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Thursday, May 29 >>> morning
Motor neuron diseases
8.30 am-10.00 am Plenary lectures XAuditorium
Chairperson > Mimoun Azzouz
8.30 am-9.15 am Vincent Meininger, France
> Biomarkers and clinical trials in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
9.15 am-10.00 am Judith Melki, Israel
> Genetics and model systems in upper and lower motor neuron diseases
10.00 am-10.30 am Break
10.30 am-12.00 am Parallel Symposia
‹Molecular basis of motor neuron diseases:
insights from new models systems XSalle Endoume
Chairpersons > Laurent Schaeffer and Georg Haase
Don W. Cleveland, USA
> ALS: a disease of motor neurons and their non-neuronal neighbors
Francesco Paolo di Giorgio, USA
> Interrogating disease states using embryonic stem cells: a case study in ALS
Arthur Burghes, USA
> A genetic approach to the critical molecular patheway in spinal muscular atrophy
using zebrafish and mice
Programme > Thursday, May 29
‹Genetics and Biomarkers of motor neuron diseases XAmphitheatre Callelongue
Chairpersons > Suzanne Lefebvre and Jean-Pierre Azulay
Nazli Basak, Turkey
> Genetics of ALS
Pascale Saugier Veber, France
> Sensitive assays for measuring SMN gene copy number and mRNA in SMA patients
Utz Fischer, Germany
> Understanding the molecular basis of spinal muscular atrophy
‹Therapeutics in SMA and ALS: results and perspectives XAuditorium
Chairpersons > Bertrand Fontaine and Louis Viollet
Enrico Bertini, Italy
> Bottlenecks in trials for SMA
12.00 am-1.00 pm Lunch break
Jean Pouget, France
> Learning from clinical trials and standards of care in ALS
Martine Barkats , France
> AAV-mediated gene transfer in the central nervous system of a feline model of SMA
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