T21RS World Down Syndrome Day Webinar Part 2 – May 05, 2025

Following the great interest shown by young investigators in the World Down Syndrome Day webinar, hosted by the Education and Training Committee, a second session has been organized!

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

First talk – Maria Caracausi, Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy: “Deletions of human chromosome 21 regions in fibroblasts with trisomy 21”;

Second talk – Sophie Sanchez, University of Texas, Austin, USA: “Identifying key genetic drivers of Down syndrome traits and shedding light on other duplication disorders”;

Third talk – Leah Borden, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA: ”Investigating the role of extracellular matrix in mechano-genomic regulation of trisomy 21 associated cardiac phenotype”;

Fourth talk – Edward Evans Jr., Anschutz Medical Campus, University of Colorado, Aurora, USA: “Understanding the Mutational Landscape of the Blood in People with Down Syndrome”;

Fifth talk – Dong Shin Park, Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA: ”Prenatal GENUS treatment supports brain development in a mouse model of Down syndrome”;

Sixth talk – Christopher David Ozeroff, Crnic Institute Boulder Branch, BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, USA: ”Insights into Down syndrome comorbidity and gene associations using AREA (Attribute Rank Enrichment Analysis);

Seventh talk – Charlotte Jacob, Department of Biomedical Science, University of Antwerp, Belgium: “Can behavioral changes predict an Alzheimer’s diagnosis in Down Syndrome”

Date: Monday, May 5, 2025

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

To attend, please preregister [HERE].

We look forward to you joining our Webinar!