Scientific Symposium: 15 Years Center for Childhood White Matter Dis..


Scientific Symposium: 15 Years Center for Childhood White Matter Disorders

22 oktober 2015 | Symposium

In 2000 the Center for Childhood White Matter Disorders was founded. To celebrate the 15th anniversary we organize a scientific symposium at the VU Medical Center, Amsterdam.

Registration:
Registration for the scientific symposium is possible until October 8, 2015. Please fill in the registration form .

Registration fees:
Registration fees are 150 EUR. For AIOS and PhD students we offer a reduced rate of 50 EUR. Please pay this fee before the start of the Symposium.

Payments:
Payments should be made to:
Account: Nicole Wolf, Amsterdam
Remark: 175 KCA and your name
Bank: ABN-AMRO BANK
IBAN: NL85 ABNA 0565 3927 27
BIC: ABNANL2A

CME accreditation:
The symposium will receive CME accreditation from the Dutch Society for Pediatrics.

Program 22 October
9:00 Opening of the symposium (C.H. Polman) MRI at the start
09:10 MRI pattern recognition: MRI diagnosis and definition of novel disorders (M.S. van der Knaap, Amsterdam)
09:30 Application to hypomyelinating disorders and definition of 4H (N.I. Wolf, Amsterdam)
10:00 Quantitative MR parameters: tissue diagnosis and monitoring (P.J.W. Pouwels, Amsterdam)
10:30 Monitoring metachromatic leukodystrophy (I. Kraegeloh-Mann, Tuebingen)
11:00 Coffee, tea

Gene identification
11:30 RNA polymerase III (G. Bernard, Montreal)
12:00 tRNA synthase defects (G.S. Salomons, Amsterdam)
12:20 Hypomyelination of early myelinating structures (N.I. Wolf)
12:40 The diminishing pool of unclassified leukoencephalopathies (S.H, Kevelam, Amsterdam)
13:00 Lunch

Disease mechanisms
14:00 Vanishing white matter - molecular mechanisms (T.E.M. Abbink, Amsterdam)
14:30 Astrocytes in white matter disorders: the good and the bad (M. Bugiani, Amsterdam)
15:00 Axons in vanishing white matter (M.D. Klok, Amsterdam)
15:30 Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome (A. Vanderver, Washington DC)
16:00 Coffee, tea
16:30 Contribution of clinical phenotyping: the HABC story (E.M. Hamilton, Amsterdam)
17:00 White matter edema: diseases and mechanisms (M.S. van der Knaap & M. Dubey)

Program 23 October
9:00 Opening of the symposium (C.H. Polman) MRI at the start
09:10 MRI pattern recognition: MRI diagnosis and definition of novel disorders (M.S. van der Knaap, Amsterdam)
09:30 Application to hypomyelinating disorders and definition of 4H (N.I. Wolf, Amsterdam)
10:00 Quantitative MR parameters: tissue diagnosis and monitoring (P.J.W. Pouwels, Amsterdam)
10:30 Monitoring metachromatic leukodystrophy (I. Kraegeloh-Mann, Tuebingen)
11:00 Coffee, tea

Gene identification
11:30 RNA polymerase III (G. Bernard, Montreal)
12:00 tRNA synthase defects (G.S. Salomons, Amsterdam)
12:20 Hypomyelination of early myelinating structures (N.I. Wolf)
12:40 The diminishing pool of unclassified leukoencephalopathies (S.H, Kevelam, Amsterdam)
13:00 Lunch

Disease mechanisms
14:00 Vanishing white matter - molecular mechanisms (T.E.M. Abbink, Amsterdam)
14:30 Astrocytes in white matter disorders: the good and the bad (M. Bugiani, Amsterdam)
15:00 Axons in vanishing white matter (M.D. Klok, Amsterdam)
15:30 Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome (A. Vanderver, Washington DC)
16:00 Coffee, tea
16:30 Contribution of clinical phenotyping: the HABC story (E.M. Hamilton, Amsterdam)
17:00 White matter edema: diseases and mechanisms (M.S. van der Knaap & M. Dubey)

Datum 22 oktober 2015 tot 23 oktober 2015
Tijd 09:00
Locatie Amstelzaal, VUmc ,Amsterdam