Title of Joy’s talk: “Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: Exome sequence analysis of trios”

Edyta Malolepsza, April Kim and Kasper Lage attended the annual meeting of the “The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research” – iPSYCH – consortium June 1st to 4th  where Kasper was invited to give a Keynote Address titled ‘Human Brain Networks Perturbed by Genetics and Targeted by Therapeutics in Psychiatric Disorders.

For more information about the iPSYCH meeting click here.

From the iPSYCH website (http://ipsych.au.dk/):  “The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research” – iPSYCH project will study five specific mental disorders; autism, Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD), schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression. All disorders are associated with major human and societal costs all over the world. The project will study these disorders from many different angles, ranging from genes and cells to population studies, from fetus to adult, from cause to symptoms of the disorder, and this knowledge will be combined in new ways across scientific fields.

The main goals are to identify the causes of these disorders by studying the genetic and environmental factors. The perspective is to offer better and more personalized treatment, providing a better life for each individual patient – and perhaps even ways to prevent the development of the disorder in some cases.

Kasper presented the labs work on this two day meeting on the Biogen Campus in Cambridge US.

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Kasper presented the labs work on neurological diseases and participated in brainstorming sessions on new ways to tackle neurological diseases this two-day meeting at the Google Headquarters on Kendall Square in Cambridge (USA).

For more information about the event see here: ms-innovation-workshop-agenda-details-v2

Title of Joy’s poster: “Transcriptome assisted prioritization of congenital diaphragmatic hernia genes”

The title of Aprils poster: “Brain Interaction Network Project: Mapping of single-gene schizophrenia loci to define index proteins and isoforms expressed in Ngn2 neurons for proteomics experiments”

Kasper presented the labs work on psychiatric diseases at the two-day meeting of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute.

For more information see here: sc_sab_agenda_d_2016

Edyta Malolepsza was chosen to participate in the highly oversubscribed 2016 Cancer Program Bootcamp. This bootcamp is a program that introduces new fellows and staff scientists to the many different areas of work going on at the Cancer Program of the Broad Institute.

Here he gave seminar: “Introduction to Systems Biology”

‘Named for an early Manhattan crossroads – remembered as a rowdy but cosmopolitan gathering place, and as a nexus for progress in public health – the Five Points Lectures bring outstanding scientists from near and far, to discuss their work in technical detail with researchers and clinicians from institutions served by NYGC, in order to strengthen our grasp of key biological questions and methods. Speakers present fresh and intriguing findings, along with thoughtful views on their respective fields, in full scientific depth. Talks last roughly 45 minutes — often framing five or so key points, in a nod to the series’ name — followed by 15 minutes of open Q&A, and 30 minutes of informal chat over refreshments. Speakers may then meet with one or several attending colleagues, for further discussion’ (from the NYGC webpage).

Title: Functional Interpretation of Genomes Using Biological Networks:

• More information about the lecture: Lecture Flier

• More information about lecture series: Five Point Lecture Series