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[Jennifer Chew, Ms.]

To all Neuro faculty and trainees,

 

The George Karpati Symposium takes place this Monday coming, May 10.  The attached program lays out the day's series of talks, each of which will be an informative and expert update in its area.  Please attend any or all of the scientific sessions and breaks.  Feel free to come and go as you like.  A good crowd creates a good atmosphere and we sincerely hope to see you there.

 

The Neuromuscular Group

 

 

Jennifer Chew

McConnell Brain Imaging Centre

MNI - WB317

3801 University Street

Montreal, Qc  H3A 2B4

THE GEORGE KARPATI SYMPOSIUM ON 

NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE 

MAY 10, 2010 

Montreal Neurological Institute & Hospital, McGill University 

3801 University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada8:00 - 8:30 Continental Breakfast, registration/ Petit déjeuner continental, inscription 8:30 - 9:00 Welcome comments / Mots de bienvenue 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, Québec, Canada 10:25 - 10:45 Session II - Channelopathies Chair: Zohar Argov Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel 10:45 - 11:20 The myotonias and periodic paralyses Robert C (Berch) Griggs, University of Rochester, NY, USA 11:20 - 11:55 Andrew G. Engel, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA 11:55 - 12:05 Questions/Discussion Moderator : Paul Holland 12:05 - 1:00 Lunch on site/ Déjeuner sur place 

Session III - Neurodegeneration 

Chair: Bernard Brais 

Université de Montréal, Quebec, Canada

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

Stanley H. Appel, Methodist Neurological Institute, Houston, TX, USA 

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

Guy Rouleau, Université de Montréal, Quebéc, Canada

2:10 - 2:30 Coffee break/ Pause-café 

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, Los Angeles, CA, USA

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

Zohar Argov, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, 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, Los Angeles, CA, USA 

4:50 - 5:00 Closing comments 

David Colman, Director, Montreal Neurological Institute, Canada

5:00 - 6:00 Cocktail Reception on site/ Cocktail sur place

7:00 Banquet dinner off site/ Banquet hors site 

George Karpati 1934-2009

George Karpati was born in Debrecen Hungary, narrowly avoided death during the Holocaust, and finally fled his country during the Soviet occupation of 1956. He found refuge in Canada, where he completed his medical education at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia. After additional training at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital (the Neuro), and postdoctoral work at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, and the NIH, he joined the faculty at the Neuro in 1967 where he spent the rest of his career and held the Izaak Walton Killam Chair of Neurology.

He was respected world-wide as an astute clinician, myopathologist and experimental scientist, and he ran an active research laboratory delving into the cellular and molecular mechanisms relevant to neuromuscular diseases and their eventual cure. His greatest research effort was in gene therapy approaches for muscular dystrophy and he was actively engaged in this work right till the end. He published over 250 scientific papers and several very influential textbooks including the classics Pathology of Skeletal Muscle with Stirling Carpenter, and Disorders of Voluntary Muscle (co-edited with David Hilton-Jones, Kate Bushby, and Robert C. Griggs). His awards and honors include Officer of the Order of Canada, Chevalier de l'Ordre Nationale du Québec, and fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, among many others. 

George was entirely devoted to the Neuro and was founder and scientific nucleus of the Neuromuscular Group which under his leadership developed into a major research axis of the institute. He was also a great mentor and teacher and trained many leading neurologists and research scientists. His sudden and unexpected death in February 2009 deprived us of a highly productive and stimulating colleague with a strong sense of humor. He leaves an important legacy of enthusiasm and inspiration and he will be greatly missed.

Symposium Organizers

Angela Genge, Ken Hastings, and the Neuromuscular Group, Montreal Neurological Institute

Telephone:  514-398-8554

Fax:  514-398-2975