The exchange between fellows was the main focus on day 1: the session on the topic “Different flavors of Cell Biology in Neuroscience” was moderated by Tübingen fellow Dr. Deborah Kronenberg-Versteeg from Prof. Mathias Jucker’s Department of “Cellular Neurology”; Session 2 by Fellow Dr. Stephan Lauxmann from Prof. Holger Lerche’s Department of “Neurology and Epileptology” focused on “From diagnosis to therapy: 3 translational passes to the goal”. Fellow Dr. Niels Niethard from the Institute for Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology organized the session on “New biomarker and detection strategies for brain diseases” on day 2.

Highlights of the symposium were the keynote lectures by Prof. Steven Petrou (The Florey, Australia) on "SCN2A - From genetic discovery to clinical trail" and Prof. Philipp Berens, director of the new "Hertie Institute for AI in Brain Health", as well as the Panel discussion on the topic “Current and future issues in genetic diagnostics of neurological diseases” with guests Prof. Steven Petrou, Dr. Dr. Saskia Biskup (CeGat GmbH), Dr. Joohyun Park & Prof. Olaf Rieß (Institute of Medical Genetics and Applied Genomics), Prof. Hendrik Rosewich (Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, UKT) and Prof. Matthis Synofzik from HIH, moderated by Fellow Dr. Danique Beijer from Prof. Thomas Gasser’s Department for Neurodegenerative Diseases.

A visit to the castle laboratory, the site of the groundbreaking discovery of the “nuclein” (now known as DNA and RNA) by Friedrich Miescher in 1869 in Hohentübingen Castle, as well as a dinner rounded off the program.

Panel discussion with Prof. Matthis Synofzik (HIH), Dr. Dr. Saskia Biskup (CeGat GmbH), Prof. Olaf Rieß & Dr. Joohyun Park (Institut für Medizinische Genetik und Angewandte Genomik), Prof. Hendrik Rosewich (Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, UKT) and Prof. Steven Petrou (The Florey), Moderation: Dr. Danique Beijer (HIH) from left to right

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