Suzhou Mini-Symposium on Neurological Diseases

Time: September 21, 2011

Place: Conference room of the Institute of Neuroscience
Fifth floor of Building 401
Soochow University
199 Ren-Ai Road, Suzhou City

Organizers: Xingshun Xu (Institute of Neuroscience, Soochow University)

Xiao-Jiang Li (Human Genetics, Emory University)

Symposium (Wednesday, September 21, 2011)

8:00-8:15 Tour in the Institute of Neuroscience

8:15-8:20 Welcome remarks by Dr. Xingshun Xu

8:20-8:30 Introduction of the Institute of Neuroscience by Dr. Guangyin Xu

Section one (15 min talk and 5 min discussion)

8:30－8:50 Guojun Bu, Ph.D.
Department of Neuroscience
Mayo Clinic, USA
Topic: Wnt signaling receptor LRP6 and Alzheimer's disease

8:50－9:10 Bruce Lamb Ph.D.
Department of Neurosciences, Lerner Research Institute
Cleveland Clinic, USA
Topic: Identification of Genetic Modifiers of Amyloid Deposition

9:10－9:30 Wim Annaert Ph.D.
Department of Molecular and Developmental Genetics
VIB, Belgium
Topic: Exploring presenilin function in endosomal trafficking using an omics approach

9:30－9:50 Quan-Hong Ma
Institute of Neuroscience
Soochow University, China
Topic: A DNA vaccine encoding myelin-related proteins in therapy of Alzheimer's disease

9:50－10:10 Break

Section two (15 min talk and 5 min discussion)

10:10－10:30 Steven Estus Ph.D.
Sanders-Brown Center On Aging

University of Kentucky, USA
Topic: Genetics of APOE Receptors in Alzheimer’s disease

10:30-10:50 Jian Chen Ph.D.
Institute of Neuroscience
Soochow University, China
Topic: PTEN inhibition as a novel therapeutic approach for stroke

10:50-11:10 Ming Guo, M.D., Ph.D.
Brain Research Institute
David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, USA
Topic: Identifying new genes involved in Alzheimer's disease using Drosophila as a model.

11:10-11:30 Xingshun Xu M.D., Ph.D.
Institute of Neuroscience
Soochow University, China
Topic: Ahi1 conditional knockout causes depression-like behaviors in mice

11:30-11:50 Shihua Li M.D.
Department of Human Genetics
Emory University School of Medicine, USA
Topic: A mouse model of spinocerebellar ataxia type 17

12:00 Lunch

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