The 6th Annual Molecular Psychiatry Meeting
Kauai, Hawaii, September 27 – 29, 2018
The 6th Annual Molecular Psychiatry Meeting took place in Kauai on September 27 – 29, 2018. All researchers interested in learning about various molecular approaches to enhance understanding of psychiatric disease were invited to attend this open meeting.
Organizing Board:
- Carrie Bearden
- Bill Byerley
- Stephanie Dulawa
- Rob Malenka
- Tracey Petryshen
- Stephan Sanders
- Akira Sawa
- Martin Schalling
Registration Cost
$600 for investigators before September 1st; $600 afterwards
$300 for students before September 1st; $300 afterwards
Costs of registration includes a one year membership to the Molecular Psychiatry Association.
Location
Hyatt Regency in Maui
200 Nohea Kai Dr, Lahaina, HI 96761
(808) 661-1234
Please note the Hyatt Hotel is sold out. There are many nearby accommodations at rates similar to the Hyatt in the Kaanapali area.
Plenary Speakers
- Regulation of Neurotransmitter Receptors in Cognition and Cognitive Disorders, Rick Huganir, John Hopkins School of Medicine
- Opportunities & challenges in psychiatric neuroscience, Josh Gordon, NIMH
Sessions
- New Molecular and Circuit-Level Approaches for Understanding the Effects of Chronic Stress in the Mammalian Brain, Stephan Lammel, University of California, Berkeley
- Utilizing Diversity of Model Organisms for Studying the Molecular Basis of Neuropsychiatric Disorder, Michael Yartsev, University of California, Berkeley
- The Neural Circuitry Underlying Social Dysfunction, Byungkook Lim, University of California, San Diego
- Diseases of the Social Brain, Gul Dolen, Johns Hopkins University
- Calcium Mechanisms in Bipolar Disorder: A Review of Genetic Evidence and Cellular Models, John Nurnberger, Indiana University
- iPSC-based Platform Development for Major Psychiatric Disorder Modeling and Discovery, Guang Chen, Janssen R&D
- Molecular Mechanisms of Pain Regulation, Tom Kash, University of North Carolina
- Building on Advances in Genetics to Validate Novel Molecular Targets for Treatment of Schizophrenia, Jeff Conn, Vanderbilt University
- Cortico-striatal Circuits in Addiction and Compulsion, Susanne Ahmari, University of Pittsburgh
- Central and Peripheral Actions of Insulin: Implications for Psychiatric Disorders, Michael McCarthy, University of California, San Diego
- The Application of Stem Cell Models to Validate Rare and Common Variants Contributing to Schizophrenia and Autism, Mike Talkowski, Massachusetts General Hospital
- The New Kid on the Block: Glia in Mental and Cognitive Disorders, Misha Pletnikov, Johns Hopkins University
- Somatic Mosaicism in the Brain: Diverse Neuronal Genomes and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Alex Urban, Stanford University
- ISN Symposium Molecular Insights on Organoid and 3D Models to Study Brain Diseases and Development, Chair, Orly Reiner, Weizmann Institute of Science
- Bridging Molecular Genetics with Population Health to Advance Precision Psychiatry, Lea Davis, Vanderbilt University
- Molecular Mechanisms of Autism Spectrum Disorders, Brady Maher, Lieber Institute