Misbuilding Brains: Biological Causes of Neurodevelopmental Divergence and Disorder

Monday, 21 September 2026, 4pm to 5pm

I will discuss themes from my new book on how genetics and environment combine to produce the enormous diversity of human brains, including common mental health conditions and major neurodevelopmental disorders. I will explore how variability in our genomes and environment impact iterative growth processes and discuss where, when and how specific neurodevelopmental disorders and neurodivergent conditions arise across the life course. I will touch on clinical conditions that emerge at all stages of life, from those appearing prenatally, in childhood and in adolescence to those that manifest in the elderly but likely start early in life.

For more information contact: Zoltan.molnar@dpag.ox.ac.uk

Venue: Sherrington Building - Sherrington Library
Sherrington Library Sherrington Building off Parks Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3PT United Kingdom

Department: Physiology Anatomy and Genetics (Department)

Host: Professor Zoltan Molnar