CNDR 2008 Annual Retreat
November 20, 2008
8:00am - 5:00pm
Biomedical Research Bldg. 2/3 Auditorium
421 Curie Boulevard
University of Pennsylvania
This year, the Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research (CNDR)'s Marian S. Ware Research Retreat will focus on "Genetics of Neurodegenerative Diseases."
Event Information and Registration
To register online to attend, click here.
Here is the agenda for the day's proceedings:
8:30am
Breakfast Buffet
9:00am
Opening Remarks - Virginia M.-Y. Lee, PhD
Director, Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research9:15-10:00am
Hakon Hakonarson, MD, PhD
Director, Center for Applied Genomics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
About Dr. Hakonarson's ResearchPresentation: "Genetics of Complex Disease"
10:00-10:45am
Michael Boehnke, PhD
Richard G. Cornell Collegiate Professor of Biostatistics Director, University of Michigan Center for Statistical Genetics and Genome Science Training Program
About Dr. Boehnke's ResearchPresentation: "Genome-Wide Association Studies of Type 2 Diabetes and Related Traits"
10:45am
Break and Visit Poster Session
11:15am-12:00pm
Andrew Singleton, PhD
Senior Investigator and Chief, Molecular Genetics Section, National Institute on Aging, Laboratory of Neurogenetics
About Dr. Singleton's ResearchPresentation: "PD Genetics - Finding Common Risk Loci and Understanding What They Do"
12:00-12:45pm
Vivianna Van Deerlin, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Director, Molecular Pathology Laboratory; Program Director, Molecular Genetic Pathology Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania School of MedicinePresentation: "Genetic Studies of TDP-43"
12:45pm
Lunch and Visit Poster Session
2:00-3:30pm
Keynote Speaker
Gerard D. Schellenberg, PhD
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of MedicinePresentation: "Approaches to the Genetics of Alzheimer's Disease"
3:30-3:45pm
Closing Discussion
3:45-4:30pm
Posters, Refreshments and "Best Poster" Award