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Thursday, 29th of May 2008

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Session of the day : Motor neurone diseases and structural myopathies

morning Session : motor neuron diseases
8h30 9h15	plenary lecture (auditorium) “Biomarkers and clinical trials in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis” Lecturer : Vincent Meininger, France Chairperson : Mimoun Azzouz
9h15 10h00	plenary lecture (auditorium) “Genetics and model systems in upper and lower motor neuron diseases” Lecturer : Judith Melki, Israël Chairperson : Mimoun Azzouz
10h00 10h30	Break
10h30 12h00	parallel symposia
	“Molecular basis of motor neuron diseases : insights from new models systems” (Salle Endoume) Chairpersons : Laurent Schaeffer and Georg Haase Don W. Cleveland (USA) : ALS : a disease of motor neurons and their non-neuronal neighbors Francesco Paolo di Giorgio (USA) : Interrogating diseases states using embryonic stem cells : a case study in ALS Nazli Basak (Turkey) : Genetics of ALS
	“Genetics and Biomarkers of spinal muscular atrophy” (Amphithéâtre Callelongue) Chairpersons : Suzie Lefebvre and Jean-Pierre Azoulay Arthur Burghes (USA) : A genetic approach to the critical molecular pathway in spinal muscular atrophy using zebrafish and mice Pascale Saugier Veber (France) : Sensitive assays for measuring SMN gene copy number and mRNA in SMA patients Utz Fischer (Germany) : Understanding the molecular basis of spinal muscular atrophy
	“Therapeutics in SMA and ALS : results and perpectives“ (Auditorium) Chairpersons : Bertrand Fontaine and Louis Viollet Enrico Bertini (Italy) : Bottlenecks in trials for SMA Jean Pouget (France) : Learning from clinical trials and standards of care in ALS Martine Barkats (France) : AAV-mediated gene transfer in the central nervous system of a feline model of SMA
12h00 13h00	lunch break

13h00 14h30	poster walk

afternoon session : structural myopathies
14h30 15h15	Plenary lecture (auditorium) “Diagnosis and treatment of structural myopathies : recent progress and ongoing challenges“ Lecturer : Nigel F. Clarke, France Chairpersons : Michel Fardeau and J.Andoni Urtizberea
15h15 16h00	Plenary lecture (auditorium) “Genetics, pathobiology and therapy of congenital myopathy“ Lecturer : Nigel G Laing (Australia) Chairpersons : Michel Fardeau and J.Andoni Urtizberea
16h00 16h30	break
16h30 17h30	parallel symposia
	“Centronuclear myopathies” Chairpersons : Hans Goebel Jocelyn Laporte (France) : Molecular basis and pathogenesis of recessive centronuclear myopathies Marc Bitoun (France) : Dynamin2 mutations in autosomal dominant centronuclear myopathy Carina Wallgren-Pettersson (Finland) : Centronuclear myopathy : know and unknown
	“Core myopathies” (Amphithéâtre Callelongue) Chairpersons : Brigitte Estournet-Mathiaud and Nicole Monnier Anna Ferreiro (France) : Core myopathies : new insights Heinz Jungbluth (UK) : Central core disease and related congenital myopathies Ichizo Nishino (Japan) : RYR1 - related core and non-core myopathies
	“Myofibrillar myopathies” (Salle Endoume) Chairpersons : Bruno Eymard and Mathias Gautel Rolf Schröder (Germany) : The role of plectin in normal and diseased human skeletal muscle Montse Olivé (Spain) : Clinical and myopathological spectrum of desminopathies Maggie Walter (Germany) : Scapuloperoneal syndromes as a phenotype of myofibrillar myopathies Bjarne Udd (Finland): Titin - the structural giant : phenotypes and genotypes in titinopathies
17h30 18h30	Plenary lecture (Auditorium) “Myosinopathies“ Lecturer : Anders Oldfors, Sweden Chairperson : Dominique Figarella-Branger
20h30	Gala dinner

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