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. 

Organizers:

Huda Zoghbi, M.D.

HHMI Investigator

Professor, Baylor College of Medicine

Director, The Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological

Research Institute at Texas Children's Hospital

Morgan Sheng, M.B.B.S., Ph.D.

Vice President of Neuroscience

Genentech, Inc.

Science Translational Medicine

Katrina Kelner, Ph.D., Editor

Orla Smith, Ph.D., Managing Editor

Registration Details:

April 12:

Check-in will begin at 7:30am, Rayzor Lounge (behind Cullen Auditorium), Baylor College of Medicine

The symposium begins at 8:30am and closes with a reception from 5-6:30pm at the Jan  and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, across the street from Baylor College of Medicine.

April 13:

Workshop and Presentations 8am to 12noon 

(Registration for April 13th only is not an option)

Speakers and Discussion Leaders:

We have assembled a select group of physicians and scientists to identify the key issues that must be addressed to move forward from recent genetic discoveries to effective therapies for a growing class of autism and cognitive disorders. The overarching goal of this meeting is to define common pathways that are potential targets for therapeutic interventions. The symposium will offer an in-depth examination of the challenges involved in this underserved and wanting field of drug discovery and development. A dedicated networking event is incorporated into the program to enhance the exchange of information between physicians, scientists, parents of affected patients, technology developers, experts from the pharmaceutical industry, and funding agencies.

Thomas C. Sϋdhof, M.D.

Professor, Stanford University

Guoping Feng, Ph.D.

Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Paul Worley, M.D.

Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Mark F. Bear, Ph. D.

Investigator, HHMI; Professor, Massachusetts Institute

of Technology

Jacqueline N. Crawley, Ph.D.

Chief, Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroscience, National

Institute of Mental Health

David Sulzer, Ph.D.

Professor, Columbia University

Ben Philpot, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at

Chapel Hill School of Medicine

Michael E. Greenberg, Ph.D.

Department Chair, Harvard Medical School

Freda D. Miller, Ph.D.

HHMI; Professor, University of Toronto

Gerald D. Fischbach, M.D.

Scientific Director, Simons Foundation

Daniel H. Geschwind, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor, UCLA School of Medicine

Anirvan Ghosh, Ph.D.

Professor, UCSD; Roche

Thomas R. Insel, M.D.

Director, NIMH

Story C. Landis, Ph.D.

Director, NINDS

Pat Levitt, Ph.D.

Director, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute

Bai Lu, Ph.D.

Vice President, GSK Neuroscience

Martin C. Raff, M.D.

Emeritus Professor, University College London

John Spiro, Ph.D.

Senior Associate Director for Research

Simons Foundation