4th advanced course: "Genetics of Intellectual Disability: an update" | 
	                                
                
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	                            Début Jeudi 25 Juin 2015 Fin Samedi 27 Juin 2015
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                    The aim of this course is to provide an update on the genetic basis of intellectual disability (ID). This is a timely training course, directed to health professionals dealing with ID patients and families, aiming to provide a state-of-the-art overview of (i) the current diagnostic possibilities and (ii) the recent concepts concerning the pathogenesis and treatment of these disorders. On a practical perspective, the course also aims to make the students familiar with a set of information seeking/managing tools that can provide some support in the complex task of managing a patient with ID. 
REGISTRATION AND MORE INFORMATION: www.ecsaude.uminho.pt/pg/intellectual-disability 
  
|  08h45 | 
Registration at the ICVS/ECS hall | 
 
|  09h00 | 
Welcome address | 
 
|  09h15 | 
The clinical and genetic diagnosis process in intellectual disability  [Raoul Hennekam, Amsterdam] | 
 
|  10h30 | 
Coffee break | 
 
|  11h00 | 
Genetic variation and disease - an introduction  [Patricia Maciel] | 
 
|  12h00 | 
Novel technical possibilities for genetic diagnosis of intellectual disability  introduction to aCGH and NGS methodologies  [Mafalda Barbosa] | 
 
|  13h00 | 
Lunch break | 
 
|  14h30 | 
Hands-on introduction to Genetic Databases  [Patricia Maciel, Fátima Lopes and Mafalda Barbosa] | 
 
|  16h30 | 
Coffee-Break | 
 
|  17h00 | 
From clinic to gene and back - the example of Fragile X  [Jean Louis Mandel]  | 
 
|  18h00 | 
Students papers/activities | 
 
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Dinner at the historic center of Braga | 
 
 
|  09h00 | 
Gene identification in intellectual disability using genomic approaches:  what have we learned about pathogenesis?  [Mike Talkowski, Harvard Med School] | 
 
|  10h15 | 
Coffee break [with posters from participants] | 
 
|  11h00 | 
Genetics of cortical malformation and intellectual disability  [Jamel Chelly] | 
 
|  12h00 | 
12h00 Finding novel genes underlying Rett syndrome-like clinical presentation  [Fátima Lopes] | 
 
|  12h30 | 
Mutation or not mutation, that is the question  [Jean-Louis Mandel] | 
 
|  13h00 | 
Lunch break | 
 
|  14h30 | 
Copy number variations as risk factors for neurodevelopmental disorders  [Patricia Maciel] | 
 
|  15h00 | 
 Epigenetics and intellectual disability  [Mike Talkowski] | 
 
|  16h00 | 
Coffee-Break  [with posters] | 
 
|  16h30 | 
Round table:  Translation of novel genetic approaches to the clinical context - benefits and challenges  [Jean-Louis Mandel, Mafalda Barbosa, Raoul Hennekam, Mike Talkowski] | 
 
|  17h00 | 
New models for study of nervous system disease mechanisms: human inducible pluripotent stem cells  [Luis Pereira de Almeida] | 
 
|  18h00 | 
Round Table:  Gene discovery in ID and autism spectrum disorders - challenges and approaches  [Jean-Louis Mandel, Mike Talkowski, Astrid Vicente] | 
 
 
|  09h00 | 
Neuroimaging in ID research  [Adriana Sampaio] | 
 
|  10h00 | 
From animal models to clinical trials in intellectual disability: the case of Rett syndrome [TBA] | 
 
|  11h00 | 
Coffee break | 
 
|  11h20 | 
From animal models to clinical trials in intellectual disability:  the case of Down syndrome  [Mara Dierssen, Barcelona] | 
 
|  12h20 | 
Closure; evaluations | 
 
|  12h40 | 
Farewell | 
 
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                            Lieu : Braga | Portugal                         |