Preliminary Program

 

18th July: COMPLEXITY AND PERSPECTIVES ACROSS RARE NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES

Opening h 8:30

Prof. Filippo Drago and Prof. Michelangelo Mancuso

 

Morning lecture h 9:00 - 10:30;

The future of research in Rare Neurological Diseases

Dr. Holm Graessner, Managing Director of the ZSE Tübingen and Head of the Research Management Unit of the Institute of Medical Genetics and Applied Genomics at the University Hospital Tübingen, Germany.

Interactive discussion h 10:30 - 11:30;

 

Afternoon lecture h 15:30 - 17:00;

Exploring Rare Movement Disorders

Prof. Kailash Bathia, FRCP, Professor of Clinical Neurology, Institute of Neurology, UCL Queen Square, London, UK.

Interactive discussion h 17:00 - 18:00;

General discussion h 18:00 - 19:00;



 

19th July: EXPLORING COMPLEX PHENOTYPES, LOOKING FOR THE ARIADNE’S THREAD

Morning lecture h 9:00 - 10:30;

Hereditary Ataxias

Prof. Dr. Thomas Klopstock, MD, FEAN, Friedrich-Baur-Institute, Department of Neurology, LMU University Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany.

Interactive discussion h 10:30 - 11:30;

 

Afternoon lecture h 15:30 - 17:00;

Mitochondrial diseases. A scientific challenge

Prof. Michelangelo Mancuso, MD, PhD, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Neurological Institute University of Pisa & AOUP, Italy.

Interactive discussion h 17:00 - 18:00;

 


 

20th July: GENETICS, GENOMICS, OMICS: FROM THE BENCH TO THE BEDSIDE 

Morning lecture h 9:00 - 10:30;

Genetics, Genomics and Multiomics approaches in the field of the Rare Neurological Diseases

Prof. Holger Prokisch, PhD, Head of the Research Group “Genetics of Mitochondrial Disorders” at the Institute of Human Genetics of the Technical University Munich and of the Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany.

Interactive discussion h 10:30 - 11:30;

 

Afternoon lecture h 15:30 - 17:00;

Challenges of iPSC-based diseases modelling in Rare Neurological Disorders

Dr. Valeria Tiranti, Head of Molecular Pathology of Mitochondrial Diseases, Unit of Medical Genetics and Neurogenetics, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milano, Italy.

Interactive discussion h 17:00 - 18:00;



 

21st July: GROWING EXPERIENCES AND CURRICULUM

Training lecture h 9:00 - 10:00;

Prof. Michelangelo Mancuso

How to write a paper/project

h 10:00 - 11:30;

Training in small groups

Participants will write a one-page project in small groups

 

Afternoon lecture h 14:30 - 16:00;

Muscular diseases: is still pathology a crucial step?

Prof. Massimiliano Filosto, MD, PhD, FEAN Associate Professor of Neurology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Italy.

Interactive discussion h 16:00 - 16:30;;

Presentation of morning projects by participants 16:30 - 18:00;

Social Dinner h 19:00;;


 

22nd July: CURRENT AND FUTURE PROSPECTS FOR GENE THERAPY FOR RARE NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES

Morning lecture h 9:00 - 10:30;

Mutation-specific RNA therapies for ultrarare diseases: the n-of-1 challenge

Rebecca Schüle-Freyer - PD. Dr., Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research (HIH), Center of Neurology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany. German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Tübingen, Germany.

Interactive discussion h 10;30 – 11:30;

- CLOSING REMARKS - h 12:00;

 

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CISSN - Catania International Summer School of Neuroscience