[BIC-announce] FW: Reminder - George Karpati Symposium on May 10

[Jennifer Chew, Ms.]

Hello Neuro students, fellows, trainees,

This note is to remind you that the George Karpati Symposium on Neuromuscular Disease will take place Monday May 10 in the Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre. 

The Symposium honors the memory of our famous and universally-respected colleague, who died suddenly just over one year ago. This is a first-class scientific symposium - the world leaders are providing an expert update across a spectrum of neuromuscular disorders. 

I hope you all can attend at least part of the symposium's scientific sessions. I can guarantee that any talks you do attend will provide the latest word in the area. I attach the program so you can know who is speaking when to judge which talks have the greatest relevance to your interests. Of course, the starting atmosphere is most important so your attendance at the beginning of the program would be especially appreciated. 

Registration for the scientific sessions is free but I hope you will register to help us organize the catering - we will be providing a light breakfast, lunch, coffee breaks and a closing wine & cheese reception for all participants. Even if you will come only for some of the talks or meal breaks please take a minute and go to http://neuroevents.mcgill.ca/index.php?page=g-karpati-symposium and follow the "Registration" link. 

In addition to taking advantage of a special opportunity to learn about a major area of neuroscience, your participation in this one-time symposium event will also contribute directly to its success. George Karpati's death marks the end not only of a colorful person and an enthusiastic and justly famous clinician-scientist, but also of a great shaper of our institutional life. George was totally dedicated to medical research and above all to the Neuro to which he gave the proverbial 110% over his entire working life. He is a big part of the reason why the Neuro is what it is, and this symposium is our way of recognizing that impact. We hope to see you there.

With best wishes,

Ken

Ken Hastings for the Neuromuscular Group

Montreal Neurological Institute

McGill University

3801 University Street

Montreal, Quebec

Canada   H3A 2B4

514-398-1852 (phone)

514-398-1509 (fax)

ken.hastings at mcgill.ca

The George Karpati Symposium on Neuromuscular Disease: Innovation and Application 

May 10, 2010 

Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital 

Jeanne Timmins Amphitheatre 

3801 University Street 

Montreal, Quebec 

PROGRAM 

8:00 - 8:30 Continental Breakfast, registration 

8:30 - 9:00 Welcome comments 

Ken Hastings, Angela Genge 

Montreal Neurological Institute Neuromuscular Group 

Remi Quirion 

Vice-Dean for Science and Strategic Initiatives, 

Faculty of Medicine, McGill University 

Alain Beaudet 

President 

Canadian Institutes of Health Research 

Session I - Muscular Dystrophy 

Chair: Ron Worton, Former Director 

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute 

9:00 - 9:35 Genotype, phenotype, and the mutational spectrum in the dystrophinopathies 

Kevin Flanigan, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio USA 

9:35 - 10:10 Molecular therapies for muscular dystrophy 

Hanns Lochmuller, Newcastle University, United Kingdom 

10:10 - 10:25 Muscular dystrophy caused by mutation in a channel gene 

Bernard Brais, Université de Montréal, Canada 

10:25 - 10:45 Coffee Break 

Session II - Channelopathies 

Chair: Zohar Argov 

10:45 - 11:20 The myotonias and periodic paralyses 

Robert C (Berch) Griggs, University of Rochester, NY, USA 

11:20 - 11:55 Channelopathies affecting the neuromuscular junction 

Andrew G. Engel, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, USA 

11:55 - 12:05 Questions/Discussion 

12:05 - 1:00 Lunch on site 

Session III - Neurodegeneration 

Chair: Bernard Brais 

1:00 - 1:35 The T-cell-Microglia dialogue in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Are we listening? 

Stanley H. Appel, Methodist Neurological Institute, USA 

1:35 - 2:10 Molecular genetics of hereditary neuropathy type II 

Guy Rouleau, Université de Montréal, Canada 

2:10 - 2:30 Coffee break 

Session IV - Diverse Myopathies 

Chair: David Hilton-Jones 

Department of Clinical Neurology, John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford UK 

2:30 - 3:05 Sporadic Inclusion-Body Myositis: novel molecular pathogenic aspects, including defective protein disposal 

Valerie Askanas, University of Southern California, USA 

3:05 - 3:20 The HIBM Middle Eastern cluster and Jewish history in the region 

Zohar Argov, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Israel. 

3:20 - 3:55 Mitochondrial myopathies and neuropathies 

Eric Shoubridge, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Canada 

3:55 - 4:05 Questions/Discussion 

Perspectives 

4:05 - 4:40 Unveiling neuromuscular disorders: Where we came from, where we are, and where we are going 

W. King Engel, University of Southern California, USA 

4:50 - 5:00 Closing comments 

David Colman, Director, Montreal Neurological Institute, Canada 

5:00 - 6:00 Cocktail Reception on site 

7:00 Banquet dinner off site 

 

Jennifer Chew

McConnell Brain Imaging Centre

MNI - WB317

3801 University Street

Montreal, Qc  H3A 2B4

Telephone:  514-398-8554

Fax:  514-398-2975

 

 

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