Event Program
Join us for four days of research presentations and discussions on Fragile X Syndrome and neurodevelopmental disorders. Our program features keynote lectures, mini-symposiums, scientific sessions, and poster presentations, bringing together researchers from around the world.
Day 1 (Monday 15 Sept):
14:00 - 16:00
Hotel Check-In and Conference registration
16:00 - 16:15
Welcome introduction
16:15 - 17:15
Mini-symposium 1: Hilgo Bruining - Excitation/inhibition balance measurements in ASD and monogenetic conditions
17:15 - 18:15
KEYNOTE LECTURE 1
18:30 - 20:00
Welcome reception
20:00 - 22:30
3-course Dinner
Day 2 (Tuesday 16 Sept):
07:00 - 08:30
Breakfast
08:30 - 09:30
Mini-symposium 2: Elizabeth McCullagh - Sensory Hypersensitivity in Fragile X Syndrome and Autism
09:30 - 11:00
Poster Session 1 and Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30
Session 1: Genetics of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch and networking
13:30 - 15:00
Session 2: New pathways in FraX
15:00 - 17:00
Beach Volleyball and Sandcastle building
17:00 - 18:00
Mini symposium 3: Alessandro Sessa, Carl Ernst - Keep it balanced! The consequences of SETBP1 dosage alterations on brain development
18:00 - 19:00
Session 3: Epigenetics in FXS and other Neurodevelopmental Disorders
19:00 - 20:00
Personal time
20:00 - 22:30
Dinner
Day 3 (Wednesday 17 Sept):
07:00 - 08:30
Breakfast
08:30 - 09:30
Mini symposium 4: Sarah Lippe - Symposium on the Metformin Trial in FXS
09:30 - 11:00
Poster Session 2 and Coffee break
11:00 - 12:00
Session 4: Molecular basis of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
12:00 - 13:00
Lunch and networking
13:00 - 16:30
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
16:30 - 17:30
Mini-symposium 5: Dr Ourania Semelidou - Cross-Species Insights into the Neural and Molecular Mechanisms of Autism
17:30 - 18:30
KEYNOTE LECTURE 2: Lynne Maquat
18:30 - 19:30
Session 5: Preclinical therapeutic research
19:30 - 20:00
Personal time
20:00
Beach Dinner
Day 4 (Thursday 18 Sept):
07:00 - 08:30
Breakfast
08:30 - 09:30
Mini-symposium 6: Norifumi Shioda - ATR-X Syndrome and Related Disorders
09:30 - 10:00
Coffee break
10:00 - 11:30
Session 6: Clinical Studies & trials
11:30 - 12:15
Poster awards & Planning of next FXS-NDD meeting in 2027
12:15 - 14:00
Lunch and departure
Note: Private meeting room available whole day on Tuesday and Wednesday
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