BrainNet Europe International Conference

on Human Brain Tissue Research
13-15 June 2006
Island of San Servolo, Venice
Italy

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

The topics included

• Proteomics
• Gene Expression Profiling
• Neurochemistry
• Neuropathological Diagnostic Criteria of Neurological and Psychiatric Diseases
• Alzheimer, Parkinson, Prion Diseases, Motor Neuron Diseases, Inflammatory and Demyelinating Diseases, Psychiatric Illnesses
• Data Handling and Protection
• Ethical Issues

Speakers included
Heiko Braak, Dennis Dickson, William G. Honer, Svante Pääbo, Jean-Paul Vonsattel
and other invited experts and speakers selected from submitted abstracts.