The Society of Neuroscience of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) hosted its first Neuroscience Symposium in the College on Thursday, March 10. The conference was organised by the Society of Neuroscience, an RCSI student society, in association with the Irish Institute of Clinical Neuroscience.

A total of seven world-renowned speakers from the United Kingdom, Australia and the Middle East gave talks across a broad field of Clinical Neuroscience topics, including Neurology, Neurosurgery, Interventional Neuroradiology and Psychiatry.

Among those presenting were Dr. Martin Turner, Consultant Neurologist, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK, who explored ‘Motor Neuron Disease: The Search for a Biomarker' and Professor Pat McGorry, Professor of Psychiatry; Melbourne University, Australia, spoke on the topic ‘Early Intervention in Psychotic Disorders'.

Professor John Waddington, Professor of Neuroscience, RCSI, and President of the Society, said: "This symposium is the first of such calibre to be organised by a student society in RCSI. It is unprecedented for a student-led conference to have such a comprehensive international programme and to attract an audience beyond their peers, to include clinicians in higher training, senior clinicians and researchers. I commend those involved in the Society of Neuroscience who have made this event a reality, driven by their own initiative, enthusiasm and effort."