neural development and synaptogenesis
- 10h45 Martin Munz (U. Alberta)
- 11h10 JF Cloutier (McGill)
- 11h35 Julie Lefebvre (SickKids)
- 12h00 Graziella Di Christo (U. Montreal)
- 12h25 short-talk from trainee
12h40 lunch
Session 3: Neurodevelopmental disorders
- 14h00 short-talk from trainee
- 14h15 Jeff Biernaskie (U. Calgary)
- 14h40 Julien Muffat (SickKids)
- 15h05 Carl Ernst (McGill)
- 15h30 Elsa Rossignol (U. Montreal)
- 15h55 closing remarks
- 17h00 CAN opening