Organizers:
Peng Jin, Emory University (co-Chair)
Peter Todd, University of Michigan (co-Chair)
Barbara Bardoni, Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire
Linda Gu, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Kinya Ishikawa, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Beisha Tang, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University
Major topics:
1. Somatic instability and Epigenetics in repeat expansion disorders
2. CGG repeat expansion disorders
3. RNA-mediated toxicity in repeat expansion disorders
4. RAN translation and polyglutamine expansions in repeat expansion diseases
5. Broader roles of short tandem repeats in health and disease
6. Therapeutic approaches to repeat expansion disorders and New Large Animal Models
Keynote Speakers:
Shoji Tsuji, the University of Tokyo
X. William Yang, University of California, Los Angeles
Invited Speakers:
Andrea Cortese, University College London
Beverly Davidson, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Egor Dolzhenko, PacBio
Graham Erwin, Baylor College of Medicine
Fen-Biao Gao, UMass Chan Medical School
Aaron Gitler, Stanford University
Junjie Guo, Yale University
Hiroyuki Ishiura, Okayama University
Hong Jiang, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University
Peng Jin, Emory University
Frank Kooy, University of Antwerp
Xiao-Jiang Li, Jinan University
Qiong Liu, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University
Paul Lockhart, Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI)
Bo-Xun Lu, Fudan University
Hayley McLoughlin, University of Michigan
Diane Merry, Thomas Jefferson University
Yoshitaka Nagai, Kindai University
David Nelson, Baylor College of Medicine
Harry Orr, University of Minnesota
Christopher Pearson, The Hospital for Sick Children
Andrew Sharp, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Norifumi Shioda, Kumamoto University
Shuying Sun, Johns Hopkins University
Peter Todd, University of Michigan
Arianna Tucci, Queen Mary University of London
Eric Wang, University of Florida
Ryan Yuen, The Hospital for Sick Children
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