Date: 4/12/2012 - 4/13/2012
Location: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
The Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children's Hospital (NRI), working together with Science Translational Medicine, plans a special symposium entitled "Disorders of Synaptic Dysfunction" on April 12 - 13, 2012. Registration to the meeting is free but attendees are asked to register in order to be admitted. Please click here to register.
View the DSD Symposium Flyer.
Preliminary Schedule:
Thursday, April 12
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8:00 am - 8:30 am
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Continental Breakfast
NRI 2nd Floor Lobby
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8:30 am - 8:45 am
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Opening Remarks and Meeting Charge
Onstead Auditorium
Morgan Sheng, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., Vice President Neuroscience, Genentech
Huda Zoghbi, M.D., HHMI Investigator; Director, Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute; Professor, Baylor College of Medicine
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8:45 am - 9:00 am
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Clinical Summary of Synaptic Disorders
(NRXN, NLGNs, Shank3, Fragile X)
TBD - Clinician from Texas Children's Hospital
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9:00 am - 9:25 am
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Thomas C. Südhof, M.D. (NRXN and NLGN)
Professor, Molecular & Cellular Physiology, Neurology & Neurological Sciences,
Psychiatry & Behavioral Science
Stanford Institute for Neuro-Innovation & Translational Neurosciences
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9:30 am - 9:55 am
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Guoping Feng, Ph.D. (SHANK)
Investigator, McGovern Institute
Professor, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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10:00 am - 10:25 am
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Paul Worley, M.D. (SHANK-HOMER-ARC)
Professor of Neuroscience
The Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
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10:30 am - 10:45 am
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Break
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10:45 am - 11:10 am
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Mark F. Bear, Ph.D. (Fragile X)
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Picower Professor of Neuroscience
The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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11:15 am - 11:40 am
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Jacqueline Crawley, Ph.D. (Animal Models of Behavior; Pre-clinical Trials)
Chief, Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroscience
National Institute of Mental Health
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11:45 am - 12:30 pm
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Panel Discussion
TBD - Moderator
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12:30 pm - 1:45 pm
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Lunch / Meet Children with Disorders of Synaptic Dysfunction
NRI Second Floor Lobby
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1:45 pm - 2:00 pm
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Clinical Summary of Rett, Angelman's, TSC
Jeffrey Neul, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine
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2:00 pm - 2:25 pm
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David Sulzer, Ph.D. (TSC and Network)
Professor of Neurobiology
Columbia University
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2:30 pm - 2:55 pm
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Ben Philpot, Ph.D. (Angelman)
Associate Professor, Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
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3:00 pm - 3:25 pm
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Michael E. Greenberg, Ph.D. (MeCP2)
Department Chair
Nathan Marsh Pusey Professor of Neurobiology
Harvard Medical School
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3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
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Break
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3:45 pm - 4:10 pm
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Freda D. Miller, Ph.D. (Neurotrophins)
International Research Scholar, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Professor, Dept. of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto
Senior Scientist, Dept. of Developmental Biology, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
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4:15 am - 5:00 pm
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Panel Discussion and Refinement of Questions for Working Groups
TBD - Moderator
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5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
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Reception
NRI Second Floor Lobby
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Friday, April 13
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8:00 am - 8:30 am
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Continental Breakfast
Groups Finalize Presentations
NRI
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8:30 am - 9:30 am
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Working Group Presentations (20 minutes each)
TBD - Group Leader 1
TBD - Group Leader 2
TBD - Group Leader 3
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9:30 am - 10:15 am
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Discussion of Presentations
TBD - Moderator
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10:15 am - 10:30 am
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Break
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10:30 am - 11:15 am
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Input from Pharmaceutical Leaders and NIH Directors
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11:15 am - 12:00 noon
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Identification of New Research Paths and Priorities for Advancing Promising Translational Research
TBD - Moderator
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12:00 noon
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Adjourn with Boxed Lunches
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Last Edited: 02/22/12 11:17 AM by Corina Miclea
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