March 9, 2026 (Monday)

Chair: Hwai-Jong Cheng (IMB, AS)

16:00-16:30 Registration

16:30-16:40 Opening Remarks

16:40-17:30 Keynote: Rene Hen (Columbia University, USA) 

                     Harnessing hippocampal plasticity to improve cognition and mood

March 10, 2026 (Tuesday)

Chair: Hwai-Jong Cheng (IMB, AS)

09:00-09:40 Orly Lazarov (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA) 

                     Hippocampal neurogenesis in aging and Alzheimer’s disease

09:40-10:10 Hsien-Sung Huang (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

                     Alternative Splicing: A Key Player in Neurodevelopmental Disorders

10:10-10:30 Coffee Break

10:30-11:10 Saul Villeda (UC San Francisco, USA) 

                     Blood based approaches to boost neurogenesis in the aging brain

11:10-11:40 Wei-Li Wu (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan) 

The Double-Edged Role of a Commensal Microbe: Mitigating Stress Vulnerability and Implications for Levodopa Efficacy in Parkinson’s Disease

11:40-12:10 Guo-Jen Huang (Chang Gung University, Taiwan) 

Effects of sex and social isolation on anxiety, learning, and adult neurogenesis in adult mice

12:10-13:30 Lunch

Chair: Victor Luna (Temple U.)

13:30-14:10 Masanori Sakaguchi (Kobe University, Japan) 

                     Transient reactivation of small ensembles of adult-born neurons during REM sleep supports memory consolidation

14:10-14:40 Jin-Wu Tsai (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan) 

                     Transcriptional Control of Cortical Development: Insights from FOXG1 and FOXJ3

14:40-15:20 Sebastian Jessberger (University of Zurich, Switzerland) 

                     Stem cell-associated plasticity in the hippocampus across lifespan

15:20-15:40 Coffee Break

15:40-16:20 Amar Sahay (Harvard Medical School, USA) 

                     Re-engineering inhibition to enhance cognition

16:20-16:50 Wei-Li Chang (Columbia University, USA)

TBA

16:50-17:20 Shen-Ju Chou (Academia Sinica, Taiwan) 

From maintaining chromosome integrity to neuronal survival: the function of Wuho/Wdr4 in regulating cortical size

March11, 2026 (Wednesday)

Chair: Shen-Ju Chou (ICOB, AS)

09:00-09:40 Nora Abrous (Neurocenter Magendie Bordeaux Neurocampus, France) 

                     Long-lived adult-born neurons and resilience in cognitive aging

09:40-10:10 Hung-Chih Kuo (Academia Sinica, Taiwan) 

                     Harnessing pluripotency for better understanding of human brain development

10:10-10:30 Coffee Break

10:30-11:10 Victor Luna (Temple University, USA) 

                     How age, sex, and Alzheimer's genetic risk impact hippocampal function

11:10-11:50 Hwai-Jong Cheng (Academia Sinica, Taiwan) 

                     Integration of progenitor cells from the adult brain into mature neural circuits

11:50-12:00 Closing Remarks