Miami Winter Symposium 2023
Molecular Neuroscience: Focus on Sensory Disorders
January 30 – February 1, 2023 | Hyatt Regency Miami, FL, USA
Before travelling to the conference, please familiarise yourself with the Covid-19 requirements for the USA, which Elsevier will be following. The current country guidelines can be found here
We still request that anyone who has tested positive for Covid-19 or is under any self-quarantine orders does not attend the conference.
The Miami Winter Symposium 2023 is dedicated to Molecular Neuroscience: Focus on Sensory Disorders and includes:
- An international line-up of renowned speakers – selected to provide delegates with a unique opportunity to meet with and hear from representatives from leading research centers on basic research, translational issues and potential or actual clinical applications in sensory neuroscience.
- Award lectures by renowned leaders in sensory neuroscience research including: Christine Petit, James Hudspeth, Robert MacLaren, Anthony Movshon, Richard Axel, Robert Margolskee and David Julius.
- Focused sessions on the various senses: Hearing, vision, smell, taste and pain/itch/touch.
- The latest international research: Contributed ‘spotlight’ talks and poster sessions feature the latest research findings from around the world.
- Networking opportunities with key research teams from around the world: At the opening drinks reception, conference dinner and during the poster sessions.
Call for abstracts
Abstracts are invited on the following topics for presentation as posters alongside the oral program:
- Hearing
- Vision
- Smell
- Taste
- Pain/itch/touch
Welcome from the Program Chairs
The Miami Winter Symposia have been running for 54 consecutive years, a consistent success because of the spectacular awardees, speakers, and attendees that make the three-day meeting superb. Each year has a theme and this year we have chosen molecular neuroscience with a specific reference to sensory disorders within the senses: hearing, vision, smell, taste and pain/itch/touch.
We are excited to have many luminaries who will be honored at the 2023 program: Richard Axel, James Hudspeth, David Julius, Robert MacLaren, Robert Margolskee and Christine Petit will each present an award lecture. Anthony Movshon of New York University has graciously accepted the Lifetime Achievement Award. We will also have new research presented by rising stars in each of the sessions.
The Miami Winter Symposium 2023 will be an exclusive opportunity for scientists and researchers to broaden their horizons in an arena of cutting-edge science. Pharmaceutical and industry participants interested in advising and participating in research collaborations will find the Symposium to be an opportune interactive platform. Scholarships and travel awards will be given to selected abstracts.
We look forward to welcoming you to Miami,
Conference Chairs
- Sylvia Daunert, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, USA
- Sapna Deo, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, USA
- Xue Zhong Liu, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, USA
- Vittorio Porciatti, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, USA
- Michal Toborek, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, USA
- Claes Wahlestedt, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, USA
- Mariela Zirlinger, Editor in Chief, Neuron, Cell Press, USA
- James Hudspeth, Rockefeller University, USA
- Richard Axel, Columbia University, USA
- Christine Petit, Pasteur Institute, France
- David Julius, University of California, San Francisco, USA
- Robert Margolskee, Monell Center, USA
- Anthony Movshon, New York University, USA
- Robert MacLaren, University of Oxford, UK
- Karen B. Avraham, Tel Aviv University, Israel
- Zheng-Yi Chen, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, USA
- Gloria Choi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
- David Fitzpatrick, Max Planck Florida Institute, USA
- Yves de Koninck, Laval University, Canada
- Xinzhong Dong, Johns Hopkins University, USA
- Jeffrey Goldberg, Stanford University, USA
- Richard Kramer, University of California, Berkeley, USA
- Emily Liman, University of Southern California, USA
- Stavros Lomvardas, Columbia University, USA
- Ellen Lumpkin, University of California, Berkeley, USA
- Lloyd Minor, Stanford University, USA
- Peter Mombaerts, Max Plank Research Unit for Neurogenetics, Germany
- Craig Montell, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
- Frank Porreca, University of Arizona, USA
- Charles Warwick, University of Pittsburgh, USA
- Reza Sharif Naeini, McGill University, Canada
- Karen Steel, King’s College of London, UK
- Lisa Stowers, The Scripps Research Institute, USA
- Sylvia Daunert, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Foundation / University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, USA (Chair)
- Sapna Deo, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Foundation / University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, USA
- Feng Gong, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Foundation / University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, USA
- Ilona Concha Grabinger, International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, IUBMB
- Zafar Nawaz, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Foundation / University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, USA
- Stephen Nimer, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center / University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, USA
- Michal Toborek, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Foundation / University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, USA
- Claes Wahlestedt, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, USA
- Sylvia Daunert, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, USA
- Sapna Deo, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, USA
- Xue Zhong Liu, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, USA
- Vittorio Porciatti, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, USA
- Michal Toborek, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, USA
- Claes Wahlestedt, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, USA
- Mariela Zirlinger, Editor in Chief, Neuron, Cell Press, USA
