November 16-18, 2020

INTERNEURON DYSFUNCTION

IN AUTISM

A three-day virtual conference during the pandemic

Co-organized by Carlos Portera-Cailliau (UCLA), Iryna Ethell (UC Riverside) and Anis Contractor (Northwestern)

9am-12pm (Pacific Time): keynote presentations

3pm-5pm (Pacific Time): trainee short talks

Day 1

Interneurons in development, numbers and maturity

November 16, 2020

Day 2

Genetics and molecular diversity of interneurons

November 17, 2020

Day 3

Interneuron dysfunction & circuit alterations in autism

November 18, 2020

The goal of this event is to bring leaders in the field to discuss the latest research on interneurons in autism and discuss implications for pathogenesis and therapeutics.

The Speakers

Yale University

New Haven, CT

USA

Weill Cornell Medical Center

New York, NY

USA

UC Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

USA

New York University

New York, NY

USA

Harvard University

Boston, MA

USA

UCLA

Los Angeles, CA

USA

UC Riverside

Riverside, CA

USA

Allen Institute of Brain Research

Seattle, WA

USA

Harvard University

Boston, MA

USA

UC Davis

Davis, CA

USA

NIH

Bethesda, MD

USA

King's College

London

UK

Trainee presentation Winners:

Day 1: Gabrielle Pouchelon, Samantha Sutley, Clara Amegandjin and Wendy Wang


Day 2: Samuel Barth, Marisol Jolin and Viktor Olah


Day 3: Lingjie He, Nazim Kourdougli, Tristan Geller and Gabrielle Carrillo

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS FOR SUPPORTING THIS MEETING


UCLA - David Geffen School of Medicine

•Felix Schweizer, Interim Chair, Brain Research Institute

•S. Tom Carmichael, Chair, Dept. of Neurology

•Paul Micevych, Chair, Dept. of Neurobiology


UC RIVERSIDE

•Deborah Deas, Dean, School of Medicine


NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

•James Surmeier, Chair, Dept. of Physiology

•Peter Penzes, Director, Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment