50th Anniversary Scientific Symposium & Poster Session
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Event Details
September 21 | 8:30 AM – 7:00 PM
September 22 | 8:30 AM – 1:30 PM
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| When: | September 21 | 8:30 AM – 7:00 PM September 22 | 8:30 AM – 1:30 PM |
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| Where: | Waisman Center Friends of the Waisman Center Auditorium 1500 Highland Avenue Madison, WI 53705 |
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| About: | Hear about latest advances in autism, Down syndrome, functional genomics, and imaging research plus promising Waisman translational research in the areas of autism (Leann DaWalt), degenerative eye disease (David Gamm), Parkinson’s disease (Su-Chun Zhang). | |
| Registration: | Click here to register for the symposium | |
| Poster Fair Registration: | REGISTER HERE TO SUBMIT A POSTER | |
| Sponsors: | See below | |
| Sponsor This Event: | Download the Scientific Symposium Sponsorship Form |
Schedule & Program
Thursday, September 21
| 8:30 am |
— Breakfast — |
| 9:00 am | Welcome and Introduction to the Waisman Center — Qiang Chang, PhD, Director — Cynthia Czajkowski, PhD, OVCRGE |
| 9:15 am | Genomic Insights into Early Human Brain Development, Evolution, and Disease — Arnold Kriegstein, MD, PhDUniversity of California San Francisco |
| 10:15 am | Waisman Functional Genomics Research Spotlights — Xinyu Zhao, PhD, moderator — Andre Sousa, PhD — James Li, PhD — Daifeng Wang, PhD |
| 11:00 am |
— Break —
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| 11:15 am | Understanding and Optimizing Neonatal Brain Development — Cynthia Rogers, MDWashington University St. Louis |
| 12:15 pm | — Lunch — |
| 1:00 pm | Waisman Early Brain and Communication Development Research Spotlights — Andy Alexander, PhD, moderator — Doug Dean, PhD — Bernadette Gillick, PhD, MSPT — Jenny Saffran, PhD — Katie Hustad, PhD — Audra Sterling, PhD |
| 2:15 pm | — Break — |
| 2:30 pm |
Unveiling the Future of Down Syndrome: 50 Years of Research Paving the Way for Therapy
 — Mara Dierssen, PhDCentre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, Spain |
| 3:30 pm | Waisman Down Syndrome Research Spotlights — Maria Stanley, MD, moderator — Anita Bhattacharyya, PhD — Qiang Chang, PhD — Ruth Litovsky, PhD — Brad Christian, PhD — Sigan Hartley, PhD |
| 4:45 pm | Waisman Training Spotlight — Sigan Hartley, PhD |
| 5:00 pm | — Poster Session — Wiley Conference Center |
Friday, September 22
| 8:30 am |
— Breakfast —
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| 9:00 am | Looking Backward to Look Forward: Autism from 2 to 32 — Catherine Lord, PhDUniversity of California Los Angeles |
| 10:00 am | Waisman Autism Research Spotlights — Sigan Hartley, PhD, moderator — Luigi Puglielli, MD, PhD — Xinyu Zhao, PhD — Maureen Durkin, PhD — Andy Alexander, PhD — Brittany Travers, PhD |
| 11:15 am | — Break — |
| 11:30 am | Promising Waisman Translational Research Qiang Chang, PhD, moderator — Leann DaWalt, PhD — David Gamm, MD, PhD — Su-Chun Zhang, MD, PhD |
| 12:15 pm | — Lunch — |
Sponsors:
University Research Park | Jenni & Kyle Foundation | Promega | WiCell | BrainXell | Fujifilm
Defined Bioscience | Avantor | Mark & Cynthia Anliker | Waisman Biomanufacturing | T21 Research Society
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