On the 12th of September 2013 Geraldine Boylan and David Henshall hosted the " The Developing Brain" morning session, at the combined meeting of Neuroscience Ireland and Irish Area Section Biochemical Society. The meeting was held on the 12th – 13th of September 2013 and was dedicated to “Brain Disorders Across the Lifespan: Translational Neuroscience From Molecule to Man“. The Developing Brain session featured Yehezke Ben-Ari, Peirre Gressen and Susan Vannucci as speakers and was very well received by the audience. The full program can be found here.