Course in Cognitive Disorders

10.15       J Sutcliffe.     t.b.d
11.00      Coffee Break

11.30       D. Pinto         From CNVs to pathways in Autism Spectrum Disorders
12.15       T. Boekers     t.b.d
13.00       Questions and answer sessions   

13.15       Lunch break

Afternoon Session
   
14.30- 18.00         Concurrent workshops

   
Tuesday, 12nd April, 2011

Morning: plenary lectures: SPEECH/LANGUAGE/READING

9.30          S. Fisher     Using functional neurogenomics to study speech and language disorders
10. 15       D. Newbury    Genetic approaches to the identification of susceptibility to Specific Language Impairment (SLI)

11.00        Coffee break   

11.30        J. Kere    t.b.d
12.15        L. Osborne     Genomic rearrangements of 7q11.23 in syndromes of speech and language impairment
 
13.00        Questions and Answers session    

13.15        Lunch break .    

Afternoon Session

14.30- 18.00         Concurrent workshops


Wednesday 13th   April, 2011

Morning: plenary lectures: MENTAL RETARDATION

9.30        H. van Bokhoven   Genetic and epigenetic networks in intellectual disabilities

10.15      O. Zuffardi             t.b.d

11.00      Coffee Break    

11.30       J. Chelly             Signaling pathways and pathophysiological mechanisms underlying intellectual disability
           
12. 15      A.    Schenck       Modelling Mental Retardation in Drosophila - and why not also Autism and Speech disorders?

13.00       ECM Test

13.15        Lunch

Departure

Only on line registration is available on the EGF website: www.eurogene.org

ESHG offers 5 fellowships for this course. For info visit the EGF website