London-Cambridge Down syndrome Seminar Series Virtual/Hybrid 2024-2025
Monday 21st October at 4:00pm (UK)
Speaker: Jonathon D. Santoro, MD – Associate Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angelas
Topic: Down syndrome regression disorder
Zoom meeting ID: 978 9787 6464
Zoom meeting passcode: 736736
In person location: 3rd floor meeting room, Queen Square House, UCL
Host: Clíona Farrell and Elizabeth Fisher (UCL)
Contact: cliona.farrell.20@ucl.ac.uk / elizabeth.fisher@ucl.ac.uk
Wednesday 27th November at 4:00pm (UK)
Speakers:
- Andre Strydom, Professor in Intellectual Disabilities, King’s College London
- Li Chan, Professor of Molecular Endocrinology and Metabolism, Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Endocrinology, Queen Mary University of London
Title: Go-DS21 – Gene overdose and comorbidities during early life In Down syndrome
Zoom meeting ID: 949 0713 7113
Zoom meeting passcode: 238322
Host: Andre Strydom (KCL), Li Chan (QMUL)
Contact: andre.strydom@kcl.ac.uk / l.chan@qmul.ac.uk
Monday 9th December at 4:00pm (UK)
Speaker: Natasha Duggan, University of Cambridge
Title: Nanobodies Targeting GABAA Receptors: Therapeutic applications in Rett Syndrome and Down Syndrome
Zoom meeting ID: 929 1143 6212
Zoom meeting passcode: 976801
Host: Natasha Duggan (Cambridge) and Clíona Farrell (UCL)
Contact: nmd36@cam.ac.uk / cliona.farrell.20@ucl.ac.uk
Wednesday 29th January at 4:00pm (UK)
Speaker: Patrick J. Lao, PhD – Assistant Professor of Neurological Sciences (in Neurology and in the Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center), Columbia University, New York
Title: Cerebrovascular disease emerges with age and Alzheimer’s disease in adults with Down syndrome
Zoom meeting ID: 967 7105 1772
Zoom meeting passcode: 021768
In person location: 3rd floor meeting room, Queen Square House, UCL
Host: Clíona Farrell and Elizabeth Fisher (UCL)
Contact: cliona.farrell.20@ucl.ac.uk / elizabeth.fisher@ucl.ac.uk