Sunday
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2:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Arrival and Check-in
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Dinner
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7:30 pm - 7:40 pm |
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
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7:40 pm - 9:30 pm |
Complexity in Epilepsy
Discussion Leader: Gemma Carvill (Northwestern University, United States)
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7:40 pm - 7:50 pm |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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7:50 pm - 8:25 pm |
Liset Menendez de la Prida (Instituto Cajal, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Spain)
"Evaluating the Complex Dynamics of Hippocampal Microcircuits"
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8:25 pm - 8:40 pm |
Discussion
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8:40 pm - 9:15 pm |
Eve Marder (Brandeis University, United States)
"Cryptic Changes to Degenerate Neurons and Circuits Elicited by Repeated Perturbations of Temperature and High Potassium"
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9:15 pm - 9:30 pm |
Discussion
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Monday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Oscillations, Rhythms and Network Dynamics
Discussion Leaders: Jack Parent (University of Michigan, United States)
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9:00 am - 9:10 am |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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9:10 am - 9:20 am |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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9:20 am - 9:25 am |
Discussion
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9:25 am - 9:50 am |
Laura Ewell (UC Irvine, United States)
"Spatially Modulated Hippocampal Rhythmic Discharges Impair Working Memory in a Rodent Model of TLE"
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9:50 am - 10:00 am |
Discussion
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10:00 am - 10:25 am |
Vikaas Sohal (University of California, San Francisco, United States)
"Long-Range GABAergic Projections from Prefrontal Cortex Regulate Hippocampal Disinhibition and Synchrony"
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10:25 am - 10:35 am |
Discussion
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10:35 am - 11:05 am |
Coffee Break
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11:05 am - 11:15 am |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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11:15 am - 11:20 am |
Discussion
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11:20 am - 11:45 am |
Christophe Bernard (Inserm, France)
"Rhythms of the Epileptic Brain"
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11:45 am - 11:55 am |
Discussion
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11:55 am - 12:20 pm |
Jennifer Gelinas (Columbia University Irving Medical Center, United States)
"Modulating Pathological Hippocampal-Cortical Dynamics in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy"
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12:20 pm - 12:30 pm |
Discussion
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:30 pm |
Free Time
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3:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢
The GRC Power Hourâ„¢ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizers: Amy Brewster (Southern Methodist University, United States) and Eve Marder (Brandeis University, United States)
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4:30 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Local and Long-Range Circuitry
Discussion Leader: Esther Krook-Magnuson (University of Minnesota, United States)
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6:00 pm - 6:10 pm |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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6:10 pm - 6:20 pm |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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6:20 pm - 6:25 pm |
Discussion
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6:25 pm - 6:50 pm |
Yoav Adam (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
"All-Optical Interrogation of Hippocampal Circuits Using Voltage Imaging"
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6:50 pm - 7:05 pm |
Discussion
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7:05 pm - 7:15 pm |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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7:15 pm - 7:20 pm |
Discussion
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7:20 pm - 7:45 pm |
Peyman Golshani (University of California, Los Angeles, United States)
"Unstable Hippocampal Population Codes Underlying Cognitive Deficits in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy"
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7:45 pm - 8:00 pm |
Discussion
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8:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Dinner
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Tuesday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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8:30 am - 9:00 am |
Group Photo
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Synaptic and Network Homeostasis
Discussion Leader: Istvan Mody (University of California, Los Angeles, United States)
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9:00 am - 9:10 am |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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9:10 am - 9:20 am |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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9:20 am - 9:25 am |
Discussion
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9:25 am - 9:50 am |
Seth Grant (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
"How Genetic Disorders Reprogram the Lifespan Synaptome Architecture"
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9:50 am - 10:00 am |
Discussion
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10:00 am - 10:25 am |
Aya Takeoka (VIB, Belgium)
"Neurotransmitter Phenotype Switching by Excitatory Spinal Interneurons Regulates Locomotor Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury"
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10:25 am - 10:35 am |
Discussion
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10:35 am - 11:05 am |
Coffee Break
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11:05 am - 11:15 am |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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11:15 am - 11:20 am |
Discussion
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11:20 am - 11:45 am |
Joseph Raimondo (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
"The Dynamics of Chloride Ion Driving Force in the Nervous System"
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11:45 am - 11:55 am |
Discussion
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11:55 am - 12:20 pm |
Konstantin Khodosevich (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
"Identification of Candidate Neuronal Networks Coordinating Epileptic Activity Using Single Cell Omics"
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12:20 pm - 12:30 pm |
Discussion
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:30 pm |
Free Time
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4:30 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Glial Signaling and Epileptogenesis
Discussion Leader: Amy Brewster (Southern Methodist University, United States)
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6:00 pm - 6:10 pm |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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6:10 pm - 6:20 pm |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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6:20 pm - 6:25 pm |
Discussion
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6:25 pm - 6:50 pm |
Ukpong Eyo (University of Virginia, United States)
"Microglia: Promising Modulators of Seizure Disorders"
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6:50 pm - 7:05 pm |
Discussion
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7:05 pm - 7:15 pm |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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7:15 pm - 7:20 pm |
Discussion
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7:20 pm - 7:45 pm |
Maarten Kole (Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, The Netherlands)
"Myelination, a Critical Player in Inhibitory Neural Circuit Function"
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7:45 pm - 8:00 pm |
Discussion
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8:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Dinner
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Wednesday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
New Gene Targets and Therapies
Discussion Leader: Dimitri Kullmann (University College London, United Kingdom)
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9:00 am - 9:10 am |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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9:10 am - 9:20 am |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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9:20 am - 9:25 am |
Discussion
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9:25 am - 9:50 am |
Amy Brooks-Kayal (UC Davis, United States)
"JAK/STAT Regulation of the Transcriptomic Response During Epileptogenesis"
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9:50 am - 10:00 am |
Discussion
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10:00 am - 10:25 am |
Mauro Costa-Mattioli (Baylor College of Medicine, United States)
"Dissecting the Role of mTOR Complexes in Epilepsy"
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10:25 am - 10:35 am |
Discussion
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10:35 am - 11:05 am |
Coffee Break
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11:05 am - 11:15 am |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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11:15 am - 11:20 am |
Discussion
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11:20 am - 11:45 am |
Stefanie Dedeurwaerdere (UCB BioPharma, Belgium)
"Identifying Gene Networks to Guide Drug Discovery in Structural Epilepsies"
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11:45 am - 11:55 am |
Discussion
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11:55 am - 12:20 pm |
David Henshall (RCSI University of Medicine & Health Sciences, Ireland)
"MicroRNA Targeting for Acquired and Genetic Epilepsies – Hits, Misses and Complexes"
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12:20 pm - 12:30 pm |
Discussion
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:30 pm |
Free Time
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4:30 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Non-canonical defects in Inhibitory signaling
Discussion Leader: Ivan Soltesz (Stanford University, United States)
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6:00 pm - 6:10 pm |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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6:10 pm - 6:20 pm |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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6:20 pm - 6:25 pm |
Discussion
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6:25 pm - 6:50 pm |
Elsa Rossignol (CHU Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal, Canada)
"Interneuron Migration Deficits in Epileptic Encephalopathies"
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6:50 pm - 7:05 pm |
Discussion
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7:05 pm - 7:15 pm |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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7:15 pm - 7:20 pm |
Discussion
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7:20 pm - 7:45 pm |
Harald Sontheimer (University of Virginia, United States)
"Perineuronal Nets: Unexpected Contributors to Epilepsy?"
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7:45 pm - 8:00 pm |
Discussion
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8:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Dinner
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Thursday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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8:30 am - 9:00 am |
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
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9:00 am - 12:30 pm |
Developing Circuits
Discussion Leader: Heinz Beck (University of Bonn Medical Center, Germany)
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9:00 am - 9:10 am |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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9:10 am - 9:20 am |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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9:20 am - 9:25 am |
Discussion
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9:25 am - 9:50 am |
Arnold Kriegstein (UCSF, United States)
"Molecular Insights into Human Brain Development and the Origin of Cortical Interneurons"
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9:50 am - 10:00 am |
Discussion
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10:00 am - 10:25 am |
Annapurna Poduri (Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, United States)
"Mosaic Mutations, Malformations, mTOR, and More: the Role of Post-Zygotic Mutation in Developmental Epilepsies"
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10:25 am - 10:35 am |
Discussion
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10:35 am - 11:05 am |
Coffee Break
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11:05 am - 11:15 am |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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11:15 am - 11:20 am |
Discussion
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11:20 am - 11:45 am |
Stéphanie Baulac (Paris Brain Institute (ICM), France)
"Brain Mosaicism in mTOR-related Cortical Malformation: Toward Novel Therapeutics Targets"
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11:45 am - 11:55 am |
Discussion
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11:55 am - 12:20 pm |
Gaia Colasante (Ospedale San Raffaele, Italy)
"Temporal Manipulation of Scn1a Gene Expression in Dravet Syndrome"
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12:20 pm - 12:30 pm |
Discussion
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:30 pm |
Free Time
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4:30 pm - 6:00 pm |
Poster Session
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6:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Epigenetic and Metabolic Targets in Epileptic Brain
Discussion Leader: Jeannie Chin (Baylor College of Medicine, United States)
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6:00 pm - 6:10 pm |
Introduction by Discussion Leader
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6:10 pm - 6:20 pm |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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6:20 pm - 6:25 pm |
Discussion
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6:25 pm - 6:50 pm |
Farah Lubin (University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States)
"Role of DNA hydroxymethylation in the Cellular and Molecular Response to Epilepsy"
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6:50 pm - 7:05 pm |
Discussion
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7:05 pm - 7:15 pm |
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
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7:15 pm - 7:20 pm |
Discussion
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7:20 pm - 7:45 pm |
Katja Kobow (Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Germany)
"Epigenetic Disease Classification in Focal Epilepsies"
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7:45 pm - 8:00 pm |
Discussion
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8:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Dinner
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Friday
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7:30 am - 8:30 am |
Breakfast
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9:00 am |
Departure
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