FURTHER INFO

Local Scientific Organizer

Prof. Alessandro Padovani
School of Neurology, University of Brescia

Scientific and Organizing Committee

Alessandro Padovani
Andrea Pilotto
University of Brescia (Italy)

Organizing Secretariat

Siena Congress
Via del Rastrello, 7 – 53100 Siena
Tel. 0577 286003 email: info@sienacongress.it

Course description

The Summer School “Brain health and neurodegeneration: looking for new biomarkers” is an opportunity for young neurologists and neuroscientists who are interested in specializing in Neurodegenerative diseases to receive in-dep- th instruction from internationally-recognized experts.
Students will attend large lectures and panel discussions with question and answer sessions and will have the opportunity to visit biological laboratories using the different techniques and discuss them with international experts.
The purpose of the summer school is to provide a in depth-education course to international audience interested in neurodegenerative diseases.

Learning objectives

The specific learning Objectives are:
• understand the technical strengths and limitations of different techniques used for the assessment of biofluid markers;
• Evaluate the clinical use and implications for the use of biological markers in clinical and research scenarios;
• Understand the rationale and review the more recent evidences for biolo- gical markers assessment in new disease-modifying target therapies across neurodegenerative diseases.

Registration Fees

NB: due to organizational reasons, all registrations should be processed within August 20th 2025

IN PERSONA ATTENDANCE 500,00 euro (VAT 22% included)
Attendance Registration fee includes:
• Admittance to the Scientific Sessions
• Conference documents and Certificate of Attendance
• Catering service (coffee breaks and lunches)