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BrainNet Europe is a "Network of Excellence" funded by the European Commission in the 6th Framework Program "Life Science" (LSHM-CT-2004-503039). It consists of 19 established brain banks across Europe and is coordinated by the Centre for Neuropathology and Prion Research Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany.

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2nd International Conference

BrainNet Europe 2nd International Conference

on Human Brain Tissue Research
10 - 12 December 2008
Munich, Germany

This international conference will focused on the practice of modern brain banking and molecular research using human brain tissue.

The topics included:

Multiple Sclerosis and other Demyelinating Diseases
Frontotemporal Dementia
Alzheimer, Parkinson, Motoneuron Disease, Prion Disease, Psychiatric Diseases
Neuropathological Diagnostic Criteria
Epigenetics
Gene Expression Profiling
Proteomics
Neurochemistry
Brain Bank Management
Data Handling and Protection
Ethical Issues

Invited speakers included: Francesca Aloisi, Sabine Bahn, Glenda Halliday, May Han, Kurt Jellinger, Manuela Neumann, Christina Stadelmann, Brigitte Tag and Markus Tolnay.
BNE speakers included: Irina Alafuzoff, Isidro Ferrer, Inge Huitinga, Tamas Revesz, Richard Reynolds, and others

More experts and speakers have bee selected from submitted abstracts.

Click here for the Conference Programme

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