Neural Development GRC 2026
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Neural Development GRC 2026
@neuraldevgrc.bsky.social
Evolution, Development and Aging of the Nervous System
August 2-7, 2026
Salve Regina University, Newport RI USA
https://www.grc.org/neural-development-conference/2026/
Chair: Bassem Hassan, PhD
Vice-Chairs: Corey Harwell, PhD and Julie Siegenthaler, PhD
Reposted by Neural Development GRC 2026
Big shout out to 1st author Svitlana Bach who completed these expts while a postdoc in our group, building off of work from her first postdoc building Crispr tools to manipulate the rodent Bdnf locus to investigate function.

www.eneuro.org/content/6/1/...

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A Neuron-Optimized CRISPR/dCas9 Activation System for Robust and Specific Gene Regulation
CRISPR-based technology has provided new avenues to interrogate gene function, but difficulties in transgene expression in post-mitotic neurons has delayed incorporation of these tools in the central ...
www.eneuro.org
July 15, 2025 at 12:31 PM