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Early Career Scientist (ECS) virtual seminar series
The ECNP iPSC Platform for Neuropsychiatry Network extends a warm invitation to all researchers interested in joining our virtual seminar series. These engaging seminars will be conducted by distinguished member institutions within the Network. Attendance is free and open to everyone, even non-members are encouraged to participate. The seminars, led by Early Career Scientists (ECS), will encompass a range of formats such as research presentations, journal clubs, and troubleshooting sessions.  We aim to promote the sharing of knowledge and ideas between ECSs in different countries in order to advance the field of iPSC-based neuropsychiatry, whilst additionally providing networking opportunities and training support.

How to join
All interested researchers who wish to join the next seminars can get in touch via e-mail with Rhiannon McNeill.

Future dates
Tba

Past dates

  • 16 August at 16.00 CEST (Central European Summer Time)
    Karo Talvio, Finland and Maija L Castren, Finland
    'Human fragile X iPSC-derived cells modeling mechanisms affected in neuropsychiatric disorders'

  • 28 June 2023 at 16.00 CEST (Central European Summer Time)
    Programme was hosted by the group of Tanja Sheldrick-Michel.
    'Using cerebral organoids for studying psychiatric disorders: progress and challenges'.

  • 26 April 2023 at 16.00 CEST (Central European Summer Time)
    Programme was hosted by the group of Luigia Ginetta Collo and it included two talks:
    1) 'Structural plasticity induced by ketamine in human dopaminergic neurons as mechanism relevant for treatment-resistant depression' by Laura Cavalleri, Italy
    2) 'Multiple system atrophy iPSC-derived neurons reveal structural and functional differences from controls' by Giulia Sofia Marcotto, Italy

See here the complete list.

Recommended publications

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 2022 NRSF/REST lies at the intersection between epigenetic regulation, miRNA-mediated gene control and neurodevelopmental pathways associated with Intellectual disability (ID) and Schizophrenia
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 2022 Amplification of human interneuron progenitors promotes brain tumors and neurological defects
 Science 
Eichmüller & Knoblich
2022 Human cerebral organoids — a new tool for clinical neurology research
 Nature reviews neurology
Ohki et al.
 2022  Promising developments in use of induced pluripotent stem cells in research of ADHD Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences
Pavlinek et al,
 2022 Interferon-γ exposure of human iPSC-derived neurons alters major histocompatibility complex I and synapsin protein expression
 Front Psychiatry
Pearson et al.
 2022 DNA Methylation Profiles of GAD1 in Human Cerebral Organoids of Autism Indicate Disrupted Epigenetic Regulation during Early Development
 Int J Mol Sci
van Rhijn et al.
2022 Brunner syndrome associated MAOA mutations result in NMDAR hyperfunction and increased network activity in human dopaminergic neurons         
 Neurobiology of Disease
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 2022 High-content phenotyping of Parkinson's disease patient stem cell-derived midbrain dopaminergic neurons using machine learning classification
 Stem cell Reports
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2021 Novel epigenetic clock for fetal brain development predicts prenatal age for cellular stem cell models and derived neurons
 Molecular Brain
Adhya et al.
 2021 Atypical neurogenesis in induced pluripotent stem cells from autistic individuals
 Biological Psychiatry
Couch et al.
 2021 Maternal immune activation primes deficiencies in adult hippocampal neurogenesis Brain Behavior and Immunity
Adhya et al.
 2021 Application of Airy beam light sheet microscopy to examine early neurodevelopmental structures in 3D hiPSC-derived human cortical spheroids
 Molecular Autism  
Hathy et al.
2021 Generation of multiple iPSC clones from a male schizophrenia patient carrying de novo mutations in genes KHSRP, LRRC7, and KIR2DL1, and his parents
Stem Cell Research
Pavlinek et al.
2021 Interferon-gamma exposure of human iPSC-derived neurons alters major histocompatibility complex I and synapsinI protein expression
BioRxiv
Bhat et al.
2021 Attenuated transcriptional response to pro-inflammatory cytokines in schizophrenia hiPSC-derived neural progenitor cells
 Brain Behavior and Immunity
Ilieva et al.
2021 Proteomic phenotype of cerebral organoids derived from autism spectrum disorder patients reveal disrupted energy metabolism, cellular components, and biological processes Molar Psychiatry
Collo et al.
2020 Negative symptoms of schizophrenia and dopaminergic transmission: translational models and perspectives opened by iPSC techniques
 Frontiers in Neuroscience