TOPICS FOR ABSTRACTS SUBMISSION
ENS DEVELOPMENT
- New understanding on ENS development
- Epigenetic and environmental factors of neuronal lineage maintenance and survival
MOLECULAR PROFILING OF THE ENS
- Neuronal lineages in the ENS
- Transcriptional profiling the ENS
- Neurobiopathology in zebrafish
ENS STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
- Neuron
- Glia
ENS AND ITS ENVIRONMENT
- Signalling and microenvironment interplay
- Glia and environmental factors
- Neuronal degeneration and regeneration
- Extracellular matrix
CLINICAL CONSEQUENCES OF NEUROGASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE
- Hirschsprung disease
- Enteric neuropathies
STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION IN ENTERIC NEUROPATHIES
- Enteric neuronal stem cells
- Enteric organoids
ENS CHANGES DUE TO EARLY LIFE EVENTS
- Autism
- Microbiome neuronal interactions
POSTNATAL MATURATION OF ENS
- Brain and enteric connectivity molecules in postnatal development
Virtual ENS Seminars in 2021
Waiting for the 6th International Symposium on Development of the ENS: the first 1000 days in 2022, the International Organizing Committee has scheduled two virtual seminars in 2021, which are as follows:
1) May 26th, 2021 (9 am ET/2 pm England/3 pm Europe/11 pm Melbourne)
Neuronal diversity in the Enteric Nervous System – from development to circuits
Speaker: Ulrika Marklund (Stockholm, Sweden)
2) October 27th, 2021 (3 pm ET/8 pm England/9 pm Europe/6 am, October 28th, Melbourne)
Zebrafish as model for studying enteric nervous system development, disease, and function
Speaker: Julia Ganz (East Lansing, MI – USA)