| Friday, March 6 |
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3:00 - 7:30 PM
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Registration
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Longs Peak Foyer
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6:30 - 7:30 PM
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Refreshments
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Longs Peak Foyer
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8:30 - 9:30 PM
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Keynote Address
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Grays 1 & 2
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Xinyu Zhao,
University of New Mexico
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Peng Jin,
Emory University School of Medicine
Opening Remarks
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Fred H. Gage,
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
L1 Retrotransposition and Neuronal Diversity
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| Saturday, March 7 |
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7:00 - 8:00 AM
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Breakfast
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Longs Peak
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8:00 - 11:15 AM
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Epigenetic Mechanisms in Human Biology
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Quandary 1 & 2
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Peter A. Jones,
University of Southern California
Epigenetic Regulation in Cancer
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Joseph F. Costello,
University of California, San Francisco
Role of Intragenic DNA Methylation in Gene Expression
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Guoping Fan,
University of California, Los Angeles
Epigenetic Regulation in Neuronal Survival and Brain Development
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John A. Stamatoyannopoulos,
University of Washington
Profiling Chromatin Structure Across Cell Lineages
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Dengke Ma,
Johns Hopkins University
Short Talk: Neuronal Induction of Gadd45b Links Epigenetic DNA Demethylation to Activity-Dependent Adult Neurogenesis
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Jing Wang,
Hospital for Sick Children
Short Talk: The Histone Acetyltransferase Activity of the CBP Transcriptional Coactivator, which is Haploinsufficient in Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome, is Essential for Differentiation of Developing Neural Stem Cells
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9:20 - 9:40 AM
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Coffee Break
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Longs Peak Foyer
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11:00 AM -
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On Own for Lunch
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11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
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Poster Setup
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Longs Peak
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1:00 - 10:00 PM
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Poster Viewing
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Longs Peak
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4:30 - 5:00 PM
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Coffee Available
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Longs Peak Foyer
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5:00 - 7:00 PM
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Psychiatric Epigenetics
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Quandary 1 & 2
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Art Petronis,
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Epigenomics of Major Psychosis
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Schahram Akbarian,
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Epigenetic Regulation in Human and Mouse Brain - Focus on Histone Lysine Methylation
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Yue Feng,
Emory University
Talk Title to be Determined
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Anne H. O'Donnell,
Columbia University
Short Talk: Whole Genome DNA Methylation Profiling of Major Depression
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Fatemeh G. Haghighi,
Columbia University
Short Talk: DNA Methylation Profiling of Schizophrenia
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7:00 - 8:00 PM
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Social Hour w/ Lite Bites
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Longs Peak
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7:30 - 10:00 PM
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Poster Session 1
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Longs Peak
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| Sunday, March 8 |
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7:00 - 8:00 AM
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Breakfast
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Longs Peak
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8:00 - 11:00 AM
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Autism
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Quandary 1 & 2
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Daniel H. Geschwind,
University of California, Los Angeles
Autism: From Genes to Brain
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David H. Ledbetter,
Emory University School of Medicine
Early Identification of Genetic Sub-Types of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) by Clinical aCGH Testing and Establishment of an International Public Database
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Janine M. LaSalle,
University of California, Davis
Epigenetic Etiologies of Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Addie May Ingrid Nesbitt,
University of Connecticut
Short Talk: Genomic Imprinting of the X-Linked Gene Transketolase-like 1 in Mouse and Human
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Rodney C. Samaco,
Baylor College of Medicine
Short Talk: Haploinsufficiency of Crh Ameliorates the Autistic-Like Features in a Mouse Model of MECP2 Duplication Syndrome
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Steven W. Long,
University of Illinois
Short Talk: Purification of a Novel MeCP2 Complex from Rat Brain
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9:20 - 9:40 AM
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Coffee Break
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Longs Peak Foyer
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11:15 AM -
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On Own for Lunch
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1:00 - 10:00 PM
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Poster Viewing
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Longs Peak
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4:30 - 5:00 PM
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Coffee Available
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Longs Peak Foyer
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5:00 - 7:00 PM
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Imprinting Disorders
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Quandary 1 & 2
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Arthur L. Beaudet,
Baylor College of Medicine
Molecular Basis of Angelman Syndrome
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Laura Herzing,
Children's Memorial Research Center
Epigenetic Consequences of Fetal Alcohol Exposure
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Edwin J. Weeber,
University of South Florida
Synaptic Plasticity Defects in Angelman Syndrome
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Jon F. Wilkins,
Santa Fe Institute
Short Talk: Imprinted Genes, Risk Preferences, and Delay Discounting
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7:00 - 8:00 PM
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Social Hour w/ Lite Bites
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Longs Peak
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| Monday, March 9 |
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7:00 - 8:00 AM
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Breakfast
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Longs Peak
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8:00 - 9:20 AM
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Monogenic Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Rett Syndrome
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Quandary 1 & 2
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David Katz,
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Dysregulation of Neuronal Excitability in Mecp2 Null Mice
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Xinyu Zhao,
University of New Mexico
Methyl-CpG Binding Proteins in Neurogenesis and Autism Spectrum Disorders
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9:40 - 11:15 AM
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Monogenic Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Fragile X Syndrome
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Quandary 1 & 2
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Stephen T. Warren,
Emory University School of Medicine
Newborn and Conventional Mutation Screening in Fragile X
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David L. Nelson,
Baylor College of Medicine
Development of Animal Models for Fragile X Syndrome
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Peng Jin,
Emory University School of Medicine
Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein and Stem Cells
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9:20 - 9:40 AM
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Coffee Break
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Longs Peak Foyer
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11:00 AM -
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On Own for Lunch
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4:30 - 5:00 PM
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Coffee Available
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Longs Peak Foyer
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5:00 - 7:00 PM
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Lessons, Conclusions, and Perspectives
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Quandary 1 & 2
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Xinyu Zhao,
University of New Mexico
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Peng Jin,
Emory University School of Medicine
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Jeffrey M. Besterman,
MethylGene Inc.
Epigenetic Therapy of Neurodegenerative Diseases
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Bing Ren,
University of California, San Diego
Global Chromatin Modifications at Transcriptional Enhancers Correlate with Cell Type-Specific Gene Expression in the Human Genome
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7:00 - 8:00 PM
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Social Hour w/ Lite Bites
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Longs Peak
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8:00 - 11:00 PM
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Entertainment
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Longs Peak
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| Tuesday, March 10 |
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Departure
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