Portugal 2024 Invited Speakers
Dr. Ralda Nehme
DirectorStem Cell ProgramThe Broad Institute of Harvard and MITThe 22q11.2 region as it regulates presynaptic gene-products linked to schizophrenia
Prof. Dr. Randall J Platt
Professur Biologisches EngineeringETH ZurichNovel genetic tools for investigating brain and behavior in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome
Prof. Beverly EmanuelProfessor of Pediatrics and Genetics and
Charles E.H. Upham Endowed Chair in Pediatric Medicine
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and
Perelman School of Medicine
University of PennsylvaniaLooking Back to Move Forward – the Sweep of History Regarding the Chromosome 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome
Dr. Casey Gifford
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Genetics
Stanford UniversityGenetic Modifiers of Cardiac Development with an Emphasis on 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome
Dr. Irene Zohn
Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Model organisms and Mechanisms of gene-environment interactions in structural birth defects
Dr. Stephen Scherer
Northbridge Chair in Paediatric Research and
Director of The Centre for Applied Genomics
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
Peter Scambler Invited Lecture: Genetics of CNVs informing human disorders and the prospects for treatment
Dr. Joris Vermeesch
Professor of Cytogenetics and Genome Research
KU Leuven
Cell free DNA and the Promise of Novel Biomarkers
Dr. Michael Granato
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Mitochondrial proteins and neurodevelopment in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome
DirectorStem Cell ProgramThe Broad Institute of Harvard and MITThe 22q11.2 region as it regulates presynaptic gene-products linked to schizophrenia
Prof. Dr. Randall J Platt
Professur Biologisches EngineeringETH ZurichNovel genetic tools for investigating brain and behavior in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome
Prof. Beverly EmanuelProfessor of Pediatrics and Genetics and
Charles E.H. Upham Endowed Chair in Pediatric Medicine
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and
Perelman School of Medicine
University of PennsylvaniaLooking Back to Move Forward – the Sweep of History Regarding the Chromosome 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome
Dr. Casey Gifford
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Genetics
Stanford UniversityGenetic Modifiers of Cardiac Development with an Emphasis on 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome
Dr. Irene Zohn
Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology
George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Model organisms and Mechanisms of gene-environment interactions in structural birth defects
Dr. Stephen Scherer
Northbridge Chair in Paediatric Research and
Director of The Centre for Applied Genomics
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
Peter Scambler Invited Lecture: Genetics of CNVs informing human disorders and the prospects for treatment
Dr. Joris Vermeesch
Professor of Cytogenetics and Genome Research
KU Leuven
Cell free DNA and the Promise of Novel Biomarkers
Dr. Michael Granato
Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Mitochondrial proteins and neurodevelopment in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome