Symposium on Spinal Muscular Atrophy
A reminder that a satellite symposium on SMA entitled “NMJ in spinal muscular atrophy - the chicken or the egg?” is being sponsored by Families of SMA, FightSMA, MDA, and SMA Foundation. The event, to be held Monday, November 5, 2007 at 6:30pm in the Annie Room of the Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego, will be moderated by Dr. Michael Sendtner of the Universität Würzburg Institut für Klinische Neurobiologie in Germany. After refreshments from 6:30-7:10 PM, the meeting agenda is as follows:
Michael Sendtner, MD, PhD
PRESENTATIONS:
7:15pm – 7:20pm
Chris Lorson, PhD
“SMA Advocacy Update”
7:20pm – 7:40pm
Pico Caroni, PhD
“Peripheral Denervation in Motoneuron Disease: Part of an Active Process”
7:45pm – 8:05pm
Umrao Monani, PhD
“SMA Pathophysiology in Animal Models”
8:10pm – 8:30pm
Sibylle Jablonka, PhD
“Disturbed Excitability in the SMA Motor Neuron”
8:35pm – 8:55pm
Kenneth Fischbeck, MD
“The Genetics of SMA and Related Disorders”
9:00pm – 9:30pm
Questions and Panel Discussion
For more information, meeting attendees can stop by the SMA organizations’ booth, #4301.
A list of more upcoming professional meetings can be found at the FightSMA website.
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