EuroNeurotrophin Conference “Neurotrophic Factors and Neurodegenerative Disorders; Current Advances and Future Perspectives”
The EuroNeurotrophin Conference entitled “Neurotrophic Factors and Neurodegenerative Disorders; Current Advances and Future Perspectives” was organised in the context of the “EuroNeurotrophin” Project and took place at the Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, in Crete, Greece from 27th-29th August 2021.
The conference was organised as part of the EuroNeurotrophin training network for the discovery of neurotrophins small molecule mimetics as potential therapeutic agents for neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation. The conference hosted by Prof. Ioannis Charalampopoulos (FORTH) and the project coordinator Dr. Theodora Calogeropoulou (NHRF), has been organised in the fourth year of the project as a major activity to bring together different stakeholders and ensure sharing key results and knowledge from the project results. The conference was organised in a hybrid format due to the COVID-19 restrictions. The EuroNeurotrophin consortium members participated in person while, the speakers and participants remotely. The event attracted 240 participants worldwide.
The conference was organised as part of the EuroNeurotrophin training network for the discovery of neurotrophins small molecule mimetics as potential therapeutic agents for neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation. The conference hosted by Prof. Ioannis Charalampopoulos (FORTH) and the project coordinator Dr. Theodora Calogeropoulou (NHRF), has been organised in the fourth year of the project as a major activity to bring together different stakeholders and ensure sharing key results and knowledge from the project results. The conference was organised in a hybrid format due to the COVID-19 restrictions. The EuroNeurotrophin consortium members participated in person while, the speakers and participants remotely. The event attracted 240 participants worldwide.
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The 3-day conference covered 7 session topics with presentations from high-level renown speakers of the field of neurotrophins and neurodegenerative diseases from Europe, USA, Canada and China (10 keynote speakers, 1 invited lecture) (Figure 8) and from our 14 Early Stage Researchers. |
Figure 8. Keynote and invited speakers at the EuroNeurotrophin conference
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Overall, the aim of the conference was to provide a multidisciplinary platform for discussing the latest high-level science in the field of neurotrophic factors and new agonists/mimetis while, at the same time to showcase the EuroNeurotrophin project results to the international community and to the neurotrophin experts. Furthermore, the 14 ESRs, benefited through the interaction with prominent scientists involved in the neurotrophic factors field paving the way for potential collaborations and for enhancing their career prospects.
We would like to thank all speakers, organisers and attendees for their active contributions.
We would like to thank all speakers, organisers and attendees for their active contributions.
Figure 9. The EuroNeurotrophin Consortium
Figure 10. The EuroNeurotrophin ESRs
