The Schedule

Virtual attendees: All times listed are in Chicago's time zone, CDT (GMT-5)

October 4th

Registration and Continental Breakfast 8:00 - 8:45

8.45 Opening Remarks - Peter Penzes

Session 1 - Molecules (9.00-10.00am)

Discussion Leader - Alicia Guemez Gamboa

9:00 - 9:30

Decoding cellular and molecular deficits in NDD:Insights from human stem cell-derived neurons and brain organoids

Alex Shcheglovitov

9:30 - 10:00

Constructing and deconstructing the human nervous system to study developmental disease

Sergiu Pasca

Break 10:00 - 10:20

Session 2 - Synapses (10.20-11.50am)

Discussion Leader - Peter Penzes

10:20 - 10:50

Nanoscale synapse organization and plasticity: dysfunction in SynGap models of neurodevelopmental disorders

Daniel Choquet

10:50 - 11:20

Synaptic alterations in the striatum drive behavioral changes in mouse models of ASD

Helen Bateup

11:20 - 11:50

The ins and outs of neurexins in homeostatic plasticity and Fragile X Syndrome

Lu Chen

Lunch provided at the meeting 11:50 - 1:30

Session 3 - Circuits (1.30-3.00pm)

Discussion Leader - Anis Contractor

1:30 - 2:00

The intersection between autism and epilepsy in SCN2A related neurodevelopmental disorders

Kevin Bender

2:00- 2:30

Long-range inhibitory neurons coordinate state-dependent cortical network synchronization

Renata Batista-Brito

Break 2:30 - 3:00

Session 4 - Behavior (3.00-4.30pm)

Discussion Leader - Gavin Rumbaugh

3:00 -3:30

Session 4 - Behavior. Discussion Leader Gavin Rumbaugh

Neural mechanisms of social homeostasis

Kay Tye

3:30 - 4:00

Modeling anxiety traits in the laboratory mouse

Vivek Kumar

4:00- 4:30

You contain multitudes: Somatic mutations in neuropsychiatric disease

Chris Walsh

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