Community Symposium on the Molecular Basis of ME / CFS at Stanford University
Sponsored by OMF
Saturday, August 12, 2017
Registration begins 8 AM; Conference 9 AM – 5 PM; Reception 5PM – 6PM (all Pacific Time)
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| 08:00 a.m. | Registration | ||
| 09:00 a.m. | Welcome: Linda Tannenbaum, CEO, OMF | ||
| 09:03 a.m. | Symposium Logistics: Ashley Haugen, Event Organizer | ||
| 09:05 a.m. | Opening Remarks – Ronald W. Davis, PhD, Stanford University | ||
| 09:10 a.m. | Keynote Speech – Robert K. Naviaux, MD, PhD, University of California, San Diego The metabolism of the cell danger response, healing, and ME / CFS |
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| 09:30 a.m. | Chris Armstrong, University of Melbourne ME, metabolism and I |
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| 09:50 a.m. | Jonas Bergquist, MD, PhD, Uppsala University In search of biomarkers revealing pathophysiology in a Swedish ME / CFS patient cohort |
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Coffee break |
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| 10:40 a.m. | Maureen Hanson, PhD, Cornell University Probing metabolism in ME / CFS |
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| 11:00 a.m. | Neil McGregor, MDSc, PhD, University of Melbourne Genome-wide analysis & metabolome changes in ME / CFS |
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| 11:20 a.m. | Alan Light, PhD, University of Utah Gene variants, mitochondria & autoimmunity in ME / CFS |
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| 11:40 a.m. | Panel Discussion – Morning Speakers | ||
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Lunch |
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| 01:30 p.m. | Baldomero Olivera, PhD, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and University of Utah A novel source of drugs: the biodiversity of oceans |
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| 01:50 p.m. | Mario Capecchi, PhD, Nobel laureate, University of Utah The role of microglia in neuropsychiatric disorders |
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| 02:10 p.m. | Mark Davis, PhD, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Stanford University Is CFS/ME an autoimmune disease? |
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Coffee break |
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| 03:00 p.m. | Alain Moreau, PhD, University of Montreal New research strategies for decoding ME / CFS to improve diagnosis and treatment |
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| 03:20 p.m. | Wenzhong Xiao, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School Big data analysis of patient studies of ME / CFS |
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| 03:40 p.m. | Ronald W. Davis, Stanford University Establishing new mechanistic and diagnostic paradigms for ME / CFS |
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| 04:00 p.m. | Panel Discussion – Afternoon Speakers | ||
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Reception |
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