Human Brain Organoids: the Science, the Ethics

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Human Brain Organoids: the Science, the Ethics

June 1, 2018 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Human brain organoids, miniature ‘brain structures’ can be generated from stem cells. These have the capacity to produce new, complex and developing neuronal tissue and have the potential to provide neuroscientists with a different and maybe more useful model of parts of a functioning human brain than has ever before been possible.

Join us to find out more about how human brain organoids are being used in research, now and in the future. Contribute to discussions on the scientific, ethical and legal challenges that scientists and society must confront.

Speakers include:

  • Hank Greely, Stanford University (USA)
  • Julian Savulescu, University of Oxford (UK)
  • Additional speakers will be announced.

Tickets to this event are free, but you must register in advance. To register, please send an email to Elaine Snell (esnell@neuroethicssociety.org), including your name, title, affiliation, discipline, degree program / career stage (e.g. student, lecturer), university or institution, contact telephone number, and preferred email address.

The event will be chaired by Ilina Singh, University of Oxford (UK), and is organized jointly by the Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities at the University of Oxford and the International Neuroethics Society, with support from the European Dana Alliance for the Brain.

Details

Date:
June 1, 2018
Time:
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Website:
http://www.neuroethicssociety.org/oxford-regional-meeting-2018

Venue

Oxford Martin School
34 Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BD
Oxford, United Kingdom
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