Keystone Symposia on Molecular and Cellular Biology’s 2010 Meeting on Autism
Keystone Symposia will hold its second meeting on Autism entitled “Towards Defining the Pathophysiology of Autistic Behavior,” April 11-15, 2010 at Snowbird Resort in Snowbird, Utah. Organized by Pat Levitt and Joseph Piven, this meeting will be held jointly with “Synapses: Formation, Function and Misfunction.”
Michael E. Greenberg from Harvard Medical School will be giving the keynote address on Sunday, April 11 from 7:30-8:30pm. The overarching aim of this Keystone Symposia meeting will be to take advantage of our knowledge of etiologic heterogeneity by examining the phenomenology and pathophysiology of etiologically-defined autistic syndromes, and contrasting this with what is known about idiopathic autism, in order to ultimately shape the development of treatment approaches informed by knowledge of the underlying pathophysiology.
This conference will bring together clinical and basic scientists from various disciplines to expand on the success of an earlier Keystone Symposia meeting
on this topic by additionally:
- Covering a broader number of etiologically-defined autistic syndromes;
- Comparing and contrasting the phenomenology (including physical features, behavior and neural circuitry) of autistic syndromes, to refine ideas regarding etiologically-meaningful aspects of the autism phenotype;
- Examining the role of the environment (epigenetic influences) in contributing to the etiology and underlying mechanisms of autism (including idiopathic autism and autistic syndromes), with the aim of elucidating a more comprehensive understanding of the pathophysiology of autistic behavior; and
- Exploring how gene-by-environment (GxE) factors impact synaptic function and plasticity that may lie at the heart of autism syndromes.
Meeting Topics Include:
- Clinical and Phenotypes of Autism
- 15q, CNV and Rare Syndromes
- PI3 Kinase Dysfunction
- Synaptic and Circuit Function in Neurodevelopmental Disorders-Joint Session
- Epigenetic Modifiers of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
To view the full meeting program, please visit www.keystonesymposia.org/10Z4.
Early Abstract and Scholarship Deadline: December 10, 2009
www.keystonesymposia.org/Scholarships
Late-Breaking Abstract Deadline: January 6, 2010
Early Registration Deadline: February 11, 2010
For more information on other 2010 Keystone Symposia meetings, visit www.keystonesymposia.org/2010meetings
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