Thursday 4 October 2012

Register now for Prof Ingrid Scheffer's ICT for Life Sciences Forum presentation "Paroxysmal neurological events – The new genetics solves age-old questions"

Registrations are now open for Professor Ingrid Scheffer's ICT for Life Sciences Forum presentation "Paroxysmal neurological events – The new genetics solves age-old questions".

For many years, there was debate about whether paroxysmal events occurring in sleep were a type of epileptic seizure or a movement disorder. Similarly the aetiological relationship between movement disorders and epilepsies occurring in one person has been a matter of intense scrutiny. With the advent of the new genetic techniques such as whole exome sequencing, we are beginning to shed light on these age-old questions. Gene discovery is showing that one gene may cause both disorders occurring in different anatomical substrates and at different ages. Identification of the molecular basis is the initial step in devising novel targeted therapies for these severe disorders.

The presentation will be held in the main auditorium of the Melbourne Brain Centre on Monday 15th October at 6pm,  with refreshments from 5pm.