Australian Neurogenetics Conference

Event Details

Date:

Thursday, 11 September 2014 - Friday, 12 September 2014

Time:

9:00 am

Room:

Auditorium

UQ Location:

Queensland Brain Institute (St Lucia)

URL:

http://web.qbi.uq.edu.au/anc2014/

Event category(s):

Full Description:: We are hosting the Australian Neurogenetics Conference at the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI), The University of Queensland, on September 11th and 12th, 2014. It will bring together researchers working to better understand the genetic basis of neuropsychiatric diseases, including schizophrenia, motor neuron disease and epilepsy, and will showcase recent discoveries in the field.

Speakers include-
Prof. Patrick Sullivan, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Dr Daniel McArthur, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT
Prof. Dongsheng Fan, Peking University
Prof. Cyndi Shannon Weickert, Neuroscience Research Institute, UNSW
A/Prof. Ian Blair, Macquarie University
Prof. Ingrid Scheffer, University of Melbourne
A/Prof Sarah Medland, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Prof. Jozef Gecz, University of Adelaide
Dr Adrian Cortes, University of Oxford

The meeting will also feature the official opening of a new Centre of Neurogenetics and Statistical Genomics (CNSG). Prior to the meeting, on Wednesday September 10, Professor Patrick Sullivan (University of North Carolina Chapel Hill) will deliver the 2014 Peter Goodenough Memorial Lecture at the Queensland Brain Institute.