T21RS World Down Syndrome Day Webinar Part 1- April 03, 2025

T21RS is pleased to invite you to a free Webinar, hosted by the Education and Training Committee for the World Down Syndrome Day. This event aims to show and discuss new research findings obtained from the young scientists of our Society.

This multi-talk webinar will last approximately one hour, with each talk lasting 10 minutes followed by a brief Q&A session.

First talk – Elysabeth D. Otte, Indiana University, Indianapolis, USA: “Characterization of behavioral phenotypes in the TcMAC21 mouse model of Down syndrome”;

Second talk – Md Rezaul Islam, Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA:” Multisensory gamma stimulation enhances adult neurogenesis and improves cognitive function in male mice with Down syndrome”;

Third talk – Abbas Raza, Department of Biology, University of Dayton, Ohio, USA: “Cerebellar circuit deficits in Down syndrome”;

Fourth talk – Maria Franquesa Mullerat, Sant Pau Memory Unit – Department of Neurology, Institut de Recerca Sant Pau – Centre CERCA, Barcelona, Spain: “Study of brain blood flow changes in Down syndrome”;

Fifth talk – Cliona Farrell, UK Dementia Research Institute and UCL Institute of Neurology, UK: “Studying Alzheimer’s disease and Down syndrome using brain tissue”

Date: Thursday, April 3, 2025

Time: 5:00 PM Central Europe Time (11 AM USA Eastern Time)

To attend, please preregister [LINK].

One more session planned!! TBA

We look forward to you joining our Webinar!