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Neurogenomics: Building a Better Brain
Sunday May 20th -Wednesday, May 23rd, 2001
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee

Honorary Chair: Floyd E. Bloom, M.D., The Scripps Research Institute

WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 2001

7:00 - 8:00 AM Breakfast
(Wyatt Center Lobby)

8:00- 11:20 AM

Session V. Psychogenomics
Chair: Randy D. Blakely, Ph.D.,
Vanderbilt University
Presentations:  
8:00 - 8:40 AM Psychogenomics: Early studies in the addiction field
Eric Nestler, M.D., Ph.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
8:55 - 9:15 AM The Relationship Between Phenotype and Genotype in Psychiatry: Alcohol Dependence
Laura J. Bierut, M.D., Washington University
9:30 - 9:50 AM The genetic etiology of autism
Jonathan Haines, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
9:50-10:15 AM Break
10:15-10:35 AM Alzheimer's disease: Genetic insights into new therapies
Peter St. George-Hyslop, Ph.D., University of Toronto
Short Talks/Late-Breaking Discoveries:
  Abnormal emotional behaviors and age-related obesity in 5-HT transporter deficient mice
Andrew Holmes, Ph.D., NIH, NIMH

Deregulation of CDK5 in a mouse model of ALS: Toxicity alleviated by perikaryal neurofilament inclusions
Minh Dang Nguyen, McGill University

Increased intelligence in individuals with deletions of 18Q treated with growth hormone
Jannine D. Cody, Ph.D., University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
11:30 AM Lunch and Final Address
(Rotunda)

What do we know now and where do we go from here?
Floyd E. Bloom, M.D., The Scripps Research Institute
12:30 PM Closing Remarks

 

 

 

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