Heidelberg University

IZN Scientific Events IZN Retreat 2017

Evolution of cognitive abilities

At this IZN Retreat, participants explored the brain evolution and the genetic underpinnings of human cognition.

IZN Retreat Program 2017

Invited Speakers 2017

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Henrik Kaessmann	Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Heidelberg University	The evolution of developmental gene expression programs in mammalian organs
Suzana Herculano-Houzel	Departments of Psychology and Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Brain evolution: what changes, what doesn't, and what does it matter?
Steffan Hage	W. Reichardt Centre for Integrative Neuroscience, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen	Cognitive motor control of vocal behavior in non-human primates: new insights into the evolution of human speech
Judith Burkart	Department of Anthropology, Zürich University, Switzerland	The evolution of general intelligence
Wolfgang Enard	Department of Anthropology and Human Genomics, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich	A molecular perspective on speech and language evolution
Priit Pruunsild	Institute of Neurobiology, Heidelberg University	Synaptic activity-driven gene expression: of mice and men
Wieland Huttner	Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden	Human-specific genes, neural stem cell amplification, and neocortex expansion in development and evolution

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