ORGANIZERS:

Micha E. Spira, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
James Fawcett, University of Cambridge

 

Repair of the nervous system, particularly of the spinal cord, has always been one of the great aspirations of neurobiology. As knowledge about the development of the nervous system has grown in concept and in detail, it seemed a natural step to use this knowledge to try to repair the nervous system if it is damaged. The result has been dramatic progress toward biological interventions for repairing the CNS, with some promising compounds now in clinical trials. In parallel, there has been a worldwide effort to harness electronics as a way of compensating for brain and spinal cord damage. The robotics and electronics aspects are well advanced, but methods for interfacing electronics with the nervous system are still inadequate and unreliable.

The conference will cover: axon regeneration; protection and recovery after CNS damage; cell replacement; and interfacing electronics with the nervous system.

 

SPEAKERS:

Lev Tov Aharon (Israel)
Oded Behar (Israel)
Tamir Ben-Hur (Israel)
Frank Bradke (Germany)
Daniel Chew (UK)
Michael Coleman (UK)
Britta Eickholt (UK)
Richard Eva (UK)
Mike Fainzilber (Israel)
James Fitzgerald (UK)
Jonathan Friedman (Israel)
Yukiko Goda (Japan)
Ron Goldstein (Israel)
Laura Gumy (UK)
Andreas Hierlemann (Switzerland)
Avihu Klar (Israel)
Jessica Kwok (UK)
Anne Logan (UK)
Carsten Mehring (Germany)
Daniel Offen (Israel) 
Martin Schwab (Switzerland)
Andrew Schwartz (USA) 
Michal Schwartz (Israel)
Or Shemesh (Israel)
Micha Spira (Israel)
Patrick Tresco (USA) 
Eilon Vaadia (Israel)